Wingham Bowling Club: Police search for three men involved in armed holdup

Police are searching for three men who assaulted a 67-year-old bowling club barman with a knife, before fleeing the premises in a stolen Volkswagen Tiguan on the Mid-North Coast.

Police are searching for three men after they stormed a bowling club on the Mid-North Coast and struck a 67-year-old employee with a knife, before fleeing with cash.

About 8.15pm on Sunday, a 67-year-old male employee was inside the Wingham Bowling Club on Combined St, Wingham, when three men – armed with knives and a samurai sword – entered the club.

Two of the men demanded cash from the employee before he was struck with a knife.

The Wingham Bowling Club was held up on Sunday night.

The men held up the bowling club with a Samurai sword.

The third man approached a 43-year-old male patron and threatened him with a sword. During an altercation, the patron was able to wrestle the weapon from the armed man.

All three men fled the scene with cash a short time later in a Volkswagen Tiguan, believed to have been stolen from a Port Macquarie home on Saturday night.

The vehicle has since been located abandoned in Taree and has been seized for forensic examination.

Police are appealing for information into the robbery where a 67-year-old man was assaulted.

Officers from Manning-Great Lakes Police District established a crime scene and have commenced an investigation with assistance from the State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad.

The employee and patron were both taken to Manning Base Hospital for treatment to minor hand injuries.

As investigations continue, police are urging anyone who may have dashcam footage from the surrounding area between 8pm and 8.30pm or who may have seen or heard anything to contact Taree Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.