Warwick sports captain joins up after moving from NSW

WARWICK and Stanthorpe play local derby in indoor bowls

LINED UP: Stanthorpe player Val Matthews delivers a bowl in the Maroon Shield indoor bowls clash with Warwick at St Mary's Indoor Bowls Hall. Picture: Gerard Walsh

INDOOR BOWLS: Warwick beat Stanthorpe 166-121 in the battle for the Maroon Shield in indoor bowls.

The shield is in memory of the Maroon family which was in business in Warwick for decades to the 1990s.

Competitions between Warwick and Stanthorpe associations are played each March in Warwick and each November in Stanthorpe.

Each association fields as many teams as possible on the day.

There were five teams from each association at the St Mary's Indoor Bowls Hall in Warwick on Friday.

Three games of triples were played by each team.

Dee and Trevor Campbell, and Ed Diery had 42 points to be the best performed Warwick team on the day.

The best team from Stanthorpe with 29 points was Bob Watson, Les Fletcher and Mavis Pettiford.

After playing indoor bowls at Lightning Ridge and Young in New South Wales, Margaret Ternanov moved to Warwick and is now captain of the Warwick indoor bowls team for the Maroon Shield.

While games in Stanthorpe are played weekly in the Anglican Church Hall and occasionally at Glen Aplin, the Warwick association has four clubs, St Andrew's, St Mark's, Central and Wesley which have weekly games.

Central plays out of the St Mary's Indoor Bowls Hall.

Ternanov moved from New South Wales to Warwick to be closer to her daughter and is now a playing member of the Central club.

"We practice during the week but not on the day before the start of the Maroon Shield,” she said.

"The days against Stanthorpe are all about the shield.

"There can be a little difference how the carpets play each week depending on how the carpets are rolled out.”

Geraldine Torrisi is captain of the Stanthorpe team and said she had been playing indoor bowls for three decades.

"I did try outdoor bowls but didn't like it,” she said.

"We play friendly indoor bowls games each week on a Wednesday.”

See weekly indoor bowls notes each Wednesday in the Daily News.

Originally published as Warwick sports captain joins up after moving from NSW