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Broadmeadows ladies notch up 300 on the green

Gladys Warnecke and Helen Bond now stand alongside Terry Nicholson as the only three playing members to notch up 300 games at Broadmeadows Bowls Club.

Mr Nicholson, who is also club treasurer, said the pair brings the number of people who have ever reached the milestone to just five.

Both Mrs Warnecke and Mrs Bond took up the sport about 20 years ago.

Mrs Warnecke, 89, said she had always considered the game a pursuit for “old people”, but reconsidered when she retired from her job at Coles’ head office after turning 60.

“I just love it; the company and the game itself,” she said. “It keeps you active. There’s no good in sitting around worrying, or watching television.”

Mrs Bond said she enjoys the game because “it’s easy”.

The Coolaroo resident, 79, started playing after a car accident limited her movement and forced her to give up tennis.

Both women play every week in either pennant or social games.

Details: Broadmeadows Bowls Club on 9309 0665.

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