Lloyd Polkinghorne, The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper

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Local hay helping heal fire wounds

The generosity of locals has been on display over the past week as truckloads of hay have been donated, stockpiled and delivered to fire-affected regions within Victoria.

Local bowlers bowled over by Chinese hospitality

Barham's state-of-the-art bowls greens have drawn bowlers from all over the world in recent months, but at Christmas, it was our chance to export some. Four intrepid adventurers from the Barham Bowling Club, President Steve Wilson, Glenn Faul, Damien Paterson and Dave 'Harry' Potter competed on the world stage at the 2025 Tin Ding Sin China Lawn Bowls Open in Qiantang district, Hangzhou, China.

World stage at CluBarham

There may have been no wheel or cheese, or the 'flipper', but by god, there was some first-class bowling action for the World Bowls Series Finals in Barham. 24 of the world's best bowlers from eight countries showed us, mere mortals, why they play on the world stage.