Tasmania and Victoria battle at Devonport

by robmcguire on October 9, 2025

The best  men and women lawn bowlers in Tasmania and Victoria will battle it out for the coveted French Holbrook Shield in a five Test Series which is being contested at the Devonport Country Club from Friday until Sunday.

In a full-dress rehearsal for the Australian National Sides Championships which will be held at the same venue in November, Tasmania and Victorian players will be keen to get vital practice on the greens that they will be playing on in the National Championships next month.   The only thing standing in their way at present is the weather which is threatening to force the players indoors.

Teams are as follows:

Tasmanian Men:

Dylan Fisher (skip), Codi Marshall, Rob McMullen and Mitch Banks.

Mark Nitz (skip), Mark Strochnetter, Aaron Jago and Josh Lording

Taelyn Male (skip), Michael Sims, Bailey Bellchambers and Cameron Windram

Victorian Men:

Craig Mills (skip), Brad Holland, Brett Mahoney and Mitch Sidebottom.

Matt Flapper (skip), Cameron Keenan, Brad Gibson and James Pearce.

Nathan Lynch (skip), Bryce Young, Dane McKinnon andTyson Cromie

Tasmanian Women:

Makayla Gibson (skip), Erin Moore, Bronny King and Jodi Murphy

Amity Bickley (skip), Lauren Banks, Chloe Flanagan and Ashlee Woolley

Courtney Hobbs (skip), Charlie Harknes, Alison Venn and Joy Voss

Victorian Women:

Lisa Phillips (skip), Jess Wallace, Sophie Kurzman and Chelsea Pollock.

Sammy Atkinson (skip), Tris Doolan, Lisa Trewarne and Nicholle Wendt.

Brooke Edwards (skip), Samantha Robinson, Anita Jenkins and Sharon Jarvis.

Play will commence at 1pm on Friday with another game under lights on the indoor centre at 6pm on Friday, with two games on Saturday commencing at 9am and the final game on Sunday commencing at 9am.

In a first for Tasmania, all games will feature competitor live scoring which means that results will be loaded directly into the Bowls Link Results Portal end-by-end as they are played.

Friday night’s game will be live streamed on the Bowls North West & Tasmanian Indoor Bias Bowls Council Live Stream Facebook page.