John, Lachie and Zabir in Year 10 at Hennessy Catholic College were named the NSW State Lawn Bowls Champions at the Bowls NSW championship earlier this month.
John and Lachie from Boorowa and Zabir from Young put their hands up to play in the competition with John, a member of the Boorowa Ex-Services Bowling Club, leading the side.
Lachie had only played a few times previously, having been invited to play socially with John, with both he and Zabir learning a lot from John in the lead up to the competition.
"I like how everyone that plays is pretty inclusive," John said.
"Everyone just gets along."
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John, Lachie and Zabir enjoyed how strategic the game is.
John plays in Boorowa both socially and in competitions, enjoying the comradery and the game itself.
Prior to signing up bowls wasn't really a sport that Lachie and Zabir had thought much about, but now they have, they both said they will definitely play again.
"It was a trios comp, so I think Lachie and John were in it together, cause they're both from Boorowa," Zabir said.
"I just rocked up, like if you need a third, I'm there and that's how I got in."
Lachie saw the opportunity of representing Hennessy with his friends as a bit of fun.
"I've done a bit of lawn bowls before, quite a while ago, so this opportunity popped up and I thought that might be fun," Lachie said.
The boys hadn't anticipated that they would head off to the State competition and come home as the winners and with the three students busy between school, sports and extracurriculars it wasn't always easy for the trio to get together to practice regularly.
With the limited experience of his fellow bowlers, John, taught the boys how to play, the rules of the game and how to face the competition.
As for the State competition itself, the boys thoroughly enjoyed the experience and said they would all sign up to do it again.
"It was pretty good," John said.
"We made a lot of new friends and it was honestly like a fun experience, three days in Sydney with a couple of mates," Zabir said.
"And doing something representing the school, it was quite fun."
Hennessy Catholic College played Parkes Christian School in the finals of the Inter-Schools Challenge Finals with Blaxland High School coming third.
The boys played five rounds in the lead up to the finals with Central Coast Sports College defeating Hennessy in the first round, in the second round Hennessy defeated St Mary's followed by defeating St Leo's Catholic College and a bye in round 4. In round 5 the boys faced off against Sylvania High School defeating them 0-2 sets and putting them into the finals against the winner of section two, Parkes Christian College.
The boys won 4-1.
The three boys are hoping to head back to the State Championships again next year where they hope to defend their title.
