THREE of the region's most successful bowls administrators along with a highly recognised player have been inducted into the Albury and District Bowling Association's hall of fame.
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The hall of fame event was conducted for the first time as part of the district's annual bowler of the year function at the Commercial Club in Albury.
It is the 18th time the successful function has been held and more than 200 people attended.
The first two inducted in the hall of fame were the late Bill Trethowan OAM and Jack Odewahn OAM.
Both were long time administrators at district level, received recognition with life membership and later became life members of the Royal NSW Bowling Assoication for their decades of service to the sport.
Mr Trethowan was the Zone 8 councillor before becoming a state vice-president and subsequently state president.
Mr Odewahn was a founding member of the Walla club, became district president and later had 19 years as state vice-president.
His son Bevan travelled from Queensland and daughter Robin Liddell from Melbourne to each receive a plaque outlining his achievements.
A larger plaque was presented to the Walla club to be displayed along with other bowls memorabilia.
Mr Trethowan's daughter, Robyn Evans, from Albury, accepted a plaque with his achievements on behalf of the family.
The third administrator inducted in the hall of fame was Henty's Milton Taylor CBE. Mr Taylor was the Zone 8 councillor for 10 years, making monthly trips to Sydney for board meetings.
There were more than 60 bowling clubs during his time as councillor and Mr Taylor attended each of them at some stage for an official function.
Commercial Club bowler Tony Heriot was acknowledged for his playing achievements having represented both NSW and Victoria at state level.
He is the only Albury district player to have won a state fours championship in the 1980s, but sadly the other three team members are deceased.
Heriot won six district singles championships, along with pairs and triples before claiming zone titles and several times took part in state play-offs.
The vote count for the bowler of the year in grade three was won by Commercial Club's Bernie Mahlo with 23 votes.
The grade four award was shared by Howlong's Jeff Brundell and North Albury's Phil Schuster with 23 votes and Oaklands' Peter Browning won grade five.
Walla's Ron Wiesner, who is 90 years old and uses a bowling arm, won successive grade six awards.
The grade seven award was won by Henty's Michael Sharp.
