The start of the Ovens and Murray pennant bowls season is set to be pushed back a month to give the region's 28 member clubs the best chance of competing.
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Weekend pennant is likely to start either November 7 or 14, with the midweek competition all but locked in for November 10, four weeks after the original start dates of October 10 and 13.
Swanpool and Mansfield aren't in the border region zone and can't enter NSW, where four clubs (Corowa Civic, Corowa RSL, Club Mulwala and YMGCR) play, but organisers hope they're all clear by November.
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Pennant chairman Ross Rankin is confident a full two-round season can be completed before Easter.
"A couple of weeks back I didn't think we'd be playing until after Christmas, and, at a pinch, we could start in the middle of October, but we virtually gave clubs a heads up we wouldn't," he said.
"It might mean playing on the long weekend in March, which we don't normally do."
Beau Greenway
Beau Greenway is a journalist at The Border Mail. He likes to tell the stories of great people in our communities. Email: beau.greenway@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Beau Greenway is a journalist at The Border Mail. He likes to tell the stories of great people in our communities. Email: beau.greenway@austcommunitymedia.com.au
