Terang-based Sean Dennis represented Warrnambool at the Victorian championships in Frankston on the weekend with his performances elevating him to the junior state masters competition on Sunday.

Sean, 16, was one of eight players to make it through.

His dad Scott, also a bowler, said it was a great confidence boost for his son whose best game for the competition was 252.

"He finished fifth in the end but with one game to go he was sitting third and only 25 pins away from winning," he said.

"He averaged 211 for the first six games which is really, really good. But unfortunately he had 135 on the last game and that knocked him down a little bit."

Scott said Sean was a two-handed player who had been bowling most of his life.

"He is developing really well. He's got a real passion to get better and improve," he said.

"Without any real formal training, he competed against the best in the state and had them worried."

Sean, who enjoys bowling for the social aspect, said he was following in his dad's footsteps.

"He is still currently better - I am catching him though," he said.

"His average is 195 and mine is 183."

Sean is a two-handed player and Scott a one-handed bowler.

"When I was younger, I was able to get the ball to spin a lot more (using two hands)," he said.

"It's just gone on from there."

Sean bowls two or three times a week and is chasing the elusive 300-game.

"It would be one, a surprise, and two, cool to have that to my name," he said.

Warrnambool also had success in a number of events. It won the junior mixed C grade (Braeden Pogson, Daniel Pogson, Bailey Dennis and Declan Membery), the junior D grade doubles (Daniel Pogson, Declan Membery), junior D grade singles and all events (Declan Membery) and was runner-up in the junior open doubles with Sean Dennis teaming with Shepparton's Michael Ryan.

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