The 69-year-old is learning the ins and outs of the role while playing in the over 60s pairs with partner Jenny Meade, her pennant skip.

The pair won section one of the Western District Bowls Division's women's over 60s competition at Timboon on Monday.

"You've got to be a bit smarter," Fowler said of learning to become a skip.

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"You've got to be able to read the head and decide which side to bring your players in on so as not to give the shots away if you have a shot already and things like that."

The Noorat resident, who has played a number of positions in mid-week and weekend pennant for Terang, said skippering was the natural aim of most players in the rise up the ranks.

"It's the end and what you aim for at the start and you don't think you will for a while and the you think you're getting a bit better," she said.

"I'm leading today and most times I play second because we have had one of our team members sick so the next step is playing third and then onto skipping."

The retired Terang Supa IGA worker has been playing the sport for five years with her biggest influence being her late father Bill Borthwick.

"My husband (Jack) plays, my dad played, my older sister (Rose Alderman) played," she said.

"Dad always said to me when I was working, and I didn't start playing until after I retired because you can't work full-time and play bowls, and he used to say to me 'oh you'd love it, you should play, you'll love it'.

"I'd say to him 'I don't know' and unfortunately the poor darling has passed away now but he would have been very pleased to see I was playing. Dad was quite a good bowler (at Lawn Tennis)."

Her husband was also influential in her decision.

"He said to me 'you have got to learn to play' and he wanted me to so I did once I retired from work," she said.

Fowler, who is closing in on 50 years of marriage with Jack, said a number of factors kept her coming back to play.

"All the people and the friends you make," she said.

"People you sort of knew (before) but you get really close and become friends with them when you play bowls with them and have a lot of fun and laughs.

"Rachel (Wass) and I (for example), I have known Rachel for a couple of years but since we have been playing together we have got a lot closer and have a lot of fun."

Terang defeated Dennington by three shots on Tuesday.

Elsewhere Timboon ended City Gold's unbeaten run with a 21-shot win, Port Fairy edged out Mortlake, Warrnambool Gold beat Blue and Koroit saluted against City Green.

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