City Memorial Bowls Club is set to host the state's premier bowls event from January 10 to 15.
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Bowls Victoria has confirmed the Warrnambool club will hold the 2020 State Champions Week.
It includes the Victorian championships, over 60s championships, under 18 championships and men's and women's novice singles finals.
The 2020 event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thrilled City Memorial general manager Julie Dosser explained how Warrnambool got picked to host.
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"Normally this event is held in Bendigo every year but due to COVID it was postponed and then they looked at spreading it around to a number of venues (including City Memorial) that had a roof installed over their greens which was meant to happen in June.
"Then of course that was postponed.
"Then they came back to me and said 'would you be interested in holding all the events?'"
Dosser is expecting 450 competitors to converge on the club's three greens, two of which are undercover.
City's roof upgrade, over two new greens and electronic scoreboards, was completed in 2019.
Dosser is confident the club can cater for the influx of numbers during the coronavirus pandemic.
"Under the current restrictions, we're allowed 300 in the venue so that's a maximum of 200 outside and 100 inside, or if you have 150 inside you can only have 150 outside," she said.
"I'm hoping this Sunday they may ease some of those restrictions a little bit more.
"But in saying that those 450 competitors are not going to be here all at once."
The general manager said spectators were allowed to attend as well.
Dosser said games would start at 9am with the final matches of the day scheduled at 6pm.
"It will be great quality bowls, it will be really, really good," she said.
"We've got people coming from all over Victoria to play in these events."
State Champions Week is being supported by Warrnambool City Council.
City Memorial will also have its classic pairs the week after champions week.
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