Entries going well for Warrnambool Bowls Club's New Year's Triples

It has introduced another major tournament which will feature at least two former Australian representatives.

The club's bowls coordinator Paul O'Donnell said Lee Schraner and Matt Flapper were already signed up for the inaugural $12,000 New Year's Triples, an open tournament on January 5 and 6.

Schraner won the 2019 World Singles Champion of Champions event in Adelaide while Flapper won a Commonwealth Games bronze in 2014.

WBC's popular $12,000 Ladies Prestige Pairs will be on just weeks later from January 26-28.

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O'Donnell said the club had been looking to grow its major tournament list which also includes a $4000 open triples on Labour Day weekend and the $24,000 Autumn Classic.

"We were lucky enough to secure sponsorship through Aussie Broadband for great prize-money we're putting up this year," he said of the New Year's Triples.

"We aim to make it an ongoing event."

The new tournament is a tier three Bowls Australia ranked event as the prize-money is $12,000 or above.

O'Donnell said early January presented as prime time for a tournament with people travelling for their summer holidays.

"We thought it was an ideal opportunity to put one good open competition in early January while a lot of people are around," he said.

There are already people signed up from Mackay in Queensland.

O'Donnell said was the club aimed to draw interstate bowlers to the seaside city and he noted the Autumn Classic was popular for interstate players.

He said there were already 20 sides registered and the club could take up to 32 teams.

"We're well ahead of schedule," he said.

O'Donnell also encouraged bowlers to sign up for the Ladies Prestige Pairs.

Veronica Kelly and Melissa Roberts became the first partnership to win the event back-to-back early this year.

Registrations can be made via the WBC website or by calling the club and asking for O'Donnell.

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