MIDWEEK Pennant winner Horsham City Bowling Club has won its way into the Champions of the State Pennant competition.
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The side progressed after winning the regional title at the Sunnyside Bowling Club on Thursday.
The side played midweek Pennant winners from the North Central league, the Grampians league and the North Wimmera league.
City will now be pinned up against the top 16 sides in Victoria.
The first game saw City come up against North Central side Boort.
City won convincingly, defeating Boort 46 shots to 27 shots.
Skipper Elaine Mitchell and her rink of Barbara Gloury, Bob Dolan and Sandra Knight performed the best on the day, recording a strong win of 18 shots to four.
Winners of the Grampians league Stawell was up next with this being the closest of all games.
Stawell trumped City winning the tie by just two shots.
City won a single rink by one shot and was defeated in the other two rinks by one shot and two shots respectively.
Rainbow was the final game of the day with City controlling the entirety of the contest.
City won 56 shots to 14.
Skipper Margaret Dolan and her rink of Bev Bretag, Shirley Quick and Betty Cozens had an impressive day and the highest win for City.
The rink was won 21 shots to four shots.
Elise Bardell’s rink of Ed Warrick, Duncan Bottoms and Cheryl McDonald also had a good game winning the rink 17 shots to six.
The Horsham City Bowlers will now travel to the Moama Bowling Club to compete in the state championships to find the Victorian State Midweek Pennant champion on May nine, 10 and 11.
The championships will be played in two sections with City competing against sides from Melbourne Metropolitan leagues, Geelong, Central Victoria, Murray Mallee and Peninsula Casey.
Club President Graham McDonald said this was an amazing effort by the midweek team and wishes them good bowling at Moama.
Club member Gary Knight said this will be a great experience for the bowlers.
“This is fairly unique for us to win the regional Midweek Pennant,” he said.
“In the 30 years I have been at the club I have only seen it three times.
“This means they will play against state players.
“It’s like if the winners of the Wimmera Football League faced VFL sides.”
