John Vella has 40 years of practice on the bowling greens but that experience won't give him much of a leg up this week.
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The West Tamworth bowler and his zone 3 teammates will take on the state's best seniors - plenty who have a lifetime of experience - this week.
Tamworth will host the State Inter-Zone Championships with the seniors kicking things off on Monday before the opens hit the greens on Thursday.
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Vella has played in the championships "a couple" times and expected another tough tournament.
"So far, we've never had any luck. They're just a bit too good for us but who knows. You got to be in it to win it," Vella said.
Matches will be played at South Tamworth Bowling Club, West Tamworth Bowling Club and Tamworth City Bowling Club with teams of 12 representing each zone.
Vella's team will kick off their championships with matches at West Tamworth - something the retired farmer was looking forward to.
"We're going to play at West Tamworth on the top green this year, that's a plus - playing in front of all our friends... it's good," Vella said.
Zones are put into four pools with the top two sides from each pool qualifying for the quarter finals.
Matches are played with each zone split into three teams of fours to play over 21 ends. Scores are then combined to see who progresses.
State and international players will be participating during the week with all finals being held at South Tamworth Bowling Club.
The seniors competition runs from May 17-19 while the opens runs from May 20-22.
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Ben Jaffrey
Ben is a content curator and journalist for The Land. He has been with ACM since 2015 and first worked at The Area News and then at the Northern Daily Leader. Ben first joined ACM Agri as a digital journalist for all seven agricultural mastheads in 2022 before shifting to The Land full-time in 2023.
Ben is a content curator and journalist for The Land. He has been with ACM since 2015 and first worked at The Area News and then at the Northern Daily Leader. Ben first joined ACM Agri as a digital journalist for all seven agricultural mastheads in 2022 before shifting to The Land full-time in 2023.
