It’s been done by cricket, rugby league, hockey, netball and AFL – now it’s bowls’ turn.
Let’s show Australia what lawn bowls can do by holding a Pink Bowls Day at your club on Sunday, October 25 to raise money for the McGrath Foundation charity for breast cancer nurses and research.
Bowling Club Insurance Brokers (BCiB) are an official fundraiser for the McGrath Foundation and are co-coordinating this event across Australia with the support of Bowls Australia and its state and territory associations.
No doubt you will know someone who has been affected by or sadly passed away from breast cancer.
By getting your club behind this day not only will you have fun but you will be raising money to help in the fight against breast cancer.
Start planning your day now – a game of bowls dressed in pink, with a bbq, a pink cake stall, a raffle or auction, to name just a few ideas.
Invite local businesses to take part and promote the game of lawn bowls as a great, fun sport.
More information, including registration forms, will be sent by BCiB to your club in the next few weeks.
All clubs that register to participate in the Pink Bowls Day will be in with a chance to win great prizes, including a set of bowls and pink bowls clothing.
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Background: Almost nine months ago, following the untimely passing of dual Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kerryn McCann, Australian icon Karen Murphy vowed to pay tribute to her memory.
Click here to read Murphy’s initial vow.
Having forged a friendship over the best past of a decade as two of the Illawarra’s most decorated athletes, McCann, who resided in Coledale, and Murphy, a Shellharbour favourite, began their friendship after the former claimed gold in the women’s marathon and the latter collected silver in the women’s singles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
Over the subsequent years they remained in contact, with the pair reuniting in Melbourne as McCann defended her marathon title in front of an adoring MCG crowd, while Murphy snared gold in the women’s pairs.
In early December, however, the 41-year-old, who was diagnosed with breast cancer during her third pregnancy, lost her battle after the disease had spread to her liver, leaving her body so ill during her final days that she could no longer talk.
She died at the family's home at Coledale, 20km north of Wollongong, leaving behind children Benton, 11, Josie, 5, Cooper, 15 months and husband, Greg.
Following McCann’s death, Murphy sewed the seeds for a tribute befitting of her memory, with a National Pink Bowls Day the final result.
