Wiseman Park take centre stage for Illawarra Zone 16 in the two Singles events at the State championships at Ettalong Bowling Club on Friday.
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The weeklong championships conclude with the Round of 16 and quarter-finals of the State Senior Singles (Over 60s) and Open Singles on Friday, with both finals on Saturday.
Zone 16 Singles champion Scott Bateup faces Lee Stinson (Orange Ex-Services) in the Open Singles Round of 16.
Bateup’s Wiseman Park clubmate Brian Suckley meets Camden’s Bruce Turton in the Round of 16 of the Senior Singles.
Bateup and Suckley have had an excellent 2018 and will be among the contenders for a prestigious state singles title.
Tom Ellem was the last Zone 16 bowler to win the State Singles when representing Oak Flats in 2001.
Rick Malley while playing for Windang won the State Senior Singles in 2011, with Warilla’s Geoff McGillivray the NSW Over 60s Singles champion in 2014.