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A B E A UTI F U L W A Y T O B E
AUSTRALIAN OPEN WELCOME 2023
The Board and staff of Bowls Australia warmly welcome back all participants and spectators to the City of Gold Coast for the $275,000, 14-day festival of bowls that is the Australian Open.
The Australian Open, now in its 19th year, has certainly become the nation’s marquee lawn bowls event and indeed the world’s richest open bowls event, with a field boasting over 3,700 entries, ranging from club-level bowlers to world champions, all competing in an open draw.
Bowls Australia expresses sincere thanks to the 14 Gold Coast clubs and their members for contributing in hosting this prestigious event. As the Australian Open grows each year, so does the workforce, who do a spectacular job behind the scenes preparing their facilities and magnificent greens to share with our competitors.
To the officials and volunteers who will be working tirelessly over the next fortnight, we thank you for your invaluable services and contribution to the sport of bowls and trust you will enjoy your involvement and the opportunity to be close to the action.
Finally, we thank Bowls Australia’s wonderful partners whose continued support and contributions ultimately allow us to stage such renowned events. In particular, we make special mention of the City of Gold Coast, Tourism and Events Queensland, Australian Sports Commission, Australian Institute of Sport, Apia, Audika, BCiB, Drinkwise, Henselite, Geeks2U, MakMax, Legacy Lighting, Right At Home, Original Matress Factory and Commonwealth Games Australia.
We hope the 2022 Australian Open will exceed your expectations and wish the best of luck to the competitors.
Enjoy your stay on the beautiful Gold Coast.
WELCOME FROM THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GOLD COAST TOM TATE
Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, it has. The 2023 Australian Open will set a record for entries and prize money as more than 3500 competitors enjoy our city's amazing greens - from Tugun to Paradise Point.
This tournament reminds me why we are rapidly becoming one of the best sporting destinations in the Southern Hemisphere.
Post the 2018 Commonwealth Games, we have worked hard to deliver new festivals and events. The Australian Open tops the billing bringing thousands of competitors, supporters and officials to the coast.
The tournament showcases not only our fantastic bowls clubs but also our wonderful accommodation, restaurants and visitor attractions.
Grabbing a slice of the $270,000 is prize money is on everyone's mind as players battle over 14 days. It's no wonder the Australian Open carries the title of the ‘world’s biggest bowls festival’.
Having shared a beer with bowls enthusiasts over the years, I know the stories at the bar are as rich and colourful as the event itself, which makes for great companionship after a day’s play.
Great friendships have been formed through this sport and generations of families have continued the tradition. I encourage everyone to have a cracking time and make the most of their stay on the Gold Coast.
To the winners after each tournament, be ready to throw a few dollars on the bar and celebrate everything great about your sport and the people behind it.
Tom Tate Mayor City of Gold CoastPRIZEMONEY
The Gold Coast is yet again poised to play host to the world's biggest bowls festival as the 2023 Australian Open commences for its largest edition yet, with a plethora of stars from home and abroad set to dazzle fans with sensational action.
As it was in 2022, there will be no men’s singles ‘next best qualifiers’, making every win vital and every loss a ramification that could spell the end for one’s event.
As it was in 2022, there will be no men’s singles ‘next best qualifiers’, making every win vital and every loss a ramification that could spell the end for one’s event.
Fresh off two World Bowls Indoor Championships gold medals, defending champion Aron Sherriff returns in stellar form that sees him bolt into immediate pre-tournament favouritism for a record extending fifth singles title. His section consists of New South Welshman Matthew Hooker and the Victorian duo of Johan Fourie and Christopher Thomas.
Sherriff's 2023 World Bowls Championships teammate and 2022 runner-up Corey Wedlock makes his return to the Australian Open in search of his maiden crown at the event in any discipline.
The duo will also team up in the fours with fellow Right at Home Jackaroos in Barrie Lester and Aaron Teys in the fours event, with the pair also fronting up in the singles.
2015 champion Teys faces off against Victoria's James Gonera, Western Australian Joshua Vlahos and Queenslander Frank Obah in his section, while the former pairs winner in Lester will be pitted against John Dixon, Greg John and Shane Hinsch.
World Championships bound Carl Healey, one of the defending men's fours champions, is back in action, as are two of his 2022 Australian Open winning teammates in Gary Kelly and five-time tournament conqueror Nathan Pedersen.
Ben Twist and Aaron Wilson will return to defend their crown, with the latter looking for his third singles title in addition to his campaign with his Australian teammate.
Twist, a former champion in pairs, triples and fours, will look to complete his full set of trophies with a singles triumph on the Gold Coast.
2021 pairs winner Cody Packer and his Jackaroo teammate Matt Lucas will be back in action at the tournament, as will Jesse Noronha.
Other notables playing the tournament will be Bowls Premier League (BPL) stalwarts Chris Rosanes, Taelyn Maleand Blake Nairn, while coaches John Higgins, Kevin Anderson and Ryan Burnett are also. In addition, former Melbourne Pulse coaches Rob Wilson and Scott De Jongh will try their hand at glory.
De Jongh faces a tricky singles section, consisting of 2022 multi disability pairs runner up Clive Williams and Pathways Jackaroo Jake Rynne.
Rynne's fellow Pathways squad members and brothers Kane and Jacob Nelson will be striving for success in their home state, as will the in form Queenslanders in Nick Cahill and Cohen Litfin.
South Australian Emerging Jackaroo Nathan Black will make the trip to the Gold Coast looking for a piece of national silverware, as will Para Jackaroos David Minns and Damien Delgado, the latter being pitted against 2021 fours champion David Ferguson in his open singles section.
2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist and 2021 multi-disability pairs champion Tony Bonnell will contest the tournament as well, and has been drawn against Bowls WA CEO Ken Pride in the men's singles sectional round.
Finally, 2021 and 2022 boys' singles winner Joseph Clarke returns but to only contest the open events, 2019 Australian Indoor conqueror Rob Briglia will be on the green looking for more success on the national stage, as will 2021 Australian fours winner Paul Sinden.
In the women's draw, defending women's singles and fours champion Kelsey Cottrell is back as she aims to win an unprecedented eleventh on-green crown at the Australian Open to go with her 2021 and 2022 Player of the Tournament accolades. Her singles section sees her face off against Queensland's Denise Burey, New South Wales' Diane Moore and Tasmania's Denise Tanner.
Cottrell's fellow ten-time Australian Open champion, defending fours winner and World Bowls Championships teammate Lynsey Clarke will be back for more glory in her home city.
Clarke's singles section fellow Gold Coast natives in Tilly Orero and Janelle Evans, as well as 2019 pairs champion and former Jackaroo Genevieve Delves in what is sure to be a mouthwatering clash.
Cottrell and Clarke will again team up in the pairs as they look to regain the title they last claimed in 2021, as well as the fours with the likes of recently retired Australian star and five-time Australian Open champion Rebecca Van Aschand Anne Johns, who has herself lifted an Australian Open trophy on eight occasions, boasting a complete set of singles, pairs, triples and fours.
World Bowls Championships bound and Commoznwealth Games winning duo of Kristina Krstic and Ellen Ryan will also be back as they look to get as many ends on the Gold Coast greens as they can before they return for Australia in August.
It is no surprise that the best friends will team up again in the pairs and fours, with Krstic's singles campaign kicking off with matchups against New South Wales' Genevieve Staunton-Latimer, Hong Kong's Wai-Ling Lam May and Queenslander Vikki Grenot.
Ryan, a three-time champion overall and 2017 player of the tournament, will face Barb McNeill, Gill Oliver and Rita Saunders in her singles section as she looks for her third singles crown.
Bowls Australia's (BA) HP Manager for Para Bowls and former Commonwealth and World Champion Ellen Falkner will join
Krstic and Ryan in the fours, as will Emerging Jackaroo Brianna Smith.
Jackaroo Dawn Hayman will look to go one better in her singles campaign having fallen agonisingly short of Cottrell in the 2022 final, and will kickstart her tournament with contests against Cathy Verdich, Heather Thompson and Jill Christie.
Hayman's fellow national teammates in Chloe Stewart, Jamie-Lee Warsnop and Bolivia Millerick will also be in action as they look to etch their names into the tournament's history books.
Inaugural player of the tournament and Jackaroo Natasha Van Eldik is back on the Gold Coast as she looks for yet more silverware for her already illustrious trophy cabinet.
The 32-year-old will strive to add to her three singles crowns as she takes on South Australia's Hanika Booth and the Victorian duo of Olivia Cartwright and Nicole McKenzie in the sectional round.
Reigning pairs champions Olivia Bloomfield and Paris Baker are also back for more glory after one of the most wonderful narratives in the tournament's history in 2022.
Both will contest all three disciplines, as will the duo they defeated in last year's decider in Wendy Wilson and Triss Doolan.
Emerging Jackaroo Kate Argent Bowden will return to the scene of her two girl's singles titles, but at 18-years-old she will only be entering the open disciplines this year.
Joining them in the field will be Argent Bowden's fellow Emerging national squad members in the form of another former girl's singles champion in Kira Bourke, as well as Grace Moloney, Jessie Cottell and Cassandra Millerick, with both take part in all three disciplines.
New Zealand international and Queensland native Katelyn Inch will be in action as she looks to continue her solid form leading into the World Bowls Championships in August.
2022 girl's singles runner up Taylor De Greenlaw will also be back in action, as will former Australian Champion of Champions winner Colleen Orr.
Finally, former World Bowls Championships singles winner Carmen Anderson will take her place in the draw.
The 2023 Australian Open runs from the June 10-23, 2022 on the Gold Coast in Queensland with Rinkside Live coverage from 9am AEST daily (except June 16) on Bowls Australia’s Facebook page.
DISCOVER THE GOLD COAST
Are you looking for things to see and do while you’re staying on the Gold Coast? You've come to the right place! We’re celebrators of life with an energy all of our own and we welcome visitors with a smile, ready to share the best of the coast with you. With 56 kilometres of gorgeous coastline at your doorstep and 100,000 hectares of world heritage listed rainforest just a short drive away, there’s plenty to discover. Browse accommodation, entertainment, attractions, tours and restaurants below.
ACCOMMODATION
Why not stay longer? Our city was born for hosting and we have accommodation options up to your eyes from no fuss hotels, luxe apartments, cabins and lodges, holiday parks, family resorts and much more. We can offer you a view of the beach, hinterland or a view over the many canals and waterways, a room by the pool and sauna or perhaps you’d prefer to be within walking distance to our favourite restaurants and shopping malls? From the coast to the hinterland we have room for everyone. DGC’s latest accommodation providers can be viewed here:
www.destinationgoldcoast.com/where-to-stay
ENTERTAINMENT
Come for the entertainment, stay for our city! Here on the Gold Coast, we enjoy much more than great surf in the mornings. Our Home of the Arts (HOTA) centre is brimming with art to admire, concerts to rock out to and movies to make you and the kids laugh and cry. If live music and casual street eats are more your style, hit up the original Miami Marketta for tasty bites and a pulsing vibe the whole family will love. Besides golf, there are plenty of other sports to enjoy with games, matches and competitions hosted every week while the coast itself offers plenty of free-use courts and fields if you’re happy to BYO equipment.
Find out more and keep up with the Gold Coast’s latest sporting events, live music gigs and festivals here:
www.destinationgoldcoast.com/whatson
ACTIVITIES AND ADVENTURES
The whole family can run wild at one of our world-class theme parks, from seals at SeaWorld , heated slides at White Water World and the giant Hypercoaster at Warner Bros. Movie World. For animal encounters, simply head into our wildlife parks on both ends of the coast or seek them out yourself on one of the winding walking tracks through our hinterland rainforests. If you’re planning to do some designer shopping while you’re here, we have plenty of that too! Otherwise, simply kick back by the pool or at one of our famous beaches and soak in some warm sunshine. Before, after and in between the golf, check out what else there is to do on the Gold Coast here:
www.destinationgoldcoast.com/things-to-do
DINE LIKE A LOCAL
The more the merrier, and there’s plenty to go around! We love our farm-fresh produce on display at the local markets and awarded baristas pouring coffee just the way we like it. We’re sure you will too. We love our pizzas cooked to perfection in wood-fired ovens and artful Japanese dishes equally delicate and delicious - we’ve become a coastline of passionate foodies who like nothing better than tasty and fresh. See our favourite local restaurants and cafes here and treat yourself and the family to a fresh new taste of the Gold Coast:
Restaurants:
www.destinationgoldcoast.com/restaurants
Food culture:
https://www.destinationgoldcoast.com/blog/category/eat-drink/
SATURDAY, JUNE 10
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Singles
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Helensvale, Musgrave, Robina, Paradise Point, Mudgeeraba, Tugun, Southport, Mermaid Beach, Mckenzie Park Nerang, Coolangatta, Burleigh Heads, Beenleigh
SUNDAY, JUNE 11
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Singles
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Helensvale, Musgrave, Robina, Paradise Point, Mudgeeraba, Tugun, Southport, Mermaid Beach, Mckenzie Park Nerang, Coolangatta, Burleigh Heads, Beenleigh
MONDAY, JUNE 12
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Pairs
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Robina, Paradise Point, Tugan, Coolangatta, Mckenzie Park Nerang
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Singles
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Helensvale, Musgrave, Robina, Paradise Point, Mudgeeraba, Tugun, Southport, Mermaid Beach, Mckenzie Park Nerang, Coolangatta, Burleigh Heads, Beenleigh
TUESDAY, JUNE 13
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Pairs
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Robina, Coolangatta, Musgrave
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Pairs
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Helensvale, Musgrave, Robina, Paradise Point, Mudgeeraba, Tugun, Southport, Mermaid Beach, Mckenzie Park Nerang, Coolangatta, Burleigh Heads, Beenleigh, Benowa
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Singles
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Helensvale, Musgrave, Robina, Paradise Point, Mudgeeraba, Tugun, Southport, Mermaid Beach, Mckenzie Park Nerang, Coolangatta, Burleigh Heads, Beenleigh
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Pairs
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Paradise Point, Musgrave, Robina, Mudgeeraba, Tugun, Southport, Mermaid Beach, Mckenzie Park Nerang, Benowa
THURSDAY, JUNE 15
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Fours
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Helensvale, Musgrave, Robina, Paradise Point, Mudgeeraba, Tugun, Southport, Mermaid Beach, Mckenzie Park Nerang, Coolangatta, Burleigh Heads, Beenleigh
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Singles
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Helensvale, Musgrave, Robina, Paradise Point, Southport
FRIDAY, JUNE 16
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Fours
ROUND: R128, R64, R32
CLUBS USED: Robina, Paradise Point, Mudgeeraba, Mermaid Beach, Mckenzie Park Nerang, Southport, Burleigh Heads, Tugun
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Fours
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Helensvale, Musgrave, Coolangatta
SATURDAY, JUNE 17
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Singles
ROUND: R512, R256 & R128
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Helensvale, Musgrave, Robina, Mudgeeraba, Tugun, Mermaid Beach, Mckenzie Park Nerang, Coolangatta, Southport, Burleigh Heads
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Singles
ROUND: R128, R64 & R32
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Musgrave, Robina, Paradise Point, Mermaid Beach, Beenleigh
SUNDAY, JUNE 18
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Singles
ROUND: R64, R32 & R16
CLUBS USED: Helensvale, Paradise Point, Coolangatta
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Multi-Disability Singles
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Multi-Disability Singles
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Mermaid Beach
DISCIPLINE: Vision-Impaired Singles
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Mixed Pairs Support Event
ROUND: All
CLUBS USED: Musgrave, Robina
MONDAY, JUNE 19
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Pairs
ROUND: R128, R64 & R32
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach, Helensvale, Musgrave, Robina, Paradise Point, Burleigh Heads
DISCIPLINE: Over-60 Men’s Pairs
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Musgrave, Robina, Paradise Point, Mudgeeraba, Tugun, McKenzie Park Nerang, Coolangatta, Southport, Mermaid Beach
DISCIPLINE: Vision-Impaired Open Pairs
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Mermaid Beach
DISCIPLINE: Multi-Disability Open Pairs
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Mermaid Beach
TUESDAY, JUNE 20
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Pairs
ROUND: R16 & QF
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Pairs
ROUND: R64, R32 & R16
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Over-60s Pairs
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Helensvale, Musgrave Hill, Robina, Paradise Point, Southport, Burleigh Heads, Beenleigh
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Over-60s Pairs
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Robina, Paradise Point, Mudgeeraba, Tugun, Southport, Mckenzie Park Nerang, Coolangatta
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Multi-Disability Singles
ROUND: R16, QF & SF
CLUBS USED: Mermaid Beach
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Multi-Disability Singles
ROUND: SF
CLUBS USED: Mermaid Beach
DISCIPLINE: Vision-Impaired Open Pairs
ROUND: SF
CLUBS USED: Mermaid Beach
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Singles
ROUND: QF
CLUBS USED: Helensvale
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Fours
ROUND: QF & SF
CLUBS USED: Helensvale
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Singles
ROUND: SF
CLUBS USED: Helensvale
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Pairs
ROUND: SF
CLUBS USED: Helensvale
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Pairs
ROUND: QF & SF
CLUBS USED: Helensvale
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Fours
ROUND: R16, QF & SF
CLUBS USED: Helensvale
DISCIPLINE: Over-60s Men’s Pairs
ROUND: R128, R64, R32
CLUBS USED: Robina, Tugun, Southport, Mckenzie Park Nerang, Burleigh Heads, Beenleigh
DISCIPLINE: Over-60’s Women’s Pairs
ROUND: R64, R32 & R16
CLUBS USED: Musgrave, Coolangatta
DISCIPLINE: Under-18 Girls’ Singles
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Mermaid Beach
DISCIPLINE: Under-18 Boys’ Singles
ROUND: Sectional
CLUBS USED: Paradise Point, Mermaid Beach
DISCIPLINE: Multi-Disability Pairs
ROUND: QF, SF
CLUBS USED: Musgrave
THURSDAY, JUNE 22
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Fours
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Singles
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Singles
ROUND: SF
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Pairs
ROUND: F
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Over-60s Men’s Pairs
ROUND: R16
CLUBS USED: Musgrave
DISCIPLINE:
Over-60’s Men’s Pairs
ROUND: R16, QF & SF
CLUBS USED: Musgrave
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Fours
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Over-60’s Women’s Pairs
ROUND: QF & SF
CLUBS USED: Musgrave
DISCIPLINE: Under-18 Boys’ Singles
ROUND: R16, QF & SF
CLUBS USED: Helensvale
DISCIPLINE: Under-18 Girls’ Singles
ROUND: R16, QF & SF
CLUBS USED: Helensvale
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Multi-Disability Singles
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Vision-Impaired Singles
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Vision-Impaired Open Pairs
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Multi-Disability Open Pairs
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
FRIDAY, JUNE 23
DISCIPLINE: Men’s Singles
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Women’s Pairs
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Under-18 Boys’ Singles
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Under-18 Girls’ Singles
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Over-60’s Men’s Pairs
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
DISCIPLINE: Over-60’s Women’s Pairs
ROUND: Final
CLUBS USED: Broadbeach
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• Benowa: Sir Bruce Small Reserve, Ashmore Rd, Benowa QLD 4217
• Broadbeach: 169 Surf Parade, Broadbeach QLD 4218
• Burleigh Heads: Connor St, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220
• Club Helensvale: 20-28 Discovery Dr, Helensvale QLD 4212
• Club Musgrave: Musgrave Ave &, Kumbari Ave, Southport QLD 4215
• Club Robina: 263 Ron Penhaligon Way Robina QLD 4226
• Coolangatta: Scott St, Coolangatta QLD 4225
• Mermaid Beach: 2418 Gold Coast Hwy, Mermaid Beach QLD 4218
• Mudgeeraba: Somerset Drive behind the skate park, Mudgeeraba, Qld, 4213
• Nerang Community: Cayuga Street, Nerang, QLD, 4211
• Paradise Point: 22 Thrush Ave, Paradise Point QLD 4216
• Southport: 2 Marine Parade, Southport QLD 4215
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