Sport

23 July, 2026

Debutante champion

A YEAR after sweeping virtually all of Upper Loddon Cricket Association’s annual awards, Jayden Leach has taken out Bridgewater Bowling Club’s annual championship.

A YEAR after sweeping virtually all of Upper Loddon Cricket Association’s annual awards, Jayden Leach has taken out Bridgewater Bowling Club’s annual championship.

The title was one of the last decided in Victoria, with first-year bowler Leach proving his change of sports was a winner.

Leach switched to bowls because of a dodgy back suffered playing cricket with Kingower in the 2024-25 season. He returned to Kingower for just one match last season and promptly blazed a century.

Leach, who is playing football with Inglewood this winter, mainly in the reserves, has pledged his allegiance to the bowling green for the coming summer.

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