National Club 5-a-Side Challenge Club Helensvale victorious over South Tweed in the Grand Final
Club Helensvale invited twenty clubs from across Australia to participate in the Inaugural Helensvale Quality Meats National Club 5-a-Side Challenge.
Held from September 11-14, 2007, each club selected 5 of their best players (male or female) to play singles, pairs, triples and fours events across three days of qualifying; the Top 4 teams after three days played a semi final with the final on the fourth day.
Club Helensvale victorious over South Tweed in the Grand Final
Following four days of very entertaining bowls Helensvale were victorious over South Tweed in the Grand Final of the Inaugural Club Helensvale $40,000 National 5-a-Side Challenge, sponsored by Helensvale Quality Meats.
After being down 9-nil early in the game, Shane Globits played brilliantly to come back and defeat South Tweed's Kelvin Kerkow 21-18.
South Tweed were winners of the Pairs convincingly 19-9, the Triples went Club Helensvale's way 24-6 and the Fours were also won by Club Helensvale 13-5.
Take a look at the action from the greens
Plans for annual event with increased prize money Success prompts increased prize money for an annual event
Following the runaway success of the 5-a-Side Club Challenge, Len Brunt, the General Manager of Club Helensvale, announced that the event would be held annually and the prize money for 2008 would be increased.
Players from all the teams involved believed that the format of the 5-a-Side Challenge was unrivalled in tournaments around Australia and were excited at the thought of participating again next year.
Club Helensvale would like to thank all players and officials from the clubs who participated in this years National Club 5-a-Side Challenge and look forward to next year's event.


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