Twenty years ago, on Australia day a team from the Orange City Bowling Club broke the World record for the longest game of Lawn Bowls. They took the record from a team in Surrey, England by bowling for 31 hrs and 7 mins.  In the process the team raised $35,000 for the Kids Leukemia Cancer Foundation. The current world record is held by a team in New Zealand as their game took a whopping 177 hours.

The bowls team hold reunions of the event on important occasions. This year one member was unable to travel from Queensland, another member surprised the team by coming from Victoria and brought his son who was the substitute for the day. Any funds raised from the day will also go the Kids Leukemia Cancer Foundation.

It’s said that back in the day (and also at the reunion) they played for a $1 Keno ticket.