Rebecca van Asch goes back to school
Commonwealth Games squad member Rebecca van Asch has paid a visit to her old school St Finn Barr’s Catholic Primary in Launceston, Tasmania. Commonwealth Games squad member Rebecca van Asch has paid a visit to her old school St Finn Barr’s Catholic Primary in Launceston, Tasmania.
The joint 2017 Tasmanian athlete of the year, who is also chief executive of Bowls Tasmania, was tasked with the objective of breaking down bowls stereotypes among her students for the day.
“They were a fantastic bunch to talk to and so enthusiastic so it was great to share my journey with them,” she told The Examiner.
“It would be nice to think some of them might be future bowlers.”
The triple world champion took students through her journey, from sharing their ‘bowls for the elderly’ stereotype at their age to taking up the sport with her nan in Grade 4 when she was at St Finn Barr’s to representing Australia on the world stage.
Van Asch will contest the triples and fours at the upcoming Games on the Gold Coast and has considerable recent World Championship form to build from.
“I’d love to win two medals. I’d love them to be gold but any two would be cool,” she said.
“The Australian women’s team is No.1 in the world but there are some really good teams out there. We played Malaysia last week on the Gold Coast and they were really good and will be hard to beat while England, Scotland, Wales and New Zealand we’ll have to play well against to win medals.”
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