Right at Home Jackaroos back in action against Ireland
The Right at Home Jackaroos will be back together as a team this week as the national squad converges on the Broadbeach Bowls Club and Club Musgrave for a test series against Ireland.
It is the first time that the recently announced squad will congregate for competition, with the likes of Aron Sherriff and Kelsey Cottrell returning for Australian duties for the first time since February 2020.
Jamie-Lee Worsnop and Bolivia Millerick will also make their returns to the national squad while fellow team member Kylie Whitehead will miss the series.
Commonwealth Games heroes Ellen Ryan, Kristina Krstic and Aaron Wilson return in their first international matches since the history making Birmingham campaign, while their Games teammates Carl Healey, Ben Twist, Barrie Lester, Natasha Van Eldik and Lynsey Clarke will also don the green and gold regalia once again.
Day one of the series will kick off at Broadbeach on Tuesday with three sessions of action packed bowls with the teams for each session below:
Session 1:
Men’s fours: Cody Packer, Jesse Noronha, Carl Healey & Aaron Teys vs Richie Leonard, Robert Kirkwood, Shane Leonard & Andy Kyle
Men’s pairs: Ben Twist & Aaron Wilson vs Stuart Bennett & Simon Martin
Men’s fours: Corey Wedlock, Barrie Lester, Matt Lucas & Aron Sherriff vs Ryan McElroy, Jack Moffett, Stephen Kirkwood & Mark Wilson
Women’s pairs: Kristina Krstic & Ellen Ryan vs Ashleigh Rainey & Chloe Wilson
Women’s pairs: Jamie-Lee Worsnop & Dawn Hayman vs Mia Patterson & Sophie McIntyre
Women’s pairs: Lynsey Clarke & Chloe Stewart vs Amy Carruth & Lara Reaney
Women’s pairs: Bolivia Millerick & Kelsey Cottrell vs Megan Devlin & Sarah Kelly
Session 2:
Women’s fours: Jamie-Lee Worsnop, Bolivia Millerick, Ellen Ryan & Natasha Van Eldik vs Amy Carruth, Megan Devlin, Sarah Kelly & Chloe Wilson
Women’s fours: Kristina Krstic, Chloe Stewart, Dawn Hayman & Kelsey Cottrell vs Mia Patterson, Ashleigh Rainey, Sophie McIntyre & Lara Reaney
Men’s pairs: Jesse Noronha & Ben Twist vs Ryan McElroy & Mark Wilson
Men’s pairs: Cody Packer & Carl Healey vs Stephen Kirkwood & Simon Martin
Men’s singles: Aron Sherriff vs Shane Leonard
Men’s singles: Corey Wedlock vs Jack Moffett
Men’s fours: Matt Lucas, Barrie Lester, Aaron Teys & Aaron Wilson vs Richie Leonard, Stuart Bennett, Robert Kirkwood & Andy Kyle
Session 3:
Men’s triples: Matt Lucas, Barrie Lester & Aaron Wilson vs Ryan McElroy, Robert Kirkwood & Andy Kyle
Men’s triples: Jesse Noronha, Aron Sherriff & Aaron Teys vs Stuart Bennett, Shane Leonard & Simon Martin
Men’s fours: Carl Healey, Cody Packer, Corey Wedlock & Ben Twist vs Richie Leonard, Jack Moffett, Stephen Kirkwood & Mark Wilson
Women’s triples: Bolivia Millerick, Lynsey Clarke & Ellen Ryan vs Amy Carruth, Ashleigh Rainey & Chloe Wilson
Women’s triples: Jamie-Lee Worsnop, Chloe Stewart & Kelsey Cottrell vs Mia Patterson, Megan Devlin & Lara Reaney
Women’s singles: Natasha Van Eldik vs Sarah Kelly
Women’s singles: Dawn Hayman vs Sophie McIntyre
The teams for day two at Club Musgrave will be announced in due course.
Stay tuned to Bowls Australia’s website and social media platforms for daily wraps of the series.
