Whitehorse News - June 2023

The Box Hill RSL Bowls Club has honoured one of its stalwarts after he reached a massive personal milestone.

Blackburn South’s Jim Burrowes, who turned 100 years old in March, was honoured for his outstanding contribution over the years when the club held the Jim Burrowes Perpetual Trophy day on 29 April.

Mr Burrowes joined the former Box Hill Bowls Club in the 1970s and won the Club Singles Championship in 1990.

The club merged with Box Hill RSL in the mid 2000s, and he continued to play pennant bowls, only stopping two years ago. Vice Chairperson Judy Smith said the club loves to see Jim when he occasionally visits, and his trophy is designed to recognise a rising star of the club. Jim presented his trophy to its inaugural winner – Pam McCormack – as part of the celebrations, which also included a barbeque and some of his favourite tunes.

Outside of bowls, Mr Burrowes served in the Army during WWII as a Coastwatcher, and received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1991 for his services to lifesaving.

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