COASTAL ten-pin bowlers John and Tania Russell and Clayton Hanson have returned home from last week’s Australian Deaf Games with bronze medals.
Tania and John Russell
Tania secured two bronze medals in the teams and triples events, while brother John and Hanson picked up a bronze medal in the triples, playing alongside a South Australian ten-pin bowler.
It was the first time the trio, who bowl at Devonport Ten Pin Bowl, had collected medals at the Games.
Thrilled with the outcome, John said it was a nice reward after so many years in the sport.
“We (have) all played for a long time,” he said.
“We all played very well.”
John finished the Games, which were held in Geelong, with an average of 160.
Tania, 36, has been playing since high school, while 27-year- old John followed in his older sister’s footsteps, taking up the sport in 1994.
John first started playing alongside Hanson in 1996.
The Australian Deaf Games are the pinnacle of deaf sporting events in Australia and owned and managed by Deaf Sports Australia.
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