There is a positive attitude in the club and the players are excited because Fairfield won the Bowls Dunedin Stuart Trophy for interclub Sevens for the first time in 35 years.
When Fairfield last won the competition, in 1974, it was known as the Stuart Banner. But there is no room left to inscribe new names on the banner and a trophy has been substituted.
"We are very proud of our team," president Jean Bagley told the Otago Daily Times.
"I have a bung knee and use a bowls lifter in a game. The girls were afraid I might hit them with it if they played badly."
Fairfield beat Andersons Bay 2-1 in the final to win the trophy.
Fairfield also won the prestigious Ballard Brooch for the interclub fours competition for the first time in 11 years, with its team of Diane Hughes, Shirley Martin, Margaret Middlemiss and June Power.
Added to the team for the Stuart Trophy were Clare Munro, Pam Maclennan and Anne Moir.
Munro, who has been playing bowls for 23 years, works at Dunedin airport. She won a Central Otago centre title when she lived in Wanaka.
Maclennan, a saleswoman at Dunedin airport, joined her husband Rod in the sport 16 years ago. She won the Bowls Dunedin champion of champions singles title nine years ago.
This was the third win in the Ballard Brooch for Middlemiss and Muir, who have both represented the Dunedin centre in interprovincial events.
Middlemiss, a retired nurse, started paying bowls 12 years ago and has won one Bowls Dunedin title, in the triples. She is also talented at golf and once had a handicap of 20.
Muir, a retired hairdresser, has not won any centre titles in 21 years of bowls. But she had been close and has been runner-up on five occasions in centre finals.
Power, a retired food officer at the Dunedin Hospital, has won two centre titles in 18 years of bowls.
Martin, a retired retailer, has won three centre titles. She has also represented Otago at bowls and golf.
Hughes, the sister of former international Ken Walker, is a retired receptionist and has represented Bowls Dunedin for nine years.
