{"id":12358,"date":"2022-10-17T16:17:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T05:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midlandexpress.com.au\/?p=12358"},"modified":"2022-10-17T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T05:18:00","slug":"bickerdyke-plays-350th-pennant-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/sports\/2022\/10\/17\/bickerdyke-plays-350th-pennant-game\/","title":{"rendered":"350 games up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Woodend Bowling Club\u2019s Norm Bickerdyke played his 350th pennant game for the club on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Bickerdyke, who is still playing as a skipper, was congratulated by Woodend team manager John Shaw at the mid-game division 2 break at Kilmore.<\/p>\n<p>A one-club player, Bickerdyke began bowls at Woodend in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>He has been club champion on four occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Woodend won Saturday\u2019s match, but the club has been disrupted with last week\u2019s torrential rains and flooding ruining the synthetic green. 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