Australian Premier League

Australian Premier League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015 Australian Premier League season
Sport Bowls
Founded 2013
No. of teams 8
Countries Australia
New Zealand
Most recent champion(s) Murray Steamers
Most titles Brisbane Gold (1) Murray Steamers (1) New Zealand Blackjacks (1)
Official website www.australianpremierleague.com.au

The Australian Premier League is a bowls competition involving teams from Australia and New Zealand.

History

The first edition of the competition occurred in November 2013 the inaugural clubs will be Adelaide Endurance, Brisbane Gold, Melbourne Roys, New Zealand Blackjacks, Perth Suns and Sydney Lions and was won by Brisbane Gold.[1] Two further teams joined the competition in 2014 to make an 8 team competition, the Murray Steamers (owned by Moama Bowling Club) and the Gold Coast Hawks (owned by Club Helensvale). The Murray Steamers defeated Adelaide Endurance in the final of the 2014 competition to be champions for the second running of the event.

References

  1. "Brisbane’s panning for Gold pays off". Australian Premier League. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.

External links

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