The five day Rose Carnival is set to bring a large influx of bowlers from across the  region and the state and even down from Queensland to compete at the club. The carnival begins on November 5 and runs until November 9.

In its 57th year there will be plenty of tough competition for victory throughout the divisions with the men’s triples set to be a great contest according to Glen Innes Bowling Club secretary Kevin Beattie.

“There is a couple of good strong local teams and some really good teams from other areas, especially in the mens triples, there is some people who have represented at different levels and won in other areas so it should be a really good competition,” he said.

Beattie told The Examiner that Wednesday’s mixed social bowls are also hugely popular with bowlers but no also no less competitive.

“The mixed days are more social but they are still a good competition but they are also very popular, the Wednesdays mixed always get the most entries.”

Wednesday sees three rounds of mixed pairs played, thursday two rounds of ladies three bowl triples. Friday’s play includes three rounds of mens two bowl triples, Saturday sees three rounds of mens two bowl triples while the final day is a two bowl open triples event.

The visitors who will battle it out for bowls supremacy with locals contribute to the Glen Innes economy while in town, staying in local accommodation facilities and frequenting local businesses and eateries.

Beattie said the competition is easily the biggest event the club stages and it’s an event they work towards all year.

“It’s our main event, we do have some smaller events but the Rose Carnival has always been our main event we start planning for it early in the year.”