Metro Club of the Year – Sorrento
Sorrento Bowling Club are the 2018 Metropolitan Club of the Year.
It’s just reward for Sorrento who have turned themselves into one of Western Australia’s biggest and most successful clubs in recent years.
Sorrento have around 600 members with over 300 of them being active bowlers.
The club has more pennant players than any other club with almost all of their bowlers being pennant players.
The 2017/18 season will be remembered at Sorrento for its pennant success.
They had three new pennants coming into the club including the Men’s Saturday 1 White pennant and with it, promotion to Premier League for the first time in the club’s history.
This fulfils the club’s long-term objective of playing Men’s Premier League bowls two years before their 2020 target.
Sorrento now have a Premier League team in Saturday and mid-week pennants for both Men and Women, the only club that can boast that record.
Planning has been critical to Sorrento’s rise over the last few years with multiple policies and strategic plans being drawn up to help the club achieve financial, membership and pennant goals.
Sorrento continue to go to strength to strength as they have begun the process of expanding their clubhouse having updated the existing club and surrounds extensively this year.
They’ve also greatly improved their digital presence with a new-look website, Facebook and E-newsletter.
The club is not resting on its laurels however with a brand new strategic plan drawn up this year set to take the club through to 2025.
Sorrento President John Abercrombie says it’s good for everybody at the club to be recognised for their hard work.
“It’s nice to be recognised by your fellow peers,” he said.
“Our members and sponsors back at Sorrento will be very pleased that their efforts and achievements have gone a long way towards winning this award.
“Winning this award suggests, and I quote from a hard-working member of our club, that we must be doing something right.”
