As previously reported, The Bankers won the 2016 Winter Shield competition. The team of Peter Oram, Mike Mott, John Tarr, Mike Boucher, Tony Murray and Champay Osram were very consistent throughout the season. They were a mix of Karingal and Fairfield bowlers, which demonstrates the reach of the HBC winter tournament. However in the Finals,they had to relinquish their winning ways to 3 other Division A teams. The full results were: Division A: 1st Critical Care, 2nd Team Geck

After 22 rounds, The Bankers have emerged as clear winners of the Winter Shield Trophy. A fine and sustained performance, they were followed by Team Gecko and Harold Hermits. This coming Saturday is the start of two rounds of finals games with the 20 teams being broken into 3 divisions. Full details are on the Winter Shield Ladder page of the website.