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Lawn bowler Colin Carter has Lofty ambitions at his new Geraldton club

Peter SweeneyGeraldton Guardian
New Geraldton Bowling Club member Colin Carter.
Camera IconNew Geraldton Bowling Club member Colin Carter. Credit: Peter Sweeney

He may not be lofty in size, but he is in stature. And it’s a new nickname Colin Carter wears with pride.

“I don’t mind the word ‘dwarf’, ’cos that’s what I am. I hate the word midget, but I love what they call me — Lofty,” he said.

Colin, 60, has just joined the Geraldton Bowling Club following a move from the mid north coast of New South Wales.

His genial nature and talent on the greens have been a hit with members.

So was the gift of new billiard balls, tips and chalk he and his sister Carolee, a nurse at the Geraldton Regional Hospital, made to the club.

The former greenkeeper, who sports a rat’s tail, skipped at his former club for four years.

During that time they won three pennants.

“I've got an unfair advantage, I am short to the ground — you don’t hurt the back bending,” he said.

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