Cooper Dart doesn't fit the stereotype of a lawn bowls champion, but the NSW teen is among a rapidly growing cohort of young people changing the face of the sport.
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Cooper has tasted success at the national level, too — his New South Wales team won gold at the Australian schools competition in September."Our sport is trending younger all the time," Bowls Australia's Chris Wallace said. "In our first year here at the club we managed to win the minor pair championships — it was a pretty big thrill to do that with your son."Club Dubbo bowls manager Anthony Brown said Cooper was exactly the kind of promising young talent he was desperate to scout.
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