BOWLING was never the first sporting love for Michael Clifford, but once he gave it a go, he was hooked.

Ever since trying "night owls" bowls at the Red Cliffs Bowling Club in 2011, he hasn't looked back.

"I was actually playing golf, that was my big passion then," he said.

"I had walked past this green so many times and I had seen it but I'd never taken an interest in it until I tried the nigh...