Nothing out of the ordinary – sporting superstars from different codes often never meet.  But when these two Sarahs are in the country and in the state, they live next door to one another.

Sarah Boddington is a 23-year-old lawn bowler who will attest the sport isn’t just for seniors dressed in their whites, and certainly it is not a game for the faint hearted.

Bowls is today attracting a growing number of young players, eager to demonstrate their skills and knack with the jack.

Sarah began playing as a nine-year-old with her dad Clive at the Huskisson Bowling Club. 

It didn’t take long for Sarah to realise she really liked the game, and more importantly, she was pretty good at it.

During her junior years as an 18-year-old she won the Australian junior pairs, NSW junior singles and NSW junior pairs (twice), captained the NSW junior team and won the Australian junior teams championships.

And, in 2010 she was the first player to be selected in the NSW U18, U15 and open teams in the one year.

The following year the 19-year-old became the youngest player to win the NSW open state singles. The previous winner was aged 26.

Over the years Sarah has amassed a treasure trove of medals, trophies, titles and wins, too numerous to list on one page.

Sarah’s spirited personality has almost certainly contributed to her success.

“I am very competitive, and I love to travel,” she said.

She has travelled extensively throughout Australia and has represented her country in New Zealand.

Sarah is working towards representing Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Getting the two Sarahs together has been a work in progress for the past couple of months.

Thirty-year-old professional golfer Sarah Kemp has been on the LPGA tour for the past nine years, spending much of her time in the US.

She was home briefly to visit her Sydney-based coach and family in Tuncurry before jetting off to Hawaii for yet another tour.

Sarah first teed off as a 12-year-old at the Beverly Park, Kogarah course, with much encouragement from her golf loving parents Greg and Jennifer.

Within three years she was playing off a zero handicap.

She secured a scholarship at the prestigious Australian Institute of Sport before turning pro two years later.

During her amateur career Sarah collected a swag of titles including the Australian 72-Hole Stroke Play Championship on two occasions in 2003 and 2005, winner of the Australian Girls’ Amateur in 2003 and was a member of the Australian Team for the World Amateur Teams event in 2004.

Sarah has managed to successfully marry her passion for the game with her love of travel.

And, travel she has, throughout the world, teeing off on some of the most prestigious and hallowed courses built on this earth.

She lives by her own advice to have fun, but work hard.

When not on tour, she spends six days a week  hour after hour perfecting her skills and techniques putting, chipping, teeing off and swinging.

After interviewing the two Sarahs the Great Lakes Advocate left these two amazing women chatting about their respective sport and marvelling they had never met before.