Staff reporterGeraldton Guardian Clifford and Merlene Walton had not won anything bar the odd chook raffle in more than a decade. However, the retired Beachlands couple’s luck changed

recently when they won a VW Polo in the Mitchell and Brown Geraldton car competition. Mr Walton thought it was a joke when his wife came to tell him the news while he was tinkering away in

his back shed. The couple said they were simply stunned by their luck and, with Mrs Walton’s car in desperate need of repairs, the win could not have come at a better time. The stylish white

VW Polo bought by Mitchell and Brown Geraldton from Youngs on the Highway is worth more than $18,000. The local family-run electrical and computer store ran the competition over three days