CRANBOURNE BOWLS
WEEKEND PENNANT RESULTS
On an absolute peach of a day weather wise, when the sun shone brightly with very little wind or breeze, the Cranbourne Bowling Club had a missed day in Round 2 of Weekend Pennant.
DIVISION 1 – Cranbourne 1 playing at home took on the Mentone Edge 1.
In a tense battle all day, the visitors edged ahead to take the match by three rinks to one, yet the overall loss was only two shots.
Cranbourne 1 (72) was defeated by Mentone Edge 1 (74)
Minus 2 shots and 2 points.
Best rink of the day was skipped by Jay Tootell, with Chadd Tootell (L) Danny Meyer (2nd) Scott Guymer (3rd) who won by 16 shots.
Cranbourne 2 travelled to take on Mordialloc 2 on their home greens.
Playing some inspiring bowls, the team skipped by Tony Collins, Dale Henry (L) Bill Bradbury (2nd) Terry Byrnes (3rd) rattled their opponents to the tune of an 18 shots win and Mr Collins got what all skips hope for – an easy ride for the day.
Following closely was the team of Ian Barrenger (S) Louis Magri (L) Barry Thomas (2nd) Stephen Arms (3rd) who won by 9 shots.
The team skipped by Rodney Arms, Chris Deal (3rd) Chris Stevenson (2nd) and Vic Butera Lead (L) had a hard fought win, getting up by five shots.
Our team skipped by Nick Arnold, with Wayne Stevens (3rd) Marijan Bobetic (2nd) and Gwen Scott fought hard in their match, but went down by six shots.
Cranbourne 2 (94) defeated Mordialloc (1) (64) + 30 shots and 16 points.
Cranbourne 3 playing at home against Pakenham 2 on the front synthetic had another epic game, but came up short in the end, going down by three rinks to one.
Cranbourne 3 (68) was defeated by Pakenham 2 (76) – eight shots and two points.
Best rink was skipped by Peter Colthup, with John Kent (3rd) Dermot McConville (2nd) and Bob Pyne (L) winning by 6 shots.
Cranbourne 4 took to the road and headed to Mulgrave Country Club to take on Mulgrave CC five on their synthetic.
A very close match ensued, but winning two rinks each, it was Cranbourne 4 that took the chocolates winning the overall by six shots.
Cranbourne 4 (79) defeated Mulgrave CC 5 (73) – Plus 6 shots and 14 points.
Best rink was skipped by Cheryl Wright, Lesley Deal (3rd) Hans Worsteling (2nd) and Neil Fotheringham (L).
Cranbourne 5 played on the back green against opponents Berwick 7, winning two rinks to one.
In the 12-A-Side match, Cranbourne 5 got up by two shots.
Cranbourne 5 (56) defeated Berwick 7 (54) + 2 shots and 14 points.
Best rink was skipped by David McMaster, Davina Bobetic (3rd) Jo Alsop (2nd) Michael Schwab (L) winning by 9 shots.
Well done one and all and remember next week is another game and we push forward.
MIDWEEK PENNANT RESULTS
Round 1 of Midweek Pennant saw a mixed bag of results.
On a glorious day weather-wise Cranbourne 1, playing at home on the front grass green took on Upwey-Tecoma 1.
This was a close game all day with neither side getting too far ahead.
Towards the end of the game and after trailing at one stage, the team lead by Nick Arnold had a great last couple of ends picking up seven shots to win (25-21).
Best team of the day was led by Steve Bentley, winning their rink 22 – 13.
The team lead by Rob Scott battled valiantly, but could not just overcome their opponents going down 17 – 26.
Result: Cranbourne 1 (64) defeated Upwey-Tecoma (60) + 4 shots and 14 points.
Cranbourne 2 travelled to take on our neighbours Keysborough 2.
One of the tougher sides to beat on its home ground, our teams gave it their all with the team lead by Chris Deal prevailing by three shots, winning 23 – 20.
The team led by Steve Hickson tried hard, but again just finished short, going down by six shots 13 – 19.
Unfortunately our third team led by John Kent found their opponents in red hot form and couldn’t bridge the gap, eventually going down by 18 shots 10 – 28.
Result: Cranbourne 2 (46) were defeated by Keysborough 2 (67) – 21 shots and 2 points.
Cranbourne 3 travelled down to Sandringham to take on their number 2 team and acquitted themselves pretty well.
Winning one rink, drawing one and losing one, the team did their best and will be back, bigger and better.
Best rink was skipped by Scott De Piazza winning 20 – 15, closely followed by the team skipped by Harry Van Soest who had a very honourable draw 18 – 18.
The team led by Gwen Scott tried hard, but everything they did and tried was just outdone by their opponents, going down 13 – 25.
Result: Cranbourne 3 (51) were defeated by Sandringham 2 (58) – 7 shots and 3 points.
Cranbourne 4 playing at home on the grass, hosted neighbours Berwick in the 6-A-Side game.
Winning 2 rinks to nil, Cranbourne 4 came out on top in a convincing manner.
Result: Cranbourne 4 (52) defeated Berwick 5 (25) + 27 shots and 14 points.
Best Rink: Mick Feeley, Steve Muhi & Rod Challis winning 35 – 10.
– Derek Maguire
