CRANBOURNE BOWLS
It was a Saturday with sunshine, cloud, warmth and chill – a good day to play bowls – but it turned out to be not such a great day for the Cranbourne Bowling Club.
With three teams playing away and two playing at home it was a tough day on the greens.
Cranbourne 1 – Div 1 – hosted Cheltenham 1 on the synthetic green and we’re given a lesson.
The team was outplayed and went down losing all four rinks and by a significant shots margin.
Best rink for Cranbourne was Skipped by Jay Tootel, Doug Boggie (3), Danny Meyer (2) and Dale Henry (L) going down by three shots (13-16).
Cranbourne 1 (58) defeated by Cheltenham 1 (95) – 37 shots and 0 points.
Cranbourne 2 – Div 2 – travelled to take on Clayton 3 and turned out to be the team of the day by defeating Clayton 3 by three rinks to one. Best rink of the day was Skipped by Nick Arnold, Wayne Stevens (3), Terry Byrnes (2) and Vic Butera (L) and a win by 15 shots (24-9). Well done team.
Cranbourne 2 (86) defeated Clayton 3 (70) + 16 shots and 16 points.
Cranbourne 3 – Div 3 – travelled down to Cheltenham to take on their third side and like their Cheltenham 1 counterparts, they had a good time against Cranbourne 3. Again, the team tried hard, but we’re up against a very good team and eventually going down by four rinks to nil, but two rinks put in great efforts. Best team was Skipped by Peter Colthup, John Kent (3), Dermot McConville (2) and Bob Pyne (L) had a great game and only went down by one (19-20). Tony Collins team also played well only going down by three.
Cranbourne 3 (58) defeated by Cheltenham 3 (98) – 40 shots and 0 points.
Cranbourne 4 – Div 6 – took on Dandenong Club 3 on the front grass green at home and a very good game ensued. Played in good humour and great spirit the teams went at it and in the end, the Dandenong Club came out on top winning two rinks each. Unfortunately, the losing margin in one rink just couldn’t be overcome and this was the major reason why we lost. Best rink was Skipped by Harry VanSoest, Ron Fenton (3) Dennis Tomlin (2) and Liz Hughes (L). After being down 11-1 early, Harry and his team fought back and then ran away with the game, winning (26-14).
Cranbourne 4 (65) defeated by Dandenong Club 5 (81) – 16 shots and 4 points.
Cranbourne 5 travelled to take on Noble Park 3 on their lovely grass greens and our team enjoyed a good day. Winning two rinks to one, Cranbourne 5 took the honours overall.
Best rink was Skipped by David McMaster, Davina Bobetic (3), Catherine Sharpe (2) and Frank Male (L) winning their rink (27-11).
Cranbourne 5 (64) defeated Noble Park 3 (50) + 14 shots and 14 points.
• Midweek Pennant – Wednesday 6 Nov
The weather was sunny and warm, but there was a stiff breeze that the BOM said was up to 76 kmh. It did make it a difficult day for many teams playing pennant and the results were mixed.
Cranbourne 1 playing at home took on Mulgrave Country Club 3.
Both clubs had won the first two games and in a very competitive game it was the home side that came out on top winning by two rinks to one; keeping their unbeaten record in tack. Well done one and all. Best rink of the day was Skipped by Steve Bentley, Cheryl Wright (3), Fritz Helle (2) and Loui Magri (L). The team is currently second on the ladder.
Cranbourne 1 (63) defeated Mulgrave CC 3 (51) + 12 shots and 14 points.
Cranbourne 2 travelled to take on Churchill WG 1.
Playing on their grass green, both clubs had a ding-dong battle in two rinks, but unfortunately Churchill were deadly in the third rink and comfortably won. This gave the home side a two rink to one win and they grabbed the major number of points on offer.
Best rink was Skipped by Phil Neilsen, Jacqui Warner (3), Allen Skurrie (2) and Brian Turton (L).
The team Skipped by Brian Gay had a great game against their opponents, and just went down by two shots. The team is currently fourth on the ladder.
Cranbourne 2 (46) defeated by Churchill Waverley Golf 1 (67) – 21 shots and 2 points.
Cranbourne 3 travelled to Hampton Bayside to take on their third team and I believe the first time for many of our players who played there.
Similar to Cranbourne 2, two of our rinks tried very hard all day and just fell short, while one rink was totally outplayed and beaten by a better team. Best rink was Skipped by Ron Fenton, Liz Hughes (3), David McMaster (2) and Davina Bobetic (L) who went down by three shots.
Rink Skipped by Harry Van Der Soest went down by five shots. The team currently sits in eighth place.
Cranbourne 3 (38) defeated by Hampton Bayside 3 (72) – 34 shots and 0 points.
Cranbourne 4 – our 6-A-Side team – was to play Royal Melbourne Golf 3.
However, due to the unavailability of players this week, our 6-A-Side players had to be used elsewhere and we just had no one left to play. Thus, we had to forfeit the game to our opponents and we got no shots or points awarded. Ladder, currently fifth.
Hopefully, the player availability will be better for selectors this week and can strengthen all our teams.
-Derek Maguire-
