CRANBOURNE RSL BOWLS
IN ANOTHER giant-killing act for Division 2 on Saturday, the RSL knocked over fourth placed Clayton by seven shots.
Ray Chapman’s team leading the charge with a nine-shot victory, closely followed by Ken Hockings team who won by five shots. That’s the second, third and fourth-placed sides the RSL have defeated in the past four weeks and the team is starting to believe they are good enough at this level after a slow start to the season.
Results: Cranbourne RSL 78 d Clayton 71 (P. Males/J. Black/Y. Van der Wees/R. Chapman won 20-11. F. Scicluna/J. Carretero/W. Ballard/K. Hocking won 19-14. R. Bligh/R. Crawford/J. Spencer/M. Watkinson won 25-27. M. Cassano/B. Graham/K. Walker/W. Brannan lost 14-19).
The Division 5 team tried hard all day but come up short at the end. However Max Eames team returned to the winners list with a three-shot win. The side now need to lift their game in the second half of the year as they are now in the wrong half of the ladder.
Results: Dandenong Club 83 d Cranbourne RSL 71. (J. Grant/K. Currie/R. Elliott/M. Eames won 19-16. A. Pichard/D. Meulman/M. McIntyre/M.Ryan lost 21-23. I. Maat/G. Jones/K. McLeod/J. Vowles lost 16-23. V. Bonney/L. Magri/D. Angee/T. Bonney lost 15-28).
The Division 8 (4) side had a big win over Hampton Park with Arthur Underwood team leading the
way with a 19-shot victory, closely followed by Brian Eagle’s team with a 16-shot win. The team continues to improve each week and sit just outside the top four.
Results: Cranbourne RSL 56 d Hampton Park 21. (P. Campion/L. Meagher/C. Arlove/A. Underwood won 30-11. R. Wilson/M. Wallace/C. Stevenson/B. Eagle won 26-10.
However it wasn’t a good day for the four team with a couple of bowlers affected by the heat. There is always next week and no doubt another win is just around the corner.
Results: Dandenong City 34 d Cranbourne RSL 7.
MIDWEEK
There were no games bowled midweek due to the Victorian Open Bowls Championships.
