CRANBOURNE BOWLS
Wayne ‘Spanky’ Stevens, the big man with a heart the size of Phar lap, continued his great form in the top side contributing to a 28-shot win in his rink which gave Cranbourne an overall win by 62 shots against Vermont South on Saturday.
Wayne returned to the club this year with his son Matt Stevens and they are both now playing some outstanding bowls for the club in the top side.
The second side also enjoyed a good win and in mid-week bowls the third and fourth sides had some exciting wins…both by one shot!
Saturday Pennant
• Side 1 – Division 2 Sec 5
Looking for consistency after a great win last week, head Coach Lyn Quigg invited team mate Neil ‘Buddy’ Drummond to address the players before the game.
Loaded with great wisdom Neil talked about consistency and to ‘put your heart into the game for your club’.
With that, Cranbourne went on to win by a massive 62 shots at Vermont South.
Skip Jay Tootell and his crew of Lynne Wood, Wayne ‘Spanky’ Stevens and Neil ‘Buddy’ Drummond were in season-high great form and won by 28 shots, while skip Lyn Quigg won by nine shots, Doug Boggie by six shots and Jammie Corney won by 19 shots.
Cranbourne 105 (18 points) defeated Vermont South 43 (0 points)
• Side 2 – Division 2 Sec 6
A 26-shot win to Cranbourne was a pleasing result for this team who have had a tough year.
Skip Steve Hickson and his team won by 11 shots, as did Nick Arnold, and Roger Roscoe also won by six shots.
Cranbourne 90 (16 points) defeated Mentone 26 (2 points)
• Side 3 – Division 3 Sec 6
Cranbourne lost to Chelsea by 16 shots but there was one great performance by skip Adam Pope and his team of Sam Greco, Peter West and Lois Brock who won by 12 shots.
Lois Brock has had a great year of bowls at the club this year, particularly as skip in the top mid-week side. Adam Pope caught the eye of his team mates with his graceful run down the greens.
Cranbourne 71 (3 points) lost to Chelsea 87 (15 points)
• Side 4 – Division 6B Sec 6 (12 a side)
A 15-shot loss to Black Rock was a little disappointing. Skip Sofio Raiti, with David McConville, Steve Bakker and Brian Legg won by two shots.
Cranbourne 58 (2 points) lost to Black Rock 73 (14 point)
• Side 5 – Division 7 Sec 7 (12 a side)
A close loss for Cranbourne by four shots against Carrum.
Skip Peter Colthup and his rink of Norm Coley, Michael Schwabb, and Cheryl Wright won by 10 shots.
Cranbourne 61 (2 points) lost to Carrum 65 (14 points)
Mid-Week Pennant
• Side 1 – Division 2 Sec 6
Another great performance by Cranbourne against quality opposition resulted in a loss by only seven shots which unfortunately gave them no points for the round.
Skip Steve Hickson lost by two shots after a close measure on the last end while skip Lois Brock went down by one shot after losing the last end and skip Chris Griffiths lost by four shots after a great comeback.
Cranbourne 58 (0 points) lost to Pakenham 65 (16 points)
• Side 2 – Division 3 Sec 6
A tough day at Pakenham, on a fast surface, gave no joy to the Cranbourne side.
Skip Bill Sherriff had the closest result but could not pick up any points.
Cranbourne 36 (0 points) lost to Pakenham 101 (16 points)
• Side 3 – Division 3 Sec 7
An exciting one-shot win was a fantastic result for Cranbourne.
Skip Yvonne Van Der Wees and her team won by four shots while skip John Gardner and his team of John Stanley, Fritz Helle and Brian Turton won by 10 shots.
But all eyes were on the remaining rink. Despite being down all day skip Peter Colthup had one last bowl to play to win the overall game and he did not let his team down.
Cranbourne 57 (14 points) defeated Noble Park 56 (2 points)
• Side 4 – Division 4 Sec 6
Another exciting game at Edithvale resulted in a one-shot victory for Cranbourne.
Skip Liz Hughes won by three shots as did skip Trevor Elsey.
Cranbourne 60 (14 points) defeated Edithvale 59 (2 points)
• Stop Press
Results of Club Singles Championships
Ladies Singles Champion is Karen Hickson, winning 25 to 17 against Yvonne Van Der Wees.
Men’s Singles Champion is Ajendra Nair, winning 25 to 22 against Noel Hardy.
Congratulations to the winners.
-Garry Hunt-
