CRANBOURNE BOWLS
Cranbourne Bowling Club had mixed results for Saturday 21 January with two wins, one draw and three losses for the day.
The number one side travelled to Keysborough Bowling Club and came away from the day with two rinks winning and two losing and both clubs ending up with a drawn match and sharing nine points each.
Cranbourne 1 (87) drew with Keysborough 2 (87) – 9 points each.
Cranbourne 2 playing at home took on Beaumaris 3 and played exceptionally well winning the game by three rinks to one. Two rinks we must mention are the rinks skipped by Neil Drummond, with Ian Barrenger, Chris Stevenson and Dale Henry, who won 40-8, and the rink skipped by Nick Arnold, with Barry Thomas, Kirsty Tootell and Chris Deal who won 33-5.
Cranbourne 2 (117) defeated Beaumaris 3 (50) + 67 and 16 points.
Cranbourne 3, who have been playing great bowls recently, winning four games in a row and looking for their fifth, travelled to Cardinia Waters and ran into a swirling windy day and a red-hot Cardinia Waters team who just outplayed Cranbourne and deserved their win. Honourable mentions go to the teams skipped by Phil Neilson, along with Lois Brock, Hans Worsteling and Roger Townley, who went down by five shots, and the team skipped by Harry Van Soest, along with Steve Boyd, Scott De Piazza and Maree Taylor who lost by two shots.
Cranbourne 3 (63) was defeated by Cardinia Waters 1 (97) – 34 shots and 0 points.
Cranbourne 4 hosted top of the ladder Dandenong Club 5 and went down losing by three rinks to one. The team, skipped by Peter Colthup, with Loui Magri, Kath Dudink and Frank Verco won their match by 13 shots, 29-16. The team of John Gardner, Tony Whalley, Neil Fotheringham and Brian Caddell had a very close game and only went down by one shot.
Cranbourne 4 (82) was defeated by Dandenong Club 5 (86) – 4 shots and 2 points.
Cranbourne 5 took on Keysborough 4 on the back green and in a tight game across two of the three rinks, Cranbourne 5 prevailed winning the overall by three shots. We must congratulate the team of Skip Bruce Harper, along with Davina Bobetic, Helen Blake and Andrew Brock who had a great game winning by 13 shots 27-14. The team of George Ljepojevic, along with Bob Bellamy, Jacqui Warner and Frank Male, had a great tussle and only went down by a single shot.
Cranbourne 5 (58) defeated Keysborough 4 (55) – 3 shots and 12 points.
Cranbourne 6, playing at home, took on the might of Black Rock 1 and went down losing two rinks to one. A number of the players in this team are new bowlers and are learning the art of bowling. We must acknowledge the team skipped by Mick Feeley, with Jammie Corney, Steve Bakker and Brian Legg winning their game by 12 shots 28-16.
Cranbourne 6 (51) was defeated by Black Rock 1 (81) – 30 shots and 2 points.
MIDWEEK PENNANT
Following the Christmas and New Year break, Midweek Pennant returned, but unfortunately the Cranbourne teams went missing and were whitewashed right across the four sides with a couple of exceptions.
Cranbourne 1 travelled to Moorabbin on a very hot day to take on the second placed Moorabbin 1 and unfortunately two out of the three teams were totally outplayed and suffered heavy defeats. But we must congratulate the team skipped by Bill Sherriff, with Tony Whalley, John Stanley and Lyn Whalley who did the club proud winning by six shots.
Cranbourne 1 (44) was defeated by Moorabbin 1 (73) – 29 shots and 2 points.
Cranbourne 2 hosted a quality Pakenham side and put in a great effort, but in the end, Pakenham was too strong and came away winning two rinks and drawing one.
Cranbourne 2 (42) was defeated by Pakenham 1 (87) – 45 shots and 1 one point.
The team skipped by John Kent, with Derek Maguire, Phil Neilson and Brian Turton held sway in this match for most of the day, but the Pakenham Skip got two of Cranbourne’s bowls out to pick up a five on the last end and got out with a draw.
Cranbourne 3 hosted Hampton Park and again our favourite team to play finals (who were third) did themselves no good by losing heavily to their fifth-placed opponents.
Two rinks went down by eight shots, while one rink was decimated and went down by 41 shots.
The side will need to think about it, forget about it and get back to winning form next week if they wish to make finals.
Cranbourne 3 (34) was defeated by Hampton Park 1 (91) – 57 shots and 0 points.
Cranbourne 4 travelled to play Narre Warren under the roof and again our three sides struggled to cope with the synthetic and hot conditions. Losing by 11, 14 and 22 shots it wasn’t a good day for the teams and the Cranbourne Club.
Cranbourne 4 (39) was defeated by Narre Warren 4 (88) – 49 shots and 0 points.
It’s going to be a busy time for selectors this coming week.
-Derek Maguire-
