CRANBOURNE BOWLS
Cranbourne had nothing to lose and approached the game a little lacklustre on its trip to Mulgrave and ended up losing by 12 shots which were somewhat of a surprise.
However, playing at home, the second side was on fire and went on to defeat Hampton Park by a massive 38 shots which keeps their finals aspirations alive.
The fourth side also had a great win against Carrum by 64 shots.
In Mid-Week Bowls the second and third sides recorded great wins.
Next week is the final round before finals and a big night is expected back at the club after the games are played.
WEEKEND PENNANT
• Side 1 Division 2 Sec 8
Cranbourne started the game reasonably well and got away to a good start with all rinks performing well until the half way mark when the opposition turned up the heat and went on to enjoy an upset win by 12 shots.
Skip Shane Jakins had a brilliant game winning by 19 shots supported by his team-mates Brian Gay, Tony Collins and Danny Meyer who certainly handled the green very well.
Skip Lynn Quigg won by five shots and also seemed to enjoy the green especially with a great contribution from his third, Doug Boggie.
Next week is the last game played at home to end the season before finals start the following week and the club is hoping to see many local supporters come down and support the Cranbourne sides.
Cranbourne 77 (4 points) lost to Mulgrave CC 89 (14 points)
• Side 2 Division 3 Sec 8
Skip Barry Thomas had his best game in years winning by 23 shots with a good all round effort from his team mates Bill Sherriff, John Stanley and Gwen Scott.
Skip Nick Arnold and his team also had a 17-shot win which was also a great game.
Well done Cranbourne this win should make sure of a finals game.
Cranbourne 105 (16 points) defeated Hampton Park 67 (2 points)
• Side 3 Division 4 Sec 8
A narrow defeat against Hampton Park by five shots despite a great win by Skip Phil Nielsen and his rink of Marijan Bobetic, ‘Club Legend’ Hans Worstelling and Roger Townley who won by seven shots
Cranbourne 72 (6 points) lost to Hampton Park 77 (12 points)
• Side 4 Division 7 Sec 8
A massive win by 64 shots against Carrum was simply brilliant.
Skip John Gardner was at his absolute best winning by 49 shots and well supported by his team members Tony Whalley, Neil Fotheringham and Brian Caddell.
Cranbourne 87 (18 points) defeated Carrum 52 (0 points)
• Side 5 Division 8 Sec 7 (12 a side)
Cranbourne were outplayed by Vermont South who seemed to field some very strong players. 42 shots was the deficit.
Cranbourne 41 (0 points) lost to Vermont South 83 (16 points)
• Side 6 Division 8 Sec 6 (12 a side)
Cranbourne were outplayed by Moorabbin who won by 25 shots.
Cranbourne 48 (0 points) lost to Moorabbin 73 (16 points)
MIDWEEK PENNANT
Cranbourne Pennant teams only had three teams playing matches today with our Cranbourne 4 team having a bye.
Cranbourne 1, playing at home, hosted Berwick 2 on the synthetic green and despite winning two rinks and losing one, they lost the game by 12 shots.
• Cranbourne 1 (58) defeated by Berwick 2 (70). 12 shots and 4 points.
Cranbourne 2 travelled to Mentone to take on the Mentone Eagles. All Cranbourne rinks played well with one having a great day. Winning all three rinks and taking the maximum points for the day the Cranbourne 2 team can be well satisfied with the day’s efforts. The best rink of the day skipped by Chris Deal, with Derek Maguire (3rd), Dennis Tomlin (2nd) and led magnificently by lead Brian Caddell had a great win by 29 shots.
• Cranbourne 2 (77) defeated Mentone 1 (35). 42 shots and 16 points.
Cranbourne 3 hosted Pakenham 2 and again another tight game ensued and Cranbourne 3 was victorious in the end winning by two rinks to one. We must mention the team skipped by Peter Colthup, Yvonne Van der Wees, Ron Fenton and lead Sandra Mueller who not only had a great 10-shot win, but on the 14th end they scored themselves an ‘8’ to completely destroy their opponents. Well done team Colthup…10 shot winners.
• Cranbourne 3 (67) defeated Pakenham 2 (55). 12 shots and 14 points.
-Garry Hunt and Derek Maguire-
