CRANBOURNE BOWLS
Weekend Pennant Results
It was once again a ‘licorice all sorts’ of results for Cranbourne on Saturday with some teams firing and others struggling to combat some in-form opponents.
Cranbourne 1 team travelled to take on Keysborough 1 and the results were a bit mixed.
Both teams won two rinks each, but the two rinks won by Keysborough were outstanding and the Cranbourne lads had no answer.
Best rink of the day belonged to Jammie Corney (Skip), Matt Stevens, Karen Hickson and Joe Byrne winning 28-19, with an honourable mention for Gavin Wright (Skip), Steve Bentley, John Stanley and Chris Deal winning 18-15.
Cranbourne 1 (65) was defeated by Keysborough 1 (106). – 41 shots and 4 points.
Cranbourne 2 hosted its neighbours Narre Warren 1 in a tough game all day. Both teams won two rinks with the Narre team coming out on top with an overall win by 14 shots.
Best rink for Cranbourne was the team of Ian Barrenger (Skip), Peter Colthup, Marijan Bobetic and Barry Graham winning 18-16.
Cranbourne 2 (69) was defeated by Narre Warren 1 (83). – 14 shots and 4 points.
Cranbourne 3 travelled the road to take on Noble Park 1 and again saw a close game with both teams winning two rinks each.
Best rink of the day was Bill Sherriff (Skip) with Dermot McConville, Rob Scott and Kristi Hickson winning 27-16.
Cranbourne 3 (80) defeated Noble Park 1 (71). + 9 shots and 14 points.
Cranbourne 4 hosted Willow Lodge 1 on the synthetic at Cranbourne and again we had a game where the teams playing won two rinks each.
Best team of the day was skipped by Tony Whalley, with Hans Worsteling, Roger Roscoe and Stuart Walters, winning 33-9.
Cranbourne 4 (84) defeated Willow Lodge 1 (62). + 22 shots and 14 points.
Cranbourne 5 also hosted their opponents Burden Park 3.
These teams are a 12-a-side and even though Cranbourne won two rinks to one, Burden Park 3 came out winning the overall game.
The best rink was skipped by Steve Muhi, with Jeannie Tomlin, Jo Alsop and Sarah Richardson, winning 20-16.
Cranbourne 5 (47) was defeated by Burden Park 3 (53). – 6 shots and 4 points.
Midweek Pennant: Round 2
The October gusty winds probably affected all clubs today.
It’s very frustrating when you’ve released the bowl on line and it appears good weight, and then a gust of wind comes across the green and takes off with your bowl across the head or inevitably the wind holds the bowl out when you’re expecting it to come in.
However, whomever deals with the conditions better usually comes out on top.
Besides that, all the teams had good games and the company was very pleasant.
Cranbourne 1 travelled to Mordialloc and despite the conditions, a couple of teams struggled and yet only went down by two shots in the end. Winning one rink and losing two, Cranbourne just fell short.
Best rink was skipped by Nick Arnold, with Bill Bradbury, Bill Sherriff and Vic Butera winning 25-9.
Cranbourne 1 (54) was defeated by Mordialloc 1 (56). – 2 shots and 2 points.
Cranbourne 2 hosted the visiting Noble Park 1 team and had its colours lowered by two rinks to one.
Cranbourne had its chances, but a couple of thirds and skips stepped up to provide Noble Park 1 with the overall win.
Best rink was that skipped by the current man of the moment, John Kent, and his team of Rob Scott, Kath Dudink and Dennis Tomlin winning 30-10.
Cranbourne 2 (57) was defeated by Noble Park 1 (61). – 4 shots and 2 points.
Cranbourne 3 travelled to Noble Park to take on their number-two team and the team continued its great season start by again winning all three rinks and winning them well.
The team skipped by Tony Whalley won by seven shots and the team skipped by Brian Caddell won by eight shots.
But the team of the day was skipped by Ron Fenton, with Liz Hughes, Olive Stanley and Frank Male winning 24-9.
Cranbourne 3 (63) defeated Noble Park 2 (33). + 30 shots and 16 points.
Cranbourne 4 playing at home took on Chadstone 2 in the 6-a-side game.
Both teams won a rink each, however the Chadstone team won the overall contest by six shots.
Cranbourne’s winning rink was skipped by Tony Hughes, with Steve Muhi and Helen Blake winning 21-16.
Cranbourne 4 (34) was defeated by Chadstone 2 (40). – 6 shots and 2 points.
-Derek Maguire-
