CRANBOURNE BOWLS
With some thunderstorms, sunshine, heat and humidity, the five Divisions of Cranbourne weekend pennant teams all recorded wins to boost egos and confidence on Saturday.
Starting at home, the Cranbourne 1 team took on Pakenham 1 and the usual tense struggle ensued.
At the end of the match, both teams had won two rinks each, with Cranbourne just edging out their opponents by the barest margin of one shot.
Best rink of the day was Jammie Corney, Mat Stevens, Karen Hickson and Joe Byrne winning 24-15.
• Cranbourne 1 (73) defeated Pakenham 1 (72). + 1 shot and 14 points.
Cranbourne 2 travelled to take on Edithvale 1.
Another close game took place, with both teams winning two rinks each, but Cranbourne 2 managed to squeeze a nine-shot victory.
Best rink of the day was Steve Hickson, Terry Byrnes, Chris Stevenson and Barry Thomas winning 24-12.
• Cranbourne 2 (85) defeated Edithvale 1 (76). + 9 shots and 14 points.
Cranbourne 3 took on local rival Narre Warren 4.
Playing on the back grass green, again all rinks had to fight for every shot, but Cranbourne 3 came away with the overall win after winning three rinks to one.
Best rink of the day was Phil Nielsen, Brian Biasci, Chris Rea and Frank Verco winning by 19-12.
• Cranbourne 3 (69) defeated Narre Warren 4 (66). + 3 shots and 16 points.
Both Cranbourne 4 and 5 took on Parkdale in important matches for both Clubs.
Cranbourne 4 teams were as determined as they could be and playing on the matting was an experience for many of our players who’ve not played there before.
By the end of the day, Cranbourne 4 had won three of the four rinks.
Best rink of the day was Tony Whalley, Hans Worsteling, Allen Skurrie and Stuart Walters winning 30-17.
• Cranbourne 4 (93) defeated Parkdale 3 (75). + 18 shots and 16 points.
Cranbourne 5 took on the challenge of besting top on the ladder Parkdale 4.
Did they do this, you bet they did.
Our 12-A-Side teams brought great joy to themselves and their club with a magnificent effort in winning their three rinks and each one comfortably.
Steve Muhi, Cate Sharpe, Sarah Richardson and Bruce Canavan won by 20 shots.
Sofio Raiti, Liz Hughes, Jeanne Tomlin and Davina Bobetic won by 13 shots and last, but not least, David McMaster, Bruce Harper, Helen Blake and Michael Schwab won by 11.
A brilliant effort by these players.
• Cranbourne 5 (87) defeated Parkdale 4 (43). + 44 shots and 16 points.
Midweek Pennant – Tuesday 21 November
Cranbourne 1 travelled to Berwick and a tough game was played all day, however, Berwick 2 playing at home managed to pull away in the end on a couple of rinks to win comfortably.
• Cranbourne 1 (41) were defeated by Berwick 2 62). – 21 shots and 0 points.
Cranbourne 2, playing at home, took on their neighbours Pakenham 2 on the back grass green under cloudy skies, but very little wind.
All rinks had good games, but Cranbourne 2, winning two rinks to one, came away with the chocolates.
Best Rink, after being down 10 shots to two, was skipped by ‘that man’ John Kent.
His team fought their way back to win impressively by 14 shots in the end.
Skip Chris Deal and his team had a battle with their opponents, but dug deep when it mattered to defeat Pakenham by two rinks to one.
• Cranbourne 2 (69) defeated Pakenham 2 (62). + 7 shots and 14 points.
Cranbourne 3 – also playing at home alongside their team mates in Cranbourne 2 – took on Ferntree Gully 3 and eventually went down losing two rinks and winning one.
Tony Whalley’s team had three shots scored against them on the final end to go down by three shots.
Due to an ever-worsening bad back and the team struggling with the grass green, Skip Brian Caddell and his team went down by 17 shots.
Brian will be taking a break until his back issue has improved.
‘Pain’ wears you down…get better soon my friend.
Best Rink was Skipped by Ron Fenton and his team winning their rink by eight shots 18-10.
• Cranbourne 3 (43) was defeated by Ferntree Gully 3 (55). – 12 shots and 2 points.
Cranbourne 4: Our 6-A-Side team travelled to Heathmont to take on Heathmont 5.
Unfortunately, our young players were absolutely blown away by the strength and talent of their opponents and could do nothing to stem the flow.
• Cranbourne 4 (18) was defeated by Heathmont 5 (56). – 38 shots and 0 points.
-Derek Maguire-
