CRANBOURNE BOWLS
Saturday saw a magnificent warm and sunny day and it was a good day to play bowls.
The Cranbourne teams enjoyed a great day, with four winning teams out of five.
The Division One team travelled to take on their opponents under the roof at Pakenham.
As is always the case, both teams put in great efforts winning two rinks each, but Cranbourne 1 took the overall and the majority of points.
Best rink was skipped by Lyn Quigg, with third Brian Gay, second Peter Elgar and Lead Garry Hunt winning 28-17.
• Cranbourne 1 (85) defeated Pakenham 1 (74). + 11 shots and 14 points.
Playing at home on Grass Green B, again, Cranbourne had a very close game.
After trailing at one stage by about 10 shots, the teams tightened up their games to fight back and win two rinks each.
Margins were minimal but Cranbourne 2, with a great spirit of togetherness, ended up the victor to take the overall victory.
Best rink of the day was skipped by Ian Barrenger, with third Peter Colthup, second Marijan Bobetic and Lead Barry Graham winning 23-18.
They were closely followed by skip Doug Boggie, with third Fred Scicluna, second Chris Stevenson and Lead Dale Henry winning 20-16.
• Cranbourne 2 (78) defeated Edithvale 1 (73). + 5 shots and 14 points.
Cranbourne 3 travelled to Narre Warren to play under the roof, and the humidity made it uncomfortable for many.
Despite the great effort of the team skipped by Neil Drummond, with third Tristan Vorbach, second Brian Biasci and Lead Louis Magri only going down by one shot, the other teams struggled on the quick Narre synthetic and couldn’t match their opponents.
• Cranbourne 3 (63) was defeated by Narre Warren 3 (95). – 32 shots and 0 points.
Cranbourne 4, playing at home, took on their opponents Parkdale 3 on the front synthetic.
Following a slow start, the Cranbourne 4 teams started to find their range and even though we had two rinks who won well, our other two rinks just dug in and we won all rinks up.
Best team for the day was skipped by Ron Fenton, with third Brian Caddell, second Dermot McConville and Lead Sarah Richardson winning 35-15.
They were followed very closely by the team skipped by Stuart Walters, with third Hans Worsteling, second Dennis Tomlin and Lead Allen Skurrie winning 29-10.
• Cranbourne 4 (103) defeated Parkdale 3 (58). + 45 shots and 18 points.
Cranbourne 5 (12-A-Side), playing at home on the back grass green, took on Parkdale 4.
Cranbourne got the better of Parkdale and won all three rinks.
Cranbourne had one rink win by one shot, 17-16, but best rink of the day was skipped by Sofio Raiti, with third Helen Blake, second Davina Bobetic and Lead Cate Sharpe winning by 33 shots…37-4.
They were followed closely by skip Steve Muhi, with third Phil Nielsen, second Jeanne Tomlin and Lead Jo Alsop winning the game by 31 shots – 40-9.
• Cranbourne 5 (94) defeated an under sized Parkdale 4 (29). + 65 shots and 16 points.
Midweek Pennant
There were mixed results for the Cranbourne Bowling Club Midweek Pennant teams.
While the number one and four teams enjoyed very good wins at home, the two away teams were taught a lesson about playing on fast synthetic greens.
Cranbourne 1, playing at home, took on Berwick 2 on the synthetic.
Playing some good bowls this past couple of weeks, Cranbourne 1 defeated Berwick 2 by two rinks to one to take the overall win on the day.
Best rink was skipped by Chris Hunt, with third Bill Sherriff, second Harry VanSoest and Lead Allen Skurrie giving their opponents a lesson, winning their rink by 32 shots – 40-8.
• Cranbourne 1 (81) defeated Berwick 2 (52). + 29 shots and 14 points.
Cranbourne 2 travelled to Pakenham on a day of frustration for many players, particularly for Cranbourne.
Unfortunately the Paky 2 lads and lasses just outplayed Cranbourne, and on two rinks we suffered severely.
The best rink was skipped by Rob Scott, with third Derek Maguire, second Phil Nielsen and Lead Monica Peers playing some great bowls to only go down by five shots, 16-21.
• Cranbourne 2 (36) was defeated by Pakenham 2 (98). – 62 shots and 0 points.
Cranbourne 3 travelled to Ferntree Gully to take on the number-three side on their very fast synthetic.
The best rink of the day was skipped by Brian Caddell, with third Dermot McConville, second Bob Bellamy and Lead Jeanne Tomlin holding strong to lose by seven shots, 10-17.
Winning all three rinks, Ferntree Gully 3 won the overall comfortably and probably put an end to the dream of C3 playing finals.
• Cranbourne 3 (38) was defeated by Ferntree Gully 3 (70). – 32 shots and 0 points.
Cranbourne 4 took on Heathmont 5 at home and reversed their early season loss by our 6-A-Side teams winning both rinks and taking the overall win by 12 shots.
Best rink was skipped by David McMaster, with second Helen Blake and Lead Jo Alsop winning 21-14.
Second best rink was skipped by Fritz Helle, with second Steve Muhi and Lead John Anstiss winning 17-12.
Cranbourne 4 (38) defeated Heathmont 5 (26). + 12 shots and 14 points.
Go Cranny
-Derek Maguire-
