CRANBOURNE BOWLS
Cranbourne 1 took on Pakenham 1 on the front grass green on Saturday in what developed into a great game of lawn bowls. It was a close game all day, very up and down, with Cranbourne eventually prevailing through sheer persistence. Best rink was skipped by Scott Guymer, with Shane Jakins (3), Chadd Tootell (2) and Lead Barry McKay winning 23-18. Next best were the teams skipped by Chris Hunt and Gavin Wright both coming back from reasonable shots down. Hunt’s team was down 7-16 with five ends to go; winning all five to finish 16-16. Wright’s team were also down heavily, 5-15, but a very good five ends in a row took them to a one-shot lead. Pakenham won the final end and they finished with a 16-16 draw. The team skipped by Jay Tootell was down by 11 shots with four ends to go. They fought back to go down by five shots, but enough to drag the team over the winning line by one shot with two drawn rinks and a winner. Well done to both teams.
• Cranbourne 1 Div 1 (72) def Pakenham 1 (71) +1 shot and 14 points
Cranbourne 2 Div 2 travelled to Burden Park to take on their number-one team.
Best rink was skipped by Hans Worsteling, with Chris Stevenson (3), Robert Bernardo (2) and Lead Barry Graham defeating their opponents 21-15. Skip Phil Nielsen went down to their opponents 7-26 after 17 ends but won the last four ends to make it 14-26. Nick Arnold’s team went down by 14-19. Neil Drummond’s teams struggled and went down 15-25.
• Cranbourne 2 Div 2 (64) def by Burden Park (85) -21 shots and 2 points
Cranbourne 3 (Div 4) headed to the Pantherdome to take on Narre Warren 4. Cranbourne’s best rink was skipped by Chris Sharpe, with Harry Van Soest (3), Peter Margiannis (2) and Lead Bob Bellamy who came back to only go down by three shots; 18-21. Next best was the team of skip Derek Maguire, Dermot McConville, Kate Sharpe and Lead Bob Pyne going down 14-20. John Kent’s team of Jo Alsop, Claudio Miotto and Lead Jeanne Tomlin lost 9-35. The team skipped by Steve Hickson, with Bruce Harper, John Anstiss and Lead Olive Stanley struggled all day with their Narre Warren opponent and went down 10-34.
• Cranbourne 3 Div 4 (51) def by Narre Warren 4 (110) -59 shots and 0 points.
Cranbourne 4 Div 5 took on Carrum 1 on the back grass green. Cranny’s best was the rink of ladies, skipped by Monica Peers, with Liz Hughes, Yvonne Van Der Wees and Lead Denise Meulman defeating their opponents 20-18. The team skipped by Helen Blake played a very good game, but went down by seven shots, 17-24. David McMaster’s team went down 11-23 and the rink skipped by Neil Fotheringham had a very tough job and unfortunately struggled, going down 11-40.
• Cranbourne 4 Div 5 (59) def by Carrum 1 (105) -46 shots and 2 points.
MIDWEEK PENNANT
It was another hard day in the saddle for the Cranbourne Bowling Club.
Before anyone makes any comments, let me assure all members that each and every player is doing their very best and we just don’t have the numbers or the experience at this time or the consistency to bridge the gap. But we won’t be giving up and we’ll do everything we can to improve. Today we had one team playing at home while two teams played away.
Cranbourne 1 Div 1 playing at home took on Clayton 2 on the front synthetic. Whilst two of our rinks were very competitive we had one rink, that has been very good the past few weeks, run into a steam train and struggled all day. Again, it’s the multiple scores given away that do all the damage and cost the team a win. Best rinks were skipped by Nick Arnold and Steve Bentley who found their mark this week, both winning their rinks by five shots each. Our poor old third rink, that has been leading the way in C1, came back to earth with a thud. They were just outplayed, out bowled and out thought by their Clayton opponents. All they can do is get back on the horse and get back to form next week.
• Cranbourne 1 Div 1 (61) def by Clayton 2 (77) -16 shots and 4 points
Cranbourne 2 Div 3 travelled to the Pantherdome to take on Narre Warren 4 on their synthetic. The story is similar to Cranbourne 1 where we had two rinks put up a great effort in their matches, while the third rink just struggled and then the multiple scores kill you. Best rink was skipped by Harry Van Soest, Dermot McConville (3), Denise Meulman (2) and Lead Tom DePradines who were gallant going down 21-25. The next best rink was skipped by Derek Maguire, who with John Stanley (3), Liz Hughes (2) and Lead John Kent put up a great effort against their opponents. With a little bit of luck they might have won, but Narre Warren prevailed 18-27. As with a rink in our first team, the same result happened to our third rink and they were really just outplayed; going down 12-35.
• Cranbourne 2 (51) def by Narre Warren 4 (87) -36 shots 0 points
Cranbourne 3 Div 5 travelled bayside to take on Cheltenham 3. Best rink of the day was skipped by Bob Bellamy, with Suzanne Buchan (3), Allison Devine (2) and Lead Peter Margiannis putting up a great match, going down by a single shot, 15-16. Cranbourne’s next two rinks could not get going and struggled with both rinks losing by 22 shots and 19 shots respectively.
• Cranbourne 3 Div 5 (33) def by Cheltenham 3 (75) -42 shots and 0 points
As a club, as teams, as selectors, we will look at these results and determine what we can do to help these teams improve.
-Derek Maguire-
