CRANBOURNE BOWLS
It was a spirited week of performances from Cranbourne with the club’s top-two teams winning their pennant matches on Saturday while the week was filled with strong efforts right throughout the teams.
A cool day prevailed on Saturday, with the odd shower or two, but not enough inclement weather to cause a delay or abandonment to the games.
Cranbourne 1 Div 1 took the trip down to Beaumaris to take on their number one team on the synthetic green.
Both teams went into battle and at these levels there is never a lot between the two teams with each club winning two rinks each.
The best rink was that of Skip Chris Hunt, third Lyn Quigg, second Peter Elgar and lead Billy Gilchrist who played some inspired bowls winning their rink (29-10) +19 shots.
Next best rink was skipped by Gavin Wright, third Gerry Schryver, second Kirsty Tootell and lead Steve Bentley winning their rink by seven shots; 24-17.
The two losing rinks went down by five and six shots respectively.
• Cranbourne 1 Div 1 (86) def Beaumaris 1 (72) +14 shots and 14 points.
Cranbourne 2 Div 2 playing on the front grass green took on a very capable Clayton 3.
The Cranbourne 2 team were a focused lot and eventually over powered Clayton, winning all rinks and taking maximum points.
Best rink was skipped by Neil Drummond, third Allen Skurrie, second Bill Bradbury and lead Frank Verco who had a great game winning by 13 shots.
Skip Neil Drummond wanted everyone to know that even though Frank Verco wasn’t feeling 100 percent and he’s due to have a pacemaker fitted very shortly, he wasn’t prepared to weaken the team by pulling out and just gutsed it out and helped his rink and team have a well-earned win.
Thank you for your efforts Frank.
Next best rink was skipped by Hans Worsteling, third Chris Stevenson, second Roberto Bernardo and lead Barry Graham who defeated their opponents by 9 shots; 24-15.
Nick Arnold’s team and Phil Nielsen’s rinks also won by six shots and three shots respectively.
Congratulations guys, a great team effort produced a great team win.
• Cranbourne 2 Div 2 (89) def Clayton 3 (58) +31 shots and 18 points.
Cranbourne 3 Div 4 took on Mulgrave Country Club 4 at Cranbourne on the front synthetic.
Being part of the team playing, you could tell all rinks were in the game for most of the day, but the experience and quality of the Mulgrave team stood out in the end.
Best rink was skipped by Brian Turton and his Angels; third Jo Alsop, second Jacqui Warner and lead Jeanne Tomlin who won the game 21-14. Next was the team of Skip Derek Maguire, third Scott De Piazza, second Kate Sharpe and lead Bob Pyne who were down by two shots until giving away a four on the last end.
They eventually went down by six shots; 17-23.
The teams skipped by Chris Sharpe and Dermot McConville went down by 16 and 10 shots respectively.
• Cranbourne 3 Div 4 (67) def by Mulgrave 4 (92) -25 shots and 2 points.
Cranbourne 4 Div 5 travelled to Mulgrave Country Club to take on the fourth team.
Playing on the synthetic green, the best rink for Cranbourne was skipped by Monica Peers, third Liz Hughes, second Rod Challis and lead Denise Meulman who won by six shots, 27-21.
Next best was the team skipped by Helen Blake, third Marijan Bobetic, second Helen Winter and lead Davina Bobetic who got up by the one shot, 19-18.
The teams skipped by Neil Fotheringham and Bob Bellamy lost their matches by 15 shots and 10 shots respectively.
• Cranbourne 4 Div 5 (79) def by Mulgrave (97) -18 shots and 4 points.
MIDWEEK PENNANT
It was a cool start to the morning with a lot of overhead cloud that eventually by mid-afternoon turned sunny.
However, most players had a jumper or jacket on to keep warm and it stayed on most of the day.
Cranbourne 1 Div 1 travelled over to Mulgrave Country Club to take on their number one team on the main road grass green.
I understand that our players had chances in the game, but failed to take advantage.
Our best rink of the day was skipped by Phil Nielsen, third Chris Stevenson, second Chris Sharpe and lead Frank Verco.
Try as hard as they could, they just couldn’t bridge the gap and eventually went down by 10 shots, 13-23.
The teams skipped by Nick Arnold and Steve Bentley also suffered losses going down by 15 and 16 shots respectively.
• Cranbourne 1 Div 1 (36) def by Mulgrave 1 (77) -41 shots and 0 points.
Cranbourne 2 Div 3 hosted Mulgrave Country Club 4 at Cranbourne on the front synthetic and there wasn’t a lot between the teams after 10 ends.
Following a short break, the Mulgrave side began to assert its authority and while Cranbourne worked hard to close the gap, they eventually went down by nine shots overall but scored two pennant points.
Best rink for Cranbourne was skipped by Lois Brock, third Yvonne Van Der Wees, second Davina Bobetic and lead Jeanne Tomlin who won their game 23-17.
Great effort ladies and very well done.
The rinks skipped by Harry Van Soest and Derek Maguire went down to their opponents by 7 and 8 shots respectively.
We need to mention that all rinks put in a great effort and we look forward to the return bout against Mulgrave later in the season.
• Cranbourne 2 Div 3 (53) def by Mulgrave 4 (62) -9 shots and 2 points.
Finally, Cranbourne 3 travelled to take on Noble Park 2 at their home ground.
Playing on nice grass greens, all rinks did very well, especially our winning rink skipped by Steve Bakker, third Rod Challis, second Bob Gye and lead Theresa Von Oppeln who won 21-15 for a six-shot win and two pennant points; great job team.
The team skipped by Bob Bellamy, third Monica Peers, second Allison Devine and lead Suzanne Buchan had a great tussle, but eventually fell short by one shot, 19-20.
This was another great effort team.
Last, but not least, is the team who battled hard, but eventually went down by 16 shots.
These were Skip Louis Magri, third Helen Blake, second Peter Margiannis and lead Gil Newton.
• Cranbourne 3 Div 5 (50) def by Noble Park 2 (61) -11 shots and 2 points.
The midweek selectors would sincerely like to thank everyone who assisted us by playing pennant bowls this week.
Cranbourne had a total of around 16 people unavailable and we’d like to thank everyone who was contacted early and helped us get through the day.
Again, our thanks go to Noble Park Bowls Club for their assistance.
Many thanks, one and all.
-Derek Maguire-
