CRANBOURNE BOWLS
Home ground advantage counted for heaps on Saturday with Cranbourne’s pennant teams winning both games at home on a warm day where the sun shone all day.
The news was mixed for the two teams that played away, with one having a very minimum loss while the team that travelled to Chelsea were significantly outplayed.
All they can do is practice over the Xmas/New Year break and come back bigger and better.
Playing at home on the front grass green, Cranbourne 1, Div 1 hosted Dandenong 2 Div 1.
The number one team played as a whole group of players who were of one mind and thus, they did.
Best rink was skipped by Chris Hunt with third Lyn Quigg, second Peter Elgar and Lead Billy Gilchrist defeating their opponents by +17 shots, 29-12.
Next was the rink skipped by Jay Tootell, third Shane Jakins, second Stephen Arms and Lead Joe Byrne who won their game by 14 shots.
The teams of Scott Guymer and Gavin Wright both won their game rinks by five shots each.
• Cranbourne 1 Div 1 (103) def Dandenong Club 2 (41) +62 shots and 18 points.
Cranbourne 2 Div 2 travelled to Dandenong Club to take on their third team and it was essentially a good fight with Cranbourne 2 winning three rinks and losing one.
Best rink was skipped by Nick Arnold, with third Dale Henry, second Karen Hickson and Lead Dennis Tomlin who won by 10 shots, 25-15.
The next best rinks were skipped by Neil Drummond and Hans Worsteling who won the rinks by one shot each.
The unfortunate rink was skipped by Phil Nielsen, third Bill Sherriff, second Lois and Lead Vic Butera. The team had difficulty with the quick synthetic and struggled all day; going down by 16 shots…15-31.
• Cranbourne 2 Div 2 (84) def by Dandenong Club 3 (88) -4 shots and 6 points.
Cranbourne 3 Div 4 playing on the front synthetic hosted local neighbour Edithvale 2.
The game went along at a comfortable pace with not much between the two clubs at the lunch break.
Best rink for Cranbourne was skipped by Derek Maguire, third Yvonne Vanderwees, second Kate Sharpe and Lead Bob Pyne.
All players contributed well and eventually they ran out winners by +19 shots.
Next was the team skipped by Dermot McConnell, third John Kent, second Roger Roscoe and Lead John Anstiss won their rink by + 12 shots.
Then the team of Skip Brian Turton, third Jacqui Warner, second Jo Alsop and Lead Jeanne Tomlin won their game 21-19.
The final team of Skip Scott De Piazza, third Louis Magri, second Rob Gye and Lead Olive Stanley had a great encounter with their opponents and only went down by four shots, 17-21.
Great effort Cranbourne 3.
• Cranbourne 3 Div 4 (95) def Edithvale 2 (66) +29 and 16 points.
Cranbourne 4 Div 5 headed to Chelsea to take on their number one team and it was a game of struggle; except for the team of Skip Neil Fotheringham, third S Bakker, second Peter Margiannis and Lead Theresa Von Oppeln who had a very honourable draw, both teams finishing 19-19.
We had one team that played one player short and gave their all going down by 11 shots, 11-22.
The final two rinks struggled and went down by 22 and 28 shots respectively.
Keep the head up guys, the time will come and we will turn it all around.
• Cranbourne 4 Div 5 (47) def by Chelsea 1 (108) -61 and 1 point.
MIDWEEK PENNANT
This week was the second last round of pennant before the Xmas/New Year break begins.
I need to start by thanking each and every member of the club that went out of their way to help us when we called out.
We needed to fill the gaps we had in sides, due to medical requirements and unavailability.
To everyone who stepped up we thank you and thank you every time we need you.
Arranging teams in bowls clubs is a lot harder when the numbers and skill levels differ greatly.
We have players on both days playing their hearts out in higher levels, but are just a bit out of their comfort zone.
We just need to be a little more patient knowing they’re doing the very best and will improve in time.
This week started with the Cranbourne 1 Div 1 team hosting Pakenham 1 on the front grass green. We had to change teams around due to unavailability and members with all sorts of activities or appointments happening.
However, we scraped teams together and the day went on.
The best rink for Cranbourne was skipped by Nick Arnold, third Bill Bradbury, second Karen Hickson and Lead Vic Butera who had a great win, 18-13. +5 shots and 2 points.
Great effort by Skip Chris Stevenson, third Dale Henry, second Yvonne Van Der Wees and Lead Louis Magri who put up a great effort in going down by 15-21. The third rink was the one with the less experienced players, who tried their very hearts out but eventually went down 17-33.
• Cranbourne 1 (50) def by Pakenham 1 (67) -17 shots and 2 points.
Cranbourne 2 Div 3 headed to Dandenong to take on Dandenong 3 on the synthetic.
Again, we had to find people to fill holes.
We had 14 players unavailable and others we endeavoured to get weren’t able to help out.
Some had medical appointments or others appointments. (Tuesday appears a good day for medical appointments and many of us have an ailment we’re trying to deal with).
Best rink was skipped by Harry Van Soest, third Dermot McConville, second, Dennis Tomlin, Lead Brian Turton.
This team played some nice steady bowls against a good team and this is a great bonus.
Final score for this rink was 20-14.
The second-best rink was skipped by Steve Bentley, third Phil Nielsen, second, Theresa Von Oppeln and Lead Frank Verco.
After a slow start and not getting much luck, they finally found their mojo after the break and came back from 9-20 down to play a magnificent nine ends and turn the game around to win by five shots; 26-21.
The third rink with Skip Bill Sherriff, third Allen Skurrie, second Lois Brock and Lead Barry Graham had another great game with their opponents to only fall short by four shots; 14-18.
• Cranbourne 2 Div 3 (60) def Dandy Club 3 (53) +7 shots and 14 points.
Cranbourne 3 Div 5 hosted Berwick 4 on the front synthetic.
Best Cranbourne rink was the girls’ team skipped by Helen Blake, third Davina Bobetic, second, Jeanne Tomlin and Lead Denise Meulman who won their rink 17-11 +6 shots and 2 points.
The teams of Skips John Kent and Bob Bellamy lost by just 15 and 8 respectively.
• Cranbourne 3 (43) def by Berwick 4 (60) -17 shots and 2 points.
Great effort from all teams and on behalf of the selectors; thankyou one and all.
-Derek Maguire-
