CRANBOURNE BOWLS
Following the extreme heat of seven days earlier, Cranbourne bowlers were very happy this week to see a lovely mild day for Saturday Pennant competition.
Cranbourne 1 Div 1 popped on down the road to the Pantherdome to take on Narre Warren 1. Unfortunately, it was a tough day for the Cranbourne team who were simply outplayed.
The best rink was skipped by Chris Hunt, third Gerry Schryver, second Kristy Tootell and Lead Steve Bentley who gave it their best, only going down by seven shots.
The team of Skip Shane Jakins, third Gavin Wright, second Chadd Tootell and Lead Barry McKay went down 16-2.
‘Toots’ rink, with Matt Stevens, Steven Arms and Joe Byrne battled all day but were just out bowled by their opponents going down by 18 shots.
The final rink skipped by Lyn Quigg, third Ron Lyfield, second Peter Elgar, and Lead Wayne (Spanky) Stevens struggled and went down 6-39.
• Cranbourne 1 Div 1 (52) def by Narre Warren 1 (123) -71 shots/0 points.
Cranbourne 2 Div 2 playing at home took on Narre Warren 2 on the front grass green using rinks 10,11, 12 and 13 and had a convincing win.
Best rink was skipped by Hans Worsteling, third Chris Stevenson, second John Stanley and Lead Barry Graham who won 27-13.
Next best rink was skipped by Neil Drummond, third Robert Bernardo, second Billy Gilchrist and Lead Frank Verco who won 22-19.
Then came the rink skipped by Tony Collins, third Phil Nielsen, second Bill Sherriff and Lead Vic Butera who had a very honourable draw with their opponents, 15-15.
The team skipped by Nick Arnold, third Dale Henry, second Ian Barrenger and Lead Dennis Tomlin went down by four shots only.
• Cranbourne 2 Div 2 (80) def Narre Warren 2 (67) +13 shots/15 points.
Cranbourne 3 Div 4 playing on the front Synthetic took on Clayton 4.
Both teams are doing everything to avoid relegation and at the break there was not a lot in it, but Clayton had the lead.
Following a brief gee up, the Cranbourne rinks started to improve and became more comfortable with the green.
Best rink for Cranbourne was skipped by Derek Maguire, third Yvonne Van Der Wees, second Cheryl Wright and Lead Chris Sharpe who came from behind after the break to salute.
Everyone in the team did something each end which turned the game in Cranbourne’s favour and this rink ended winning 27-15.
The next best was skipped by Brian Turton, third Jo Alsop, second Jacqui Warner and Lead Kate Sharpe who got off to a good start and controlled their match up until the last couple of ends.
Their handy lead was whittled away, but they held on to win by two shots, 21-19.
The team skipped by Dermot McConville, third John Kent, second Bob Pyne and Lead Scott De Piazza had another close encounter with their opponents; going down by six shots 15-21.
The final rink was having a ding-dong battle with their opposition and slowly started to move in front until disaster hit and they gave away 10 shots in the last two ends.
Unfortunately, things happen in bowls you don’t expect and I’m sure the team were crushed going down by 11 shots 13-24.
• Cranbourne 3 Div 4 (76) def by Clayton 4 (79) -3 shots/4 points.
Cranbourne 4 Div 5 headed west to take on Keysborough 3 at their home ground.
The team tried their hardest this year and had not had much reward, but we thank you for all your efforts.
Best rink was skipped by Marijan Bobetic, third Neil Fotheringham, second Bruce Harper and Lead Michael Schwab who went down 18-21…great effort team.
Next was the team of Skip Harry Van Soest, third Claudio Miotto, second Helen Winter and Lead Rod Challis who also played great, going down 15-18.
The team of Skip David McMaster, third Rob Gye, second Susan Buchan and Lead Jeanne Tomlin played another great game, going down with a respectable scoreline of 18-22.
It was a tough day for our fourth rink, but they never gave up.
Skip Rob Paganoni, third Steve Bakker, second Davina Bobetic and Lead Helen Blake all did their best, but their opposition were just a little bit better; the rink going down 13-27.
• Cranbourne 4 Div 5 (64) def by Keysborough 3 (88) -24 shots/0 points.
MIDWEEK PENNANT
Cranbourne 2 Div 3 travelled to Noble Park on Wednesday to play their rescheduled game from Tuesday 27 January.
Both clubs agreed to playing a day later and following the formalities we got under way.
The best rink of the day was skipped by Steve Bentley, third John Stanley, second Cheryl Wright and Lead Dennis Tomlin who were in a ding-dong battle early on against the little Irish Skip, Tom Fox and his band of merry bowlers.
The lead went back and forth, until the 16th end, when Cranbourne picked up a six and then won the next four ends to end up winning 26-14.
Next best was the rink of Skip Harry Van Soest, third Dermot McConville, second John Anstiss and Lead Frank Verco had a very close game with their opponents, but did enough to win their rink 19-15.
In the final rink, Noble Park played some great bowls at the right time.
Cranbourne would be holding and along would come their second and draw shot or pick up the jack and trail it through.
Cranbourne’s second or third might get it back and then along comes the Noble Park third whose playing with a yard on most shots and trailing the jack and picking up three.
Cranbourne would reduce it, then along comes Skip Robert Connolly and makes it four.
At one stage Cranbourne was nine shots down but fought back to be one shot down, 10-11 at the break
After the break, Cranbourne got a nice honest three to lead 14-11, but again the Noble Park lads would take the lead again picking up the jack and collecting multiples.
Eventually, they played well enough to run away and win 20-31.
The Cranbourne four of Maguire, Sherriff, Sharpe and Turton will get back on the horse and return to form next week.
Well done to Noble Park who played the better bowls.
• Cranbourne 2 Div 3 (65) def Noble Park 1 (60) +5 shots/14 points.
This means our plan to revive our number-two team has so far been successful and we thank all midweek teams for their efforts, understanding and support in achieving this so far.
However, the job is not finished and we move onto next week when round 12 sees the first week of qualifications and ‘over-qualified’ players rules come into effect.
-Derek Maguire-
