CRANBOURNE Bowls Club is set for finals this week after a successful season.
The club completed the sectional play of season 2009/2010 with a win for all five sides.
The Division One side was big winners and finished top of its section and will compete in the finals this weekend starting on Saturday.
Cranbourne travelled to Mordialloc to tune their skills for this week and came home 36-shot winners in a strong display.
Cranbourne won all four rinks with that of skip Barry Thomas taking the weekly award with a 25-shot margin.
Skip Peter Colthup’s rink was in good touch to win by nine shots.
Results: Cranbourne 90 (B. Thomas 39-14; D. Grace 27-26; R. Travica 23-22; P. Colthup 26-17) defeated Mordialloc 79.
Cranbourne (2) needing to win all rinks and rely on other results for a place in the final four, filled its end of the equation, but Mulgrave Country Club held its place and the Cranbourne side will have to wait until next season.
The side won all four rinks with skip John Pentreath’s team playing well for a 12-shot victory.
Wal Ballard showed he could handle the pressure with a 15-shot margin and John Mulder and Sofio Raiti were winners by 14 and nine shots respectively.
Results: Cranbourne 103 (J. Pentreath 31-19; W. Ballard 29-14; S. Raiti 24-15; J. Mulder 29-19) defeated Boronia 67.
Cranbourne (3) finished its season with an excellent win at home against Glen Eira-McKinnon won with an overall margin of 17 shots and won three rinks.
Skip Tony Whalley was the big winner with a 13-shot win and Mick Rowswell and Ken McLeod had margins of 11 shots in their wins.
Results: Cranbourne 104 (K. McLeod 35-24; M. Boltong 17-35; M. Rowswell 27-14; T. Whalley
27-14) defeated Glen Eira/McKinnon 87.
Cranbourne (4) was pleased to win the final match against Mulgrave Country Club overall by a slender margin of three shots.
Cranbourne won two rinks with skip Howard Ferguson the best winner with an 11-shot win, whilst David O’Reilly won by nine shots in a good performance.
Results: Cranbourne 103 (H. Ferguson 30-19; R. Sorensen 17-33; D. O’Reilly 32-23; J. MacInnes
22-23) defeated Mulgrave Country Club 98.
Cranbourne (5) played Berwick at home and after a great tussle held on long enough to win by eight shots in an entertaining match.
Cranbourne won three rinks, but the margins were tight on all with skip Gerry Winters leading the way with a four-shot margin.
Results: Cranbourne 103 (L. Meagher 26-20; G. Winters 24-22; Y. Van Der Wees 29-26; T. Collins 24-27) defeated Berwick 95.
FINALS – Next Saturday and Sunday, 27 and 28 February to be played at Cranbourne with Cranbourne (1) side to play.
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Cranbourne sides will resume pennant next Tuesday for the final round of the season with only one side having a slim chance of playing finals.
