CRANBOURNE BOWLS
Cranbourne’s number-one side continued its winning streak by defeating Berwick away while side two had a good win at home and side four had a massive win away.
Club chief Tony Collins was happy with the results as he gave out the match report back at the club room after returning home from Berwick.
SATURDAY PENNANT – ROUND 2
Side 1: Division 2 Sec 8
Cranbourne was confident from the start against Berwick but it had to fight to the end to eventually win by nine shots and took away 15 valuable points which now places them high on the ladder with two wins out of two.
The team of Gwen Scott, John Stanley, Tony Collins and skip Shane Jakins won by 10 shots which was the difference between the two sides.
Once again in the excitement of the day Joe ‘Rowdy’ Byrne left half of his bowling equipment at Berwick club and had to send out a SOS to retrieve it.
Cranbourne 83 (15 points) defeated Berwick 74 (3 points)
Side 2: Division 3 Sec 8
A win at home by 12 shots was a great result.
Skip Steve Hickson and his team of Vic Butera, Bill Bradbury and Bill Sherriff won by nine shots and team member Bill Bradbury was all praise for his skipper, claiming that Steve played his best game in three years.
Cranbourne 77 (16 points) defeated Narre Warren 65 (2 points)
Side 3: Division 4 Sec 8
Bob Pyne, Lois Brock, Ron Gascoigne and skip Marijan Bobetic were in great form two weeks in a row winning by eight shots but unfortunately a loss was recorded overall in the end.
Cranbourne 58 (2 points) lost to Pakenham 82 (16 points)
Side 4: Division 7 Sec 8
Another huge score recorded by this side winning by 91 shots.
The winning rink of the day was Chris Rea, John Keen, Gerry Dudink and Allen Skurrie who won by a massive 44 shots.
Cranbourne 143 (18 points) defeated Cranbourne RSL 52 (0 points)
Side 5: Division 8 Sec 7 (12 a side)
Club Legend and life member Stan Burnett and his team of Jeanne Tomlin, Roger Roscoe, and Bruce Harper won by four shots but the team still went down by nine shots.
Cranbourne 41 (2 points) lost to Churchill Waverley Golf 50 (14 points)
Side 6: Division 8 Sec 6 (12 a side)
Skip Sofio Raiti and his team of Monica Peers, Bruce Canavan and Olive Stanley won by six shots but unfortunately they could not bridge the gap.
Cranbourne 50(2 points) lost to South Oakleigh 66 (14 points)
MID-WEEK PENNANT
Side 1: Division 2 Sec 6
It was a strange day for the Cranbourne Midweek Pennant teams with the two away teams having a struggle but the two home teams had comfortable wins.
Cranbourne (1) travelled to Brighton to play indoors and for most of our players this was a first time experience.
Unfortunately they ran into a very talented Brighton team who knew their green very well and just outplayed our team.
Cranbourne 1 (39) 0 points, lost to Brighton 1 (92)
Cranbourne (2) played Berwick (3) at Cranbourne on grass.
In a game played in great spirit, this contest saw Cranbourne win all three rinks and gain maximum points on the day.
Cranbourne 2 (66) 16 points, defeated Berwick 3 (45)
Cranbourne (3) playing at home against Noble Park (2) also had a great encounter with their opponents, but got the chocolates winning by two rinks to one.
The sun again shone on the team of Frank Male, Sandra Mueller, Rob Sorensen and Skip Peter Colthup who rink won by 17 shots.
Cranbourne 3 (67) 14 points, defeated Noble Park 2 (48).
Cranbourne (4) played away at Churchill Waverley Golf (2) and battled hard, but one rink just couldn’t match their opponents. Considering this team has many new bowlers and some with little bowling experience, their efforts were admirable.
They’ll be better for the experience.
The result doesn’t really show the overall picture.
Cranbourne 4 (45) 0 points, lost to Churchill Waverley Golf 2 (85).
-Garry Hunt and Derek Maguire-
