BOWLS

STRZELECKI NORTH

WEEKEND PENNANT

BY MICHAEL HOLROYD

BOWLERS were apprehensive about the weather following continual forecasts of unpleasant rain last Saturday.

The morning started with plenty of light rain after heavy overnight showers. Bowlers attended their clubs hoping the rain would ease and allow afternoon’s bowls for Round 4 in Strzelecki North.

Division 1

THE game of the round was at Trafalgar, with Newborough playing on Trafalgar’s ‘Blue Lagoon’ which was quite appropriate with the constant threat of rain throughout the afternoon.

For Trafalgar, Matt Schreyer and his rink of Graham Hill, Ted Kuklinsky and Adam Proctor got away to a great start after losing the first end to Newborough’s state representative Sammy Atkinson and her rink of Glenn Slater, Danny Van Zuylen and Neale Houston. They won six shots on the second end and five on the fourth to streak away to a 12-1 lead. After 12 ends, Schreyer had a massive 29-6 lead.

Newborough’s George Lambos and his rink of Paul Sherman, Wayne Arnold and Alan Grubb fought hard to get Newborough back in the game as they drew to an 18-5 lead against Nathan Cook and his rink of Peter Rosenboom, Matt Ogilvie and

Tim Fraser. Scott Jones and his rink of Alan Ryan, Josh Kennedy and Phil Mustoe were also playing well for Newborough and had a 17-6 lead against Chris Bortignon and his rink of Noel Rubenstein, Mick Fleming and Matt Coutts after 12 ends.

The fourth rink was between Kevin Lovett of Newborough and his rink of Bluey Flanigan, Jo-Anne Michaels and Sheryl Atkinson who were narrowly leading 10-8 against David Cook and his rink of Wayne Hurst, Matt Leicester and Ian Miles.

At this stage the game was close, with Newborough slightly in front by three shots and all rinks playing competitive bowls over the remaining nine ends.

Sammy Atkinson and her rink recovered over the last few ends to only go down 33-14. Chris Bortignon and his rink came home strongly to narrowly win the rink 20-19 which was a big turnaround from the early ends. Kevin Lovett won eight ends in a row prior to losing the last end to win 22-9.

In a game of two halves Nathan Cook had fought back strongly against George Lambos and they started the last end of the match with Newborough leading by one shot overall with Lambos leading 21-13. Cook’s rink drew shot on the last end to

have the thrilling match end in a draw with each club winning two rinks and the score tied 76-all.

Traralgon travelled to Longwarry and played under the roof with a weakened team with a large number of players unavailable. Wayne Barnes and his rink of Trevor James, Julian Wildenberg and Shane Chapman defeated Ian Peterson and his rink of Jodie Ashby, Grame Aubrey and Trevor Kitchin 25-9. James Scullin and his rink of Jedd Ladgrove, Jason Irvine and Ron Sherlock defeated Russell White and his rink of Craig Cousin, Robert Quinn and Richard Ross 21-15.

Longwarry had winners with Dave Ashby, and his rink of Hank Metselaar, Grant Pask and Jason Lieshout defeating Michael Yacoub and his rink of Pat Trewein, Ian Kirkup and Nick Turnbull 20-15. Glenn Pask and his rink of Jan Aubrey, Dale Weller and Ken White defeated Matt Eccles and his rink of Tom Irvine, Michael Better and Ian Hilsley 17-14 leaving Traralgon the winners 75-61.

Morwell played well at home against near neighbours Morwell Club.

Kevin Pigden and his rink of Jill White, Alex Muirhead Jr and Morice Gardiner defeated Tara Harle and her rink of Jo Leslie, Duncan Hanlon and Roger Rejmer 27-13. Ron Lyfield and his rink of Bill Tumney, John Osborne and John Woischuk defeated Glenn Trembath and his rink of Geoff Unwin, Sue Karleusa and Lynne Smith 28-10. For Morwell Club, Brett Harle defeated Danny McKeown 22-19 and Neil Whitelaw defeated Brian Kingsley 22-17 leaving Morwell the winners 91-67.

Traralgon RSL and Drouin was washed out.

Division 2

MOE maintained its unbeaten run with all rinks up against Traralgon RSL (2).

Sandy Caines defeated Graeme Hore 22-20, Steve Pallot defeated Gordon Bayley 29-21 and Michael Smogavec defeated Alan Jones 21-15.

John Westerlo and his rink of Dave Wurlod, John ‘Banger’ Harvey and Chris Goldsbrough had a 36-12 win against Max Gibbins to complete the 108-68 victory.

Traralgon (2) had a win against Traralgon (3) with Kevin Enguell defeating Brendon Smiles 20-13, Gary Trewin defeated Graham Cross 24-17 and Kathy Smiles defeated Shashi Bhattti 21-12. For Traralgon (3), Greg Swan defeated Abe Roeder

30-20, leaving Traralgon (2) the winners 85-72.

These were the only games completed which counted for points as only one game in each of Divisions 4, 5 and 6 were completed, not enough for results to count.

Round 3

BOWLERS enjoyed good weather on Saturday, November 1 for Round 3 of Strzelecki North Saturday Pennant.

In Division 1, the game of the round was at Newborough, with visitors Longwarry providing strong competition throughout the match, winning 76 to 72.

Sammy Atkinson and her rink of Glenn Slater and Danny Van Zuylen, together with Neale Houston, defeated Glenn Pask 28-19.

Kevin Lovett and his rink of Bluey Flanigan, Jo-Anne Michaels and Sheryl Atkinson defeated David Ashby 19-10. George Lambos drew 18-all with Ken Towt.

For Longwarry, Ian Peterson and his rink of Jodie and Graeme Aubrey, together with Trevor Kitchin, defeated Scott Jones 25-11, leaving Newborough the winners by four shots in an entertaining game.

Traralgon won all rinks at home against Drouin, with Michael Yacoub and his rink of Pat Trewin, Ian Kirkup and Nick Turnbull winning 27-8 against Dennis Throup.

Vin McIlwain and his rink of Michael Better, Ian Hilsley and Matt Eccles won 27-10 against Chris Deal.

James Scullin defeated Doug Boggie 20-18 and Wayne Lynch defeated Toby Wallace 24-15, leaving Traralgon the winners 98-51.

Traralgon RSL welcomed Morwell Club and broke through for its first win of the season, with Ross Sizeland and his rink of Greg Pratt, Tich Hore and Maurie Sutcliffe winning 40-9 against Neil Whitelaw.

Beau Williamson defeated Brett Harlt 20-13, Alan Kanavan defeated Glenn Trembath 21-12 and Dave Hodson defeated Tara Harle 19-18, leaving RSL the winners 100-52

Trafalgar welcomed Morwell with Matt Schreyer and his rink of Graham Hill, Ted Kuklinksky and Adam Proctor defeated Morice Gardiner 35-11 and Nathan Cook defeated Danny McKeown 19-11.

For the visitors, Ron Jyfield and his rink of Bill Tumney, John Osborne and Alex Muirhead Jr defeated Chris Bortignon 28-18 and Brian Kingsley defeated David Cook 22-17 leaving Trafalgar winning 89-72.

Division 2

MOE maintained its unbeaten run with a narrow two shot defeat of Warragul. Michael Smogavec and his rink of John Williams, Barry Hawkett and Jayde Leech won 29-15 against Robert Renn. John Westerlo defeated David Gatewood 23-17.

For Warragul, Gary Ingley defeated Steve Pallot 23-19 and Margaret Ratcliffe and her rink of John Morrison, Graeme Davis and Gaye Renn defeated Sandy Caines.

Boolarra had a good win at home against Traralgon (2) with Joel Anderson and his rink of Grame Colbert, Darrin Napier and Joelene Laukens winning 24-13 against Kevin Enguell.

Dave Stevens defeated Kathy Smiles 21-13, Steve Davy defeated Abe Roeder 23-15 and for Traralgon (2), Garry Trewin defeated Jorma Takanen 23-22, leaving Boolarra winning 90-64.

Traralgon (3) won well at home against near neighbours Traralgon RSL (2) with Greg Swan defeating Grame Hore 20-13, Shashi Bhatti defeated Brian Smith 25-18 and Graham Cross defeated Gordon Bayley 20-17.

For the RSL, Laurie Melhuish defeated Brendon Smiles 19-16 leaving Traralgon (3) winning 79-67.

Garfield had a good win at home against Neerim District with Les Pumphrey defeating Peter Wilson 21-13, Joe Lenders defeated Peter Throup 17-14 and Stephen Whyte defeated Neil Adams 19-18.

For Neerim, Peter Brooks defeated Alan White 20-17 leaving Garfield winning 74-65.

Division 3

NEWBOROUGH (2) again battled to defeat Thorpdale with Robbert Cook and his rink of Ryan Lambos, Alan Ryan and Mile Weatherall winning 27-8 and Barry Daley 20-19.

For Thorpdale, Ben Powell and his rink of Alan McLure won 27-14 and Brendan Jennings won 20-15 leaving Newborough (2) the winners when Lisa Arnold drew shot on the last end of the day after being four shots down in the head.

Newborough (2) won by two shots 76-74.

In another close game at home, Drouin (2) fell one shot short against Trafalgar (2) who won 82-81.

For Trafalgar (2), Paul Dawson and his rink of Laurie Heenan, Luke McFarlane and Derek Jones won 31-17 and Peter Jonas won 21-16.

For Drouin (2), Rudy Kerkvliet and his rink of Paul Derlaney, David Wall and Peter Phillips won 28-13 and Robert Campbell won 20-17 leaving Trafalgar (2) winning by one shot.

Morwell (2) won well against Yinnar with Bob Wilson and his rink of Pene Eaton, Stephen Postlethwaite and Stuart Humphrey winning 26-5 against Tim Roche.

Ian Wilson won 22-17, Richard McMahon 24-11 and for Yinnar, Luka Djudurovic won 19-17 as Morwell (2) won 89-52.

Longwarry (2) won all rinks at home against Moe (2) 95-50, with Gerard Mitchell winning 28-11, John McCarthy 20-12, John Majkut 20-11 and to complete the clean sweep, Simon Counsel 27-16.

Division 4

CHURCHILL won a tense game at Newborough (3) 72-70 with John Stewart winning 18-14, David Patience 17-16 and Tony Colwell drew 20-all with Albert Van Stekelenburg.

For Newborough (3), Gerry Van Duin won 20-17.

Traralgon (4) won all rinks at Neerim District (2) winning 113-50 with Ian Wills winning 28-11, Bill Bishop 25-14, Stuart Hulse 30-15 and Norbert Schoeter 30-10.

Warragul (2) defeated Yarragon 97-56 with Linda McCoy winning 18-17, Greg Mitchell 38-8 and Bill Clark 23-12.

For Yarragon, Richard Polmear won 19-18.

Yallourn North won all rinks against Traralgon RSL (3) 97-62 with Rod Dixon winning 20-16, Ricky Hearn 28-12, Craig Speake 24-20 and David Hibbert 25-14.

Division 5

DROUIN (3) defeated Morwell (3) 68-36 with Robert Dickson winning 25-11, Mary Andrews 25-10 and Irene Dawson 25-15.

Traralgon (5) defeated Trafalgar (3) 65-47 with Terry Lawrence winning 27-11, Bill Justin 20-17 and for Trafalgar (3) Pat Tatterson 19-18.

Garfield (2) defeated Warragul (3) 59-57 with Brian Fox winning 25-11 and Rick Sillett 19-18, and for Warragul (3) John Bell won 28-15.

Division 6

MORWLEL Club (2) defeated Boolarra (2) 78-46 with Bob Pelchen winning 25-19 and Margaret McColl 34-8. Sandy Sinnott drew 19-all with Keith Holmes.

Moe (3) had another narrow win 53-52 against Longwarry (3) with Bob Essler winning 25-8.

For Longwarry (3), Ronald Te Giffel won 22-8 and Sharon Twite 22-20.

Morwell (4) defeated Traralgon (6) 50-46 with Graham Hutchinson winning 23-10 and Bill Tyben 19-14.

For Traralgon (6), Ken Ford won 22-8.

Newborough (4) had the bye.

Division 7

BOOLARRA (3) defeated Thorpdale (2) 48-39 with Mandi Peter winning 27-12 and for Thorpdale (2), Darron Fraser won 27-22.

Morwell (5) defeated Yallourn North (2) 53-40 with Alan Marum winning.

Traralgon RSL (4)) defeated Churchill (2) 50-17 with Craig Smith winning 24-15 and Max Bloomfield 29-25.

Drouin (4) had the bye.

THE Strzelecki North Playing Area Mixed Pairs were completed on Sunday, November 2 at Traralgon. Lisa Arnold (Newborough) and Andrew Soplakow (Mirboo North) defeated Sheryl Atkinson (Newborough) and James Scullin (Traralgon), 16-9.

In the morning semi-finals, Atkinson and Scullin defeated George Lambos and Sammy Atkinson from Newborough, 12-10.

Arnold and Soplakow received a forfeit from Karren Sheers (Neerim District) and Vin McIlwain (Traralgon) due to illness.