A lovely day for Pennant with the sun shining with very little wind making the mild conditions ideal for playing bowls. It was good to see everyone enjoying their bowls in this the last round prior to the finals.
Division 1
Morwell Club visited Longwarry with the winner to remain in Division 1 for another year and the loser relegated to Division 2 unless Traralgon (2) can win Division (2) as Newborough (2) did a few years ago when they defeated Morwell to win Division 2 and kept Morwell Club in the top tier.
David Stevens and his rink of David Patience, Michael Skinner and Mil Karleusa had only won one rink for the season however today when it counted most they lead the way with a 30 – 19 win over Ken Towt and his rink of Elio Megetto, Simon Counsel and Ian Peterson. Russell White and his rink of Brian Hennessy, Daniel Cooper and Barry White countered for Longwarry with a 32 – 22 win over Brett Harle and his rink of Roger Rejmer, David Broadbent and Tara Harle.
Lee McKenzie and his rink of Wayne Arnold, Jan Karleusa and Jorma Takanen kept the game tight with a 21 – 21 draw with Adam Proctor and his rink of Ken White, Vicky Hanks and Grant Pask. Rod Smith and his rink of Nobby Noblett, Duncan Hanlon and Glenn Trembath Held sway for Morwell Club winning 23 – 20 over John McCarthy and his rink of Hank Metselaar, Peter and Jason Lieshout. This left Morwell Club four shots up and in Division 1 for another year. Longwarry is left lamenting their poor start to the year and hoping for a Traralgon (2) victory in Division 2.
Morwell Club 17 – 96 defeated Longwarry 3 – 92
Finalists Traralgon and Traralgon RSL clashed at Traralgon RSL with the visitors coming out on top. Michael Yacoub continued his golden run as skipper with his rink of Ron Sherlock, Pat Trewin and Phil Mustoe having a 32 – 16 win over Ross Sizeland and his rink of Dale Wilson, Titch Hore and Terry Hunter. James Sculling and his rink of Chris Ward, Abe Roeder and Vince McIlwain had a 29 – 23 win over Beau Williamson and his rink of Ross McKenzie, Jeff Blytheman and Maurie Sutcliffe. Wayne Lynch and his rink of Kevin Enguell, Sean Chapman and Ian Kirkup had a 24 – 22 win over Rick Lukey and his rink of Peter Barnes, Max Aumann and Kevin Durward. The lone winner for the home team was Morice Gardiner and his rink of Chris Mackintosh, Eric Warfe and Brendan Smiles with a 27 – 24 win over Matt Ferrari and his rink of Derek Hewling, Ian Hilsley and Wil McIlwain.
Traralgon 18 – 109 defeated Traralgon RSL 2 – 88
Drouin tuned up for the finals with a good win over Trafalgar at home. Mark Leighton and his rink of Maureen and John Leighton and Mick Fleming lead the way with a 29 – 17 win over Ian Miles and his rink of Travis Jenkins, Graham Hill and Paul Dawson. Mark Atkinson and his rink of Corey Atkinson, Steve Barr and Dale Hendrick with a score of 27 – 15 were too strong for Tim Fraser and his rink of Nathan Fraser, Steve Lodge and Ken Capper. Sheryl Atkinson and her rink of Denise Hamilton, Jan Aubrey and Les Firth won 24 – 20 over Darren Kane and his rink of Darryl Horner, Bruce Giles and Peter Jonas. Tommy Lodge was the lone Trafalgar winner with his team of Tim Anderson, Mary Holdsworth and Jim Lawrence winning 28 – 25 over Samantha Atkinson and her team of Bob Cole, Peter Wallace, and Graeme Aubrey.
Drouin 18 – 105 defeated Trafalgar 2 – 80
Top team Newborough travelled to Warragul and prepared up for the finals with a good win. Nosha Michaels and his rink of Charlie Ward, Jo-Anne Michaels and George Lambos had a 26 – 15 win over Andrew Glover and his rink of John Bell, David Alderman and David Ferguson. Paul Sherman and his rink of Tony Knipping, Barry Daley and Scott Jones won 28 – 23 over Blill Clappers and his rink of Bernie McIntosh, John Vickerman and Pat Hammond. Alan Grubb and his team of Bob Goldie, Ryan Marston and Craig Thornton won 26 – 18 over Ken Scammell and his rink of Greg King, Ian McCartney and Lindsay Soutter. Janette Gallasch and her rink of Des Stephens, David Gatewood and Peter Gallasch were the lone winners for the home team with a 22 17 win over Kevin Lovett and his team of Brian Carpenter, Rod Lewis and Neale Houston.
Newborough 18 – 97 defeated Warragul 2 – 78
Next Saturday is semi final day and top teams Newborough and Traralgon do battle with each team having won at home this season. Drouin and Traralgon RSL each won a match as the away team and appear evenly matched.
Division 2
Finals contender Moe hosted Drouin (2) who continued their good form with Necip Arkarsu and his rink of Ruth Waring, Elaine and Brian Thorpe providing the foundation for a Drouin (2) victory with a 31 – 13 win over Ian Caines and his rink of John Wasiukiewicz, Michelle Muccillo and Bob Rennie. This was the only Drouin rink and the Moe winners were Sandy Caines and his rink of Rohan Wilcock, David Mander and Barry Hawkett who won 29 – 19 over David Tayles and his rink of Justin Keddie, Neal Bullen and Chris Brownlee. Jayde Leech and his rink of Col Carmichael, Jan Rudy and Banger Harvey won 23 – 21 over Arthur Moore and his rink of Ian Haughton, Andrew Blaby and Terry McFadzean. Stuart Caines and his rink of Les Stolarik, Michael Smogavec and Ted Kuklinsky won 24 – 20 over Col Finger and his team of John Bickerdike, Mary Firth and Bruce Andrews leaving Drouin (2) the upset winners by two shots.
Drouin (2) 14 – 91 defeated Moe 6 – 89
Traralgon (2) edged ahead of Neerim District on the ladder by a matter of shots with a victory at Traralgon on Saturday. Dave Currie and his rink of Bill Munday, Stuart Hulse and Ian Bloomfield lead the way with a 32 – 12 win over Ross Pollard and his rink of Col McKay. George Rymer and Robert Cook. John Taylor and his rink of Bill Kirby, Kirsty Van Den Hoff and Austin Gapper had an identical 32 – 12 score over Neil Adams and his rink of Graeme Wingrove, Maureen Halligan and Alex McGillivray. Barry Fernance and his rink of Robert Marsh, Bill Bishop and William Francis tied 24 – 24 with Peter Throup and his rink of Gerry Engelstad, Karren Sheers and Pat Fraser-Aurisch. The lone winner for Neerim District was Trevor Kuhnell and his rink of Des Pelly, Tony Thornton and Peter Brooks who with a score of 23 – 20 defeated Graham Cross and his rink of Ron Baker, Kathy Smiles and Gary Trewin.
Traralgon RSL (2) travelled to Newborough (2) and came away with a good win. For the visitors Gordon Asbury and his rink of Paul Matters, Max Plant and Julie Sutcliffe had a 33 – 13 win voer Graham Cocks and his rink of Alan Luck, Alan Ryan and Fran Clark. Max Gibbins and his rink of John Eaten, Gordon Bakker and Joe Ward had a 23 – 21 win over Joan Goldie and her rink of Jeff Wetzel, Ed Whelan and Julie Jackson. For the home team Robbert Cook and his rink of Graham Smith, Peter Bertoli and Bryon Puddy had a 36 – 20 win over Ron Osler and his team of Gordon Bayley, Ian Eddy and Frank Metcalf. Gary Ingley and his team of Stuart Gemmill, Phil Marston and Spencer Goss won 26 – 25 over Shirley McKenzie and her team of Paul Hobson, Trevor Brand and John Farquhar.
Next week top teams Morwell and Moe do battle and Traralgon (2) and Neerim District square off again in what should b e two good games.
Division 3
Warragul (2) travelled to Yinnar aiming to consolidate fourth place on the ladder. Graeme Davis and his rink of Kerri Currie, Matt Draisma and Paul Simmons lead the way for the visitors with a 30 – 13 win over Tim Roche and his team of Jo Boch, Kevin Young and Meredith Kennon. Bob Currie and his team of Russell Carrick, Elsie Hefford and Gabrielle Draisma won 22 – 17 over Russ Peters and his team of John O’Neill, Robert Hooper and Jenny Harris. The home team was well served by Trevor Berryman and his rink of Gordon Smith, Ray Tanti and Luka Djudurovic who won 25 – 20 over Jim Moyle and his team of Ken Landman, Ken Brown and Jim Power. Murray De La Haye and his team of Leanne Emond, Betty Fox and Peter Bramley won 23 – 16 over Noel Rubenstein and his team of Ron Collins, Linda McCoy and Ian Belling to give Warragul the points and a rise to third place on the ladder.
Warragul (2) 16 – 88 defeated Yinnar 4 – 78
Boolarra after their good recent form travelled to Morwell (2) and were on the receiving end of a big loss to the home team allowing Warragul (2) to move into their previously held third place. Darrell White and his team of Nick Marino, Russell Williams and Bob Wilson had a 38 – 18 win over Bob Allen. Ron Draeger, Bill Tumney and Linda Gurney won 31 – 20 over Terry Parker. Abbas Mehran and his team of Shirley Skinner, John Kuhne and Kevin Pigdon defeated Darren Napier 23 – 16. Jim Turner and his rink of Bernie Detering, Ken Turner and John Bradbury won 34 – 18 over Stan Williams to complete the clean sweep.
Morwell (2) 20 – 126 defeated Boolarra 0 – 72
Traralgon (3) returned to top form with a big win over Moe (2). Trevor James and his rink of Matt Ogilvie, Brian Johnson and Ian Wills won 28 – 25 over John Woods. May Cross and her team of Alan Keam, John Kong and David Karsky won 29 – 20 over Rex Price. Norbert Schroeder and his team of Jim Wilson, Greg Swan and Roger Davey won 27 – 21 over Brian Rodgers and to complete the clean sweep Bob Dykstra and his team of Jedd Ladgrove, Elaine Swan and Max Cuming won 20 – 19 over Noel Savige.
Traralgon (3) 20 – 104 defeated Moe (2) 0 – 85
Thorpdale playing at home on a very good green protected their top spot on the ladder with a good win over Traralgon (4). Danny Vanzuylen and his rink of Brian O’Connell, Graeme Edwards and Scott Jennings defeated Col Eagle 26 – 19. Ross Kennedy and his rink of Wendy Jennings, Ross Pethybridge and Shane Chambers won 27 – 13 over Tony Buhagiar. Brendan Jennings and his team of Alan McLure, Darron Fraser and Denis Gunn won 20 – 18 over Tony Colwell. The lone Traralgon (4) winner was Paddy Francis and her rink of Garry Bassett, David Mallaghan and Rosie Lorenz who defeated Ben Powell 27 – 20.
Thorpdale 18 – 93 defeated Traralgon (4) 2 – 87
Next week top teams Thorpdale and Traralgon (3) do battle with Warragul (2) having another match against Boolarra in the minor semi final.
Division 4
Top teams Newborough (3) and Morwell (3) did battle at Newborough with Morwell building a big lead early with Bob D’Brass and his rink of Helen Cook, Bill Tyben and Keith Higgs going to an early 25 – 3 lead over Peter Policha who fought back to lose 17 – 29 in a good comeback. The other three Newborough rinks combined to gain the winning edge over the last few ends with Michael Holroyd and his rink of Josh Kennedy, Maurice Ludlow and Heather Mooney winning 23 – 18 over Wayne Bishop. Charlie Cadby and his rink of Dave Madden, Steve Cunningham and Joy Cadby won 26 – 21 over Jack Prendergast. Eagle Edwards and his rink of Ian Houston, Carmel Goss and Vern Verhagen had a 25 – 16 win over Trevor Curtis.
Trafalgar travelled to Yallourn North and enjoyed the facilities particularly John Leicester and his rink of Barbara Evans, Alex Brodie and Sue Robinson who defeated William Platschinda 41 – 13. Heather Taylor and her rink of Sean Tatterson, Margaret Moss and Peter Watson won 30 – 15 over Ray Roberts. Tony Dawson and his rink of Carol Saunders, Peter Dart and Pat Tatterson won 24 – 14 over Rob Hirsch. The lone winner for the home team was Darren Fry and his team of Brendon Heriban , Noel Connelly and Ricky Hearn who defeated Mal Clymo 28 – 19
Drouin (3) continued their good form when they travelled to Warragul (3) and enjoyed a good win. Lloyd Smith and his rink of Laurie Innes, Gwen Price and Peter Hone won 28 – 18 over Brian Barby. Clive Newman and his rink of David Mowat, Merv Appleyard and Mary Andrews won 34 – 20 over Keith Wilkins. Andrew Kidd and his rink of Ray Watson, Margaret Rhodes and Andre De Waele won 25 – 15 over Alan Potter. The lone home winner was Lester Mason who defeated Lyn Jeffrey 31 – 15.
Drouin (3) 18 – 102 defeated Warragul (3) 2 – 84
travelled to Drouin and found the synthetic green not to their liking as the home team gained an upset win after going to a big lead early before Newborough (3) got in front before losing some big ends and falling behind again. Andrew Kidd and his rink of Ray Warson, Margaret Rhodes and Andre de Waele was too strong for Eagle Edwards with a 34 – 20 victory. Clive Newman defeated Michael Holroyd 28 – 22 and for the visitors Peter Policha defeated Lyn Jeffreys 28 – 23 and Charlie Cadby defeated Lloyd Smith 22 – 19
Next week the top teams Newborough (3) and Yarragon clash with Yarragon the victors in their only match played at Yarragon on a rainy day. The other match was lost in the covid lockdown. In the other match Morwell (3) play an improving Trafalgar (2) after they drew at Morwell two weeks ago. Should be an interesting pair of tussles.
Division 5
Top team Newborough (4) travelled to Neerim District (2) and received a big defeat. Jim Schroeder and his rink of Ray Throup, Jim Fallon and Ray Watts lead the way with a 39 – 13 win over Ken Bechaz. Russell Meehan had a 33 – 17 win over Rod Dixon and Greg Bond had a 34 – 11 win over Peter Wonnacott.
Moe (3) travelled to second placed Morwell Club (2) needing a win to get off the bottom of the ladder. Jan Parniak and his rink of Sue Allford, Ray Jackson and Martin Dyt won 26 – 12 over Beryl Noblett to secure the points for Moe (3) as they were the only Moe (3) winning rink. For the home team Andrew Shepley defeated Chris O’Reilly 21 – 19 and Gail Rejmer defeated Wayne Lock 25 – 19 leaving Moe (3) the winners by six shots.
Moe (3) 12 – 64 defeated Morwell Club (2) 2 – 58
Churchill travelled to Morwell (4) and had a good win with Bill Brown defeating Bob Lorenz 22 – 17 and Vern Hargreaves defeating Danny McKeown 30 – 15. Ian Wilson was the lone Morwell (4) winner defeating Shirley Turner 31 – 17 leaving Morwell (4) bottom of the ladder following Moe (3)’s narrow win.
Churchill 14 – 69 defeated Morwell (4) 2 – 63
Traralgon (5) hosted Traralgon RSL (3) with Jan Moody defeating Margaret Morley 26 – 11 and Ron Hales defeating Margaret Gibbins 32 – 18. Lorraine McClare defeated Brian May 29 – 19 for the only winning rink for the visitors.
After losing this week top teams Newborough (4) and Morwell Club (2) playoff and in the other match Churchill and Neerim District (2) will play an interesting match.
Division 6
Top team Longwarry (2) at home with a few missing players narrowly defeated fourth placed Churchill (2). Sean Garritty defeated Ray Medew 26 – 16 and for the visitors Colin Smith defeated Brian Mason 26 – 18.
Morwell Club (3) at home had a good win over Trafalgar (3) with Bob Pelchen having a 25 – 15 win over Don Mitchinson whilst for the visitors Ed Davies had a 24 – 18 win over Don Wight.
Boolarra/Yinnar travelled to Thorpdale (2) with the visitors winning both rinks. Peter Canavan defeated Geoff Savige 28 – 15 and Janet Napier defeated Joe Gunn 31 – 17
In the semi finals Longwarry plays Newborough (5) and Boolarra/Yinnar plays Churchill (2).
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Saturday Pennant Report 27 February
Division 1
Only three Division One games were played Saturday following Longwarry travelling to Traralgon to play under the roof on Friday night which gave all of the players a free Saturday which was greatly appreciated by many of their partners and families.
Drouin seeking to regain second place travelled to Newborough and had the opportunity to play on a first class green prepared by greenkeeper Scott Jones who has greatly improved the Newborough green in this his first season at the Club.
Early in the match Drouin showed their liking for the excellent playing surface as they took the game up to the home team. Paul Sherman and his rink of Tony Knipping, Barry Daley and Scott Jones showed a return to their early season form with a 32 – 14 victory over Mark Atkinson and his team of Corey Atkinson, Steve Barr and Dale Hendrick. Once more Kevin Lovett and his rink of Brian Carpenter, Rod Lewis and Neale Houston won with a 23 – 20 win over Toby Wallace and his rink of Peter Wallace, Graeme Aubrey and Samantha Atkinson.
Nosha Michaels and his rink of Charlie Ward, Jo-Anne Michaels and George Lambos made it three rinks for the home team with a 25 = 18 win over Sheryl Atkinson and her rink of Denise Hamilton, Jan Aubrey and Les Firth. The lone winner for Drouin in a valiant effort was Mark Leighton and his team of Maureen and John Leighton together with Mick Fleming with their 28 – 11 win over Alan Grubb and his rink of Bob Goldie, Phil Marston and Craig Thornton leaving Newborough the winners by 11 shots.
Newborough 18 – 91 defeated Drouin 2 – 80
Warragul travelled to a Morwell Club desperate for a win in their effort to get off the bottom of the ladder and avoid the dreaded drop to Division Two. The home team were full of confidence after Traralgon clean sheeted Longwarry on Friday night. Rod Smith and his team of Nobby Noblett, Duncan Hanlon and Glenn Trembath led the way with a 27 – 16 win over Graeme Davis and his rink of Matt Draisma, David Ferguson and Pat Hammond. Lee McKenzie and his rink of Wayne Arnold, Daryl Martin and Jorma Takenan won 23 – 15 over Andrew Glover and his team of David Alderman, Janette and Peter Gallasch. Brett Harle and his team of Roger Rejmer, David Broadbent and Tara Harle continued the good work for Morwell Club with a 23 – 21 win over Ken Scammell and his rink of Greg King, Ian McCartney and Lindsay Soutter. Bill Clappers and his rink of John Vickerman, Brian Kennedy and Jim Power salvaged a vital point for Warragul drawing 22 – 22 with David Stevens and his rink of David Patience, Michael Skinner and Mil Karleusa setting up a vital match next week when Morwell Club visits a Longwarry team rumoured to be missing some of their better players due to other commitments.
Morwell Club 19 – 95 defeated Warragul 1 – 74
Trafalgar welcomed Traralgon RSL in a see-sawing match with each teamhaving two dominant rinks. For the visitors Beau Williamson and his rink of Ross McKenzie, Jeff Blytheman and Maurice Sutcliffe set the pace with a 33 – 15 win over Ian Miles and his team of Peter Rosenboom, Graham Hill and Paul Dawson. Ross Sizeland and his team of Dale Wilson, Titch Hore and Terry Hunter was the other winning RSL rink with a 30 – 19 score over Darren Kane and his team of Darryl Horner, Bruce Giles and Peter Jonas.
Trafalgar replied strongly with Tommy Lodge and his team of Jim Lawrence, Sue Robinson and Chris Bortignon having a 31 – 16 win over Morice Gardiner and his rink of Max Plant, Max Aumann and Eric Warfe. Tim Fraser and his team of Nathan Fraser, Steve Lodge and Ken Capper won 28 – 19 over Rick Lukey and his team of Peter Barnes, George Cargill and Kevin Durward leaving RSL the winners by five shots.
Traralgon RSL 16 – 98 defeated Trafalgar 4 – 93.
Next week is the last round with the vital game at Longwarry with the loser of the match against Morwell Club almost certainly being relegated to Division two next year. Traralgon visits neighbour Traralgon RSL with both sides settled in the four and the RSL will look to upset their keen rivals. Top team Newborough travels to Warragul and Drouin will prepare for the finals when they host Trafalgar.
Division 2
Newborough (2) travelled to Drouin (2) in a match full of contrasts with Newborough (2) needing a win to stay in the race for the four. Home team skipper Necip Akarsu along with his rink of Bob Cole and Elaine and Brian Thorpe relished playing against one of his old teams with a 43 – 10 win over Joan Goldie and her rink of Jefff Wetzel, Julie Jackson and Ed Whelan. Col Jeffrey and his rink of Terry McFadzean, Phil Jarred and Arthur Moore continued the good run for Drouin (2) with a 30 – 13 win over former Drouin player Graham Cocks and his rink of Alan Luck, Fran Clark and Alan Ryan.
Gary Ingley and his rink of Stuart Gemmill, Spencer Goss and Ryan Marston started the fightback for Newborough (2) with a 35 – 17 win over Col Finger and his rink of John Bickerdike, Mary Firth and Bruce Andrews. Robbert Cook and his rink of Graham Smith, Peter Bertoli and Bryan Puddy continued the Newborough (2) fightback with a 35 – 15 win over David Tayles and his rink of Justin Keddie, Neal Bullen and Chris Brownlee leaving Drouin (2) the winners by twelve shots.
Moe travelled to Neerim District and came away with a narrow five shot victory. Sandy Caines and his rink of Rohan Wilcock, David Mander and Barry Hawkett set up the victory for Moe with a 32 – 10 win over Trevor Kuhnell and his rink of Ray Throup, Tony Thornton and Peter Brooks. Stuart Caines and his rink of Les Stolarik, Michael Smogavec and Ted Kuklinsky continued the good work for Moe with a 25 – 23 win over Ross Pollard and his rink of Colin McKay, Robert Cook and Jim Fallon.
Neil Adams and his team of Graeme Wingrove, Chris Hogan and Angus McGillivray fought back for Neerim District with a 32 – 17 win over Alex Muirhead and his rink of John Wasiukiewicz, Bob Rennie and Ian Caines. Peter Throup and his rink of Gerry Englestad, Karren Sheers and Pat Fraser-Aurisch with a 28 – 24 win over Jayde Leech and his team of Col Carmichael, Jan Rudy and Banger Harvey left Neerim trailling by five shots.
Moe 16 – 98 defeated Neerim District 4 – 93
Top team Morwell at home had a good win over fourth placed Traralgon (2). Nathan Cook and his rink of Wayne Bishop, Keith Gadsby and Michael Weatherall continued their good form with a 38 – 16 win over Graham Cross and his rink of Ron Baker, Kathy Smiles and Gary Trewin. Ron Lyfield and his team of Chris Goldsbrough, Brian Kingsley and Shashi Bhatti also won for Morwell with a 29 – 22 victory over John Taylor and his rink of Bill Kirby, Kirsty Van Den Hoff and Austin Gapper.
The Traralgon (2) response was lead by Barry Fernance and his rink of Rob Marsh, Bill Bishop and Bill Francis with a 27 – 15 win over David Cook and his team of Bill Tumney, Mike Arnold and Darren Cullen. Dave Currie and his rink of Bill Munday, Stuart Hulse and Ian Bloomfield won 26 – 21 over Steve Collins and his rink of Russell Williams, Laurie Melhuish and John Osborne leaving Morwell winning by twelve shots.
Morwell 16 – 103 defeated Traralgon (2) 4 – 91
Next week Third and fourth teams Neerim District and Traralgon (2) clash at Traralgon in a precursor to the semi finals the following week providing Traralgon (2) do not get overtaken on the ladder by Newborough (2) who trail by 16 points with a home game against Traralgon RSL (2) to come. Moe hosts Drouin (2) fresh from their upset win over Newborough (2).
Division 3
Traralgon (3) stay at the top of the ladder was brief as they travelled to Boolarra and in a nail biting finish lost by one shot with Boolarra retaining third place on the ladder. In an exciting finish Boolarra skipper Darren Napier was preparing to put down the last bowl of the match when he was advised by his team mates that Boolarra would win the match by one shot if he didn’t disturb the head where any movement of the jack would have given Traralgon overall victory. Discretion was the better part of valor and he declared the head giving Boolarra a well deserved win.
The home team was well served by Terry Parker and his rink of Peter Gair, Bev Thompson and John Cargill with a 31 – 29 win over May Cross. Bob Allen and his rink of Tamara Traill, Joel Anderson and Peter Macou had a 23 – 20 win over Bob Dykstra. Stan Williams Boolarra and Norbert Schroeter drew 26 – 26 and for the visitors Trevor James and his rink of Matt Ogilvie, Brian Johnson and Ian Wills had a 22 – 18 win over Darren Napier leaving Boolarra the winners.
Boolarra 17 – 98 defeated Traralgon (3) 3 – 97
After losing to Traralgon (3) and dropping to second on the ladder Thorpdale travelled to Moe (2) and played one of their best games yet on the unfamiliar Moe synthetic surface winning all four rinks and regaining top spot on the ladder. Ross Kennedy and his rink of Wendy Jennings, Ross Pethybridge and Shane Chambers defeated Rex Price 28 – 16. Brendan Jennings defeated Noel Savige 27 – 18, Danny Vanzuylen defeated Brian Rodgers 32 – 23 and completing the clean sweep Ben Powell defeated John Wood 29 – 28.
Thorpdale 20 – 116 defeated Moe 0 – 85
Warragul (2) had a big win over visitors Morwell (2) with Bob Currie and his rink of Russ Carrick, Linda McCoy and Gabrielle Draisma winning 40 – 17 over Ken Turner. Noel Rubenstein had a 32 – 19 win over Darrell White and Dave Smith won 24 – 22 over Abbas Mehran. The lone winner for Morwell (2) was Bob Skinner 30 – 24 over Jim Moyle.
Warragul (2) 18 – 120 defeated Morwell (2) 2 – 88
Yinnar had a good win at Traralgon (4) with Trevor Berryman and his rink of Gordon Smith, Ray Tanti and Luka Djudurovic winning 35 – 12 over Jim Overdyk. Gavin Osborne won 31 – 21 over Tony Colwell with Murray De La Haye drawing with Tony Buhagiar 22 – 22 and the lone Traralgon (4) winner Paddy Francis with a 22 – 17 win over Tim Roche.
Next week Yinnar hosts Warragul (2) with the winner likely to take fourth place on the ladder. Thorpdale hosts Traralgon (4) and Traralgon (3) travels to Moe. Boolarra travels to Morwell in what could be a challenging match for the visitors.
Division 4
Newborough (3) travelled to Drouin and found the synthetic green not to their liking as the home team gained an upset win after going to a big lead early before Newborough (3) got in front before losing some big ends and falling behind again. Andrew Kidd and his rink of Ray Warson, Margaret Rhodes and Andre de Waele was too strong for Eagle Edwards with a 34 – 20 victory. Clive Newman defeated Michael Holroyd 28 – 22 and for the visitors Peter Policha defeated Lyn Jeffreys 28 – 23 and Charlie Cadby defeated Lloyd Smith 22 – 19
Trafalgar (2) travelled to Morwell (3) for an exciting drawn match.Jack Prendergast and his rink of Les Brown, Rita Reddiex and Nick Nickodemski won 35 – 16 over Mal Clymo. John Leicester and his rink of Barbara Evans, Ed Davies and Pat Tatterson won 37 – 10 for the visitors over Graham Hutchinson. Tony Dawson for the visitors won 21 – 16 over Bob D’Brass and for the home team Trevor Curtis won 25 – 12 over Wayne Hurst leaving the match all tied up.
Yarragon travelled to Yallourn North and found the unfamiliar synthetic green not to their liking. For the home club William Platschinda and his rink of Harry Wlaker, Fred Borg and Laurie Whateley had 43 – 10 win over Kevin Arnold. Darren Fry defeated Jarrod Grigg 33 – 12 and the visitors were well served by Richard Polmear who defeated Ray Roberts 20 – 18 and Sam Mazza defeated George Platschinda 29 – 25.
Yallourn North 16 – 119 defeated Yarragon 4 – 74
Next week the top teams Newborough (3) and Morwell (3) play at Newborough with Morwell (3) needing to win to stay in second place with Yarragon receiving the Garfield forfeit. Trafalgar (2) travels to Yallourn North and Warragul (3) hosts Drouin (3) in a neighbourhood battle.
Division 5
Churchill with Shirley Turner and her rink of Cathleen Dodds, Dianne Thomas and Marion Newton had a 40 – 20 win over Jim Schoeder from Neerim District (2). Bill Brown won 31 – 20 over Greg Bond and for the visitors Russell Meehan defeated Sean Peter 21 – 20
Morwell (4) travelled to Moe (3) and for the visitors Ian Wilson and his rink of John Betteley, Bob Smith and Palma McNeil had a 38 – 27 win over Wayne Lock in a high scoring match. Danny McKeown won 23 – 17 over Chris O’Reilly and for the home team Jan Parniak won 25 – 20.
Morwell (4) 14 – 81 defeated Moe (3) 2 – 69
Traralgon (5) travelled to top team Newborough (4) and for the home team Ken Bechaz and his team of Ruth Verhagen, Lyn Lowe and Wally Bechaz won 31 – 13 over Ron Hales. Rod Dixon defeated Jan Moody 27 – 21 and for the visitors Colin Mayman defeated Peter Wonnacott 23 – 21.
Morwell Club (2) travelled to Traralgon RSL (3) and for the visitors Gail Rejmer and her team of Steve Kilpatrick, Cheryl Reynolds and Barry Flanigan won 34 – 16 over Margaret Gibbins. Andrew Shepley defeated Margaret Morley 27 – 19 with the lone winner for the home team Elaine Muir defeated Beryl Noblett 23 – 22.
Next week in Division 5 fourth placed Neerim District (2) hosts top team Newborough (4), Traralgon RSL (3) with a faint hope of making the four travel to Traralgon (5), Morwell Club (2) hosts Moe (3) and Morwell (4) hosts Churchill.
Division 6
Newborough (5) played Norwell Club (3) and Betty Williams won 29 – 23 over Bob Pelchen and for the visitors Don Wight defeated Joan Lee 23 – 22.
Churchill (2) skipper Ray Medew won 26 – 15 over visiting Thorpdale’s Geoff Savige. Joe Gunn for the visitors defeated Colin Smith 31 – 22 Leaving Churchill (2) to win narrowly by two shots.
Trafalgar (3) hosted top team Longwarry (2) and repeated their victory from earlier in the season. Anthony Mitchinson defeated Simon Counsel 28 – 16 and Ian Riley defeated Vicki Hanks 27 – 21.
Next week Boolarra/Yinnar travels to Thorpdale (2), Morwell Club (3) hosts Trafalgar (3) and Longwarry (2) hosts Churchill (2)
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Special Report Friday 26th Feb. 2021
Traralgon v Longwarry played Friday night under the roof at Traralgon in what looks like becoming an annual fixture with both teams enjoying the experience and looking forward to a free Saturday.
Last year saw a big win for the home team and earlier this year Longwarry achieved their first win for the season in round six with a clean sweep of the well fancied visitors. Longwarry is in a battle to avoid relegation with Morwell Club who they play next week and there were a number of Morwell Club supporters encouraging Traralgon to gain full points to improve their chances of awoiding relegation.
Longwarry remembering last year’s slow start took note of Traralgon’s habit of getting in a huddle prior to play starting and they vowed to match the home team right from the start. Longwarry raced to a 17 – 1 lead across all four rinks and the game was on. Traralgon gradually pegged them back before powering away to a big win.
Michael Yacoub and his Traralgon rink of Ron Sherlock, Pat Trewin and Phil Mustoe maintained their unbeaten form since Yacoub gained the permanent skipper’s role with a 29 – 16 victory over Trevor Eastwell and his rink of Hank Metselaar, Peter and Jason Lieshout. Wayne Lynch and his team of Kevin Enguell, Shane Chapman and Ian Kirkup had a 27 – 20 win over Russell White and his rink of Ken White, Mark Serong and Barry White.
Matt Ferrari and his team of Derek Hewling, Ian Hilsley and Wil Mcilwain continued the good work with a 29 – 20 win over Ken Towt and his team of Elio Megetto, Daniel Cooper and John McCarthy. James Scullin and his team of Chris Ward, Abe Roeder and Vince McIlwain completed the clean sweep with a 28 – 16 win over Adam Proctor and his team of Glenn and Grant Pask together with Matt Eccles giving Traralgon a well earned victory and the excellent crowd a fine display of owling from some of our better bowlers.
Traralgon 20 – 113 defeated Longwarry 0 – 71
Whilst this game was in progress Ian Bloomfield and his wife Lynn from Traralgon were playing Wayne and Liza Arnold outside in a round of the State Mixed Pairs to allow Wayne to compete in the Strzelecki Novice Singles on Sunday. With a big full Moon appearing over the horizon the Arnolds defeated the Bloomfields 18 – 8 and go on to the next round.
Michael Holroyd
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Saturday Pennant Report 20 February
With the sun beating down in the morning and a hot day promised by the Weather Bureau the clouds rolled in making conditions generally quite humid but certainly not as hot as promised. With very little wind most greens allowed bowlers to demonstrate all of their skills.
Division 1
Traralgon visited Drouin in a vital match for the two teams with second place on the ladder in contention with the finals approaching. Michael Yacoub and his Traralgon rink of Ron Sherlock, Pat Trewin and Phil Mustoe continued their impressive form since the Christmas break with a 28 – 30 victory over Toby Wallace and his team of Peter Wallace, Graeme Aubrey and Samantha Atkinson. Wayne Lynch and his team of Kevin Enguell, Shane Chapman and Ian Kirkup continued the good work with a 31 – 25 win over Sheryl Atkinson and her rink of Denise Hamilton, Jan Aubrey and Les Firth. James Scullin and his team of Chris Ward, Abe Roeder and Vince McIlwain with a 25 – 19 score defeated Mark Leighton and his team of Maureen and John Leighton together with Mick Fleming. The lone winner for Drouin was Mark Atkinson and his team of Corey Atkinson, Steve Barr and Dale Hendrick with a 29 – 25 win over Matt Ferrari and his team of Derek Hewling, Ian Hilsley and Wil Mcilwain. Traralgon looks to have consolidated second place on the ladder and and another match up with arch rivals Newborough.
Traralgon 18 – 109 defeated Drouin 2 – 93
Morwell Club and Trafalgar played an exciting draw at Morwell Club with the result a bitter pill for both teams who were desperately in need of a win. For the home team David Stevens and his new rink of David Patience, Michael Skinner and Mil Karleusa recorded his first win for the season as skipper with a 27 – 23 victory over Tommy Lodge and his team of Jim Lawrence, Tim Anderson and Chris Bortignon. Lee McKenzie and his rink of Wayne Arnold, Daryl Martin and Jorma Takenan had a 31 – 15 win over Darren Kane and his rink of Darren Kane and his team of Darryl Horner, Heather Taylor and Peter Jonas. Not to be denied Trafalgar fought back with Ian Miles and his team of Peter Rosenboom, Graham Hill and Paul Dawson continuing their winning form with a 29 – 17 win over Rod Smith and his team of Nobby Noblett, Duncan Hanlon and Glenn Trembath. Tim Fraser and his team of Nathan Fraser, Steve Lodge and Ken Capper with 28 – 20 win over Brett Harle and his team of Roger Rejmer, David Broadbent and Tara Harle to tie the score.
Morwell Club 10 – 95 drew with Trafalgar 10 – 95
Newborough welcomed a Traralgon RSL side fresh from their good win at Drouin. Kevin Lovett and his rink of Brian Carpenter, Rod Lewis and Neale Houston continued their excellent form with a 33 – 13 win over Beau Williamson and his rink of Ross McKenzie, Jeff Blytheman and Maurice Sutcliffe. Nosha Michaels and his rink of Charlie Ward, Jo-Anne Michaels and George Lambos had a 33 – 17 win over Morice Gardiner and his rink of Max Plant, Max Aumann and Chris Mackintosh. Alan Grubb and his team of Phil Marston, Alan Ryan and Craig Thornton had a 26 – 20 win over Rick Lukey and his team of Peter Barnes, George Cargill and Kevin Durward. The lone winning rink for RSL was Ross Sizeland and his team of Dale Wilson, Titch Hore and Terry Hunter with a 27 – 14 win over Paul Sherman and his rink of Tony Knipping, Barry Daley and Scott Jones.
Newborough 18 – 106 defeated Traralgon RSL 2 – 77
Longwarry had a morale boosting win at Warragul with all rinks up. Russell White and his rink of Brian Hennessy, Daniel Cooper and Barry White lead the way with a 34 – 18 win over Bill Clappers and his rink of John Vickerman, Greg Mitchell and Jim Power. Trevor Eastwell and his rink of Hank Metselaar, Peter and Jason Lieshout had a 32 – 19 win over Graeme Davis and his rink of Matt Draisma, David Ferguson and Pat Hammond. Adam Proctor and his team of Glenn and Grant Pask together with Matt Eccles won 25 – 21 over Ken Scammell and his team of Des Stephens, Ian McCartney and Lindsay Soutter. Ken Towt and his team of Elio Megetto, John McCarthy and Ian Peterson completed the clean sweep for Longwarry with a 24 – 17 win over Janette Gallasch and her rink of David Alderman, David Gatewood and Peter Gallasch.
Longwarry 20 – 115 defeated Warragul 0 – 75
Next week Longwarry travels to Traralgon for a game which is scheduled to be played like last year on Friday night under the roof. Morwell Club has a crunch game at home against Warragul with a win essential if they are to avoid the drop into Division 2. Traralgon rSL travels to Trafalgar with the home club needing a big victory to remain in striking distance of RSL currently sitting fourth on the ladder. Third team Drouin travels to Newborough in a match which should provide some excellent bowling on the excellent Newborough grass greens.
Division 2
Neerim District travelled to Traralgon RSL (2) and another match on the unfamiliar grass greens and the result was a drawn match. Ron Osler and his team of Gordon Bayley, Frank Metcalf and Shirley McKenzie continued their good form with a 31 – 14 win over Ray Watts and his team of Colin McKay, Jim Pollard and Ross Pollard. Brendon Smiles and his team of Trevor Brand, John Farquhar and Eric Warfe had a 27 – 24 over Peter Throup and his rink of Gerry Englestad, Karren Sheers and Pat Fraser-Aurisch. For the visitors Trevor Kuhnell and his rink of Ray Throup, Tony Thornton and Peter Brooks fought back with a 25 – 15 win over Margaret Morley and her rink of Paul Matters, Alan Jones and Julie Sutcliffe. Neil Adams and his team of Graeme Wingrove, Chris Hogan and Angus McGillivray tied up the match with a 27 – 17 win over Max Gibbins and his team of Joe Ward, Gordon Bakker and Gordon Asbury.
Traralgon RSL (2) 10 – 90 drew with Neerim District 10 – 90
The two top teams Morwell and Moe clashed at Morwell with Morwell going top of the ladder with a resounding victory. Nathn Cook and his rink of Wayne Bishop, Keith Gadsby and Michael Weatherall had a 29 – 14 victory over Sandy Caines and his rink of Rohan Wilcock, David Mander and Barry Hawkett. David Cook and his team of Bernie Detering, Mike Arnold and Darren Cullen drew 21 – 21 with Jayde Leech and his team of Col Carmichael, Jan Rudy and Banger Harvey. Ron Lyfield and his team of Chris Goldsbrough, Brian Kingsley and Shashi Bhatti had a 30 – 20 win over Stuart Caines and his team of Les Stolarik, Michael Smogavec and Ted Kuklinsky. Steve Collins and his rink of Russell Williams, Laurie Melhuish and John Osborne won 25 – 22 over Alex Muirhead and his team of John Wasiukiewicz, Bob Rennie and Ian Caines.
Morwell 19 – 105 defeated Moe 1 – 77
Drouin (2) travelled to Traralgon (2) with the home team looking for a big win to consolidate their place in the four. Graham Cross and his rink of Graham Cross and his team of Ron Baker, Kathy Smiles and Garry Trewin had a resounding 41 – 9 victory over Col Finger and his team of John Bickedike, Mary Firth and Bruce Andrews. John Taylor and his rink of Bill Kirby, Kirty Van Den Hoff and Austin Gapper had a 39 – 11 win over Necip Akarsu and his team Laurie Innes, Elaine and Brian Thorpe. Barry Fernance and his team of Rob Marsh, Bill Bishop and Cary Locke had a 25 – 16 win over Col Jeffrey and his team of Terry McFadzean, Phil Jarred and Arthur Moore. David Tayles and his team of Justin Keddie, Neil Bullen and Chris Brownlee salvaged a point for Drouin with a 21 – 21 draw with Dave Currie and his rink of Ken Mooney, Stuart Hulse and Ian Bloomfield.
Traralgon (2) 19 – 129 defeated Drouin (2) 1 – 60
Next week sees the top four teams competing against each other. Neerim District hosts Moe and Traralgon (2) visits Morwell in what should provide some insight in to what might happen in the finals. Drouin (2) travels to Newborough (2) to complete the round.
Division 3
The top teams Traralgon (3) and Thorpdale played off at Thorpdale with the visitors having a big win. Norbert Schroeter for Traralgon (3) with his rink of Jim Wilson, Greg Swan and Roger Davey lead the way with a 30 – 19 win over Ross Kennedy. May Cross and her team of Alan Keam, John Kong and David Karsky defeated Denis Gunn 32 – 23. Bob Dykstra and his team of Jedd Ladgrove , Bill Munday and Max Cumming had a 34 – 29 win over Danny Van Zuylen. Brendan Jennings salvaged a point for Thorpdale when he drew 26 – 25 with Barry Fernance.
Traralgon (3) 19 – 121 defeated Thorpdale 1 – 96
Warragul (2) visited Moe (2) and came away with a win and a tenuous hold on fourth place on the ladder in what is a most competitive division with seven of the eight Clubs having a chance of making the four. Jim Moyle and his rink of Ken Landman, Ken Brown and Brian Kennedy defeated Brian Rodgers 28 – 20. Noel Rubenstein and his rink of Ron Collins, Norm Dickson and Ian Belling won 21 – 19 over John Woods. The home team had wins with Rex Price and his team of Michael Rudy, Olive Lang and Bob Essler scoring 27 – 25 over Dave Smith and Noel Savage and his rink of Rod Mathews, Bob Savage and Michele Muccillo won 23 – 20 over Bob Currie leaving Warragul the winners by 5 shots.
Warragul (2) 16 – 94 defeated Moe (2) 4 – 89
Traralgon (4) broke their duck with a win over the visiting Morwell (2). James Overdyke and his rink of George Miller, Terry Hart and Bob Drenen won 25 – 17 over Ken Turner. Bill Francis and his rink of Gary Bassett, Elaine Swan and Paddy Francis won 25 – 18 over Abbas Mehran. Winning rinks for Morwell (2) were Peter Borradale with a 26 – 22 win over Tony Buhagiar and Darrell White with a 23 – 21 win over Tony Colwell.
Traralgon (4) 16 – 93 defeated Morwell (2) 4 – 84
Local rivals Yinnar and Boolarra had an interesting match with both teams looking for a win to get a place in the four. Darren Napier and his visiting rink of Jack Cleaver, Eddie Dudek and Travis Baker had a resounding 41 – 19 win over Murray De La Haye. Bob Allen had a 23 – 22 win over Gavin Osborne whilst the home team Yinnar had wins from Tim Roche 18 – 17 over Terry Parker and Trevor Berryman 24 – 19 over Stan Williams.
Boolarra 16 – 100 defeated Yinnar 4 – 83
Next week new top team Traralgon (3) visits third place Boolarra and Moe (2) looking for a win hosts Thorpdale looking to get back on the winning list with a visit to an unfamiliar synthetic green. Warragul (2) should consolidate a place in the four with victory over Morwell (2). Yinnar visits Traralgon (4) in a must win game for the visitors.
Division 4
Newborough (3) travelled to Trafalgar and adapted very well to a sluggish green. Charlie Cadby and his rink of Dave Madden, Steve Cunningham and Joy Cadby won 23 – 20 over Tony Dawson. Peter Policha and his rink of Marcia Evans, Wayne Russell, and Chris Cunningham who won 21 – 20 win over Mal Clymo and Michael Holroyd and his rink of Josh Kennedy, Maurice Ludlow and Heather Mooney won 30 – 14 over John Leicester. The lone winning skipper for Trafalgar was Wayne Hurst who enjoyed a 25 – 14 win over Eagle Edwards.
Newborough (3) 18 – 88 defeated Trafalgar 2 – 79
Warragul (3) travelled to Yallourn North and enjoyed playing on a surface other than grass. Keith Wilkins and his team of Barry Downer, Glenda Collins and David Piggin won 33 – 12 over Robert Hirsch. The other winning rink for Warragul (3) was Lester Mason with a 31 – 26 win over Ray Roberts. Winning skippers for Yallourn North were William Platschinda with an 18 – 17 win over Brian Barby and Darren Fry and his rink of Brendan Heriban, Noel Connelly and Ricky Hearn with a 34 – 12 win over Bill Clarke. It was not a big enough win to get Yallourn North over the line.
Yarrragon made short work of Drouin (3) with Sam Mazza and his rink of Lionel Deane, Ross McDermott and Kevin McLaren winning 60 – 5. This would be one of the largest scores recorded over 25 live ends. Richard Polmear and his rink of Pam Jones, David Swingler and Harry Langres won 39 – 9 in another big win for the home team with Kevin Arnold winning 23 – 22 and Jarrod Grigg completing the clean sweep with a 23 – 12 win.
Yarragon 20 – 145 defeated Drouin (3) 0 – 48
Next week has some interesting matches with Yarragon travelling to Yallourn North and Trafalgar (2) travels to Morwell (2). Newborough (3) travels to Drouin (3).
Division 5
Top teams Newborough (4) and Morwell Club (2) did battle at Newborough. Gail Rejmer set the ball rolling for the visitors with her rink of Steve Kilpatrick, Jo Leslie and Barry Flanigan had a 40 – 6 win over Peter Wonnancott whilst Ken Bechaz and his rink of Ruth Verhagen, Julie Jackson and Wally Bechaz had a 41 – 12 win over Andrew Shepley. In the remaining rink Beryl Noblett had a 24 – 23 win over Rod Dixon.
Churchill consolidated third place on the ladder with a big win over Traralgon RSL (3). Sean Peter had a 35 – 16 win over Elaine Muir. Shirley Turner won 38 – 14 over Lorraine Osler and completing the clean sweep was Bill Brown with a 30 – 16 win over David McClare.
Neerim District jumped into the four with a win over visitors Morwell (4). Russell Meehan won 28 – 19 over Bob Lorenz and Jim Schroeder won 24 – 20 over Ian Wilson. The lone winner for the visitors was Danny McKeown who won 23 – 22 over Greg Bond.
Moe (2) travelled to Traralgon (5) and for the home team Jan Moody and her rink of Len Rawlings, Jim Goodwin and Brian May set the scene with a 39 – 16 win over Chris O’Reilly. This was the only winning Traralgon (5) rink with Moe (3) winning the other two rinks. Wayne Lock won 27 – 17 over Colin Mayman and John Kerr winning 26 – 24 over Ron Hales.
Traralgon (5) 12 – 80 defeated Moe (3) 2 – 69
Next week in Division 5 third and fourth teams Churchill and Neerim District (2) battle it out at Churchill. Newborough (4) welcomes Traralgon (5), Morwell Club (2) travels to Traralgon RSL (3) and Moe (3) welcomes Morwell (4)
Division 6
Newborough (5) went into the break with a handy lead which evaporated after they returned to play with Churchill winning all rinks. Ray Medew won 30 – 25 and Colin Smith won 28 – 25.
The combine Boolarra/Yinnar had a good win over Morwell Club (3) with Peter Canavan defeting Don Wight 35 – 22 and for the visitors Bob Pelchen won 37 – 20.
Next week Longwarry (2) travels to Trafalgar (3), Churchill (2) travels to Thorpdale (2) and Newborough (5) hosts Morwell Club (3)
Michael Holroyd
16 January Saturday Pennant Report
Bowls returned from the Christmas Break on a wintery day which was very attractive for the sides playing indoors at Traralgon and Morwell.
Division 1
After thrashing Traralgon prior to Christmas Longwarry headed to Morwell Club full of confidence despite losing Ken Towt who was attending a wedding after a resounding victory over Traralgon last round. Morwell Club knew that a loss would destine them to relegation to Division 2 and were primed for their first win of the season. Rain overnight and during the day certainly helped Morwell Club as they adapted to the green very quickly.
Rod Smith and his rink of Nobby Noblett, Duncan Hanlon and Glenn Trembath lead the way for Morwell Club with a 36 – 14 win over Adam Proctor and his rink of Glenn Pask, John McCarthy and Matthew Eccles. Brett Harle and his rink of Gail Rejmer, David Broadbent and Tara Harle continued the good result for Morwell Club with a 36 – 15 win over Barry White and his rink of Ken White, Peter Lieshout and Ian Peterson. John Millier and his rink of Roger Rejmer, Mil Karleusa and Lee McKenzie made it three rinks up for Morwell Club and escape from the bottom of the ladder with a 28 – 24 win over Trevor Eastwell and his rink of Hank Metselaar, Daniel Cooper and Jason Lieshout.
Russell White and his rink of Brian Hennessy, Mark Serong and Grant Pask were the lone winners for Longwarry defeating David Stevens and his rink of Wayne Arnold, Jorma Takanen and Andrew Shepley 29 – 16 but not enough to bridge the gap as Morwell Club 18 – 116 defeated Longwarry 2 – 82 to move into seventh place on the ladder.
There had been a lot of talk during the week about Traralgon and Traralgon RSL playing indoors at Traralgon on Saturday. The decision was vindicated with a bitterly cold summer’s day and overcast conditions made it a very attractive option as Traralgon sought to get back on the winning list.
Michael Yacoub playing skip for the first time since round one due to Jim Scullin’s absence completed his perfect record as skipper for this year with his rink of Ron Sherlock, Pat Trewin and Phil Mustoe having a 37 – 16 win over Morice Gardiner and his rink of Chris Mackintosh, Max Aumann and Brendon Smiles.
In his second game back for Traralgon Wayne Lynch and his rink of Kevin Enguell, Shane Chapman and Ian Kirkup had a 37 – 19 win over Rick Lukey and his rink of Peter Barnes, George Cargill and Shirley McKenzie. Lynch was the centre of attention after the match with everyone talking about him chasing his bowl down the green and falling flat on his face as his feet got tangled up and went over spectacularly. Luckily the only damage was some minor carpet burn and to his pride.
Matt Ferrari and his rink of Derek Hewling, Abe Roeder and Wil McIlwain continued the wins for Traralgon with a 30 – 22 win over Alan Kanavan and his rink of Dale Wilson, Titch Hore and Terry Hunter. Beau Williamson and his rink of Ross McKenzie, Jeff Blytheman and Maurice Sutcliffe were the sole winners for RSL with a 29 – 14 win over Vin McIlwain.
Drouin travelled to Trafalgar keen to return to the winning list following their defeat by Newborough prior to Christmas. The overnight rain and overcast conditions was not to the liking of a team more suited to their synthetic all weather greens at home. Darren Kane and his team of Darryl Horner, Tim Anderson and Ken Capper certainly enjoyed their home green with a 41 – 15 win over Sheryl Atkinson and her rink of Denise Hamilton, Arthur Moore and Dale Hendrick. Ian Miles and his rink of Graham Hill, Robert Mathews and Jim Lawrence continued the winning form for Trafalgar with a 22 – 18 win over Mark Atkinson and his rink of Corey Atkinson, Col Finger and Les Firth.
Toby Wallace and his rink of Peter Wallace, Graeme Aubrey and Samantha Atkinson gave Drouin a winning rink with a 27 – 22 score over Tim Fraser and his rink of Bruce Giles, Steve Lodge and Paul Dawson. The other Drouin winner was Mark Leighton and his rink of Maureen Leighton, John Leighton and Mick Fleming with a 26 – 22 win over Tommy Lodge and his rink of Terry Robertson, Chris Bortignon and Peter Jonas leaving Trafalgar the winners 16 – 106 to Drouin 4 – 86 and leaving them in touch with the all important four.
Warragul looking to hang on to fourth place on the ladder headed to top team Newborough and their grass greens in overcast conditions which were not ideal for a side coming from an all weather surface. Newborough’s greens stood up to incessant rain on the Tuesday of their recent Classic Singles and the top green with its new surface has a good cover of grass and is very smooth.
Alan Grubb and his rink of Phil Marston, Alan Ryan and Craig Thornton lead the way winning 35 – 9 over Bill Clappers and his rink of John Vickerman, Graeme Davis and Jim Power. Paul Sherman and his rink of John Arnold, Barry Daley and Scott Jones won 33 – 9 over Ken Scammel and his rink of Des Stephens, Jim Moyle and Lindsay Soutter. The massive Newborough scores continued with Kevin Lovett and his rink of Brian Carpenter, Tony Knipping and Neale Houston defeated Andrew Glover and his rink of Pat Hammond, Paul Simmons and Janette Gallasch 36 – 13. Nosha Michaels and his rink of Charlie Ward, Jo-Anne Michaels and George Lambos completed the clean sweep with a 29 – 11 win over Terry Sullivan and his rink of Ken Landman, David Ferguson and Peter Gallasch leaving Newborough 20 – 133 defeating Warragul 0 – 42 in one of the biggest division 1 defeats in recent years.
It was certainly a good round for all of the home teams as the teams playing on grass quickly adapted to the changed conditions due to the overnight rain and light rain on and off throughout the day.
In Division 2
Top team Moe travelled to Drouin (2) and found conditions difficult with a quick green and cold windy conditions. Drouin (2) went to an early lead and Moe battled to stay in touch for before rallying towards the end and helped by Jayde Leech scoring a six despite losing to David Tayles 29 – 26. Sandy Caines was the big winner for Moe winning 33 – 17 over Phil Jarrrad. This result was cancelled out by Steve Barr defeating Alex Muirhead 28 – 16, however, Stuart Caines defeated Necip Akarsu 27 – 21 leaving Moe 16 – 102 defeating Drouin (2) 4 – 95 in an entertaining match.
Newborough (2) travelled to Traralgon RSL (2)and in a low scoring game managed to win three rinks with Robbert Cook defeating Gordon Asbury 23 – 12, Rod Lewis defeating Max Gibbins 21 – 16 and Gary Ingley defeating Margaret Morley 23 – 17 with the sole winners for Traralgon RSL Ron Osler who defeated Jeff Wetzel 22 – 19 leaving Newborough (2) 18 – 86 to Traralgon RSL (2) 2 – 67
Traralgon (2) travelled to Neerim District and found the cold blustery conditions not to their liking. Neil Adams started well for Neerim defeating Dave Currie 33 – 23, Ray Watts had a 28 – 21 win over Graham Cross and Peter Throup won 25 – 23 over Barry Fernance. John Taylor was the sole Traralgon (2) winner defeating Trevor Kuhnell 23 – 21 leaving Neerim District 18 – 107 to Traralgon (2) 2 – 90.
At the half way mark of the season Moe holds a narrow lead on top of the ladder just ahead of Neerim District and Morwell. Traralgon (2) is hanging on to fourth place one point ahead of an improving Newborough (2).
In Division 3
Morwell travelled to Boolarra where the green was rather heavy following the overnight rain Terry Parker and his rink of Joelene laukens, Michael Schelling and Travis Baker showed the way for Boolarra with a 36 – 10 win over Ken Turner. Stan Williams continued the good run for Boolarra with a 23 – 13 win over Peter Borrodale. Darrell White with a 31 – 13 win over Bob Allen was unable to bridge the gap along with Abbas Mehran who won 20 – 18 over Graeme Colbert. Boolarra 16 -90 defeated Morwell (2) 4 – 74.
Top team Thorpdale travelled to Traralgon (4) and were envious of the Division 1 teams playing inside whilst they braved the elements. Brendan Jennings had a 32 – 15 win over Bill Harrision Traralgon (4). Ross Kennedy defeated John Richardson 28 – 16 and Danny Vanzuylen defeated Tony Buhagiar 27 – 18 with the only winner for Traralgon (4) being Tony Colwell with a 23 – 21 win over Ben Powell. Thorpdale 18 – 108 defeated Traralgon (4) 2 – 72.
Moe (20 hosted Traralgon (3) and scored an upset victory. Frank Farrugia had a 34 – 17 win over Bob Dykstra, John Wasiukiewicz won 28 – 16 over Max Cumming and John Woods had a 25 – 22 win over Trevor James with May Cross the sole Traralgon (2) winner defeting Noeld Savige 29 -13 leaving Moe (2) 18 – 100 defeating Traralgon (3) 2 – 84.
Yinnar travelled to Warragul and found Warragul (2) in top form as Dave Smith defeated Meredith Kennon 36 – 16, Elsie Hefford defeated Murray De La Haye 29 – 18 and Noel Rubenstein defeated Trevor Berryman 36 – 24. Gavin Osborne salvaged a point for Yinnar when he drew with Bob Currie 22 – 22 leaving Warragul (2) 19 – 123 to Yinnar 1 – 80.
In Division 4
Newborough (3) travelled to Morwell (3) and enjoyed playing under the roof particularly Charlie Cadby and his rink of Dave Maden, Steve Cunningham and Joy Cadby who had a 39 – 8 win over Brian Smith. Michael Holroyd also won for Newborough (3) defeating Don Fuller 32 – 30. Morwell (3) won the other two rinks with Jack Prendergast defeating Jeff Edwards 24 – 21 and Trevor Curtis defeating Peter Poliha 27 – 25 leaving Newborough (3) 16 – 117 defeating Morwell (3) 4 – 89.
Warragul (3) travelled to neighbours Drouin (3) and had an upset win with keith Wilkins leading the way with a 32 – 10 win over Peter Hone, being the difference between the two teams with David Gatewood Warragul (3) winning 24 – 20 over Clive Newman and Drouin won two rinks with Lloyd Smith defeating Greg Mitchell 23 – 20 and Lyn Jeffrey having a 26 – 18 win over Bill Clarke resulting in Warragul (3) 16 -94 defeated Drouin (3) 4 -79.
Yallourn North welcomed Trafalgar (2) with Darren Fry and his rink of Brendan Heriban, Noel Connelly and Ricky Hearn winning 39 – 13 over Wayne Hurst. Sue Robinson for Trafalgar (2) replied with a 30 – 12 win over Robert Hirsch and Gerry Rosenboom returned to his former Club with a 29 – 14 win over Craig Roberts. Tony Dawson drew with William Platschinda 22 – 22 leaving Trafalgar (2) 17 – 94 defeating Yallourn North 3 – 87.
In Division 5
Top team Newborough (4) continued on their winning ways with a 16 – 83 win over Neerim District (2) 0 – 33, Morwell Club (2) had a 16 – 88 win over Moe (3) 0 – 52, Traralgon RSL (3) .14 – 94 defeated Traralgon (5) 2 – 45 with Margaret Gibbins and her rink of Bev Plant, Nick Turnbull and David McClure won 41 – 6 over Neville Esler. Churchill 14 – 76 were too strong for Morwell (4) 2 – 65.
Longwarry continued their winning ways with a 10 – 57 win over Churchill (2) 0- 32. Morwell Club (3) 8 – 46 defeated Trafalgar (3) 2 – 36, Boolarra/Yinnar 10 – 47 defeated Thorpdale (2) 0 – 24.
Next week in Division 1 on their home green Trafalgar will seek to overcome Traralgon as the two teams battle for a place in the four. Longwarry travels to Traralgon RSL needing to win to get off of the bottom of the ladder. Drouin hosts Warragul as the home team seeks to get back to winning form Morwell Club hoping for a major upset travels to top team Newborough.
In Division 2 Neerim District at home will look to defeat Drouin 2, Newborough (2) travels to Moe looking to upset their traditional rivals whilst Morwell will host Traralgon RSL (2).
Michael Holroyd
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19 December Saturday Pennant Report
The last round prior to the Christmas break resulted in some excellent games and a number of unexpected upsets.
Division 1
Cellar dwellers Longwarry after a frustrating winless start to the season played host to a Traralgon team not having as much success as in previous seasons. In an effort to strengthen their team Traralgon had recruited well travelled skipper Wayne Lynch returning from playing with Yarram in North Gippsland Division whilst John McCarthy returned to play his first game this season for Longwarry who made wholesale changes to their teams this week.
Ken Towt had been itching to play skip at Longwarry and what a result he had with his rink of Daniel Cooper, Grant Pask and Ian Peterson winning 38 – 12 over Matt Ferrari and his rink of Robert Marsh, Kevin Enguell and Michael Yacoub. Russell White and his rink of Elio Megetto, Mark Serong and Barry White won 29 – 18 over Vin McIlwain and his rink of Phil Mustoe, Ian Hilsley and Chris Ward. Adam Proctor and his rink of Glenn Pask, John McCarthy and Matt Eccles had a 24 – 23 win over James Scullin and his rink of Derek Hewling, Shane Chapman and Wil McIlwain. Trevor Eastwell and his rink of Hank Metselaar, Judy Eastwell and Jason Lieshout also had a one shot 22 – 21 win over Wayne Lynch and his rink of Ron Sherlock, Ian Bloomfield and Ian Kirkup. Longwarry celebrated well into the night following this great win which has moved them above and well clear of new bottom team Morwell Club. Traralgon drops to fifth place on the ladder a most unusual position for such a well equipped team at this stage of the season.
Longwarry 20 – 113 defeated Traralgon 0 – 74
Top teams Newborough and Drouin clashed at Drouin on a very quick green which lead to a number of big scores on the day. Toby Wallace and his home rink of Peter Wallace, Graeme Aubrey and Samantha Atkinson continued their good form with a 40 – 23 win over Alan Grubb and his rink of Alan Ryan, Phil Marston and Craig Thornton. Not to be outdone for the visitors Nosha Michaels and his rink of Charlie Ward, Jo-Anne Michaels and George Lambos had another big result with a 39 – 14 win over Mark Leighton with his rink of Maureen and John Leighton together with Mick Fleming. Form skipper Kevin Lovett unbeaten in all games this season built on the result of Michaels with his team of Brian Carpenter, Tony Knipping and Neale Houston winning 26 – 14 over Sheryl Atkinson and her rink of Denise Hamilton, Arthur Moore and Dale Hendrick. Mark Leighton and his rink of Toby Atkinson, Col Finger and Les Firth had a 32 – 23 win over Paul Sherman and his rink of John Arnold, Barry Daley and Scott Jones to improve Drouin’s position however at the completion of 100 ends Newborough ran out the winners.
Newborough 16 – 111 defeated Drouin 4 – 100
Warragul in form skipper Bill Clappers and his rink of John Vickerman, Linda McCoy and Jim Power continued their winning way with a 37 – 15 win over John Millier and his team of Roger Rejmer, David Patience and Mil Karleusa. Graeme Davis and his rink of Ken Landman, David Ferguson and Peter Gallassch compiled a 27 – 12 win over David Stevens and his rink of Wayne Arnold, Sue Karleusa and Jorma Takanen. Ken Scammell made a return to skipping and his team of Des Stephens. Jim Moyle and Lindsay Souttar with a score of 27 – 13 were too strong for Rod Smith and his rink of Nobby Noblett, Duncan Hanlon and Glenn Trembath. Andrew Glover and his rink of David Alderman, Paul Simmons and Janette Gallasch completed the clean sweep of Morwell Club’s rink of Brett Harle and his rink of Gail Rejmer, David Broadbent and Tara Harle with a narrow 26 – 25 resulting in Warragul replacing Traralgon in the four and Morwell Club falling to the bottom of the ladder.
Warragul 20 – 117 defeated Morwell Club 0 – 65
Traralgon RSL after being thrashed by Newborough last week returned to form against visitors Trafalgar. Beau Williamson and his team of Paul Hobson, Jeff Blythman and Maurice Sutcliffe had a 35 – 15 win over Darren Kane and his rink of Darryl Horner, Tim Anderson and Ken Capper. Skipping for the first time this season Alan Kanavan and his team of Dale Wilson, Titch Hore and Terry Hunter had a 32 – 15 win over Tim Fraser and his rink of Terry Robertson, Bruce Giles and Steve Lodge. Trafalgar fought back with Ian Miles and his team of Peter Rosenboom, Graham Hill and Jim Lawrence winning 23 – 16 over Rick Lukey and his rink of Peter Barnes, George Cargill and Kevin Durwood. Tommy Lodge was the other winning Trafalgar skipper with his rink of Nathan Fraser, Chris Bortignon and Peter Jonas scoring 21 – 19 to defeat Morice Gardiner and his team of Chris Mackintosh, Max Aumann and Brendon Smiles. Traralgon RSL consolidated their position in the four whilst Trafalgar lost ground in its efforts to get into the four.
Division 2
Undefeated Moe welcomed Neerim District and the visiting team continued their recent winning ways to upset the division leaders. Peter Throup and his rink of Gerry Engelstad, Karren Sheers and Pat Fraser-Aurisch set the ball rolling for Neerim with a 26 – 13 win over Jayde Leech and his rink of Michael Smogavec, Jan Rudy and Barry Hawkett. Ross Pollard and his rink of Colin McKay, Jim Fallon and Ray Watts won 21 – 16 over Alex Muirhead and his rink of Michael Rudy, Bob Rennie and Stuart Caines. Neil Adams and his rink of Robert Cook, Chris Hogan and Alex McGillivray made it three winning rinks for Neerim with a 25 – 21 win over Sandy Caines and his rink of Rohan Willcock, John Wasiukiewicz and John Harvey. Ian Caines and his rink of Les Stolarik, Col Carmichael and Ted Kuklinsky provided some respite for Moe with a 25 – 17 win over Trevor Kuhnell and his rink of Ray Throup, Tony Thornton and Peter Brooks. Whilst Moe remains top of the ladder Neerim District has climbed into second place on the ladder after a series of consistent performances.
Neerim District 18 – 89 defeated Moe 2 – 79
After going down to Moe last week Morwell travelled to Traralgon (2) seeking to win and move past them on the ladder. After some good form in the over 60’s pairs Ron Lyfield was promoted to skipper at Morwell and his rink of Chris Goldsborough, Brian Kingsley and John Osborne won 40 – 12 over John Taylor and his rink of Al Hegarty, Kirsty Van Den Hoff and Ken mooney. The form skipper of the competition David Cook recorded his sizth win in six matches with his rink of Bernie Detering, Mike Arnold and Darren Cullen winning 36 – 12 over Cory Locke and his rink of Norbert Schroeter, Stuart Hulse and Bill Bishop. Shashi Bhatti and his rink of Jim Turner, Danny McKeown and Russell Williams made it three winning rinks for Morwell with a 27 – 25 win over Pat Trewin and her rink of Kathy Smiles, Barry Fernance and Ron Baker. The sole winning rink for Traralgon (2) was Dave Currie and his rink of Rosie Lorenz, Garry Trewin and Graham Cross who won 26 – 25 over Nathan Cook and his rink of Ron Draeger, Keith Gadsby and Michael Weatherall. Morwell slid in front of Traralgon (2) on the ladder and are well placed in third position.
Morwell 18 – 128 defeated Traralgon (2) 2 – 79
Drouin (2) travelled to Newborough (2) with both teams striving to win to maintain touch with the top four. Jeff Wetzel and his team of Julie Jackson, Ed Whelan and Joan Goldie won 33 – 16 over the Drouin (2) rink of Steve Barr and his team of Clive Newman, Mary Firth and Jan Aubrey. Robbert Cook and his rink of Graham Smith, Peter Bertoli and Bryon Puddy won 24 – 14 over Phil Jarred and his rink of Andy Kidd, Ian McCartney and Bruce Andrew. The third winning Newborough (2) rink was Gary Ingley and his team of Fran Clark, Ryan Marston and Spencer Goss who won 28 – 26 over Col Jeffrey and his rink of Ruth Waring, Necip Akarsu and Terry McFadzean. David Tayles and his rink of Justin Keddie, Andrew Blaby and Chris Brownlee with a score of 23 – 22 were the lone Drouin (2) winning rink defeating Jim Cuthbertson and his rink of Robert Goldie, Rod Lewis and Graham Cocks leaving Newborough (2) in fifth place on the ladder in sight of fourth place Traralgon (2).
Boolarra visited Traralgon (3) in a battle for second place on the ladder. Traralgon (3) with only one winning rink May Cross and her team of Alan Keam, John Kong and David Karsky won 43 – 7 over Stan Williams and his team. Trevor James salvaged a point for Traralgon (3) with a draw 19 – 19 against Bob Allen. For Boolarra Terry Parker and his rink of Joelene Laukens, Jack Cleaver and John Cargill won 31 – 12 over Jim Barling and Graham Colbert and his rink of Peter Gair, Bev Thompson and Pam Allen won 25 – 16 over Roger Davey leaving Traralgon (23) 15 – 90 defeating Boolarra 5 – 86.
Morwell (2) with winning skips Abbas Mehran 27 – 18 over Bob Currie and Peter Boorodale wiining 24 – 21 over Dave Smith won narrowly over Warragul (2) with winning skips Pat Hammond 26 – 20 over Ken Turner and Noel Rubenstein 21 – 19 over Darryl White. Morwell (2) 16 – 90 defeated Warragul (2) 4 – 86.
Ladder leaders Thorpdale were too strong for Moe (2) with Ross Kennedy and his rink of Dvid Ferguson, Wayne Butterworth and Shane Chambers winning 24 – 13 over John Woods and Brendan Jennings and his rink of Alan McLure, Darron Fraser and Denis Gunn proved too strong for Rex Price. Ben Powell defeated Frank Farrugia 29 – 24 and Danny Vanzuylen drew with Noel Savage 19 – 19. Thorpdale 19 – 108 defeated Moe (2) 1 – 77
Yinnar kept in touch with the four with Murray De la Haye leading the way with his rink of Aga Kozlowska and Phil Williams and Peter Bramley inning 41 – 18 over Sandy Milne from Traralgon (4). Gavin Osborne won 28 – 12 over Tony Colwell and Meredith Kennon won 29 – 23 over John Richardson. The sole winning rink for Traralgon (4) was Tony Buhagiar 19 – 17 over Trevor Berryman. Yinnar 18 – 115 defeated Traralgon (4) 2 – 72.
Division 4
Newborough (3) had a strong home win over Drouin (3) with Charlie Cadby and his rink of Dave Madden, Steve Cunningham and Joy Cadby winning 39 – 12 with Newborough (3) 18 – 116 defeating Drouin (3) 2 – 75. Morwell (3) travelled to Trafalgar (2) and Bob d’Brass and his team of Rita Reddiex, Arthur Wells and Keith Higgs won 29 – 16 as Morwell (3) 18 – 102 defeated Trafalgar (2) 2 – 83 leaving Morwell (3) trailing Newborough (3) by a small number of shots on the ladder in second place.
Yallourn North travelled to Yarragon and provided an upset result with William Platschinda and his rink of Harry Walker, Fred Borg and Laurie Whately winning 29 – 20 over Matge Arnold leaving Yallourn North 16 – 95 winners over Yarragon 4 – 91
Division 5
Newborough (4) retained top spot on the ladder with Rod Dixon winning 25 – 14 and Peter Wonnocott winning 26 – 17 resulting in Newborough (4) 16 – 77 defeating Traralgon (5) 0 – 55. Morwell Club (2) welcomed Traralgon RSL (3) and Beryl Noblett and her rink of Alan Campbell, Michael Skinner and Alan Shepley had a resounding 36 – 9 victory as Morwell Club 14 – 81 defeated Traralgon RSL (3) 2 – 51. Churchill made the long trip to Neerim District (2) and Neerim skippers Russell Meehan and Roger Till won 32 – 11 and 30 – 20 respectively as Neerim District (2) 15 – 82 defeated Churchill 1 – 51 to settle into third place on the ladder well clear of fourth place Churchill who have a number of teams close behind them.
Division 6
Ladder leaders Longwarry (2) met their match in Trafalgar (3) with Mary Holdsworth winning 30 – 13 as Trafalgar (3) 10 – 54 defeated Longwarry (2) 0 – 36 in a major upset. Newborough (5) continued on their winning ways with Betty Williams winning 26 – 11 as Newborough (5) 10 – 50 defeated Morwell Club (3) 0 – 32. Churchill (2) with Stephen Jones winning 36 – 11 and Peter Marks winning 32 – 14 resulted in Churchill (2) 10 – 68 defeated Thorpdale (2) 0 – 25
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12 December Saturday Pennant Report
Pennant was played on Saturday in mild conditions with a blustery easterly wind blowing. An easterly wind always makes conditions difficult as it is not the usual wind and leads to great uncertainty with many bowlers finding it hard to bowl a consistent line and length.
Division 1
Unbeaten Drouin headed to power team Traralgon seeking to prove that they are serious contenders for the premiership in Division 1 this year. The tricky wind proved the undoing of Traralgon as most of their players struggled to bowl consistently.
Mark Leighton with Mother Maureen and father John playing second along with third Mick Fleming lead the way for Drouin with a 28 – 17 win over Ian Kirkup and his rink of Ron Sherlock, Kathy Smiles, Abe Roeder. Shryl Atkinson with Denise Hamilton, Arthur Moore and Dale Hendrick proved too strong for Matt Ferrari and his rink of Kevin Enguell, Garry Trewin and Michael Yacoub. Toby Wallace with his rink of Peter Wallace, Graeme Aubrey and Samantha Atkinson had a 25 – 20 win over James Scullin and his rink of Shane Chapman, Ian Bloomfield and Wil McIlwain. Vin McIlwain and his rink of Phil Mustoe, Ian Hilsley and Chris Ward were the only Traralgon winners with a 25 – 19 win over Mark Atkinson and his rink of Bob Cole, Col Finger and Les Firth.
Drouin 18 – 94 defeated Traralgon 2 – 75
Warragul travelled to Longwarry with Longwarry hoping to break their duck and win a match. Bill Clappers lead the way for visitors Warragul with his rink of John Vickerman, Ken Scammell and Jim Power having a 30 – 14 win over Peter Lieshout and his rink of Daniel Cooper, Judy Eastwell and Ken Towt. In a high 31 – 27 scoring result Andrew Glover and his rink of Russell Carrick, Lindsay Soutter and Janette Gallasch outlasted Russell White and his rink of Elio Megetto, Grant Pask and Barry White. Graeme Davis continued the good play with his rink of Ian Belling, David Ferguson and Peter Gallasch narrowly winning 29 – 27 in another high scoring match over Trevor Eastwell and his rink of Brian Hennessy, Hank Metselaar and Jason Lieshout. Adam Proctor and his rink of Ken White, Matt Eccles and Ian Peterson had a big 28 – 13 result against Terry Sullivan and his rink of Des Stephens, Jim Moyle and Paul Simmons leaving Longwarry at the bottom of the ladder and Warragul heading towards the four.
Warragul 18 – 103 defeated Longwarry 2 – 96
Trafalgar played host to Morwell Club on a quick running green which drew well with the easterly wind. Ian Miles Trafalgar and his rink of Peter Rosenboom, Graham Hill and Jim Lawrence had a big 32 – 13 win over John Millier and his rink of Roger Rejmer, David Patience and Mil Karleusa. Brett Harle Morwell Club was not far behind with his rink of Wayne Arnold, David Broadent and Tara Harle winning 36 – 19 over Tommy Lodge and his rink of Nathan Fraser, Steve Lodge and Peter Jonas. Darren Kane and his rink of Darryl Horner, Tim Anderson and Ken Capper had a 27 – 14 win over David Stevens and his rink of Alan Campbell, Lee McKenzie and Jorma Takanen. Rod Smith and his rink of Nobby Noblett, Duncan Hanlon and Glenn Trembath helped Morwell Club bridge the gap with a 24 – 20 victory over Rod Smith and his rink of Terry Robertson, Bruce Giles and Tim Fraser.
Trafalgar 16 – 98 defeated Morwell Club 4 – 87
Newborough arrived at Traralgon RSL to find the often heavy green running at a lightening pace and Nosha Michaels lead the way with his rink of Charlie Ward, Jo-Anne Michaels and George Lambos winning 35 – 15 over Morice Gardiner and his rink of Jeff Blytheman, Max Aumann and Alan Kanavan. Alan Grubb and his rink of Alan Ryan, Phil Marston and Craig Thornton won 30 – 14 over Maurice Sutcliffe and his rink of Dale Wilson, Titch Hore and Terry Hunter. Kevin Lovett and his rink of Brian Carpenter, Tony Knipping and Neale Houston won 24 – 14 over Beau Williamson and his rink of Paul Hobson, Shirley McKenzie and Ross McKenzie. The only winners for RSL were Rick Lukey and his rink of Chris Mackintosh, George Cargill and Kevin Durwood winning 22 – 18 over Paul Sherman and his rink of John Arnold, Barry Daley and Scott Jones.
In Division 2 top team Moe was too strong for Morwell who found the Moe green somewhat difficult to judge in the windy conditions. Alex Muirhead and his rink of Michael Rudy, Bob Rennie and Stuart Caines laid the foundation for a big Moe win defeating Shashi Bhatti, Sandy Caines and his rink of Rohan Willcock, John Wasiukiewicz and John Harvey won 27 – 13 over the rink of Michael Weatherall. Ian Caines and his rink of Les Stolarik, Col Carmichael and Ted Kuklinsky was a third winning rink for Moe as they defeated Nathan Cook 28 – 18. David Cook and his Morwell rink of Bernie Detering, Mike Arnold and Laurence Melhuish won 29 – 18 over Jayde Lynch to salvage two points as Moe 18 – 102 defeated Morwell 2 – 74.
Neerim District welcomed Traralgon RSL (2) with Ross Pollard and his rink of Colin McKay, Jim Fallon and Ray Watts 34 – 17 defeated Ron Osler, Trevor Kuhnell and his rink of Ray Throup, Tony Thornton and Peter Brooks defeated Gordon Asbury 30 – 16. Peter Throup and his rink of Gerry Engelstad, Karren Sheers and Pat Fraser-Aurisch were a third winning ring for Neerim with a 22 – 19 win over Max Gibbins. Brendon Smiles was the sole winning RSL rink with his team of Trevor Brand, John Farquhar and Gordon Bakker winning 29 – 24 over Neil Adams leaving Neerim District 18 – 110 defeating Traralgon RSL (2) 2 – 81.
Traralgon (2) returned to the winning list over Drouin (2) with Pat Trewin and her rink of Derek Hewling, Barry Fernance and Ron Bakeer winning 35 – 19 over Phil Jarred, Cary Locke and his team of Robert Marsh, Stuart Hulse and Bill Bishop were the other Traralgon winner defeating David Tayles 29 – 18. For Drouin Col Jeffrey and his rink of Ruth Waring, Necip Akarsu and Terry McFadzean had a 26 – 19 win over John Taylor and Steve Barr and his team of Clive Newman, Mary Firth and Jan Aubrey had a 29 – 19 win over David Currie leaving Traralgon (2) 16 – 102 defeating Drouin (2) 4 – 92.
Division 3
In Division 3 near neighbours Boolarra and Yinnar had a titanic battle with home team Boolarra winning by one shot. Terry Parker and his rink of Joelene Laukens, Joel Anderson and John Cargill won 40 – 14 over Tim Roche. Trevor Berryman and his Yinnar rink of Gordon Smith, Ray Tanti and Luke Djuduvoric won 31 – 14 over Darren Napier. Bob allen and his rink of Jack Cleaver, Eddie Dudek and Peter Mazou put Boolarra ahead with a 28 – 21 win over Gavin Osborne whilst the Yinnar rink of Murray De La Haye and his rink of Aga Kozlowski, Phil Williams and Peter Bramley won 27 – 12 over Travis Baker leaving Boolarra 16 – 94 the winners over Yinnar 4 – 93.
Morwell (2) had a clean sweep of wins over Traralgon (4) with Ken Turner and his rink of Nick Marino, Nick Nikodemski and Bob Skinner winning 43 – 17 over Bill Justin as Morwell (2) 20 – 122 defeated Traralgon (4) 0 – 65.
Thorpdale 16 – 107 regained top position by defeating Traralgon (3) 4 – 94 with Danny Vanzuylen and his rink of Brian O’Connell, Wendy Jennings and Ross Pethybridge winning 33 – 15 over Jim Barling. Warragul (2) 18 – 98 defeated Moe (2) 2 – 64 to remain in touch with the four as Dave Smith and his rink of Matt Draisma, Norm Dickson and Kerri Currie won 37 – 9 over Rex Price.
Division 4
In Division 4 Yarragon 14 – 98 defeated Drouin (3) 6 – 97 with their only winning rink being Kevin Arnold and his team of Pam Jones, Gary Green and Murray Grigg winning 32 – 21 over Merv Appleyard to counter the other three Yarragon teams who lost by a total of ten shots leaving tehm the winners by 1 shot on an unfamiliar Drouin green. Newborough 17 – 95 with Michael Holroyd and his team of Maurie Ludlow, Ian Houston and Heather Mooney won 37 – 12 over Wayne Hurst as they defeated Trafalgar (2) 3 – 87. Yallourn North with Darren Fry and his rink of Brendan Heriban, Noel Connelly and Ricky Hearn won 39 – 11 over William Clarke. David Gatewood and his Warragul rink of Ted Holland and Glynis and Greg Mitchell won 39 – 8 over Steve Lovison with the remaining Yallourn North skippers George Platswchinda and William Platschinda winning 25 – 17 and 22 – 18 respectively to leave Yallourn North 18 – 94 defeating Warragul (3) 2 – 85 Morwell (3) received a walkover from Garfield (2) moving them to the top of the ladder.
Division 5
In Division 5 Newborough (4) snatched top spot on the ladder with their only winning rink skippered by Rod Dixon with Phil Zappelli, Stewart Wilson and Kevin Myrteza winning 30 – 15 to leave Newborough (4) 12 – 67 the winners over Morwell Club (2) 4 – 61. Neerim District (2) with a score of 14 – 82 was too strong for Morwell (4) 2 – 60 to climb into third place on the ladder. Traralgon RSL (3) 15 – 63 won well over Churchill 1 – 50 and Moe (3) 14 – 77 defeated Traralgon (5) 2 – 70.
Division 6
In Division 6 Longwarry (2) continued on their winning ways with a 10 – 73 victory over Thorpdale (2) 0 – 33. Newborough (5) 10 – 65 beat Churchill (2) 0 – 31 and Boolarra/Yinnar 8 – 50 defeated Morwell Club (3) 2 – 42 to round out a good round of bowls.
Next week in Division 1 the two unbeaten teams Drouin and Newborough clash at Drouin. Many of the Newborough players will be playing on the new Drouin green for the first time. Will Drouin be able to upset last year’s Premiers? After defeating Traralgon last week the Drouin team will certainly be in form and looking to secure top position on the ladder going in to the Christmas break.
Traralgon visits cellar dwellers Longwarry who played well at home against Newborough but haven’t been able to clinch a win and will find Traralgon another difficult team to beat as they will be looking to atone their defeat last week to an all conquering Drouin team. Warragul after a moral boosting win over Longwarry aims to beat Morwell Club at Warragul to go close to making the top four.
Traralgon RSL looks to get back on the winning list and secure third position on the ladder following its bad defeat to ladder leaders Newborough last week takes on a Trafalgar team on the edge of the four looking to replace RSL in the four.
In Division 2 the top four teams do battle. Neerim District travels to unbeaten Moe aiming for an upset win and Traralgon (2) hosts Morwell in a battle for second position on the ladder. Drouin (2) visits Newborough (2) with both sides struggling to maintain contact with the top four teams.
In Division 3 Boolarra visits Traralgon (3) to see which team remains second on the ladder.
In Division 4 Newborough (3) will have a hard game against Drouin (3) and it will be interesting to see how Morwell (3) handle the trip to Trafalgar (20 and a grass green as will Yallourn North travelling to Yarragon in what should be an exciting round.
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Saturday 5 December Pennant Report
Overcast conditions with the continued threat of light rain made bowling difficult for many bowlers on Saturday as they had to concentrate to deliver their bowls well and some handled the conditions better than others. Most matches throughout the divisions were clear-cut victories with a number of fancied teams in the lower divisions not playing as well as they had hoped prior to the day.
Division 1
After losing narrowly to Drouin last week Traralgon RSL travelled to Morwell Club and with Beau Williamson and his rink of Paul Hobson, Maurice Sutcliffe and Ross McKenzie leading the way with a 37 – 23 win over David Stevens and his rink of Alan Campbell, Bernie Marino and Jorma Takanen. Morice Gardiner and his team of Jeff Blytheman, Max Aumann and Alan Kanavan had a 24 – 19 win over Brett Harle and his team of Wayne Arnold, David Broadbent and Tara Harle. Ross Sizeland and his team of Dale Wilson, Titch Hore and Terry Hunter made it three winning rinks for RSL with their 23 – 21 win over John Millier and his team of Roger Rejmer, David Patience and Mil Karleusa. The sole winning rink for Morwell Club was skipped by Rod Smith with his team of Nobby NOblett, Duncan Hanlon and Glenn Trembath winning 28 – 22 over Rick Lukey and his team of Peter Barnes, George Cargill and Kevin Durwood. Traralgon RSL 18 – 106 defeated Morwell Club 2 – 91.
Drouin continued their unbeaten run with a solid win over near neighbours Longwarry. Mark Leighton and his rink of Bob Cole, Maureen Leighton and John Leighton had a big 38 – 19 win over Trevor Eastwell and his rink of Brian Hennessy, Hank Metselaar and Barry White. Toby Atkinson and his rink of Peter Wallace, Graeme Aubrey and Samantha Atkinson won 27 – 15 over Russell White and his rink of Elio Megetto, Grant Pask and Jason Lieshout. Sheryl Atkinson and her team of Denise Hamilton, Arthur Moore and Dale Hendrick made it three wins for Drouin as they scored 27 – 15 over Peter Lieshout and his rink of Glenn Pask, Mark Serong and Ken Towt. Against his old Club Adam Proctor and his rink of Ken White, Matt Eccles and Ian Peterson were the only winners for Longwarry as they won 26 – 22 against Mark Atkinson and his rink of Corey Atkinson, Col Finger and Les Firth. Drouin 18 – 113 defeated Longwarry 2 – 75 to retain second place of the ladder.
Traralgon travelled to Warragul and the home team after a good win last week over Trafalgar found their fortunes had changed as Vin McIlwain and his rink of Phil Mustoe, Ian Hilsly and Chris Ward led the way with a 27 – 15 win over Terry Sullivan and his Warragul rink of Des Stephens, Jim Moyle and Lindsay Soutter. James Scullin and his team of Derek Hewling, Shane Chapman and Wil McIlwain played well to win 29 – 17 over Bill Clappers and his team of John Vickerman, Norm Dickson and Jim Power. Matt Ferrari and his rink of Kevin Enguell, Gary Trewin and Michael Yacoub won 27 – 20 over Graeme Davis and his rink of Ian Belling, David Ferguson and Peter Gallasch. Andrew Glover and his rink of Russell Carrick, Paul Simmons and Janette Gallasch were the only home town winners with a 23 – 18 win over Ian Kirkup and his rink of Ron Sherlock, Kathy Smiles and Abe Roeder. Traralgon 18 – 101 defeated Warragul 2 – 75 to consolidate their position in the top four.
Top team Newborough welcomed Trafalgar with Paul Sherman and his team of John Arnold, Barry Daley and Scott Jones winning 33 – 16 to defeat Darren Kane and hi s Trafalgar team of Daryl Horner, Tim Anderson and Ken Capper. Kevin Lovett and his team of Brian Carpenter, Craig Thornton and Neale Houston won 26 – 20 over Paul Dawson and his team of Terry Robertson, Bruce Giles and Tim Fraser. Alan Grubb and his team of Alan Ryan, Phil Marston and George Lambos had a narrow 23 – 22 win over Tommy Lodge and his team of Graham Hill, Peter Jonas and Steve Lodge.Ian Miles and his rink of Peter Rosenboom, Chris Bortignon and Jim Lawrence were the sole winners for Trafalgar with a 25 – 18 win over Nosha Michaels and his rink of Charlie Ward, Jo-Anne Michaels and John Backman. Newborough 18 – 100 defeated Trafalgar 2 – 83 to remain top of the ladder.
Division 2
Top team Moe travelled to Traralgon RSL (2) with Sandy Caines and his rink of Rohan Willcock, John Wasiukiewicz and Banger Harvey winning 39 – 15 over John Farquhar to lay the foundation for a big Moe win as Alex Muirhead 20 – 14 over Gordon Asbury and Ian Caines 22 – 16 over Brendan Smiles with the only RSL winning rink Ron Osler and his team of Paul Matters, John Eaton and Eric Warfe winning 24 – 22 over Jayde Leech and his rink. Moe 18 – 103 defeated Traralgon RSL (2) 2 – 69.
A strong Traralgon (2) side welcomed Newborough (2) with Bill Bishop and his rink of Bill Kirby, Norbert Schroeter and Stuart Hulse winning 31 – 18 over Jeff Wetzel and his team. David Currie and his team of Robert Marsh, Ian Bloomfield and Graham Cross had a 32 – 21 win over Robbert Cook and his team. John Taylor and his team won 26 – 19 over Jim Cuthbertson whilst Gary Inley and his team salvaged a 19 all draw with Pat Trewin to gain the only point for a luckless Newborough (2) leaving Traralgon (2) 19 – 110 defeating Newborough (2) 1 – 79.
Neerim District made the long trip to Morwell with home skipper David Cook and his team of Bernie Detering, Mike Arnold and Darren Cullen winning 33 – 6 over Ray Watts and his team. Nathan Cook won 22 – 14 over Trevor Kuhnell and Shahi Bhatti won 24 – 17 over Nei Adams with Michael Weatherall winning 23 – 19 over Peter Throup making it a clean sweep for Morwell. As Morwell 20 – 102 defeated Neerim District 0 – 56.
Division 3
Previously unbeaten teams Traralgon (3) and Boolarra were both defeated although Traralgon (3) remains top of the ladder after winning 3 rinks at Yinnar only to find the home rink of Gavin Osborne and his team of John O’Neill, Jo Bolch and Jennifer Jones winning 35 – 15 over Roger Davey and his Traralgon (3) rink to leave Yinnar the winners by 11 shots which was a change in fortune for Yinnar who lost last week whilst having three rinks up which rarely happens in bowls. Boolarra found Thorpdale a tough opponent with Ben Powell and his team of Ian Simpson, Graeme Myrteza and Scott Jennings winning 36 – 8 over Travis Baker and his team. Brendan Jennings and his team of Alan McLure, Darron Fraser and Denis Gunn also had a big win with a 34 – 16 victory over Darren Napier. Ross Kennedy won 23 – 16 over Bob Alen with Stan Williams the only Boolarra winner winning 27 – 19 over Danny Vanzuylen. Moe (2) had a narrow 16 – 99 win over Morwell (2) 4 – 92 despite Darrell White for Morwell winning 38 – 18 over Richard Chetland and Laurie Melhuish defeating Moe’s Noel Savage 25 – 24 which was not enough to counter Brian Rodgers winning 30 – 16 over Morwell’s Ken Turner and Rex Price winning 27 – 13 over Ray Anstey leaving Moe (2) winning by seven shots.In the other match Warragul (2) 18 – 102 defeated Traralgon (4) 2 – 76
Division 4
Top team Newborough (3) travelled to Yarragon and were well beaten with all rinks losing by a small margin leaving them top of the ladder separated by only shots from Yarragon and Trafalgar with all three teams on 58 points. Trafalgar had a narrow win over Drouin and Morwell (3) had a good win over Warragul (3) to move into fourth place on the ladder three points behind the leading trio.
Division 5
Top team Morwell Club (2) had a narrow two shot victory over Churchill with only one rink up and fellow unbeaten team Newborough (4) defeated Traralgon RSL (3) easily. Neerim District (2) and Traralgon (5) received full points against Moe (3) and Morwell (4) respectively.
Division 6
In the only matches played Churchill (2) and Newborough (5) had big wins over Morwell Club (3) and the combined Boolarra/Yinnar teams.
Next week in Division 1 the top four teams are in action against each other. Undefeated Drouin travels to Traralgon who will be looking to rise up the ladder with win over a much improved Drouin from last season. The other unbeaten side Newborough travels to Traralgon RSL in what should be an exciting match with Traralgon RSL keen to upset the fancied ladder leaders. Longwarry looking for its first win hosts Warragul and Trafalgar hosts Morwell Club in two matches which will help the winners rise up the ladder.
In Division 2 top team Moe hosts Morwell in an important match for two teams aiming to return to Division 1 next season. Drouin (2) will be looking to defeat Traralgon (2) and remain in touch with the top four whilst Neerim District looking to consolidate their position in the top four hosts Traralgon RSL (2)
In Division 3 top teams Traralgon (3) and Thorpdale due battle at Traralgon. Third and fourth teams Boolarra and Yinnar face off at Boolarra. Warragul (2) hosts Moe (2) whilst Traralgon (4) travels to Moe (2).
In Division 4 Yarragon after a great win over Newborough (3) travel to Drouin (3) and the unfamiliar synthetic green. Newborough (3) hosts fellow to team Trafalgar (2) and Yallourn North travels to Warragul.
Friday sees the start of the State events with the 60 and over pairs being played followed by the first rounds of the State Singles on Sunday.
Michael Holroyd
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PENNANT UPDATE 11 Nov 2020
There has been some discussion regarding our statement on spectators as issued earlier in the week. The following rules apply:
Spectators are only allowed if they are coaching, umpiring, or supervising children or if needed as support persons for persons with additional needs and exercising appropriate distancing requirements.
If present, spectators must not gather in groups of more than 10.
The reason we asked that legitimate spectators should be seated between the greens was to remove them from the presence of players.
Some Clubs may allow their members on Club premises whilst pennant is in progress, On no account are these people to sit at the ends of the green amongst the players.
UMPIRING
Umpires Chief Ian Wilson has organised for aspiring and re-accrediting umpires, measurers and markers to have a series of tutorials commencing on Mon 16th November at Morwell BC.
Anyone that has not already made an application to Bowls Victoria can still come and attend, but they need to go onto the Bowls Vic web site to get the application form, have it completed and sent back to Bowls Vic. Ian can start them off without a copy of the form but he can’t have them do the final assessment without having it in his hands from Bowls Vic. Ian’s email is
ian.wilson@speedweb.com.au
The course will be held at Morwell Bowling Club starting at 9:30am and will go till about 1:00pm each Monday.
BOWLSLINK
As all Pennant Teams are lodged on Bowlslink this is an accurate attendance record for bowlers playing pennant as it can easily be retrieved.
CAR TRAVEL
A number of Clubs have rung the DHHS and been given approval for four players to travel to Pennant in the one car providing they all wear masks.
Michael Holroyd
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WGBD PENNANT 2020-2021
The West Gippsland Board has agreed that we are aiming for the following commencement dates for Pennant:
If we were to start on 17 Nov we would play on Tues 22 Dec.
Notes for Pennant this season
Pennant is a rock up, play and go home game due to Covid 19 requirements.
Players should bring their own food and drink together with drink bottles. Self Serve tea and coffee will not be available at Clubs due to the stringent cleaning requirements with providing refreshments.
If a raffle is held it must be held prior to play. Pre-game assemblies must be held outside. Rain delays must observe Covid 19 restrictions.
All players must wear a mask. Car travel is currently restricted fo eligible bubbles which would not include 4 bowlers travelling to bowls in the one car.
Saturday Pennant will be held over 25 live ends with the same number of players as last year and a break of 10 minutes during the afternoon. If both managers agree play can be straight through. If multiple games are at a venue breaks should be staggered to reduce demands on toilets etc. There will be no afternoon tea.
Midweek Pennant will be held over 21 live ends with play straight through.
These changes have been made with consideration of the effects of Covid 19 and the upcoming absorption of West and South Gippsland Divisions into Strzelecki Region although it is anticipated that Pennant will remain area based.
Other Divisions and Regions throughout Victoria are planning to suit their regions. North Gippsland are starting shortly, East Gippsland is looking to start after Christmas for example.
