Mixed results mark Euroa Bowls Club season opener

THE first round of Pennant Bowls has been completed and it would be fair to say that we had a mixed bag of results with some wins, some losses and a forfeit. In Midweek Pennant Division one travelled to Kyabram to tackle the bombers on their home green where we secured two points with one rink victorious on the day. The overall result was 51 – 63 to the locals. Ken Sutcliffe, Bill Taylor, Anne Sutcliffe and Kerrie Steers 21- 20. Shane Drysdale, Bill Sargood, Charmaine Reid and Margaretha Cerini 17- 18. Tony Kingma, Jan Watters, Kevin Milner and Pauline Naylor 13 – 25. Division four received a forfeit from Alexandra due to player unavailability which was disappointing but as they say every cloud has a silver lining. Alexandra at home is a tough gig so we bank the points and prepare for the next game. Division five hosted Tatura Hilltop and recorded our first victory of the season with a 62 to 41 result securing 14 points. A great start to the season. Marg Goode, Noel Moon, Marion McMartin and George Andrews 24 – 11. Ray Day, Brian Bamford, James Dunn and Beth Alston 15 – 18 Neville Harris, Mavis Bruce, Mark Jervies and Ken Drysdale 23 – 12. In Weekend Pennant Division one was at home to Shepp Park, Division four travelled to East Shepp and Division six headed west to Nagambie. Results as follows: Division one versus Shepp Park – 70 to 103 and two points. Shane Drysdale, Bill Sargood, Bill Jennings and John Groat 36 – 07. Ken Sutcliffe, Marc Stevens, Max Griffiths and David Cerini 13 – 29. Tony Kingma, Jan Watters, Charmaine Reid and Kev Milner 09 – 43. Bill Taylor, Jeremy Boruch, Don Steers and Keith Kruse 12 – 24. Division four versus East Shepp – 88 to 66 and 14 points. Richard Noble, Lindsay Cocking, Ross Withers and Noel Moon 24 – 12. Doug Maconochie, Margarethas Cerini, Kerrie Steers and Anne Sutcliffe 19 – 22. Jim Perry, Greg Blatchford, Brian Bamford and Buffy McFarlane 28– 13. Alex Grant, Libby Byrne, Gordon Grant and Beryl Harris 17 – 19. Division six versus Nagambie – 59 to 64 and two points. Neville Harris, Marg Goode, Roly Simpson and David Llewellen 16 – 21. James Dunn, Ray Day, Ken Drysdale and Beth Alston 21 – 25. Tim Scarlett, Ian South, Mark Jervies and George Andrews 22 – 18. Next week Division one travel to Kyabram, Division four face Tallygaroopna at home and Division six take on Violet Town – also at home. Last Wednesday saw 24 players take part in Social Bowls with eight sides competing in three games of two bowl triples with the winning team being the combination of Bill Taylor, Michael from Melbourne and Brian Diffey. There was a large number at the Clubhouse on Friday Night when we drew the first three Nifty 50 numbers for the year with the lucky punters being Jamie (any number can win) Greasley, Ian (heading in the right direction) South and Bill (show me the money) Sargood. If you look at the notice board you will see that Umpire Doug is posing some scenarios in relation to happenings on the green and what needs to be done as a result. If you haven’t checked them out yet have a look. There was one such incident yesterday with the mat being placed on the wrong line and the jack rolled and some bowls delivered before this was noticed. What should have happened? All the best and bowl well.

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