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It’s happy days for Cranny CRANBOURNE BOWLS The ladies had a massive 32 shot win against Mount Waverley midweek while on Saturday all Pennant sides won. “That makes both our ladies side and our top Saturday Pennant side undefeated for the season,” Club chief Chris Griffiths declared, before adding, “This is possibly the best start to a bowls season in as long as many members can remember. In fact, it’s happy days for Cranbourne with all sides winning on Saturday as well as the ladies team winning midweek. We are so proud of all our teams, so let’s push ahead and see how far we can go.” Ladies Side 1 Division 1 Yvonne Van Der Wees and her rink of Maureen Cameron, Helen Witherden and Lynne Wood played outstanding bowls to win by a massive 28 shots giving victory to Cranbourne by 32 shots against Mount Waverley. The other two rinks skipped by Sue Hudson and Freda Farrall also won in close games. Side 1 Division 2 Cranbourne played at home with a number of supporters watching the game hoping for a home victory and they were not disappointed with a hard-fought 14 shot victory against Clayton. Skip Ron Lyfield and his team of Brian Caddell, Peter Coulthup and Ian Barrenger were the big winners on the day with nine shots supported by Skips Frank Byrne and Barry Thomas who also won. Side 2 Division 3 Skip Chris “the Chief” Griffiths had the firepower with support from club legend Ray Boskell, John McLisky and Michael Scotter to win by 21 shots which was enough to give Cranbourne victory by 25 shots against Churchill WG. Side 3 Division 5 Skip Brian Grant and his crew of Helen Witherden, Bob Pyne and Gary Farrington won by 17 shots to get Cranbourne over the line by 1
Peter Elgar, left, and Barry Thomas reflect on another great day for Cranbourne. shot in the end in a thriller at Ferntree Gully. Saturday Round 4 - Pennant results Ladies Side Division 1 Cranbourne 75 defeated Mount Waverley 43 (Partington, Venville, McLisky, Hudson 2119; Taylor, Pearce, Dudink, Farrall 19-17; Cameron, Witherden, Wood, Van Der Wees 35-7) Side 1 Division 2 Cranbourne 77 defeated Clayton 63 (G Wright, Hunt, O’Day, F Byrne 19-17; Caddell, Colthup, Barrenger, Lyfield 20-11; Taylor, Blyth, Boggie, McKenna 16-18; Wood, Worstelling, Elgar, Thomas 22-17) Side 2 Division 3 Cranbourne 96 defeated Churchill WG 71 (G Dudink 19-17; N Hardy 17-18; C Griffiths 35-14; S Hudson 25-22) Side 3 Division 5 Cranbourne 87 defeated Ferntree Gully 86 (B Grant 26-9; J Kent 14-27; C Wright 23-27 and H Van Soest 24-23)
Cranbourne team-manager Lynne Wood was part of a 28-shot winning rink.
Hickson 18-24, R. Townley, J. Creighton, F. Scicluna and K. Hocking 15-25, L. Magri, W. Brannan, J. Vowles and R. Hansen 25-23, G. Jones, J. Carretero, T. Byrnes and N. Drummond 28-19. Div 4 Sec 8 Cranbourne RSL 9-81 drew with Noble Park 9-81 K. Currie, S. Brobyn, M. Bobetic and K. Walker 33-10, A. Black, J. Grant, M. Hodges and G. Dore 10-19, H. Reefman, C. Stevenson, K. Hickson and J. Spencer13-21, J. Olser, R. Elliott, P. Dalton and R. Fountain 25-21. Div 6 Sec 6 Cranbourne RSL 3-78 lost to Pakenham 15101 L. Meagher, M. Watkinson, A. Underwood and B. Hall 18-18, K. Perry, E. Dietze, D. Ricketts and B. Cook 24-23, P. Zimmerman, M. Smith, I. Ford and B. Welsh 24-28, A. Pichard, M. Tasker and D. Muir 10-32.
Parkers lose three win one HAMPTON PARK BOWLS Mid-Week Pennant Division 2 - Brandon Park 14/80 d Hampton Park 2/55 A 14-shot lead by Jim Westwell, Brian Diaper, Helen Lambert and skip Toni Sutton was cut back to 9 shots (29-20). Geoff Ladner, Ray Wood, Ellen Smith and skip Christine Hendrie were limited to mainly single shots in their 9-shot loss (16-25). Rob Woff, Ann Westwell, Neville Hendrie and skip were outplayed by a more skilled team (10-35). Division (6-A-Side) Pakenham 14/40 d Hampton Park 0/29 Rhonda Diaper, Stuart Tokley and skip Marion Battaglia drew level on the 15th end but then stalled (15-20). Janice Collins, Trevor Harbright and skip Ron Beverly played catch up all day (14-20) Saturday Pennant Division 2 - Hampton Park 14/88 d Edithvale 4/80 30 STAR NEWS
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The Parkers went into Saturday’s game in very high spirits and were rewarded with an 8-shot win over 2nd top side Edithvale. In a high standard game, Trevor Harbright, Christine Hendrie, Sean McDonald and skip John Nunan kept the opposition to mainly 1s to lose by just 3 shots (14-17). Geoff Ladner, Andrew Brandolin, Neville Hendrie and skip Warwick Hardy led all day for an 11-shot win (27-16). Shane Collins, Stan Hatch, Mark Paton and skip Chris Barnes faltered in the 2nd half to go down by 8 shots (21-29). With a good start, Ken Cobden, Ellen Smith, Larry Simpson and skip Steve Barnes maintained the lead to win by 8 shots (26-18). Division 4 - Hampton 16-80 d Hampton Park 2/65 In a close game Val Simpson, Dave Clarke, Helen Lambert and skip Rob Woff missed by 4 shots. The big winners for us on the day was Val Moore, Marion Battaglia, Ian Kitt and skip Ron Beverly with an 11 shot win (25-14).
Thursday, 2 November, 2017
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CRANBOURNE RSL BOWLS TUESDAY Pennant, Round 5 - Div 2 Sec 6 Cranbourne RSL 2-56 lost to Cardinia Waters 14-60 P. Campion, D. Angee, H. Rogers and K. Walker 20-22, A. Black, M. Hodges, P. Dalton and G. Dore 19-16, H. Reefman, J. Spencer, C. Butler and C. Birchall 17-22. Div 3 Sec 6 Cranbourne RSL 14-80 defeated Cardinia Waters 2-56 B. Hall, T. Elise, M. Bobetic and B. Bradbury 28-21, I. Ford, D. Ricketts, I. Maat and R. Fountain 19-21, J. Olser, M. Pearson, J. Grant and J. Black 33-14. SATURDAY Pennant, Round 4 - Div 2 Sec 6 Cranbourne RSL 4-86 lost to Keysborough 14-91 C. Birchall, J. Black, B. Bradbury and S.
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