Midweek pennant was played on Wednesday because of the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday and although the result saw no wins in any sections there was competitive bowling.
A1s travelled to Corowa RSL and suffered a 49/62 defeat. Our only winning rink was Shane Mathieson, Ted Armstrong, Yvonne Capp and Brendan Rettke, 19/18. The other rinks were Peter Brock 20/25 and Bill Armstrong 10/19.
The A3s were away at Rutherglen, going down 54/58 with two rinks getting up. Ray Bradley, Janis McClure, Di Wilson and John Spinks won 24/19, and Brenda Sunderland, Remo Ascenzo, Wendy Rettke and Christine Gray won 21/16, while Jim Hodder’s rink went down 9/23.
The B1s were home to Bright, going down 59/61. Our only winning rink was Graeme Greene, Paul Chapman, Kyle Margat and Christine Randell, 32/9, but other results were Loch Lidgerwood 16/21 and Hans Dartmann 11/31.
Weekend pennant saw our best performances of the season, with all three sections winning!
A2s ventured across the lake to find where we both sit ladder-wise. In a closely contested match we came out on top by 76/63. The two winning rinks were David Lindsay, John Stevens, Errol Tomkins and Brendan Rettke 22/10, and Graeme Pitts, Kevin Morrison, Lorna Armstrong and Wayne Neylon 23/11.
But the other rinks still need to keep the pressure on the opposition, which was the case with Bill Armstrong 17/22 and Peter Brock 20/14.
Our A3s travelled up the Hume to Wodonga and came home with a 81/72 win. Ray Bradley, Ken Ackerman, Janis McClure and Glenda Wines won 22/15 and Dale Brooker, Remo Ascenzo, Di Wilson 23/15.
Alan Campbell, Graeme Greene, Graeme McNutt and Jack Berry 19/18 also had a win, while Tim Hill went down 17/24.
The A4s were victorious at Mansfield, winning 78/77.
The rinks up were Brian Higgins, Des Blyss, Kath Nunan and Judy Barber 21/13, Loch Lidgerwood, Stanley Gardner, Heather Hodder and Pete Symons 25/11. The other two results were Max Drummond 18/20 and Adrian Mennen 14/33.
Wednesday evening sees the registration and practice night for Hump Day barefoot bowls. Members, put your teams on the entry sheet in the members’ room. It’s a 6pm start with a sausage sizzle.