By Rodney Bates
Friday Night Under Lights
This coming Friday, 22 November, Yarra Glen Division 1 Side are playing a night pennant fixture at home against Bundoora.
As well as some great bowls, the club will have a variety of meals on offer, including burgers, rolls, dim sims and chips.
Game starts at 7pm, kitchen open between 6 and 8pm.
Weekend Results
Saturday was a mixed bag, with Side 2, Division 4 the only winner on the day.
Division 1 played away against Croydon.
With both teams in the top 4, this was a crucial game to set up the season for the winner.
Yarra with two rinks up, going down 62/71 (4 Points). C. Carswell 10/27; S. Manifold 20/14; Beau Simmons 14/11; Ben Simmons 18/19.
Division 4 Side 2 played on the slick synthetic greens of Ferntree Gully.
Yarra has had a stellar start to the season with four wins in a row, and Ferntree Gully was just out of the four, clearly keen to get the points.
With two ends to play on the M. Ramage rink, overall scores were level 83 all.
Matt Ramage played a weighted shot to remove FTG’s shot with his last bowl, converting to a three shot end win.
Ferntree Gully were only able to get one shot on the last end, with Yarra Valley winning by two shots 86/84 (14 Points). S. Smith 33/10; M. Ramage 22/14; R. Thurkle 23/29; A. Thurkle 8/31.
At home, the Division 6 Side 3 played Bayswater. A close tussle in all rinks, but just missing out 59/68 (three Points).
A. Skillern 15/15; D. Skillern 19/15; D. McMenaman 14/20; T. Dickson 11/18.
Midweek pennant
Playing at Home v Chirnside Park, our Division 2 Side had a three rink win.
The rink of Peter Leonard was 21 all with the last end to play, with Deb Bates and Bill Grund combining to hold the winning shot.
Final score 60/52 (16 points). P. Leonard 22/21; P. Tirant 24/16; A. James 27/11.
Division 3 played on the challenging Monbulk green, going down 46/78 (2 Points). L. Baker 14/22; T. Dickson 23/16; Di Skillern 11/38.
