By Ian Milgate
Tuesday’s Team 1 played away at Upwey-Tecoma.
To get into the Finals, the team needed to beat Upwey-Tecoma and Warburton need to beat Mooroolbark.
Warburton should beat Mooroolbark on home turf, so it was up to Healesville to have a win.
Everything didn’t go to plan.
Warby lost to Mooroolbark and the team got taught a lesson in bowls going down by 57 shots, 38/95.
Tuesday’s Team 1 is now out of the finals until next year.
One shining light for the day, Steve Graham’s MVP award, was went to Hilda Gurney.
Effie Laban, Bob Brown, Barry Parker, Judy Veermann 14/35
Steve Bulled, Damian Key, Ian Milgate, Russell Smith 12/42
Steve Graham, Chris Hawting, Hilda Gurney, Gerda Otto 12/18
Tuesday’s Team 2 played at home against Chirnside Park.
Chirnside is sitting on top of the ladder and Healesville is on the third.
But it doesn’t really matter for Healesville to win below or above, the team will still be playing finals.
Obviously the second team came out to play today as there was no chance of Chirnside Park getting anywhere near Healesville.
As all rinks played exceptionally well, the team finally beat Chirnside Park by 30 shots 71/41.
Fitzy’s MVP award went to Jodi Ward, who seems to be playing great bowls on a regular basis.
Healesville will now play a home final next week, so come on down and cheer them on.
Wally Mays, Mike Adams, Anne Holland, Robyn Turville 20/12
Len Cosson, Mick Featherstone, Leonie Fitzpatrick, Jodi Ward 28/14
John Fitzpatrick, Colin Jarvis, Glenda Graham, Karl Tok 23/15
Saturday’s Team 1 played Heathmont in the Semi Final at Healesville, and this was going to be a tough game as Heathmont has a large pool of players that they can choose from, while Healesville plays the same 16 players that are called upon every week.
The first couple of ends had Heathmont in front but after that all players in all four rinks knuckled down, and it never looked like Healesville was going to lose.
The team went into the half time break with a reasonable lead and continued that on after the break too.
Finally, Healesville beat Heathmont comfortably by 48 shots, 96/48.
Healesville beat Ringwood at Ringwood on Sunday in the Qualifying round and they will go into the Grand Final next Saturday against Vermont South.
Steve Graham, Effie Laban, Rita Featherstone, Robert Ayres 22/10
Adrian Beales, Colin Jarvis, Bob Brown, Gerda Otto 21/12
Steve Bulled, Chris Hawting, Ian Milgate, John Howard 29/13
Mark Ward, Colin Lowe, Barry Parker, Brad Chandler 24/13
Saturday’s Team 2 was playing Monbulk at Monbulk in the Semi Final.
This was going to be tough due to the green which is the fastest green in the competition.
With a little wind, it is even quicker.
As the team was only given one rink to practice on, it was a bit hard to get any worthwhile practice in.
This showed as Monbulk came out fighting right from the start and held a convincing lead all day beating Healesville by 49 shots, 35/84.
Luckily Healesville had the second chance and won Mitcham at Healesville in the qualifying round on Sunday.
Now the team is looking forward to playing against Monbulk in the Grand Final next week.
John Fitzpatrick, Mick Featherstone, Glenda Graham, Karl Tok,11/30
Len Cosson, Leonie Fitzpatrick, Judy Veermann, Russell Smith, 11/36
Wally Mays, Mike Adams, Anne Holland, Sarah Gallacher 13/18
