By Ian Milgate
Healesville’s 1st. side were playing Yarra Glen at Yarra Glen in the Semi Final.
The team thought they would be in with a chance, but from the start, Yarra Glen got the jump on Healesville.
By the half time break, Healesville were down by 18 shots 23/41.
After the break, the team tried to gain some ground but Yarra Glen were too strong for them, and in the end, Healesville went down by 35 shots 81/46.
A great effort by Healesville throughout the year and congratulations to Yarra Glen who now go into the preliminary final, so good luck to them.
Hilda Gurney, Mick Featherstone, Steve Bulled, Rob Ayres 18/23
Gerda Otto, John Fitzpatrick, Col Jarvis, Effie Laban 11/27
Ian Milgate, Bob Brown, Rita Featherstone, Robyn Turville 17/31
Healesville’s 2nd. side played Yarra Junction at Yarra Junction.
This was going to be a big ask as Yarra Junctions green is one of the fastest greens in the competition, and the Yarra Junction bowlers were very good on their green.
As expected, Yarra Junction came out and used the very fast green to their advantage, and at the break, Healesville were 24 shots down 21/45.
After the break, a few of Healesville bowlers started to get a feel for the green, and Len Cosson’s rink were putting down some good bowls with Anne Knibbs, Mike Adams and Len Cosson showing the way.
Judy Veermann’s rink were also hanging in there not allowing Yarra Junction to jump ahead.
In the end though, on a tough green it was too much for us going down by 24 shots 53/77.
A great effort on a very quick green and congratulations to Yarra Junction who now head into a preliminary final.
John Allen, Mike Adams, Anne Knibbs, Len Cosson 26/20
Jill Cookney, Jodie Ward, Mark Cookney, Judy Veermann 16/22
Barry Parker, Bernard Godde, Glenda Graham, Russell Smith 11/35
Saturday’s Side 1 played Donvale in the semi final on home turf.
Healesville had each won a game against each other during the year so we knew it was going to be close.
The game went as expected with either team getting a clear brake and by the half time break, the scores were tied up 36/36.
After the break, it was a different story, Donvale seem to keep their head and start to stretch the margin while Healesville were trying to play catch up.
In the end Donvale were too strong for Healesville winning by 16 shots 71/87.
Healesville wish Donvale all the best for the rest of the finals, and to our guys and gals, bad luck but Healesville can go one better next season.
Gerda Otto, Mick Featherstone, Robyn Turville, Adrian Beales 19/22
Barry Parker, Bob Brown, John Fitzpatrick, Effie Laban 20/18
John Howard, Steve Graham, Rita Featherstone, Steve Bulled 17/24
Ian Milgate, Col Jarvis, Robert Ayres, Mark Ward 15/23
Healesville’s 2nd. side play Doncaster on Sunday in the preliminary final and if they beat Doncaster, they will go straight into the grand final which is a huge effort considering they have played with depleted sides every week throughout the year, so go Healesville.
