By Ian Milgate
What a night it was, a beautiful Autumn night, with a newly brushed green, saw some amazing bowling by all the teams competing for the Charles Hort Memorial Trophy.
In the semi final The Laneway played Bendigo bank with the Laneway winning convincingly 17/1 while Caddie Shackers played the Terminus hotel with the Caddie Shackers winning 9/1.
The Bendigo bank and the Terminus Hotel played off for third and fourth and with some great bowling from the Terminus team, they finished up beating the Bendigo Bank by nine shots 14/5.
The Bendigo Bank were the leading Team for most of the competition but could not produce the winning form that they had throughout the series.
It came down to The Laneway and the Caddie Shackers to play it off in the final and it was a ripper final with great bowling from all players on both teams.
Each end could have gone either way with Caddie Shackers putting down a bowl, picking up the jack for shot and then the laneway would follow them down, pick up the jack and take shot.
It was as good as it gets, even for Pennant Bowls.
In the end the Laneway were too good with the last shot close to the jack giving them a two-shot win 6/4.
It was a great effort by Beau Greg and Mal from Caddie Shackers (also great golfers), but congratulations to Heather, Lee and Cal from the Laneway who won the Challenge for another year.
“Firstly, I must thank all the teams for competing over the past six weeks, who are made up of local people from local businesses,” Healesville Bowling Club media director Ian Milgate said.
The teams that competed this season included- The Bendigo Bank, RSL Healesville, the Terminus Hotel, Le Pine Funerals, First National Real Estate, Watts River Brewery, Code Art, The Laneway Cafe, Provit Cult, Advanced Agg, Tuck Inn, CWA Healesville, Stevensons Constructions, Jocks Concreting, Total Shutters, Davison Builders, The Caddie Shackers, Have A dig and MacDonald Maintenance.
These are all great local businesses who put their hand up to support this great event, so if you are interested in putting a team together for the next season starting in October, you will need to find three team members that are available over the six-week period on a Wednesday night from 5.30pm.
All bowls are supplied and there is a very popular sausage sizzle to curb your appetite.
Please feel free to contact Ian Milgate on 0418288037 or Mick Featherstone on 0407177230.
“A special thank you to all of our sponsors who donated prizes throughout the competition and to our club members whom without your help, we could not run the event, and finally, to Mick Featherstone to take the challenge over from Effie Laban and put in a 100 per cent effort to make it enjoyable for all,” Milgate said.
“See everyone in October.”
