Healesville has completed the first round of the 2025/26 Pennant Bowling season and both teams had a tough draw against Heathmont at Heathmont and the second side against Ringwood at Ringwood.
First Side:
Heathmont had been relegated from second division down to third division from last season, so they were going to show that they were capable of second division.
Steve Bulled’s rink came out flying winning the first five ends against Heathmont.
They started to claw their way back but Steve’s rink held on to win by nine shots, a great effort.
Our other three rinks struggled against a very strong side and at the end of the day Heathmont won by 22 shots, 85 -63.
Next week we play Yarra Glen at home which will be another close game.
Ian Milgate, Bob Brown, John Fitzpatrick, Gary Broussard – 13/24.
Barry Parker, Chris Hawting, Robert Ayres, Steve Bulled – 22/13.
Col Jarvis, Steve Graham, Rita Featherstone, Mark Ward – 16/24.
Gera Otto, Mick Featherstone, Robyn Turville, Adrian Beales – 12/24.
Second Side:
The second side played Ringwood away and this was going to be a tough game for them as the second side was made up of a lot of different players from last year with not much experience playing together as a team.
Healesville had no expectations, but were up for the challenge.
All rinks got away to a good start and the game was a very close encounter with nothing in it.
Karl Tok, Mike Adams, Len Cosson, Rob Broadhurst were just some of the players that contributed to a great performance by all players to finally beat Ringwood by three shots 57/54.
A super effort by all players.
Early days but Healesville are second on the ladder after yesterday and play Monbulk at home next week.
John Allen, Mike Adams, Judy Veermann, Rob Broadhurst – 19/21.
Karl Tok, Glenda Graham, Leonie Fitzpatrick, Len Cosson – 20/18.
Jude Wallace, Anne Knibbs, Kenny Gallacher, John Howard – 18/15.
