Tuesday’s firsts side played Upwey/Tecoma at home and we knew we were in for a hard time as Upwey were sitting on top of the ladder, whilst we were sitting at the bottom.
Two of our three rinks came out firing and were able to keep up with Upwey in a sea sawing match all day.
The lead swapped on numerous occasions until the end when they managed to scrape home for the win.
Upwey got the jump on our third rink early in the piece and to their credit they kept trying with some good ends being played, but were unable to make much headway, and overall we finished going down by 32 shots, 41 to 73.
The scores were as follows;
Gerda Otto, Steve Graham, Rob Broadhurst, Robyn Turville 15/17, Bob Brown, Ian Milgate, Rita Featherstone, Steve Bulled 15/19, Col Jarvis, Anne Knibbs, John Fitzpatrick, Gary Broussard 11/37
Tuesdays seconds side played Ringwood at Ringwood.
This was also going to be a tough game as Ringwood were sitting second on the ladder and we were on the bottom.
Healesville were determined to win this match over their rivals and right from the start all rinks jumped out of the box to control the match in the early stages.
They continued after the break, stopping Ringwood from making up ground, and in the end held a comfortable margin to win by 17 shots, 67 to 50.
The scores were as follows;
Jim Viggers, Tino Macari, Damian Key, Bernard Godde 23/17, Karl Tok, Glenda Graham, Mike Adams, Len Cosson 28/14, Barry Parker, Jill Cookney, Leone Fitzpatrick, Russell Smith 16/19.
Well done everyone, you all played a great game.
Wednesday night saw the fourth week of the Community Bowls Challenge, and once again we were lucky to have a nice night without rain. Watts River brewery continues to leap ahead and hold a ten-shot buffer over their next competitor.
The results after last night are- Watts River 74, Caddie Shackers 64, Pink Cantina who struggled in the first couple of rounds are now in contention with 60, Code Art one point behind on 59, with quite a few teams biting at there heals. All teams need to be on their game next week to get into the finals, so good luck everyone.
Saturday’s side one played at home against Mitcham who were above us on the ladder and it was going to be a big effort to win. Healesville came out of the blocks with their tails between their legs determined to win on their home ground. By the half time break Healesville had a 16 point lead 53 to 37.
After the break we knew we had to keep the pressure up and to our players credit, we continued to push on putting some great ends together to finally win by 14 shots, 91 to 77. Well done to all rinks.
The scores are as follows;
Russell Smith, Bob Brown, Steve Bulled, Robert Ayres 33/16 Ian Milgate, Anne Knibbs, Rita Featherstone, Gary Broussard 21/15 Col Jarvis, Rob Broadhurst, Steve Graham, Mark Ward 25/13 Gerda Otto, Mick Featherstone, Robyn Turville, Adrian Beales 12/33.
Saturday’s side two played at home against Berwick.
They were sitting one above us and if we won today it would put us in second spot. Right from the start it was tit for tat and by the half time break there was nothing in it with Healesville two shots up, 25 to 23.
After the break a few nerves started to appear and Berwick were pushing hard until the end whereby Berwick won by 12 shots 50 to 62.
A great effort by everyone to make it a close finish.
The scores were as follows; John Allen, Jill Cookney, John McMillan, Mike Adams
19/27, Jim Viggers, Karl Tok, Glenda Graham, Barry Parker, 18/17, Jude Wallace, Mark Cookney, Tino Macari, Bernard Godde, 13/18.
