Tuesday’s Side 1 played Boronia at home and we knew it was going to be tough as Boronia were in fifth place and Healesville were on the bottom of the ladder.
But still there seemed to be a quiet confidence about the side with a few changes of players in rinks, including Mick Featherstone and Steve Graham elevated to skips. Healesville came out of the blocks fairly well and by the break, they were even. After the break, Healesville were starting to pull away up until, with 6 ends to go, it could have been either side that won, but with a couple of good ends from Steve and Gary, while Mick’s rink was still pushing forward, it finished up very close but they came away with a win by 7 shots, 68/61.
A great effort by everyone.
Bob Brown, Anne Knibbs, Rita Featherstone, Gary Broussard 16/24
Gerda Otto, Robyn Turville, Rob Broadhurst, Steve Graham 17/27
Colin Jarvis, Ian Milgate, Steve Bulled, Mick Featherstone 35/10
Tuesday’s second side played Eastwood Bowls Club at home and they needed to win to stay in second place. All rinks came out strong with Robert Ayres rink and Damian Key’s rink taking a good lead and by half time, they had a comfortable lead. After the break, all three rinks continued to put in some great bowls and in the end, Healesville were too strong for Eastwood winning by 29 shots, 71/42. Well done everyone, keep the good work up.
Russell Smith. Jim Viggers, Leonie Fitzpatrick, Robert Ayres 30/11
Karl Tok, Glenda Graham, John McMillan, Damian Key 28/7
Tina Macari, John Allen, Mark Cookney, Bernard Godde 13/24
Saturday’s Side 1 played at home against Heathmont. When they last played, Heathmont beat Healesville by 18 shots so Healesville were keen to return the favour on their home ground, which would keep them in second place on the ladder. Heathmont got the jump on them from the start and by half time, Healesville were trailing by 28 shots. After the break, they started to show some improvement in all the rinks but were unable to push hard enough with only a few ends left and finally went down by 13 shots, 68/81.
Gerda Otto, Mick Featherstone, Robyn Turville, Adrian Beales 18/20
Col Jarvis, Rob Broadhurst, Steve Graham, Mark Ward 7/30
Bob Brown, Chris Hawting, Steve Bulled, Robert Ayres 28/14
Ian Milgate, Anne Knibbs, Rita Featherstone, Gary Broussard 15/17
Saturday’s Side 2 played away at Chirnside Park. They needed to win to stay above Chirnside Park/Eastwood GC on the ladder. All rinks started off well and by the half time break, there was only one shot in it 30/31.
After the break, everyone started to get bowls in the head and started to draw away, and the opposition had no answers with Healesville winning by 23 shots, 74/51. Well done everyone, keep up the good work.
Karl Tok, Glenda Graham, John McMillan, Mark Cookney 18/21
Tino Micari, Jude Wallace, John Howard, Mike Adams 27/15
Jill Cookney, Judy Veermann, Russel Smith, Bernard Godde 29/15
