Warragul close to upset win

Warragul Bowling Club had a good day in round four of WGBD pennant on Saturday with three teams winning and two losing, but only narrowly.

Division one lost by one to ladder leader Yallourn with two teams up, division two recorded a fantastic three shot win over Moe with two teams up.

Division lost by seven to Drouin with just one team up by a whopping 25 shots, division five defeated Yinnar by 32 shots with Chris Wilkins’ team having a massive 38/6 win to be ‘king rink’ and division six had a nice six shot win over Garfield. Div 1: Warragul 1 lost to Yallourn 87/88. John Vickerman, Graeme Davis, Steve Pallot, Gary Johnson lost to Kevin Lovett’s team 20/24, Terry Sullivan, Pat Hammond, Peter Gallasch, Clive Padgham defeated George Lambos’ team 21/18. David Alderman, Alan McDonnell, Janette Gallasch, Matt Schreyer lost to Alan Grubb’s team 16/25. Laurie Innes, Norm Dickson, Paul Simmons, Glenn Lockett defeated Jim Lawrence’s team 30/21. Div 2: Warragul 2 defeated Moe 105/102. Kerrie Currie, Lester Mason, Des Stephens, Necip Akarsu defeated Joe Pinneri’s team 28/22. Matt Smith, Geoff Woods, Elsie Hefford, Bill Clappers defeated Sandy Caines’ team 35/22. Ken Landman, Shirley Melsen, Bob Currie, Jim Moyle lost to Alex Muirhead’s team 23/31. Ken May, Graham Cobban, Ian Belling, Roy Hammond lost to Stuart Caines’ team 19/27. Div 3: Warragul 3 lost to Drouin 95/102. Gabrielle Draisma, Bob Dowal, Brian Kennedy, Ken Taylor lost to Noel Rubenstein’s team 19/28. John Beanland, Brian Barby, Linda McCoy, Keith Wilkins lost to Peter Wood’s team 18/27. Matt Draisma, Ken Brown, Tony Peters, Fred Pitcher lost to Peter Hone’s team 17/31. David Anderson, Gilly Ross, Vin Roche, Ed Davies defeated Col Jeffrey’s team 41/16.

Division 5: Warragul four defeated Yinnar 87/55.

Jean Kydd, Sue Haddock, June Gnaden, Mark Hall defeated M. Whitelaw’s team 33/25. Wilf Boscombe, Marg Keeffe, Glenda Collins, Chris Wilkins defeated B. Couling’s team 38/6. Michael Royce, Lindsay Matthews, Len Duncan, David Piggin lost to G. Osborne’s team 16/24.

Division 6 west: Warragul five defeated Garfield 51/45.

Flynn Pallot, Marj Evison, Greg Mitchell, Mike Cousens defeated P. Marriott’s team 28/20, Fletcher Pallot, Ted Holland, Trevor Crofts, Alan Potter lost to J. Polkington’s team 23/25.

Club matches

The men’s championship singles is down to the last four players.

Clive Padgham will play Gary Johnson in one semi-final and Graeme Davis will play Terry Sullivan in the other.