Longwarry win on a wintry day

On a chilly, windy afternoon at Longwarry Bowling Club, Division 3 had a convincing 55-shot win over Boolarra and Division 6 just went down to Yallourn by nine shots.

Division 3: Longwarry 18/123 defeated Boolarra 2/68.

Graham Sparks, Elio Meggetto, Kenneth Towt and Barry White (skip) defeated R Peter’s team 36/12. Longwarry were strengthened by the inclusion of twinkle toes “Sparks” and with Kenneth Towt on fire, got off to a fantastic start and never looked back to record a 12-shot win.

Simon Counsel, Kevin Campbell, Gerrard Hogg and Hank Metselaar (skip) defeated T. Parker’s team 33/16. After the sixth end, Longwarry hit the lead and never looked back. With some exceptional bowling from Kevin and the Hogg back to his best, Longwarry had a convincing 17-shot win.

Mark Serong, Grant Pask, Judy Eastwell and Slim Eastwell (skip) lost to S Peter’s team 18/29. Longwarry had a nine-shot lead by end 15 and after that failed to play as a team and follow skip’s orders to go down by 11 shots.

Ian Peterson, Lloyd Maisey, Ken White and Russell White (skip) defeated B Allen’s team 36/11 (king rink). The game was set up by the lead Ian who bowled exceptionally well. If he missed, the rest of the team chimed in. Hogg’s weekly award went to Ian Peterson. Division 6: Longwarry 0/38 lost to Yallourn 10/47.

Peter Smethurst, John Watts, Eric Peterson and Rob Purvis (skip) lost to R Dixon’s team 19/22 after a tightly contested game.

Don Collis, Ron Sutton, Gerry Wakefield and Brian Mason (skip) lost to K Evan’s team 19/25. In another tightly contested game Yallourn played the windy conditions slightly better.

Club Champion

Congratulations to Barry White who on Sunday defeated Slim Eastwell 25/23 in a terrific game of bowls to become Longwarry Club Champion.