Warragul get wins over local sides
Warragul Bowling Club had a great day in round 10 of WGBD pennant on Saturday, with three teams winning and just one losing.
Division two: Warragul defeated Neerim District 102/84.
John Vickerman, Ken Scammell, Janette Gallasch and Andrew Glover defeated Peter Throup’s team 26/21. Ian Belling, David Alderman, Peter Gallasch and Clive Padgham defeated Angus McGillivray’s team 26/16. Des Stephens, Paul Simmons, Jim Power and Graeme Davis defeated Ray Watts’ team 37/15. Luke Ward, Darren McDonald, Pat Hammond and Bill Clappers lost to Shane Hogan’s team 13/32.
Division three:
Thorpdale 118/76.
Jack Lee, Linda McCoy, Norm Dickson and David Smith defeated Ross Kennedy’s team 40/6. Brian Kennedy, Gabrielle Draisma, Kerrie Currie and Necip Akarsu defeated Brendan Jenkins’ team 33/11. Ron Collins, Ken Brown, Shirley Melsen and Elsie Hefford lost to Ben Powell’s team 19/31. David Ferguson, Matt Draisma, Glynis Mitchell and Bob Currie lost to Danny Van Zuylen’s team 26/28.
Division four: Warragul (3) defeated Neerim District (2) 115/67.
Ted Holland, Gary Thomas, Lester Mason and David Gatewood lost to Russ Meehan’s team 17/25. John Bell, Peter Howlett, Marg Keeffe and Chris Wilkins defeated Mal Collins’ team 28/18. Dawn Thomas, Brian Barby, Roy Hammond and Greg Mitchell defeated Steve Halligan’s team 43/5. Freda Lay, June Gnaden, Bill Clark and Barry Downer defeated Jim Schroeder’s team 27/19.
Division five: Warragul (4) lost to Morwell Club (2) 40/81.
Warragul (2) defeated
Michael Royce, Jean Kydd, Glad Atkinson and Barb Maloni lost to Tess Borg’s team 14/34. Russ Carrick, Marj Evison, May Baldwin and Ray Headspeath lost to Brian Smith’s team 14/23. Marie Stevenson (sub), Fred Pitcher, Bernie McIntosh and Alan Potter lost to Allan Ralls’ team 12/24.
WGBD pennant will now take a break over Christmas. When Saturday bowls returns on January 11, Warragul division two is away to Garfield, division three is home to Boolarra, division four is home to Yarragon and division five is away to Moe.
Singles championships
The final of the men’s and women’s singles championships were played alongside each other on Sunday.
Janette Gallasch played Elsie Hefford in the women’s on rink five and Graeme Davis played David Alderman in the men’s on rink three.
To get to the final, Janette had defeated Ciska Axford, Marg Keeffe and Edna Adams, while Elsie had defeated Barb Maloni and Gabrielle Draisma.
In the men’s, Graeme had defeated Ant Hetherton, Dave Ferguson, David Smith and Andrew Glover, while David had defeated Ken Landman, Darren McDonald and John Vickerman.
David got three on the first end before Graeme won the next four ends to lead 9/4. Meanwhile, Janette also won four of the first five ends to lead 7/1.
Back on rink three, David got one on the sixth and two on the 10th, but Graeme got 13 shots on the other six of the next eight ends to take a commanding 22/6 lead.
Over the next eight ends, Elsie got three ones, but Janette got a total of nine shots to clear out to a 16/4 lead.
David fought back well and scored nine shots to one over the next seven ends to get to 15/23. The pair traded blows over the next three ends before Graeme closed it out at 26/16.
Elsie also staged a good comeback, scoring seven of the next eight shots to get to 11/17. But Janette piled on seven shots over the next three ends to get to 24/11.
Elsie got one and three before Janette got the one she needed to win the match 25/15.
It was Graeme’s first club singles championship, while for Janette it was her fifth.
Both players are worthy champions and thoroughly deserved their wins.
Playing in the one and off drizzle on Saturday, Thorpdale’s division six team had a sensational win.
Division three: Thorpdale lost to Warragul (2) 76/118.
Thorpdale played away at Warragul with mixed results but ended with an overall loss of 42shots.
Skip Ross Kennedy’s crew had an amazing loss (for that talented team) of 34 shots, 6/40.
Skip Ben Powell’s team won 31/19, skip Brendan Jennings team lost 11/33 and skip Danny Van Zuylen’s team won by the slim margin of two shots, 28/26.