Mixed results for Warragul
Warragul Bowling Club had a reasonable day in round 10 of WGBD pennant on Saturday with one team winning and two losing.
Division three flew the flag for the club with a solid 14 shot win over fellow finals aspirant Thorpdale.
Divisions one and three again fell to the curse of slow grass greens with bad losses against Trafalgar and Yarragon respectively. Warragul lost to Trafalgar 63/132
John Vickerman, Linda McCoy, Pat Hammond, Bill Clappers (s) lost to Darren Kane's team 14/31. Ken Landman, Brian Kennedy, Peter Gallasch, Terry Sullivan (s) lost to Ian Miles’ team 13/41.
David Alderman, Graeme Davis, Janette Gallasch, Andrew Glover (s) lost to Tim Fraser’s team 15/32. Des Stephens, Lindsay Soutter, Noel Rubenstein, Ken Scammell (s) lost to Tom Lodge’s team 21/28.
Warragul two defeated Thorpdale 99/85 Matt Draisma, Kerrie Currie, Norm Dickson, David Smith (s) lost to R. Kennedy’s team 21/23.
Lester Mason, Ken Brown, Ian McCartney, Jim Moyle (s) def S. Chambers’ team 25/17.
Ron Collins, Elsie Hefford, Ian Belling, Paul Simmons (s) def B. Powell’s team 33/22. Russ Carrick, Bill Clark, Gabrielle Draisma, Bob Currie (s) lost to B. Jennings’ team 20/23. Warragul three lost to Yarragon 52/139
Ray Headspeath, Chris Wilkins, Alan Potter, Greg Mitchell lost to J. Grigg’s team 10/35.
Michael Royce, Brian Barby, Gary Thomas, David Gatewood (s) lost to S. Mazza’s team 8/42.
John Bell, David Piggin, Mike Cousens, Roy Hammond lost to R. Polmear’s team 22/29. Barry Downer, Ciska Axford, Peter Howlett, Keith Wilkins (s) lost to K. Arnold’s team 12/33.
In round 11 of WGBD pennant next Saturday, Warragul division one is away to Traralgon, division three is home to Traralgon four and division four is home to Morwell three.
Midweek pennant
Warragul had a bad day in round nine of Tuesday pennant last week with both teams losing.
Division one lost to Morwell 66/69
Ian Belling, Peter Gallasch, Elsie Hefford, Janette Gallasch (s) def Shirley Skinner’s team 25/21. John Vickerman. Graeme Davis, Kerrie Currie, Pat Hammond (s) def Kerry Wright's team 22/20. David Ferguson, Bob Currie, Linda McCoy, Gabrielle Draisma (s) lost to Glenda Thompson’s team 19/28.
Division two lost to Newborough 47/56 Matt Draisma, Brian Barby, May Baldwin, Glad Atkinson (s) lost to Adrienne Birchall’s team 14/16.
Keith Wilkins, Greg Mitchell, Alison Matthews, Glynis Mitchell (s) lost to Helen Grubb’s team 17/22.
Jean Kydd, Ken Brown, Chris Wilkins, Ciska Axford (s) lost to Carmel Goss’ team 16/18. February tournaments
The Waterford Rise open pairs was contested last Monday. Teams came from Drouin, Heathmont, Mitcham, Vermont, Trafalgar, Moe, Berwick, Yamala Park and Warragul.
Winners of the day were Jack Pater and Colin Veenendaal (Heathmont/Mitcham) with three wins and 48 shots up. Runners up were Ken Scammell and Lindsay Soutter (Warragul) with three wins and 31 shots up.
Third placegetters were Peter Handley and Steve Jones (Yamala Park) with three wins and 20 shots up. Best game went to Ted Tratt and Alan Thompson (Berwick) with 15 shots up.
The Warragul Country Club/Warragul Toyota open triples was played last Thursday with teams from Narre Warren, Wonthaggi, Traralgon, Longwarry and Warragul.
Winners were David Smith, Graeme Davis and John Vickerman (Warragul) with three wins and 34 shots up. Runners up were Ian Kirkup, Ian Hilsley and Ian Belling (Traralgon/Warragul) with two wins and 20 shots up.
Third were Adam Proctor, Ian McCartney and Noel Rubenstein (Longwarry/Warragul) with two wins and 20 shots up, and best game went to Bill Clark, Russ Carrick and Jean Kydd with nine shots up.
Ladies draw pairs
The ladies drawn pairs event was played on Sunday with eight teams taking part.
After two games there were three two game winners and two of them were playing each other in the last game.
As it turned out those two teams had a draw, with Kerrie Currie and Marj Evison securing the runners up trophy from third placed Elsie Hefford and May Baldwin.
The other team going for three wins were Shirley Melsen and Chris Wilkins and they got their third win to come out ladies drawn pairs winners for 2020/2021.