Strong start for Drouin
Drouin bowlers scored three wins in the opening round of pennant season on Saturday.
Division one: Drouin 18/89 defeated Morwell 0/67
Bruce Andrews, Clive Newman, Denise Hamilton and Dale Hendrick (skip) defeated Nathan Cook’s team 25/21. Maureen Leighton, Jan Aubrey, Les Firth and Sheryl Atkinson (skip) defeated David Cook’s team 22/16. Peter Wallace, Steve Barr, Toby Wallace and Samantha Atkinson (skip) defeated Keith Gadsby’s team 21/17. David McIlfatrick, John Leighton, Mick Fleming and Mark Atkinson (skip) defeated Ronald Lyfield’s team 21/13.
Division two: Drouin (2) 16/82 defeated Neerim District 2/74
Norm Dickson, Necip Akarsu, Terry McFadzean and Brian Thorpe (skip) defeated Shane Hogan 21/18. Neil Radford, Neil Bullen, Andy Kidd and David Tayles (skip) lost to Peter Brooks’ team 18/26. Don Mowat, Mary Firth, Graeme Aubrey and Col Jeffrey (skip) defeated Peter Throup’s team 19/18. Bob Cole, Ron Douthie, Phil Jarred and Arthur Moore (skip) defeated Neil Adams’ team 24/12.
Division five: Drouin (3) 0/44 lost to Morwell Club (2) 10/72
Dini Hone, Andrew Blaby, Margaret Owens and Lyn Jeffrey (skip) lost to Tess Borg’s team 19/21. Elaine Thorpe, Richard Joyner, Andre De Waele and Mary Andrews (skip) lost to Beryl Noblett’s team 15/16. Jim Purvis, Alex Miller, Wayne Walsh and Peter Hone (skip) lost to Gail Rejmer’s team 10/35.
Division six: Drouin (4) 8/52 defeated Yinnar Churchill 2/32
Max Hine, Bev Walsh, Bob Dickson and Merv Appleyard (skip) lost to Aga Kozlowska’s team 17/21. Pauline Dixon, Peter McGrath, Gary Watts and Maureen McMillan (skip) defeated Marion Newton’s team 35/11.
Midweek
Division one: Drouin versus Traralgon
Game rescheduled.
Division two: Drouin (2) 2/45 lost to Traralgon (2) 14/50
Irene Dawson’s team of Rudy Kerkvliet, Andre De Waele and Glenda Jarrad lost 15/17. Lyn Jeffrey’s team of Necip Akarsu, Andrews Blaby and Lorraine Fox won 19/12. Mary Andrews’ team of Clive Newman, Graeme Aubrey and Lyn Rippon lost 11/21.
Division three: Drouin (3) 2/39 lost to Yarragon 14/72
Margaret Owens’ team of Patricia Cole, Robert Cole and Wayne Walsh lost 10/29. Maria Wans’ team of Louise McDonald, Robert Dickson and Alex Miller won 18/17. Dini Hone’s team of Andy Kidd, Peter McGrath and Ada Baxter lost 11/26.
Division four: Drouin (4) 8/50 defeated Moe (2) 2/38
Shirley Woodville’s team of Geoff Pattison, Kevin Dixon and Pauline Dixon lost 17/22. Helen Kerkvliet’s team of Sep Van Maanen, Laurie Innes and Don Mowat won 33/16.