Rosny too good for reigning premier

IN wet conditions, Rosny Park caused the upset of the round in the Premier Division of the 2021-22 Bowls Tasmania South on Saturday, defeating last year’s premier Sandy Bay 10-4 by three shots.

Missing Darren Monks, John Boatwright and Connor Munnings, Rosny was led by Peter Bannister’s rink of Grant McCormack, Daniel Elwell and Michael Rankin.

Bannister led all day against Darren Beattie, and a five on the penultimate end helped him to an easy 16-shot victory.

Dale Maundrill, with great support from second Neville Bryan, was able to overcome Ryan McCoull by three shots.

With Geoff Roberts coming in as a last-minute replacement for John Boatwright, Jenny Suttie kept the scores tight against Bryce Guy, but some great bowls by third Justin Plummer helped Guy secure a one-shot win.

Keghan Booth kept Sandy Bay in the game with a 31-16 win over Graham Rowbottom.

Booth was set up well by his rink of Lucas Howell, Scott Booth and David Anderson, and at one stage was 19-0 up before Rowbottom hit the scoreboard and closed the gap.

Staying dry in the Kingborough Indoor Centre, Kingborough survived a scare from Buckingham to defeat it 10-4 by five shots.

Will Coad and his rink of Robert O’Neill, Shane Garth and Callum Dinning were the big victors for Kingborough, defeating Alvin Cooke by 20 shots.

Kingborough’s Jason Fowler and Buckingham’s Andrew Chamberlain had a close battle, but Fowler won by a shot.

For Buckingham, Grant Chamberlain was able to beat Jarod Long 17-11 and Todd Oakley defeated Ryan Guy by 10 shots.

The other teams weren’t able to start their campaigns due to the inclement weather.

Claremont has returned to Premier Division and will be keen to show why it was the Division 1 premier last season.

Glenorchy Rodman was the big player in the off-season, recruiting young guns Isaac and Jorja Maughan from Buckingham, as well as father-son duo Jack and Brett Ellis from Claremont.