In tragic news, our member Lyndon Jenkins passed away peacefully in his sleep this week.
Lyn was a kind and gentle man and great fun to bowl with.
He played his last Pennant game for the Eagles last season and will be missed by all who knew him.
Our sincere condolences go to Lyn’s family and friends.
Rest in peace Lyn.
Another week has flown by and we are already one third of the way through the Pennant season.
In Weekend Pennant, the Division Six side sits in second position, having lost just one game, and the Division Six side is riding high in top position having also lost just one game so far.
Our Midweek Pennant side is not so well situated.
We have had some tough early games on very heavy greens away and are currently holding up the ladder, but with home games still to come there are opportunities to improve on that position.
This week’s midweek game against Mooroolbark was a tough game on a soggy green.
Mooroolbark took the lead early; all rinks rallied in the later part of the game but fell short of any rink wins.
Round Six against Heathmont at Heathmont looms.
Weekend Division Six against Mitcham at Mitcham produced great results with the Eagles pulling away from the start and ahead by 31 points at the break.
The trend continued till games end.
With three rinks having finished their 21 ends and won, the pressure was on the fourth rink going into the very last end at 15 all to gain total points for the game.
Mitcham had the shots till the very last bowl of the day when a precision shot from the Eagles skip (AH) stole the rink game.
16/15.
An overall win the Eagles 121/46.
Weekend Division Eight led from the start and had yet another great overall win (83/36) on all three rinks on a slightly different matting surface, giving yet another different bowling experience at Chirnside Park.
Another encouraging result for the rest of the season ahead.
Both games were played in good spirits with support and acknowledgement of good play from all sides.
