By DI DAY
TO TAKE on the oldest club in the competition who has won the most Premier Division flags, sitting second on the ladder and beat them on home turf was an exhilarating start to the new year. Once again, the match came down to the wire with the last bowl needed to clinch the win, and as it came into sit on the winning bowl, everyone erupted.
Next week, Yarra Glen takes on archrivals Mentone on Friday under lights at Mentone and will help decide if Yarra Glen has what it takes to remain in Premier Division for another year. Saturday’s Division 4 team remains unbeatable with an easy win of 115 – 41 over Box Hill RSL, the club went 50/50 with two wins from four matches on the weekend, Div 2 suffered their first loss in six rounds and Div 4 found Boronia’s grass a little hard to handle – both teams will bounce back this week as Yarra Glen looks ahead to the finals.
Tuesday saw the Div 4 side washout however Div1 continued to be the strength with a convincing win over Eastwood Golf 68-41.
Over the break, many Yarra Glen members have been competing in regional competitions with the Men’s ‘Fours’ team of Paul Tirant, Nick Suttie, Matthew O’Brien and Troy Stafford takingout the title of Regional Champions. They now go onto Bendigo for the Champion of Champions week to vie for the best in the state.
Matthew O’Brien took out the title of Under 25 Singles Regional Champion and has now advanced to the State Under 25 Competition.
Jenny Tirant was crowned Yarra Glen Bowls Club Ladies Singles Champion defeating Kirsten Day in an excellent exhibition of lawn bowls.
See Mail Scoreboard for match results.
