By Garry Lewis
The Warburton Bowls Club had a mixed start to the start of the 2022/ 23 Metropolitan Pennant Season with the Weekend Warburton 2 side the only victor.
The Midweek Warburton 1 team played away against Lilydale 1 and went down, 56 to 66, in a disappointing start to the season. Rink scores were G. Walsh 24/ 17; S. Lord 19/ 20 and S. Freestone 13/ 29. They look forward to regrouping this week at home against Healesville 1.
The Weekend Warburton 1 team played Mulgrave C.C. 1 away in round 1 on Saturday. Mulgrave quickly grabbed a handy lead before the Burras fought back. However, the home side was too consistent overall to win 90 to 70 shots. Rink scores for the Burras were: A. Donohue 13/ 21; P. Caneva 16/ 18; C. Neale 16/ 22 and J. Brookes 25/ 29. They look forward to this week’s game at home against Essendon 1.
The Warburton 2 team played at home against Croydon 4. The Burras only led by 2 shots at the break before Croydon quickly gained the overall lead by up to 15 shots at one point. The Burras steadied following a series of big ends to regain the lead and win by 8 shots after a tight contest. 93 shots to 85. Full credit to every rink for not giving up, particularly Steve Darwall’s rink which fought back from a huge deficit in the second half to win by 2 shots. Rink scores were: G. Lewis 28/ 14; S. Darwall 20/ 18; P. Summers 21/ 30 and R. Bartlett 24/ 23. They face another challenging away game against Ferntree Gully 3 this week.
Thank you to the Yarra Junction Bowls Club for hosting the first Bankers’ Competition on Saturday! The Eagles won the first contest by 12 shots. The Burras look forward to hosting the competition this Saturday.
Intra Club Competitions will also commence shortly, with good numbers entered. Members are urged to organise their matches as soon as possible to get events going.
One of the club’s new members, Damian Key, who has reached the Final of the Eastern Ranges Bowls Region Novice Men’s Singles Championship, will play the final at Warburton Bowls Club on Wednesday November 2 at 6pm.
Hence, the Wednesday Night Barefoot Bowls Triples Competition will now commence on November 9. Any interested new teams are encouraged to contact Glenys Lewis 0473653137 for further details.
The club welcomes any new or beginning members to join our small but progressive community club. Social Bowls continues to be played on Mondays from 12 midday with excellent numbers regularly participating. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun!
GO BURRAS!
