By Garry Lewis
The Warburton Bowls Club has a well-deserved break in Pennant next week due to several members participating in the Victorian Open-up in the Shepparton area. Good luck to all the participants from the Burras!
Despite displaying a lot of improvement, the Weekend Warburton 1 side was overrun by MCC 2 at home on Saturday in a thrilling finish.
The MCC scored 5 shots in the final end to edge past the Burras and recorded a 73 to 72 shot victory. There were certainly promising signs shown by the Burras in the disappointing loss.
Rink scores were: T. Appleton 14/ 25; A. Donohue 15/ 19; C. Neale 20/ 19 and P. Caneva 23/10. The Burras have a break this weekend, before playing Yarra Glen 1 away on 26 November.
The Midweek team also had a narrow loss to Boronia 1 away, 56 shots to 58. Rink scores were G. Walsh 18/ 27; S. Lord 20/ 21 and R. McKail 18/ 10. They play Mooroolbark 1 at home this week as they look to return to winning form.
The Weekend Warburton 2 team played away against top side Mooroolbark 4. The Burras struggled throughout to go down 68 shots to 99. Rink scores were: N. Whelan 19/ 28; G. Wynd 20/ 20; M. Van Meurs 20/ 24 and T. Ruwoldt 9/ 27. They play Eastwood Golf 1 away on 26 November following the break. It was wonderful to see Tim Ruwoldt back playing bowls after a long break.
The Wednesday Night Barefoot Bowls Triples Competition, sponsored by Professionals Real Estate, commenced last week with 14 teams participating. Several close games resulted in an enjoyable start to the new season.
Brett Turner from the Moonshiners started well by winning the prize for the first person to touch the jack in the evening.
Results were as follows: Burra Boys 31 d Three Stooges 6; Wessie Wonders 18 d Giddy Gout 11; Pensioners 22 d Bowls to the Walls 9; Can’t Remember 26 d Thomos 9; Bee Gees 13 d Spencer and Co 11; Sheep Assist 16 d Bolters 11 and Moonshiners 32 d Bellevue Bowls 1.
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!
