By Garry Lewis
In warm conditions, Warburton’s Midweek Pennant Side played in the First Semi Final of their section on Tuesday at home and reversed last week’s loss to Mooroolbark 3 in emphatic fashion.
The overall standard lifted to a much higher level across all the rinks and resulted in a convincing victory for the Burras by 30 shots, 66 to 36.
Congratulations to all twelve players who travel to Yarra Glen for the sudden death Preliminary Final on Thursday!
Rink scores were as follows: R. McKail 28/ 9; G. Walsh 22/ 12 and S. Lord 16/ 15.
In the Preliminary Final on Thursday against Yarra Glen 1, the Burras’ resurgent form continued as they came away with a brave victory by 6 shots.
They will now meet Monbulk 1 this week in the Grand Final at Mooroolbark Bowls Club.
The Burras were away slowly on the unfamiliar grass green and trailed 27/ 15 at the lunch break.
Immediately after resuming, the team went into overdrive and wiped off the deficit in a few ends.
From then on it was a dogfight, but Warburton proved the steadier team and prevailed 60/ 54.
Rink scores were as follows: G. Walsh 24/ 16; S. Lord 18/ 16 and R. McKail 18/ 22.
The Intra Club Singles Finals were played on Friday evening with Rayna Zunneberg defeating Madisyn Nicolandos in the Ladies’ Final and Chris Neale defeating Chris Lord in the Men’s Final.
Both games were of a high standard and played with great spirit. Congratulations to both winners!
The Wednesday Night Barefoot Bowls Triples Competition completed the Round Robin format last Wednesday in warm and gusty conditions.
All the games continued to be played in great spirit leading up to the finals’ evening this week to conclude another enjoyable season.
The top 8 ended up being Burra Boys, Pensioners, Bowls to the Walls, Thomos, Three Amigos, Can’t Remember, Bee Gees and Wessie Wonders.
The second tier ended up being Giddy Gout, Sheep Assist, Bolters, Gunners, Noel’s Crew, 50 Shades of Gravy, Bowl Movement and Three Stooges.
Both sections will play off in sudden death 6 end games to eventually decide the overall winner for each section.
Gary ‘Garbo’ Adams from the Burra Boys Team started the evening well by quickly being the first person to touch the jack. Well done, Garbo!
Good Luck to all the teams in the finals this week!
Social Bowls continues to be played on Mondays from 12 midday with everyone including new and beginning players encouraged to attend. Come along and give Bowls a try!
GO BURRAS!
