PreliminaryFinals set up in weekend pennant

LAWN BOWLS

SATURDAYPENNANT

BY MICHAEL HOLROYD

SEMI Final day was sunny with avariablebreeze making conditionstricky at times and perhaps assisting some clubs create upsets.

In Division 1Traralgon upset Newborough, similarly in Division2Traralgon(2) were too good forMorwell Club.

Garfield, the Division3form team,cameunstuck against Traralgon (3) to makeitthreeteams straight though to the Grand Final and in Division 4Traralgon (4) upset Yallourn North to progress to this week’s Preliminary Final with achanceto make four Traralgon teams in the Grand Finals.

Division 1

TRARALGON travelled to Newborough and had a big win with Vin McIlwain and his rink of Kirsty van den Hoff, Shane Chapman andMatt Eccles had a31-12 win over Tommy Lodge and his rink of Dave Wurlod, John Backman and Scott Jones which was the first losing rink that Lodgehad played in all season.

Mick Coram and his rink of Angela Hackett, Ian Kirkup and Shane O’Loughlin continued the goodformwitha24-13 win over Ryan Marston and his rink of Tony Knipping, Josh Kennedy and Paul Sherman.

Matt Ferrari and his rink of Ian Hilsley, Chris Ward and Michael Yacoub had a25-19 win over Kevin Lovett and his rinkofBrian Carpenter, Jo-Anne Michaels and George Lambos.

Alan Grubb and his rink of Phil Marston, Rod Lewis and Neale Houston got some pride back for Newborough witha19-17win overJim Scullin and hisrink of Nick Turnbull,Pat Trewin and Brenton Hackett.

 TRARALGON 97 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH 63

DROUIN travelledtoMorwell, and like Traralgon, were able to have abig winagainst ateam considered to have ahugehome green advantage.

Samantha Atkinson and herrinkofDavid McIlfatrick, Rudy Kerkvliet and Mark Atkinson set the pace with a28-9win over Steve Collinsand his rink of Mike Arnold, Jim Turner and Ernie King.

Toby Wallace and his rink of Alex Miller, Peter Wallace and Graeme Aubrey had a27-20 win over Nathan Cook and his rink of Sarah Ashby, Laurie Melhuish and Russell Williams.

Sheryl Atkinson and her rink of Maureen Leighton, Jan Aubrey and Les Firth had a16-15 win over David Cook and his rink of Jodie Ashby, Kevin Pigdon and Keith Gadsby.

Chris Goldsbrough and his rinkofRoss Harford, Brian Kingsleyand Ron Lyfield fought back for Morwell winning 17-12 against Mick Fleming and his rink of Bruce Andrews, John Leightonand Geoff Bailey.

 DROUIN 83 DEFEATED MORWELL 61

DIVISION 2

TRARALGON (2) upset ladder leaders Morwell Club at Newborough by four shots as they look for their first Division 2premiership in 28 years.

Ron Sherlock and his rink of Matt Ogilvie, Ian Bloomfield and Maurie Sutcliffe had a24-13 win over Neil Whitelaw and his rinkofSteve Kilpatrick, David Broadbent and David Stevens.

Trevor James and his rink of Jedd Ladgrove, Al Hegarty and Bill Bishop had a29-23 win over Tara Harle and her rink of Michael Skinner, David Patience and Roger Rejmer.

Abe Roeder and hisrinkofClint Jones,Rosie Lorenz and Bill Francis had a17-15win overBrett Harle and his rink of Dashaa Martin, Mil Karleusa and Lee McKenzie.

Morwell Club had awinner in Glenn Trembath and his rink of Vaughan Reimers, Nobby Noblett and Alan Campbell who defeated Keving Enguell and his rink of Tom Irvine, KathySmiles and Graham Cross 25-10 leaving Traralgon the winner by four shots.

 TRARALGON (2) 80 DEFEATED MORWELL CLUB 76

LONGWARRYrepeated their win of last week against Neerim District, although this week was at home, withKen White and his rink of Hank Metselaar, IanPeterson and Glenn Paskwho defeating Peter Throup and his rinkofKarren Sheers, Ray Throup and Pat Fraser-Aurisch 35-10.

JasonLieshout andhis rink of Grant Pask,Barry andRussell White had 23-19 win over Peter Brooks and his rinkofChris Hogan, Robert Cook and Trevor Kuhnell.

Ken Towt and his rink of Peter Lieshout, Robert Proctor and Trevor Kitchin had a21-16 win over Shane Hogan and his rink of Jim Fallon, Ross Pollard and Ray Watts.

For NeerimDistrict, Neil Adams and his rink of Colin McKay,JohnRochford andAngus McGillivray had a20-19 win over Adam Proctor andhis rink of Mark Serong, Col Finger and John McCarthy.

 LONGWARRY93DEFEATED NEERIM DISTRICT 68

Division 3

TRARALGON (3) travelled to Garfield and inflicted abig loss on the ladder leaders.

Bill Kirby and his rink of John Kong, Greg Swan and Ron Baker had a28-6win over Steve Whyte.

Brendon Smiles and his rink of Elaine Swan, Bill Munday and Paddy Francis had a28-16 win over Nick Henwood.

May Cross drew 19-19 with Tom Cleary, and for Garfield Shane Oliver and his rink of Graeme

Burton, Bob Lamport and Richard Ross defeated Gordon Slimmon 21-19.

 TRARALGON (3) 93 DEFEATED GARFIELD 62

AFTERnarrowly making the four, Warragul (2) had agood win at Morwell with Noel Rubenstein and his rink of Ken Landman, Ian McCartney and Paul Simmons having a29-13 win over Jack Prendergast.

Greg Mitchelland hisrinkofIan Belling, Glynis Mitchell and Margaret Ratcliffe had a18-14 win over John Osborne.

For Morwell Gerry Van Duin and his rink of Ian Chamings, Col Grant and Peter Borrodale had a 25-10 win over Pat Hammond, andKen Turner and his rink of BillTumney,Stuart Humphreyand John Bradbury had a19-17 win over Bob Currie.

It left Morwell two shots in arrears, allowing Warragul (2) to progress to the Preliminary Final to play Garfield.

 WARRAGUL (2) 74 DEFEATED MORWELL (2) 71

Division 4

TRAFALGAR (2)became thefirst teamfinishing top of the ladder to use their home ground advantagetodefeat Yarragonbythe narrow margin of three shots.

Frank Farrugiaand his rink of Alex Brodie,Peter Rosenboom and Graham Hill had a21-11 win over SamMazza.

Mal Clymo and his rink of TerryRobertson, BernieDeteringand Peter Watson defeated Jason Roberts 21-15.

Yarragon fought back with Jarrod Grigg and his rink of Richard Chetland, Ethan Storer and Bevan Romans defeating Bruce Giles 28-16, and Richard Polmear and his rink of Peter Handley, Gary Green and Harry Langresdefeating Anthony Mitchinson 21-20, leaving Trafalgar (2) narrow winners.

 TRAFALGAR 78 DEFEATED YARRAGON 75 FOR the secondweek in arow Traralgon (4) defeated Yallourn North.

Norbert Schroeter and his rink of Jim Barling, Jim Overdyk and Roger Davey defeated Ricky Hearn 28-19, Col Mayman and his rink of Frank Stake, Ross Smith and Gary Bassett defeated Rob Matthews 22-16.

For Yallourn North, Craig Speake and his rink of Dale Raven, Wendy Speake and Brendan Heriban defeated Stuart Hulse 24-19 and Darren Fry and his rink of Shane Dobson,JakeFry and Gary Ingley defeated David Karsky 19-16.

 TRARALGON (4) 85 DEFEATED YALLOURN NORTH 78

DIVISION 5

MORWELLClub(2) 72 defeated Garfield(2) 52 at Newborough, with Gail Rejmer and her team of MickReynolds, Duncan Handleyand SueKarleusa defeated Damien Brick 28-11. Andrew Shepley and his rink of Barbara Lewis, Jo Leslie andBeryl Noblettdefeated Gwen Fabris 24-17.

Whilst for Garfield (2), Gordon Moxey and his rink of Wes Goodman, Lois King and Helene Newton defeated Lisa Arnold 24-20.

NEERIM District (2) 93 defeated Trafalgar (3) 39 with Russell Meehan and his rink of Terry Griffin, Gerry Englestad and Greg Bond defeating Tony Dawson 26-9, Jim Schroeder and his rink of Des Petty, Richard Kerr and Julie Adams defeated Paul Gridley 25-21, and Mal Collins and his rink of Bronwyn Throup, Tony Thornton and George Rymer had a42-9 win over Bill Lithgow.

Division 6

YALLOURN North (2)40defeatedDrouin (4) 21 with Mark Bentalland hisrinkofAnthony Wasiukiewicz, Sherrie Stanton and John Wasiukiewicz defeating Irene Dawson 23-9 and Barry Lester and his rink of Glenn Swenson, Elizabeth Dobson and Warren McCombdefeating LloydSmith17-12.

NEERIM District(3) 50 defeated Boolarra (2) 27 withSteveHalligan and his rink of Peter Nolan, Thelma Schroeder andNeville Cousinsdefeating Peter Gair 22-17 and Cookie Halligan and her rinkofRoger Till, Gerard Winter and KayCousins defeated Pam Allen 28-10.

PRELIMINARYFINALSFIXTURE:

Division 1: Newborough vDrouinatNewborough

Division 2: Morwell Club vLongwarryatNewborough

Division 3: Garfield vWarragul(2) at Warragul

Division 4: Yarragon vTraralgon (4) at Newborough

Division 5: Garfield (2) vNeerim District (2) at Warragul

Division 6: Drouin (4) vNeerim District (3) at Warragul