Castlemaine Bowling Club were well represented on Sunday at the Champion of Champions event at Eaglehawk Bowling Club. Club Champions Greg Brain and Tricia O’Shea both played well on the good Eaglehawk greens.
Greg defeated John Pasternak the Woodbury Champion comfortably. Then played in the next round going down to Wade Roberts the Inglewood Champion.
Tricia had a very close game against Helen Clough representing Bendigo East. The match was even most of the time with Helen just coming away in the last few ends. Spectators all around both greens enjoyed watching top bowlers in lovely weather. Castlemaine club members were there to support both players.
In other bowls news the club’s Weekend Pennant sides had a tough round with only Division 5 victorious. Midweek Pennant faired better with two wins from two games.
Saturday Pennant results were as follows:
Premier Division 1 Castlemaine 69 lost to Golden Square 84. Scores were Peter Brain 11/21, Greg Brain 23/23 , Lachy Darroch 13/20, Rod Phillips 22/20.
Division 4 Castlemaine 47 lost at Marong 98. Mal Stevens 14/25, Maureen Fletcher 14/18, Steve McCoombe 8/31, Rosalie Roberts 11/24.
Division 5 Castlemaine 117 defeated Marong winning all four teams. Peter McKnight 28/15, David Carlin 37/6, Pam Fraser 29/20 Tricia O’Shea 28/9.
Monday Midweek results were:
Division 2 Castlemaine 60 defeated Harcourt 46. Maureen Fletcher 18/19, Pam Hunter 19/15, Steve McCoombe 23/12.
Division 3 Castlemaine 59 defeated Marong 45. Bruce Miller 14/18, Charles Madgin 23/12, Kathy Parsons 22/15.
Division 2 are now on top of the ladder and Division 3 in third position.
Pennant teams
Pennant teams for this Saturday, February 4 are as follows:
Division One Castlemaine play Marong away. Chris Brain, C Madgin, Kevin Shuttleworth, Peter Brain (skip). J Taylor, R Roberts, Neil Bouch, Greg Brain (s). B. McConnell, Klai Jermyn, Dallas Klemke, Rod Phillips (s). T Walsh, Kevin Earl, Paul Darroch, Lachy Darroch (s).
Division 4 Castlemaine play White Hills at home. Don Ross, Alan Nichols, Chris Crossley, Mal Stevens (s). Russell Chapman, H Fleury, V Passalaqua, Maureen Fletcher (s). L Carlin, Alicia Beauchamp, Pam Hunter, Steve McCoombe (s). Alene Jolme, Rod Fletcher, Graham Fraser, B Miller (s).
Division 5 Castlemaine play Kangaroo Flat away. Sandra Grant, Sandra Phillips, J Smith, P McKnight (s). D Barnett, G McClure, B Chester, David Carlin (s). R Fleury, P Rotteveel, P Fraser, W Walsh (s). R Lynas, D Steet, L McClure, T O’Shea (s).
Midweek pennant teams for Monday February 6 were as follows:
Division 2 Castlemaine play Heathcote at Castlemaine. Jack Taylor, Rod Fletcher, Chris Crossley, Maureen Fletcher (s). Alene Jolme, Alicia Beauchamp, Rosalie Roberts, Pam Hunter (s). Pat Devereaux, Graham Fraser, Tricia O’Shea, Steve McCoombe (s).
Division 3 Castlemaine play at Strathfieldsaye. Sandra Grant, Don Steet, Pam Fraser, Bruce Miller (s). Angie Hill. Regina Saville, Charles Madgin, Nina Hufer (s). Lyndal McClure, Peter Rotteveel, Alan Nicholls, Kathy Parsons (s).
Coming up
Wednesday the Castlemaine Bowling Club’s Pink Charity Day was scheduled to be held. See next week’s Mail for results.
Thursday ‘Girls on the Green’ also recommenced and will run run for six weeks. The final game March 9. All ladies welcome, teams or individual names to Maureen 0417 321 048.
Sunday February 12 Jack Taylor will be representing Bendigo District players at Mulgrave Country Club in the Novice Championship. Good luck Jack!