Cranbourne bounce back with a vengeance

Practice makes perfect. Jay Tootell warms up before his great performance.

CRANBOURNE BOWLS

The top side was switched on and ready to play on Saturday and defeated Monbulk by a massive 56 shots after a disappointing one-shot loss last week at home.

The mid-week top side also continued its winning streak with another great win this time against Keysborough winning by 17 shots.

With finals fast approaching all teams are looking for wins in the final rounds to secure their positions on the ladder.

• Side 1 – Division 2 Sec 5

After last week’s one-shot loss disappointment head coach Lyn Quigg invited team mate Peter Elgar to address the players before the game.

The address started off with something about the number ‘4’. The motivation was so inspiring that no one could keep up with Peter’s high intellect so the players just went on anyway and won the game by a massive 56 shots which was incredible.

Peter now has a regular gig!

All four rinks won which gave Cranbourne maximum points.

Skip Jammie Corney and his crew of Joe Byrne, John Stanley and Matt Stevens were in great form again and won by 20 shots while skips Lyn Quigg won by 14 shots, Doug Boggie by seven shots and Jay Tootell won by 15 shots.

It was a long drive home for the Monbulk players.

Cranbourne 110 (18 points) defeated Monbulk 54 (0 points)

• Side 2 – Division 2 Sec 6

No joy again for Cranbourne with a 37-shot loss to Keysborough.

The only winning rink was skip Harry Van Soest and his team of A J Nair, David McMaster, and Fritz Helle who won by a single shot.

Cranbourne 68 (2 points) lost to Keysborough 105 (16 points)

• Side 3 – Division 3 Sec 6

Cranbourne enjoyed a 34-shot win against Cranbourne RSL.

An incredible result considering at the break only one shot separated the teams.

Perhaps the local side enjoyed a good cup of tea at the break.

Skip Tony Collins and his team of Brian Caddell, Gwen Scott and Bob Scott won by 21 shots. This team continues to play some excellent bowls.

Cranbourne 96 (16 points) defeated Cranbourne RSL 62 (2 points)

• Side 4 – Division 6B Sec 6 (12 a side)

A huge win for Cranbourne by 38 shots against Noble Park.

Skip Allen Skurrie, Sandra Mueller, Kath Dudink and Gerry Dudink won by 19 shots, while skip Rob Sorensen won by 11 shots and skip Sofio Raiti won by eight shots.

Cranbourne 83 (16 points) defeated Noble Park 45 (0 point)

• Side 5 – Division 7 Sec 7 (12 a side)

A close win for Cranbourne by seven shots.

Skip Mick Feeley and his rink of Norm Coley, John Forsyth, and Cheryl Wright won by 11 shots.

Cranbourne 63 (13 points) defeated Burden Park 56 (3 points)

Mid-Week Results

• Side 1 – Division 2 Sec 6

Another outstanding win for Cranbourne this time against Keysborough.

Cranbourne won by 17 shots and picked up a valuable 14 points which keeps finals hopes alive. Skip Steve Hickson and his team of Lynne Wood, Barry Graham, and Gary Farrington won by 17 shots.

Cranbourne 68 (14 points) defeated Keysborough 51 (2 points)

• Side 2 – Division 3 Sec 6

Despite skip Bill Sherriff playing the game of his life and winning by nine shots he could not narrow the gap of the other two rinks and they went down by 18 shots.

Skip Bill Sherriff was supported by team mates Garry Hunt, Gwen Scott and George Ljepojevic.

Cranbourne 45 (2 points) lost to Berwick 63 (14 points)

• Side 3 – Division 3 Sec 7

A narrow loss by only four shots at Chelsea was still a pretty good result for this in-form side and the result should not bother them too much.

Skip Yvonne Van Der Wees and her team of Joe Byrne, Tom De Pradines and Nick Arnold won by six shots.

Cranbourne 56 (2 points) lost to Chelsea 60 (14 points)

• Side 4 – Division 4 Sec 6

A 20-shot win by skip Trevor Elsey and his team of Frank Male, Roger Roscoe, and Ron Fenton was not enough and the side went down by six shots.

Cranbourne 55 (2 points) lost to Churchill Wav golf 61 (14 points)

-Garry Hunt-