THE Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region (BHBR) mid-week bowls competition has already seen division one’s best teams break away in idyllic playing conditions last Tuesday.
Winning its first game of the season, Kilmore hosted Diggers Rest, 51 – 47.
While, rink one was barely defeated, 16 – 17; rinks two and three had good results, 20-18, and 15 -12 respectively.
Douglas Haynes is standing out for Kilmore on the ladder with a 125 per cent shot rating on his first game.
Romsey played away against Kyneton Golf and won convincingly, 71-45, while, Kyneton defeated Gisborne, 61-46 at Kyneton to finish round two on top of the ladder.
Next week, Kilmore host Kyneton Golf who are fifth on the ladder and Kilmore is third.
In division two, Kilmore hosted the Macedon Ranges, and its club witnessed another close competition, 59 – 52.
In rink one, Kilmore got it done, 22-13 while Macedon played a deadly game on rink two; 30 -13, and rink three, was as close as it gets, 17-16, Kilmore’s way.
Phillip Wood is leading for Kilmore on the player’s ladder with a 148.15 per cent shot rating for the season.
Broadford (1) hosted Kyneton (2) and were sorely defeated in each rink.
Rink one, 34 – 8, rink 2, 20 – 15 and rink three, 28 -7.
The results, 82-30; sees Broadford slip to fifth position on the ladder and their opposition lift into third place.
Rodney Campbell is leading for Broadford on the competitions player ladder, after just one game, Campbell has a 183.33 percentage shot rating.
Trentham (1) played Gisborne (2) and won their away game by five points, 62-57 and also earnt the leading ladder position for the round.
Broadford play away against the top team in round 3 today.
