AT Broadford bowling clubs first Saturday pennant game for the year, visitors Kyneton Golf were treated to some country hospitality at its picturesque bowling green near Sunday Creek.
In division one a refreshing cool breeze arrived around 2pm for a friendly round thirteen.
Rink one was skipped by Broadford’s David Ellis with Wayne Turner at his side.
Lead bowler’s, Darryn Lee matched off against Ricky Turner, while Mark Jones and Joy Godbolt were seconds. Luke Gleeson and Richard Buckley were thirds and in a nail biter, across 21 ends, the home-side were victorious by three points, 22 to 19.
Skips for rink two, Daryl Kelly and Barry Godbolt were hard at it and enjoyed a friendly match which ended with points in favour of Broadford, 27 to 13.
Lead, Luke Sherman is the club’s second best on the players ladder equal to player selector Kelly on 110.98 per cent shot percentage, at positions 34 and 33 respectively.
Kelly said Sherman has been playing for a short time; two years and he also spoke highly of his junior recruit Layla Brown.
Ms Brown told the Review she got involved in Friday night barefoot bowls and enjoyed it so much she decided to play competitively.
Broadford Skip for rink three Robert Chapman hoped to win the day. However, Anthony Barker led the way with his team consisting of Josie Turner as lead, Stephen Taylor as second, and Adrian Plowman as third. Taylor is the 29th player on the ladder with a 117.11 shot per centage and his experience helped the visitors win, 21 to 16.
Kilmore played away against Diggers Rest, and they were victorious on rink one with former Carlton footballer Lance Whitnall skipping its team.
David Langeweg played lead against Kamlesh Tathed, seconds Stephen McNamara and Raymond Campbell and thirds Josh Whiffen against Shame Crimmins played a nailbiter with victory Kilmore’s way, 22 to 21.
Rink two also had a thriller as Kilmore’s skip Daniel Noonan was up against Phil Robinson. Noonan is listed on the players ladder as another of Kilmore’s best at number 14 with a 128.16 per cent average, after Whitnall who is at number eight with 117.92. While it wasn’t Kilmore’s win, the game was exceptionally close, 17 to 16.
On rink three Diggers Rest sent Kilmore away with a sore defeat, 28 to 16.
Around the region, Trentham were cleanly defeated by Woodend 16 to 0, and Kyneton defeated Lancefield 16 to 0. Gisborne defeated Romsey in two rinks, with rink two a draw.
Going into round 14, Gisborne are fourth on the ladder and Kilmore is third while Romsey is second and Kyneton are first.
Division two commences this weekend with a home game for Broadford against Kilmore commencing at 1pm. Broadford are hoping to lift from the bottom position on the ladder while Kilmore is currently in sixth. In division three, Gisborne are the team to beat, which kicked off on the weekend, Kilmore had a bye. On its ladder, Romsey are the team to beat, and Kilmore is in seventh place; there are nine teams in the competition.