Mixed results for Bungaree

BUNGAREE’S Division 2 and 5 sides played host last weekend Ballarat District Bowls Division Saturday Pennant action, with mixed success.

Invermay’s twos got the upper hand, but the Division 5 side had a win over Creswick, helped by a strong performance by the rink of Graeme Diamond-Keith.

“Both our Division 2 and 5 sides are adjusting to a higher standard of competition this season having won premierships last year,” said Bungaree president Jayson Frawley.

“All things considered the teams are performing creditably and putting in competitive performances each week and I am sure it will not be long that we can be playing finals again.”

On a day of close scores in Division 2, the rink of Jayson Frawley, Michael Phyland, Garry Checkley and John Maher gave Bungaree its only success, overcoming the always vocal Paul Currie, while Invermay’s other rinks of Peter Shillington, Jarryd Evans and Geoffrey Fraser managed to gain the required shots up to secure the victory for the visitors.

Invermay’s win lifted the side into third position on the ladder, overtaking BMS who moved down to fourth after losing to Sebastopol.

Bungaree’s Division 5 side had a 15-shot win over Creswick and sit seventh on the ladder with a three and nine record. The rinks of Graeme Diamond-Keith and John Moran got the job done for the home side while Crewick’s Bernie O’Malley and Phillip Zelley rinks also recorded wins.

In Division 8, Bungaree’s newest side mastered the heavier greens at Ballarat East after Friday’s rain and recorded their seventh win, earning second position on the ladder with the likelihood of playing finals in March.

Bungaree has come a long way since starting up in 2014, when players used the greens at Ballarat before moving onto their new synthetic surface at home a couple of years later.

In that time the club’s teams have progressed through the BDBD divisions having won premierships and earning promotions.

Over that time club coach John Maher, together with Jayson Frawley and John Wade, have helped players to master the game and contribute to Bungaree’s ongoing success.

The club is preparing for its upcoming annual Stan Forbes Memorial Fours on Sunday, 21 February and those wishing to enter can contact Jayson Frawley on 0427 393 063.