Next season a focus for Creswick bowlers

CRESWICK Bowling Club members are look forward to returning to playing on their home green, hopefully in time for the start of 2023-24 bowls season.

“The floods of January last year devastated the club and damaging the sub-base of the bowling green so badly we have been unable to get back on the green since,” said club secretary Bernie O’Malley.

“The local council, Hepburn Shire, have been investigating and researching the options to reinstate the green and the council’s engineering department are in the final stages of finalising the tender for the reconstruction works to commence.

“We are so thankful that Webbcona Bowling Club have been of great assistance to us and have made their middle green available for the club to practice and play our pennant matches at their club at this time.

“It will be great to get back to Creswick soon and be playing on our own green and be using the club’s facilities once again.

“This will improve the comradery amongst the players which hopefully restore the club’s fortunes.”

With the final three rounds to be played for the season’s home and away matches, Creswick’s top side is playing in the Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region Saturday Pennant first division.

The team had a close four-shot win over fourth placed BMS and that sees Creswick placed seventh on the ladder and looking forward to greater success next season back on home soil.

Creswick’s Division 3 side hosted Bungaree on the Webbcona green at the side’s home away from home side with the latter taking the win.

Bungaree’s Tony Trigg skipped side made a 15-shot gain and that combined with Andrew Mahar’s rink scoring a 13-shot win saw Bungaree take out an overall 17-shot victory.

With two wins for the season Creswick’s Division 3 side is placed ninth on the ladder.

Creswick’s Division 9 side took a strong win over Ballarat and are placed in fifth with a win-loss ratio of six-six.

However they face a challenge to compete for finals having to play ladder leaders Daylesford and Clunes in the final home and away rounds of the season

Creswick’s Club presentation night will be held on Saturday, 25 February at the Club’s clubrooms in Creswick.

Meanwhile Webbcona’s Division 1 side can challenge to play finals after a win at Linton on Saturday that’s placed them fifth on the ladder.

Their home match this Saturday against fourth placed BMS, and a final home match in round 18 against current third placed Sebastopol, will determine the team’s fortunes for an opportunity to play finals this season.

Last round Webbcona’s Division 2 and 5 sides played host to teams from Ballarat North and Buninyong where the visitors both secured wins.

Ballarat North’s Division 2 is currently third on the ladder had a successful afternoon’s play with all rinks up on the Webbcona green, leaving the home side in seventh place on the table.

In division 5 action Buninyong, with two rinks up were able to take out the win thanks to Sandra Chapman’s side’s 17-shot and Noel Talbot’s 14-shot victories.

Although they were challenged by Webbcona’s rinks skipped by Daryl Muller and Jackie Collins, which each managed an eight-shot wins from the afternoon’s play.

Finally, Webbcona Bowling Club will hold their Ladies Fours Tournament on Tuesday, 21 March at 10am will play to start at 10.30am.

Entry is $80 per team or $20 per single with submissions to Jenny Shepherd on 0400 617 231.