	{"id":102475,"date":"2026-02-06T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=102475"},"modified":"2026-02-05T00:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:49:38","slug":"chance-to-play-finals-at-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Chance to play finals at stake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A CHANCE to qualify for finals is at stake when Heathcote takes on Bendigo East in next Monday&#8217;s division three match in Bendigo Campaspe Goldfields&#8217; midweek pennant bowls.<\/p>\n<p>The Saints will be on home greens to play the Magpies from 10am in the 14th and final round of the home-and-away series.<\/p>\n<p>Heathcote must win and needs White Hills to beat Castlemaine to qualify for finals.<\/p>\n<p>The Saints scored a four-shot win at Bendigo East in round 7.<\/p>\n<p>Heathcote rolled to a 79-51 win against Harcourt last Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Morcom 24 d K. Tribe 13, Dot Cutajar 38 d L. Harding 17, Greg Speirs 17 lt C. Foster 21.<\/p>\n<p>Excessive heat leading up to and on Saturday meant all round 13 matches in the weekend pennant were called off.<\/p>\n<p>Heathcote takes on second-placed South Bendigo in this Saturday&#8217;s play on the Diggers&#8217; greens in Quarry Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams will be fighting to gain the double chance in finals.<\/p>\n<p>A slim chance of Heathcote reaching the division six finals is now gone.<\/p>\n<p>The Saints are at home this Saturday against Kangaroo Flat.<\/p>\n<p>The Australia Day fundraiser was an outstanding success.<\/p>\n<p>Although the day&#8217;s bowls was cancelled because of the heat, a tally of more than $4200 was raised for the Heathcote Community House Food Relief Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Heathcote Bowling Club thanks the raffle prize donors, ticket sellers and buyers, and all who assisted to make the day a resounding success.<\/p>\n<p>A field of 13 played three games of pairs and triples in hot and humid conditions on 28 January.<\/p>\n<p>The winners were Daniel Fitton (s) and Joe McCarthy on three wins, 44 points, +15 shots.<\/p>\n<p>Runners-up were Richard Edwards (s) and Karen Royal on two wins, 34 points and +18 shots.<\/p>\n<p>The jackpot was not won.<\/p>\n<p>Social bowls on 21 January was played in warm conditions.<\/p>\n<p>A field of 22 contested three games of pairs and triples.<\/p>\n<p>The winners were Chris Morcom (s) and Ilona Hutterer on three wins, 41 points, +9 shots.<\/p>\n<p>Runners-up were Eileen O&#8217;Brien (s), Greg Speirs and Cheryl Flower on two wins, 36 points, +20 shots.<\/p>\n<p>The jackpot was not won.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CHANCE to qualify for finals is at stake when Heathcote takes on Bendigo East in next Monday&#8217;s division three match in Bendigo Campaspe Goldfields&#8217; midweek pennant bowls. The Saints will be on home greens to play the Magpies from 10am in the 14th and final round of the home-and-away series. Heathcote must win and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":102477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-102475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chance to play finals at stake - McIvor Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Heathcote battles Bendigo East in division three midweek pennant bowls, aiming for finals qualification while supporting local community causes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chance to play finals at stake - McIvor Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heathcote battles Bendigo East in division three midweek pennant bowls, aiming for finals qualification while supporting local community causes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"McIvor Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-05T17:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/North-24-Images-8.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ellie Claringbold\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ellie Claringbold\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/sport\\\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/sport\\\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ellie Claringbold\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/32abddd83bad3e2425166905b3e3aaff\"},\"headline\":\"Chance to play finals at stake\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-05T17:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/sport\\\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":341,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/sport\\\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/25\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/North-24-Images-8.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/sport\\\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/sport\\\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\\\/\",\"name\":\"Chance to play finals at stake - McIvor Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/sport\\\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/sport\\\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/25\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/North-24-Images-8.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-05T17:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Heathcote battles Bendigo East in division three midweek pennant bowls, aiming for finals qualification while supporting local community causes.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/sport\\\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/sport\\\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/sport\\\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/25\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/North-24-Images-8.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/25\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/North-24-Images-8.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"High five: Lorraine and Greg Speirs celebrate another winning end in Bendigo Campaspe Goldfields' midweek pennant. Photo: DANIEL SONCIN\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/sport\\\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chance to play finals at stake\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"McIvor Times\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"McIvor Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/25\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/HMT-logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/25\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/HMT-logo-1.png\",\"width\":334,\"height\":39,\"caption\":\"McIvor Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/32abddd83bad3e2425166905b3e3aaff\",\"name\":\"Ellie Claringbold\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mcivortimes\\\/author\\\/ellie\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chance to play finals at stake - McIvor Times","description":"Heathcote battles Bendigo East in division three midweek pennant bowls, aiming for finals qualification while supporting local community causes.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chance to play finals at stake - McIvor Times","og_description":"Heathcote battles Bendigo East in division three midweek pennant bowls, aiming for finals qualification while supporting local community causes.","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/","og_site_name":"McIvor Times","article_published_time":"2026-02-05T17:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/North-24-Images-8.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ellie Claringbold","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ellie Claringbold","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/"},"author":{"name":"Ellie Claringbold","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/#\/schema\/person\/32abddd83bad3e2425166905b3e3aaff"},"headline":"Chance to play finals at stake","datePublished":"2026-02-05T17:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/"},"wordCount":341,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/North-24-Images-8.jpg","articleSection":["Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/","name":"Chance to play finals at stake - McIvor Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/North-24-Images-8.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-05T17:00:00+00:00","description":"Heathcote battles Bendigo East in division three midweek pennant bowls, aiming for finals qualification while supporting local community causes.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/North-24-Images-8.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/North-24-Images-8.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"High five: Lorraine and Greg Speirs celebrate another winning end in Bendigo Campaspe Goldfields' midweek pennant. Photo: DANIEL SONCIN"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/chance-to-play-finals-at-stake\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chance to play finals at stake"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/","name":"McIvor Times","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/#organization","name":"McIvor Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/11\/HMT-logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/11\/HMT-logo-1.png","width":334,"height":39,"caption":"McIvor Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/#\/schema\/person\/32abddd83bad3e2425166905b3e3aaff","name":"Ellie Claringbold","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/author\/ellie\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102475"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=102475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}