Weekly Round Up 7, 19/3/2016

Grand Final 2016 Photograph:Michael Fedyk

Weekly Round Up 7, 19/3/2016

Grand finals

Both our Division 3 and 4 teams travelled out to Belmont to play in their respective Grand Finals on Saturday.

A great achievement to make the Grand Finals but unfortunately both of our sides went down on the day.

Div 4 were well and truly beaten by Geelong. And our Div 3 went down in controversial circumstances against Torquay...

The club is proud of your efforts today and throughout the year.

A big thank you to all players and our great supporters who turned out in force today.
The positive take aways from today is both sides have gone up a division...the 3's are in Div 2 next season, and the 4's in Div 3.

That shapes us to have a Premier League side, two division 2 sides and a div 3 side next year...with div 6, 9 and 10 to develop.

We are a strong independent club with a great deal to look forward to in the next pennant season and beyond.

Go Lara!

Division 3
In a tight and somewhat controversial finish, Division 3 lost to Torquay 94-99.

Ian Polwarth Jnr skipped his rink (Robert Polwarth, Nehill Allwood and Les Hutchinson) to a strong win, 28-15.

Ken Bell's rink (Peter Hayes, Nick Gallagher and Eugene Marshall) also registered a win, 30-29.

Robert Grosset's rink (Trevor Rufus, Sheri Tump and Tracey Telenius) went down 13-30.

Greg Woodhouse's rink (Tony Ansett, Ken Howe and John Sanders) went down by 2 shots, 23-25.

Thanks goes out to Coach Michael Kelly and Manager Dennis Clarke for giving up their time and providing their support.

Division 4
Playing on a slow grass green, the Div 4's struggled to put any scoreboard pressure onto the oppostion. Going down by 28 shots 70-98.

Jack Ray's rink (Terry Waters, Tom Seddon and Lorraine Sanderson) went down 13-32.

Gavin Lane's rink (Terry Fish, Joe McCaffrey and Graham Zanoni) the only rink winners posted a 28-20 win.

Drew Hamence's rink (Michael Gale, Les Anderson and Michael Fedyk) went down 12-27.

Ian Polwarth Snr's rink (Peter Staggard, Jenni Draper and Sam Tennent) went down 17-19.

Thanks goes out to Coach Keith Sanderson and Manager Max Draper for their input and support on the day.

Other news

End of season event
Keep April 2 free in your diaries. The club will be running a social bowls day, barbecue, club presentation awards and the Rock n Roses duo will be performing classic hits throught the evening. Place your names on the sheet at the club to register your interest, and see Chris Havers for tickets to the Rock and Roses evening gig.

AGM
The Lara Bowling Club AGM is being held on Wednesday April 27 at 7:00 PM. Nominations for all committee and
selector positions are required to be submitted by 5:00 PM on April 24; no late nominations will be accepted.

Well that's it for the 2015-2016 pennant season. All in all a solid lot of results for the club and a big thank you to all members, supporters, volunteers, committee members and everyone else who put's in their time to make this club great, Thank You!

The weekly round ups will return once we start preparing for the 2016-2017 season. It's been a pleasure to write them and thank you to all of you have given me positive and constructive feedback on it.

Don't forget that Leggsy's Thursday social bowls runs throughout the year, and we'll post when the social Saturday assembled events begin. Enjoy the break people, and safe travels to those who are on the road.

Go Lara!