Sport
18 March, 2024
Serpentine's decade average record intact
SERPENTINE kept up its average of winning a bowls premiership every decade by taking out the Bendigo playing area grand final at Golden Square. The club, formed in 1958, has a perfect record in season deciders of 6-0. As players arrived to meet...
SERPENTINE kept up its average of winning a bowls premiership every decade by taking out the Bendigo playing area grand final at Golden Square.
The club, formed in 1958, has a perfect record in season deciders of 6-0.
As players arrived to meet Heathcote at the weekend, Ken Canfield said the grand final appearance was a good omen for the Division 3 club.
“We were talking during the week, five grand finals for five flags ... let’s try and make it six,” he said.
And Serpentine did, winning two of the four rinks each by nine shots and finishing six shots up on Heathcote who had held the wood over the premiers in the final series.
In Division 4, the strong finish to the season by Dingee came to a halt with the highly-fancied Woodbury taking honours.
Neil Lister’s rink was the best performed for Dingee, going down by just four shots.
The Inglewood Division 6 team turned in a magnificent performance to win the flag over Castlemaine after a convincing semi-final win a fortnight earlier saw the Woodies first to book a grand final berth.
In the latest clash between the division’s leading sides, it was a close contest all the way until, on the fourth last end, Arthur Harrison’s rink picked up an eight to seal the contest.
There were many fine performances during the day from first year players through to the most experienced ones.
This team have worked together well throughout the season and this win is a tribute to their commitment and friendship as many people left the club after last season and this group of people showed what true club spirit entails and the club is very proud of them, said club secretary Lindsay Kelly.
RESULTS
Division 3 – Heathcote 69-4 lost to Serpentine 75-14. G Wilkie, F Dimauro, G Saunders, W Gardiner (s) d K Canfield, G Addlem, B Long, B Gladman (s) 25-13. P Cunningham, B Taylor, B Kelly, A Luxford (s) lost to F Maher, L Cadzow, R Gladman, A Bish 11-20. R Bond, E O’Brien, G Spiers, C Morcom (s) lost to J Collinson, B Tuohey, D Walker, D Anset (s) 13-24. R Edwards, H Hanson, L McGillivray, M Lee (s) d W Gladman, L Baber, R Hasty, N Tonkin (s) 22-18.
Division 4 – Woodbury 103-18 d Dingee 49-0. J Ryan, R Schulz, P Gould, M McMahon (s) d T Kavanagh, M Grieves, Lyn Demeo, N Lister (s) 21-17. R Craig, K West, S Smith, A Brodie (s) d K Pollock, G Devanny, B Lawry, F Grieves (s) 37-6. N Upton, P O’Connor, G Pritchard, L Handley (s) d A Hay, J Monaghan, R Thompson, K Murphy (s) 19-14. B Cozens, D Power, W McCumber, J Murphy (s) d L Hocking, G Clarke, B West, Leo Demeo (s) 26-12.
Division 6 – Inglewood d Castlemaine 68-54. S Laird, K Stewart, P Lyndon, V Tierney (s) d R West, J Hunter, R Chapman, P McKnight (s) 15-13. W Concol, P Kelly, C McEwan, A Harrison (s) d R Ross, D Cameron, I Devereaux, D Carlin (s) 29-24. B Smyth, W Wilson, B Taig, H Leech (s) d I Fisher, G McClure, D Street, V Podestra (s) 24-17.