Sport
19 March, 2024
Wedderburn bowlers have a super season
A DOMINANT finals series by Wedderburn has been capped off with the North Central playing area Division 1 flag. Wedderburn defeated St Arnaud by 37 shots, the largest margin between the teams all season. Home green wins to the combatants had meant...
A DOMINANT finals series by Wedderburn has been capped off with the North Central playing area Division 1 flag.
Wedderburn defeated St Arnaud by 37 shots, the largest margin between the teams all season.
Home green wins to the combatants had meant little in the final series with Wedderburn increasingly superior on the march to the premiership. The two had finished on equal points at the end of the home and away season, St Arnaud sneaking into top spot by less than five per cent.
Wedderburn lost just one rink in the grand final and that was by a single shot. Alan Jackson’s quartet was the biggest winner and capped off a great week for the club after earlier winning the mid-week pennant title.
Wedderburn’s shots in the final denied St Arnaud many opportunities to get back into the play.
Bruce Hargreaves was promoted to Division 1 for the grand final.
Club coach and rink skipper Laurie Witham said Wedderburn had had a terrific season with all three pennant sides playing off in grand finals.
He paid credit to fellow skippers and the depth of players in each rink for the successes.
A trio of flags was denied Wedderburn when the strong Wycheproof outfit deafeated the Redbacks in Division 2.
Division 1 – Wedderburn d St Arnaud 87-50. B Hargreaves W Roberts, C Mills, N Holt (s) lost to T Marland, M Wood, T McSwain, A Dyke (d) 24-25. R Guelfo, A Holt, A Caserta, A Jackson (s) d D Shepherd, G Simpson, C Marchment, P McRae (s) 34-10, A Roberts, D Stephenson, R Montebello, L Witham (s) d T Amos, G McNally, G Hancock, S Zsidmond (s) 29-15.
Division 2 – Wycheproof d Wedderburn 91-50. V Grant, J Grylls, M Nicholls, J McKay (s) d S Lear, S Steel, A Nordennen, I Hall (s) 26-23. S Barratt, D Denney, P Coles, B Macdonald (s) d N White, J Matthews, H Hall, G Burnside (s) 31-14. D Nicholls, J McLean, R Coles, R Grylls (s) d J Grant, A Benaim, L Holt, L Standfield (s) 34-13.