Neerim District doubles up

Round four of Strzelecki Bowls Region North Playing Area Weekend Pennant was played in freezing wind, hail, rain and sunshine - a great day all round.
Fortunately the bowls results were better than the weather.
Division two: Neerim District defeated Traralgon (2) 105/65
Division two played host to Traralgon and whilst the weather was cold, the home team were not, winning three rinks to one and 105 shots to 65 shots.
Best for Neerim were Ray Watts, Chris Hogan Angus McGillivray and Shane Hogan (skip) with an emphatic 19-shot win in blustery conditions, 30/11.
Division two are now placed sixth on the ladder.
Division five: Neerim District (2) defeated Longwarry (3) 55/44
Division five travelled to play under the dome at Longwarry where Neerim had a great win against the home team by 11 shots, two rinks to one.
Best for the visitors were: Russell Meehan, Gerry Engelstad, Roger Till and Ross Pollard (skip) who had a 16-shot victory over their opponents, 25/9.
Division five are now placed third on the ladder.
Round four of midweek is being played today with both divisions two and four hosting Drouin at Neerim .
Unfortunately rain washed out round four of SNB3 (Sip N Bowls) on Wednesday.
A new fast-paced event, the Toolshed Twilight Cup, commences tonight and will be played over 10 weeks.