Successful week for Longwarry

The Longwarry Bowls Club continued on their successful start to the season, winning another four of the five pennant matches from midweek and weekend bowls.

Division one: Longwarry defeated Traralgon RSL 98/52

Division one hosted Traralgon RSL and continued their great early form, winning all four rinks and recording a comprehensive 46-shot win overall.

Jodie Ashby, Peter Lieshout, Richard Ross and David Ashby (skip) defeated David Hodson's team 24/9.

Nat Cousin, Simon Counsel, John McCarthy and Ken Towt (skip) defeated Alan Kanavan's team 23/14.

Blake Bartrop, Dale Weller, Ken White and Glenn Pask (skip) defeated Ross Sizeland's team 26/13.

Hank Metselaar, Craig Cousin, Russell White and Trevor Kitchin (skip) defeated Beau Williamson's team 25/16.

Division three: Longwarry (2) defeated by Warragul (2) 73/81
Division three travelled to Warragul and in a tight contest all day with several lead changes, the home side finished too strong, getting up by eight shots. The shining light for Longwarry was Marg Ratcliffe's rink, winning by 16 shots.
Pauline Dixon, David Angee, Jesse LaFrantz and Margaret Ratcliffe (skip) defeated Pat Hammond's team 28/12.
Peter Beechey, Rob Park, Ian Peterson, and Grant Pask (skip) lost to David Gatewood's team 11/15.
Rob Quinn, Jan Aubrey, Rudolf Kerkvliet, Graeme Aubrey (skip) lost to Greg Mitchell's team 15/28.
Keith Cooke, Mick Taylor, Bill Cook and John Majkut (skip) lost to Linda McCoy's team 19/26.
Division five: Longwarry (3) defeated Morwell (4) 72/43
Division five hosted Morwell and recorded their first win of the season, winning two of the three rinks with a great 29-shot win. Ronnie TeGiffel's rink had a day out, winning by 31 shots. Helen Short, Darrell Beaumont, Chris Butler and Ronnie TeGiffel (skip) defeated Max Duncan's team 38/7.
Elio Megetto, Barry Short, Colleen Butterworth and Sharon Twite (skip) defeated Phil Butler's team 16/14.
Carol Gibbon, Heather Cumpstey, Darren Van Den Berghe and Graham Woolstencroft (skip) lost to Russell Williams' team 18/22.
Midweek
Both the divisions two and four midweek pennant teams headed off to Drouin with division two winning all rinks, recording a 32-shot win.
Division four had a tough battle and were down by as much as 20 shots at one stage, but the team worked hard to turn things around, making a great comeback to get over the line by five shots.
Division two: Longwarry defeated Drouin (2) 39/71
Jan Aubrey, Ronnie TeGiffel, Nat Cousin and Trevor Kitchin (skip) defeated Andre De Waele's team 21/8.
Peter Beechey, Craig Cousin, Ken Towt and Jodie Ashby (skip) defeated Andrew Blaby's team 28/14.
Graeme Aubrey, Richard Ross, Ken White and Margaret Ratcliffe (skip) defeated Terry McFadzean's team 22/17.
Division four: Longwarry (2) defeated Drouin (4) 60/55
Ross Twite, Sean Garritty, Col Finger and Rudolf Kerkvliet (skip) defeated Geoff Pattison's team 19/15.
Chris Footit, Carol Gibbon, Darrell Beaumont and Graham Woolstencroft (skip) defeated Irene Dawson's team 23/20.
Keith Cooke, Barry Short, Rob Quinn and Sharon Twite (skip) lost to Bill Martin's team 18/20.
The 'Flying Crow' rink of the week
Helen Short, Darrell Beaumont, Chris Butler and Ronald 'Truffle' TeGiffel (skip) winning by 31 shots (weekend division five).