Tara Murray
Club Sunbury’s good form continued on Saturday as it made it four in row in the Bowls Victoria weekend pennant, division 1, section 1 competition.
Sunbury has been building in recent weeks and put it all together against bottom side Aberfeldie CBC at Club Sunbury.
Having started the game early to avoid being called off due to the heat, Sunbury came away with a 105 (18)-44 (0) win.
Mark Cowan’s rink won 24-8, Lauchlin Davies rink won 31-10, Marc Bullows’ rink claimed the points, 23-14 and Harvey McAlister’s rink won 26-24.
Sunbury’s David Glennon said it was a really good result for the side.
“It was a lovely win,” he said. “It was good to get the win even if it was against the bottom side.
“To win 18-0 was fanatic with every rink winning by double figures.”
Glennon said it was a real team performance with a number of contributors in every rink.
Cowan and McAlister were both standouts in their rinks.
He said Bullows also had a strong game. This week Carla Krizanic moved into his rink and the pair who had played a lot together worked well together in good signs for the future.
Sunbury’s win is even more important with other results going their way.
Top side Glenroy suffered a shock loss, while third placed Brunswick suffered an 18-0 loss.
There’s now just 11 points between Glenroy, which remains top, and Sunbury which is in fourth spot.
Kingsbury is six points behind Sunbury with the two teams to face each other this week. Sunbury then faces Brunswick and Glenroy in a tough three week period.
“If we can beat Kingsbury away we can consolidate a spot in the top four,” Glennon said.
“They’re three massive weeks and we’ll see where we are at after those games.”
In a plus for Sunbury, it still has to welcome back Sophie Kurzman back into the side. She is currently away with the Australian Jackaroos, making her senior Australian debut.
She was part of the women’s fours side that narrowly missed out on the title in the 2024 Oceania Challenge.
Kurzman and Samantha Atkinson have also made it through to the semi finals of the pairs, which was set to be played after deadline.
Meanwhile, in the Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region’s Highlands weekend pennant division 1 competition, Kyneton Golf moved into the top two.
Golf was too strong for Diggers Rest, winning 62 (15)-44 (1).
Peter Linehan and Anthony Barker were the winning skips for Gold, with Troy Williams sharing the points with Rod Treweek.
Kyneton cemented its spot on top with a big win against Trentham, 78 (16)-44 (0).
After eight rounds, Kyneton sits 24 points ahead of Golf.
There is only 11 points behind the next four sides.
In other matches, Kilmore beat Broadford, 80 (14)-48 (2), while Gisborne beat Lancefield, 74 (16)-54 (0).
