By Tara Murray
Club Sunbury’s hot run of form has continued as it moves up to second on the Bowls Victoria weekend pennant division 1, section 1 ladder.
Sunbury made it six wins in a row as it claimed the points against Brunswick on Saturday and further cemented its spot in the top four.
After losing to Brunswick back in round one, Sunbury claimed the points on Saturday, 76 (14)-66 (4).
Sunbury David Glennon said it was an important win for the side.
“It was a massive game for us,” he said. “We were just above Brunswick on the ladder but now there is a bit of daylight and we’re up to second with Deer Park 2 losing.
“Ït was a good weekend of the club with the top five sides all winning and in the top four.”
Sunbury won two of the four rinks and fell just short in a third.
Marc Bullows’ rink continued its good form as it won its third week in a row, winning 25-16, while Mark Armstrong’s rink won 17-11.
Harvey McAlister’s rink lost 21-20, while Lauchlin Davies’ rink lost 18-14.
Glennon said Bullows and Armstrong both had strong matches, along with Emilee Davies, who was in Bullows’ rink.
The side also had Sophie Kurzman return from Australian commitments.
Armstrong’s short stint back for Sunbury has ended and he’s headed back to Queensland. Mark Cowan, who he is filling in for, will return this week.
Sunbury now sits second on the ladder, with six wins and two losses.
It is now only nine points behind Glenroy and with the same win-loss ratio.
It’ll be a big match this Saturday in the final round before Christmas for Sunbury.
Sunbury faces Glenroy in a top of the table clash.
Glenroy won the first time the two teams played 18-0 and is the only side Sunbury hasn’t beaten this season.
“We are less than half a game away,” Glennon said. “Hopefully things can go our way and move into top spot.
“We’ve got some momentum going. They nearly lost to Kingsbury on the weekend. We’ve been able to close the gap on them.”
Meanwhile, the top sides all got wins in the Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region Highlands division 1 competition on Saturday.
Kyneton Golf claimed all 16 points against Romsey, winning 71 (16)-49 (0), Diggers Rest beat Gisborne, 65 (14)-58 (2), and Kilmore beat Lancefield, 56 (13)-54 (3) to cement their spots in the top four.
Trentham beat Broadford in the other match. Kyneton, which had the bye remains on top.
