Club Sunbury’s top two hopes remain in its own hands despite a loss on Saturday to Deer Park 2 in the Bowls Victoria weekend pennant division 1, section 1 competition.
It was a battle between second and third at Deer Park and it was the Parkers that came out on top in a thriller.
The Parkers won just one rink, but did enough to win overall 78 (14)-70 (4).
Sunbury’s David Glennon said it’s always hard to go to Deer Park and come away with the win.
“We only went down in one rink,” he said. “Marc Bullows’ rink was our only winning rink with Mark Cowan and Lauchlin Davies having draws.
“Lauchie picked up three shots on the last end to come away with a valuable point.”
Bullows’ rink won 23-17, Davies’ rink had a 20-all draw, Cowan’s rink had a 15-all draw, while Harvey McAlister’s rink had a 26-12 loss which proved to be the difference.
Glennon said Bullows and Joshua Leszczynski, who was in the same rink as Bullows, were the standouts in the performance.
“There was some shuffling to see if we could work on some things,” he said. “There maybe a couple more changes in the next couple of weeks as they settle things down.”
Despite the loss, Sunbury remains in second spot. It is now 11 points and a good percentage ahead of Deer Park.
Sunbury has matches against bottom side Aberfeldie CBC and then fourth placed Kingsbury to finish the regular season.
“One win should be enough to get us a top two spot,” Glennon said. “We have that handy gap between second and third.
“We play Aberfeldie CBC which is the bottom team and we will be hoping to come away with 18 points.”
Sunbury again split its matches, with three teams winning and three teams losing on Saturday.
The top three teams are all in contention for a top two spot, while its fourth and fifth sides are still in finals contention.
Meanwhile in the Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region Highlands division 1, Lancefield had an upset win against Kyneton Golf.
The bottom side came away with a 56 (14)-52 (2) win against the finals bound Golf.
Jeff Holmes and Aaron Andrews were the winning skips for Lancefield.
Kyneton had a solid win against fellow top four side Kilmore, winning 70 (14)-61 (2).
Romsey was too strong for Diggers Rest, winning 75 (16)- 43 (0) and Gisborne beat Broadford in the other match, 56 (14)-52 (2).
