Club Sunbury was unable to deliver the magic twice as it fell short in the Bowls Victoria weekend pennant, division 1, section 1 grand final.
After upsetting Glenroy last weekend in the semi finals to make the grand final, Sunbury had to face Glenroy again in Saturday’s grand final at Lalor.
There would be no repeat of the semi final match, with Glenroy in front all day as it won 87 (16)-65 (2) win.
Sunbury’s David Glennon said it wasn’t the result they had been hoping for going into the match.
“It was a bit disappointing,” he said. “We were definitely confident that we could go all the way.
“We beat the same Glenroy side last week and the confidence was high.
“We were just beaten by a better team.”
Glenroy had dominated the two regular season matches between the two teams, not allowing Sunbury to claim a rink.
The semi final result made the finals more interesting with Sunbury claiming a big win, with Glennon saying that the first finals win was a good result regardless of what has happened since.
He said Glenroy held a five to 10 shot lead all day on Saturday with Sunbury unable to get any closer.
Mark Cowan’s rink was the only winning rink, taking the win 18-14.
Marc Bullows’ rink lost 19-16, Lauchlin Davies rink lost 27-15 and Joshua Leszczynski’s rink lost 27-16.
Glennon said Cowan and Bullows were the standouts along with Bailey Moffatt, who was in Cowan’s rink.
It wasn’t all bad news on Saturday, as Sunbury’s second side won the division 3, section 1 grand final against Essendon.
Sunbury won, 83 (14)-77 (4) to secure promotion into division 2 next season. That side will start divisional finals this weekend.
Glennon said it had been a reasonable season with their division 2 side claiming the title, but it would have been nice if their division 1 was able to go one step further.
“We want to get into the premier reserve division,” he said. “That division is really sought after.”
Meanwhile, Carla Krizanic won Sunbury’s women’s club championship, beating Sophie Kurzman in the final 25-22.
Elsewhere, Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region Highlands finals got underway on Saturday.
Kyneton became the first team through to the grand final in division 1, beating Romsey 80 (14)-56 (2).
For Kyneton, Gregory Podesta’s rink won 28-14 and John O’Donnell’s rink won 33-19. Aaron Young was the winning skip for Romsey.
Kyneton Golf won the knockout semi final, beating Kilmore in a thriller, 52 (13)-50 (3).
Romsey bounced back in Sunday’s preliminary final, against Golf.
Romsey won 68 (16)-41 (0). Nick Lynch’s rink was the big winner, winning 22-8.
In division 2, Woodend will face Kyneton 2 in the grand final and in division 3, Mt Cottrell will play Kyneton 3.
The division 2 and 3 grand finals will be played on Saturday and the division 1 grand final on Sunday.
