Club Sunbury continued its good form with another strong performance in the Bowls Victoria weekend pennant, division 1, section 1 competition on Saturday.
Sunbury was on the road against Deer Park 2 and was up to the challenge as it came away with an 86 (16)-73 (2) win.
Sunbury’s David Glennon said they were pretty happy with that result.
“It was a good win against one of the stronger sides that are up there,” he said.
“They were just behind us in third spot. If they had won they would have leap frogged us.
“There’s now a bit of a buffer between us and them.”
Mark Armstrong’s rink was the standout on the day winning 27-13, while Lee Wesley’s rink won 26-15.
Marc Bullows’ rink snuck home 21-20, while Desmond Cann Jnr’s rink was the only one to go down, losing 25-12.
“To get 16 points at Deer Park is very good,” Glennon said. “Not many teams will get that many points playing at Deer Park.
“It’s a hard place to go and get the win.”
Glennon said Armstrong was one of the standouts for the side, while Lauchlin Davies had a good day in Bullows’ rink.
With a few players missing, including Sophie Kurzman who is representing Victoria, there were a few different faces out there for Sunbury.
Glennon said despite that they still had a fairly stable side.
“We had two or three different changes,” he said. “That happens and we were still able to get the win in what I thought would be a really tough game.”
Sunbury remains in second place and is 14 points behind runaway leaders Whittlesea, which are undefeated after five rounds.
Sunbury’s second side in division 2 came away with a draw against Keilor to move into the top four.
The club’s two division sides also got wins on weekend and are on top of the ladder.
“It’s been a really good season for the club so far,” Glennon said.
The top side will this Saturday face Yarraville Footscray 2. The Bulldogs sit in fifth spot, just outside the top four.
Glennon said it would be another good test for the side.
Meanwhile in the Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region’s Highlands division 1 competition, Kyneton and Kyneton Golf continued their good form.
Golf got the win against Lancefield, 63 (14)-47 (2).
Anthony Barker’s rink was the big winner for Golf, winning 23-10.
Kyneton got the points against Trentham, winning 72 (14)-47 (2).
It was a massive win for David James Thomas’ rink for Kyneton, winning 36-9.
Kyneton sits on top of the ladder ahead of Kyneton Golf.
In other matches, Diggers Rest beat Broadbord, 73 (15)-45 (1), while Romsey beat Kilmore, 78 (16)-39 (0) and Gisborne also got the perfect result, beating Woodend (80)-43 (0).
After eight rounds, Kilmore and Romsey are the other teams making up the top four.
