Sunbury is confident in the side that carried it to finals last year as it looks to consolidate itself in the Bowls Victoria pennant, division 1, section 1 this season.
Speaking before the first game of the season at the weekend, Sunbury’s David Glennon said the club believes it is in a place to string together some good performances this year.
“We haven’t really recruited heavily, but we’ve had about three or four players return to the club that couldn’t play because of lockdown last season,” Glennon said.
“We’re hoping to have a good year, same as last season. We weren’t really expecting to make finals but we did.”
Glennon said the club had welcomed back Danny Fortune who played at the club in 2019 and was likely to skip for the top side.
“We obviously want to consolidate our status in division 1, but we recognise there are some very good sides in the top section,” he said.
“We’ve got a number of teams, so we’re hopeful we’ll have a few teams competing in finals.”
Glennon said both Essendon and Whittlesea will prove a challenge following their relegation from the premier league, while he also mentioned Glenroy and Moonee Valley as consistently challenging outfits.
Sunbury will have a total of six teams competing this season.
Last week the club was finally able to celebrate last season at an event held at Club Sunbury.
Marc Bullows and Carla Krizanic took out the awards for best men’s and women’s player of the year as voted by their peers.
Glennon said the club was looking forward to stringing together a full season without restrictions.
