Tara Murray
Gisborne players will put their heads down and regroup after falling away in the second half of its Central Highlands Bowls’ top flight match with Romsey.
Able to get on despite the heavy rain in the lead up to round one, it was game on half way through the match up.
Gisborne was leading but couldn’t keep the momentum going in the second half with Romsey winning 61 (14)-Gisborne 48 (2).
Romsey’s Damien Ely’s rink won 20-16 against Paul O’Farrell, while his teammate Cameron Austin’s rink won 23-13 against Peter Williams.
David Beardmore was the winning skip for Gisborne, beating Matthew Brundell 19-18.
Gisborne chairman of selectors Russell Walker said it wasn’t their best performance.
“We were up at the half before we teetered off in the second half,” he said. “We’ll put our heads down and perform better in the future.”
It was a different looking Gisborne line up in round one, with a number of changes. The club again has a side in each of the three divisions and also has three mid-week sides.
“We have lost a few players from last year,” Walker said. “We also gained a couple of players.
“It gives opportunities for other players to come up and play in the first division.
“We have a few out injured and some with medical issues who will come back later in the season.”
Walker said despite the changes the aim was the same as always, trying to win it.
Things are going well off the green for Gisborne with upgrades to their facilities underway.
A new synthetic green is being constructed, along with a new car park.
Walker said the current synthetic green isn’t great and the new one would help enhance their facilities and make maintaining the green easier.
It was a big day at Gisborne on Saturday with Kilmore and Trentham also playing at Gisborne due to a green not being playable.
In other results, the grand final rematch between Lancefield and Kyneton Golf didn’t get underway with the green unplayable.
The two teams will share the points, taking home eight points each.
Trentham claimed the points against Kyneton.
Despite winning two of the three rinks, Kyneton lost 63 (12)-54 (4).
The Trentham rink led by Corey McKeone was the difference, winning 29-10.
Kilmore beat Broadford in the other match, winning 67 (14)-Broadford, 40 (2).
In division 2, Diggers Rest had a big win against Macedon, winning 72 (14)-41 (2).
Mark Clohey’s rink had a massive 35-3 win to set up Diggers Rest’s win.
In other matches, Gisborne 2 beat Woodend, 60 (14)-50 (2), while Kilmore 2 beat Kyneton Golf 2, 69 (16)-46 (0) and Romsey 2 beat Broadford, 62 (14)-44 (2).
In division 3, Kilmore 3 and Macedon were the winners, while Lancefield and Woodend shared the points with the green unplayable.
