Club Sunbury is hoping it’s finally its season in the Bowls Victoria weekend division 1, section 1 competition, having won through to a second straight grand final.
Sunbury has long been a contender in the division 1 competition but it has yet to taste premiership success.
On Saturday, Sunbury had to fight hard before running away with it against Whittlesea.
Sunbury won 91 (14)-74 (4) with the match ending two ends early with Sunbury having an unassailable lead.
Sunbury’s David Glennon said it was a really good performance by the group.
“It was fantastic,” he said. “It was a really good win.
“At one stage it got quite close and half way through there were only seven or eight shots in it.
“Once we got six shots on one end it took the margin out to double figures and we were comfortable for the rest of it.”
Marc Bullows’ rink was the big winner as it won 30-14, while Des Cann Jnr’s rink was the other winning one, winning 29-17.
Mark Armstrong’s rink lost 23-19, while Lee Wesley’s rink lost 20-13.
Glennon said Cann Jnr, one of their big recruits for this season, was one of the standouts and he continued his good form of the last two to three weeks.
“He’s a class act,” he said. “We’re happy to have him on board and hopefully he’ll continue next week.”
Bullows and Lauchlin Davies, who was third in Bullows’ rink, were other standouts in the win.
Glennon said that rink picked up five shots on one end and six on another which is rare to achieve.
The win means Sunbury will host the grand final after a change to the competition means it is no longer played at a neutral venue.
Sunbury will face Whittlesea again in the grand final, after Whittlesea beat Deer Park in the preliminary final.
“It’s good for the club and local supporters,” Glennon said. “The atmosphere was electric yesterday [Saturday].”
For Sunbury, its top side will be going for its first premiership since winning a division 2 title in 2014-15.
Since then, Sunbury has made the finals all but one season in division 1. Last season was the first time in that period it had made the grand final.
“Our finals record hasn’t been very good, hopefully we put that to bed,” Glennon said.
Other results, Club Sunbury’s division 2, section 2 side was knocked out in straight sets.
It suffered a small loss against Keilor on Saturday, before losing the preliminary final to Werribee on Sunday, 105 (18)-37 (0).
It was the side’s first season back up in division 2.
Both of Sunbury’s division 5 sides won their preliminary finals to win through to grand finals as well.
Sunbury 4 will face Palm Lake, while Sunbury 3 will play Doutta Gala.
Both those grand finals will be on Saturday as well, with Sunbury the away team,/
