By Tara Murray
Lancefield’s premiership hopes came undone in the Central Highlands Bowls top division grand final on Saturday.
Playing Bacchus Marsh and looking to break a flag drought, Lancefield fell short.
Bacchus Marsh, which found form at the right time of the season, won three of the four rinks to claim the title 97 (16)-83 (2).
Daniel Willis, Glenn Arthur and Phil Minniti were the winning skips for Bacchus Marsh, with Michael Linehan’s rink the sole winning rink for Lancefield.
The premiership is Bacchus Marsh’s first in 30 years, while Lancefield has had to settle for runner-up for the second time in three years.
Bacchus Marsh will this weekend travel to Smeaton in a bid to win the region championship.
Bacchus Marsh had a good weekend, with its division 2 side also claiming a title, its second in three years. The year it didn’t win, the side was playing in division 1.
In this year’s grand final, it beat Kyneton Red 70 (14)-67 (2) in a thriller.
Barry Stenholdt and Ross Greening skipped the winning rinks for Bacchus Marsh.
It’s the second successive year that the same club has won the division 1 and 2 titles.
Romsey also tasted premiership joy, winning the division 3 title.
In the most one-sided of the three grand finals, Romsey smashed Gisborne 96 (15)-57 (1). Roger Kozulins’ rink did the damage, winning 44-11, while Grant Pritchard’s rink won by six shots and John Boyce’s rink shared the points.
