Drysdale showed that on its day, it can beat any side in the Geelong Bowls Region Saturday Pennant competition with a superb win against top side Highton on Saturday January 21.
In a stunning upset, Drysdale prevailed by 17 shots despite losing one rink by 13.
But a 13-shot win to Cal Inderberg and a 17-shot win to Ashley Rees meant Drysdale took 14 points from the match and sits in fifth position on the ladder.
For Highton, the loss meant its lead at the top of the ladder has dwindled to eight points.
Lara jumped a spot on the ladder, replacing Ocean Grove 2, which it defeated by 32 shots.
All rinks had good wins with Karl Weil enjoying the biggest triumph of the afternoon by 13 shots.
The loss dumped the Grovers 2 to ninth on the ladder and out of finals reckoning.
Ocean Grove 1 closed the gap on Highton at the top of the table with a tight eight-shot win against Bareena.
Bareena fell outside the top five, but were far from disgraced, picking up one rink for the day.
For Ocean Grove, a six-shot win to Brad Pavey and a three-shot win to Tyson Cromie claimed 14 of the 16 points on offer.
Queenscliff and Eastern Park didn’t disappoint in what was billed as the match of the round.
Queenscliff won by four shots and sits impressively in third spot.
Adam Martin had a good win for Eastern Park, but Benjamin Russell and Ray Butler did enough on the remaining two rinks to secure victory.
City of Geelong brought up win number four for the season, defeating Bell Post Hill 62 to 49 with Sandra Tillson starring.
This week’s game of the round looks to be between Ocean Grove 1 and Queenscliff where second hosts third.
