HomeSportAll-Grove final as midweek bowls gears up for grand finish

All-Grove final as midweek bowls gears up for grand finish

Both Ocean Grove sides will meet each in the grand final of the Geelong Bowls Region Midweek Division 1 on Tuesday 10 March.

Ocean Grove’s Division 2 side will play Queenscliff with both finals at Drysdale Bowling & Croquet Club. The other grand final at Drysdale is the Division 4 decider with Ocean Grove taking on Bareena.

Eastern Park also has four teams competing across 10 divisions – Divisions 3, 7, 9 and 10.

Grand finals

Tuesday 10 March, 10am

Division 1: Ocean Grove (1) vs Ocean Grove (2) at Drysdale

Division 2: Ocean Grove vs Queenscliff at Drysdale

Division 3: Eastern Park vs Portarlington at Belmont

Division 4: Bareena vs Ocean Grove at Drysdale

Division 5: Anglesea vs Geelong at Leopold Sportsmans Club

Division 6: St Leonards vs Torquay at Belmont

Division 7: Eastern Park vs Torquay at Belmont

Division 8: Norlane vs St Leonards at Leopold Sportsmans Club

Division 9: Eastern Park vs Bannockburn at Highton

Division 10: Barwon Heads vs Eastern Park at Highton

Preliminary finals

Tuesday 3 March

Players name in order of skip, lead, second, third.

Division 1: Ocean Grove (2) 62 def St Leonards 54: A. Callow, G. King, J. Curran, S. Collins 24 def H. Dahler, J. Doyle, P. Garlick, R. Michael 14; B. Smith, M. Jacobs, G. Brookes, P. Patterson 20 def by T. Long, M. Maddox, G. Lund, M. Kennedy 22; S. Avery, I. Donald, B. Dee, J. Dwyer 18 tied with R. Emerson, D. Roberts, B. Culph, T. Doyle 18.

Division 2: Queenscliff 82 def Highton 46: G. Nicholson, J. Shiell, L. Graham, B. Gladman 27 def P. Monk, P. Stribley, J. Muelblok, M. Lyne 16; B. Close, M. Ridgway, D. Warren, M. Winton 28 def B. Lombardi, C. Milligan, V. Stone, S. Griffiths 12.

Skips named from Division 3 onwards.

Division 3: Portarlington 57 def Anglesea 53: B. Hirth 22 tied with B. Coyle 22; D. Dunlop 20 def K. Hogan 14; B. Lockyer 15 def by L. Wilson 16.

Division 4: Ocean Grove 64 def St Leonards 51: R. Wilkinson 20 def D. Barnett 18; L. Stonehouse 19 def B. Padgham 18; D. Stonehouse 25 def B. Millichamp 15.

Division 5: Geelong 53 def Ocean Grove 50: J. McKean 16 tied with B. Poole 16; J. McDonnell 18 tied with R. Foley 18; F. Wheat 19 def H. Allan 16.

Division 6: Torquay 63 def Barwon Heads 54: M. Wake 18 def S. Woodman 12; P. Phillips 16 def by A. Duthie 29; L. Avent 29 def S. Hicks 13.

Division 7: Torquay 58 def Ocean Grove 46: G. Robinson 21 def D. Clark 9; R. Hannan 11 def by D. Mackay 24.

Division 8: St Leonards 44 def Geelong 30: G. Tame 28 def V. Steel 15; W. Barnes 16 def D. Joseph 15.

Division 9: Bannockburn 44 def Portarlington 41: L. Baxter 21 def by R. King 26; J. Damjanovic 23 def M. King 15.

Division 10: Eastern Park 45 def Norlane 42: B. Haines 15 def by T. Waters 23; E. Green 30 def N. Watson 19.

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