DAYLESFORD has secured a must-win victory over ladder leader Central Wendouree Red in the last home-and-away match of the Ballarat District Bowls Division Mid-Week pennant.
The top four division one sides to play finals will be announced today when the mid-week ladder is released.
Ranked fourth last week, Daylesford yesterday took two rinks and defeated Red 77 shots to 63 at home, in their last chance to cement a spot in the four.
The Daylesford team of Maralyn Trevorrow, Paul Kelly, Dot Bull and skipper Lois Voterakis stamped their dominance over the opposition to win their rink 30 shots to 14.
Jo Best’s team of Anne Bremner, Lorraine Nicholls and Ron Bull had a nine-shot win while Donna Robinson’s rink went down by 11.
The Central Wendouree Blue side had more luck for the Gregory Street club, defeating Creswick 72 shots to 63.
Avenue comfortably disposed of seventh-ranked Webbcona 83 shots to 55 at home, locking in its finals berth.
Meanwhile, home-side Smeaton took a seven-shot win from Learmonth.
Results
DIVISION ONE
DAYLESFORD 77 D CENTRAL WENDOURE RED 63
Trevorrow, Kelly, D. Bull, Voteaakis 30 d Shuttleworth, Watson, Archibold, Hopkinson 14; Bremner, Nicholls, R. Bull, best 28 d O’Meora, Bailey, Peters, Geddes 19; A. Hearne, Keating, T. Hearne, Robinson 19 lt Kierce, Wilkins, Maple, Kenyon 30
AVENUE 83 D WEBBCONA 55
Kamp, Cooper, Kay, Connell 28 d Gidley, Aver, Shepherd, Hammond 21; Carlton, Robinson, Burke, Hardiment 32 d Feltham, Hill, Sanders, Gull 14; Auty, Cook, Whiting, Russell 23 d Waight, R. Worsley, H. Worsley, Crawford 20.
SMEATON 67 D LEARMONTH 60
JO. Lafranchi, May, Davidson, Slater 26 d Findlay, Rieniets, T. Larey, M. Larey 18; Taylor, Rulsch, Tonse, Armstrong 17 lt Owen, Shillito, Hucker, Mulley; J. Lafranchi, Shaw, Cosgrove, Mizzeni 24 d Casey, L. Hucker, J. Huckey, Widdson 21.
CRESWICK 63 LT CENTRAL WENDOUREE BLUE 72
Willmott, Bennett, Currie, Rhook 15 lt Gallagher, Copeman, Bowers, Page 23; I. Huntly, Vander Pol, Woolcock, B. Huntly 30 d Kelly, Boustead, Shaw, Snibson 20; Toth, Smith, Caddy, Whithead 18 lt Stoddart, McCracken, Barnes, Burt 29.
DIVISION TWO
BMS 82 D BALLARAT NORTH 69
Nunn, Hoare, Walker, Bromilow 29, d James, Guyer, O’brien, Filbey 21; Davidson, Kuypers, Alsop, Bryce 31 d Ashmore, Tonkin, Ayres, Haywood 17; J. VanderLinden, White, Walker, L. VanderLinden 22 lt Newman, Plater, Williams, Doyle.
MIDLANDS 69 D CRESWICK 60
Davis, Denning, Grano, Phelan 29 d Raven, Pearse, Glasspool, Mackinlay 11; Harwood, Mason, Jenkins, Vincent 25 d E. Van Oirschot, J. Van Oirschot, Baker, Grady 21; W. Jenkins, Robinson, Speechley, Slee 15 lt Chamberlain, Halladay, Hutton, Lubeek 28
VICTORIA 60 LT SEBASTOPOL GOLD 63
Chapman, Dodd, Blake, Hughs 23 d Lacy, Cassells, Baker, Gordon 19; Bromley, Capuano, Lamb, Nimmo 17 lt Blower, Walters, Earl, Maddox 22; Kellett, Burgess, Anderson, Ward 26 d Hackley, Hervey, Hankes, Harman 22;
SEBASTOPOL BLUE LT MT XAVIOR
Lawerance, Medwell, Scully, Kerr 20 lt Ogg, T. Adams, Mitchell, J. Adams 26; Crombie, Opie, Matthews, Paton 18 lt Britt, Murphy, Ritchie, Mc Kenna 30; Brown, Pitts, Fitzgerald, Kinnersly 27 d Grieve, Mahon, Jones, G. Ogg 18.
DIVISION THREE
BEAUFORT 64 LT CITY OVAL 81
Godfrey, Drew, Topp, Stephens 32 d Sloper, O’Farrell, Sims, Magrath 20; Trengrove, Topp, Milenkovic, W. Wereszczok 16 lt Swan, Roberts, Davis, Curtis 31; S. Wereszczuk, Tucker, Broadbent, Glenister 16 lt Tuddenham, Sullivan, Vance, Dolling
DAYLESFORD 58 LT CLUNES 67
Spiver, Cofrey, Young, Tate 19 lt Vorback, Kinnersley, Annear, Jones 22; Collins, Robinson, Wigmore, Mellis 21 d B. Hudson, L. Hudson, Vorbach, Goldsmith 16; Hetherington, Wake, Nicholls, Field 18 lt Ryan, Champion, Vorbach, Baird 29
WEBCONNA 88 D CENTRAL WENDOUREE BLUE
Horne, Hammond, Hamilton, Mason 23 d Murray, Orr, Watson, Townsend 18; Gullock, Lloyd, Lane Savage 30 d Briggs, Davies, Shuttleworth, Gribble 18; Hamilton, Alpen, Van Kessell, Coon 35 d Walker, Etchells, Sheehan, Andrews 15
DIVISION FOUR
B.M.S 76 D SMEATON 53
Betts, Gladman, Bainbridge, Kuypers 30 d Bradshaw, Shaw, Phyland, Leishman 19; P.Lions, Harrison, L. Lions, Murnane 26 d Oswin, Rossiter, Treneek, Pendergast 18; Best, Baddeley, Ryan, Bennit 20 d Williams, O’Neil, Taggart, Rumler 16
CRESWICK 55 LT LINTON 77
Jones, Hubbard, Franklin, Shard 25 d Weeden, Smith, Blomeley, Ringin 16; Wridley, Fitzgerald, Vinke, Franklin 12 lt B. Howlett, R. Howlett, Symes, S. Blomeley 35; Neil, Vandenbogert, Bolt, Pike 18 l Ronan, Tilley, Findlow, Lindsay 26
SEBASTOPOL 64 LT AVENUE 87
Horne, Simpson, Rowe, Thomas 19 lt Cummings, Fisher, Burke, Robinson 35; Day, Page, Brunt, Schickerling 19 lt Sartori, Layton, Glass, Wilson 27; Aitken, Lovell, Rook, Drake 26 d Perry, Smith, Clegg, Sinclair 17
BALLAN 60 LT MIDLANDS 69
Love, Farrugia, Cook, Bowcell 21 d Eyers, Winwell, Newey, Agnew 18; Armstrong, Jones, Bowtell, Jones 17 lt Duggan, Robbinson, Coad, King 25; Lamb, Conroy, K. Kneebone, M. Kneebone 22 lt Ruggles, Robinson, Coad, King 25;
DIVISION FIVE
BUNNINYONG 73 D LEARMONTH 60
Mineely, Innes, Thorpeums, Chapman 30 d Powell, V. Brown, Brown, Wilson 14; Voight, Draffin, Wynd, Crouch 22 lt Bridgewater, Verlin, Lavery, Hunter 26; Shaw, Phillips, Smith, Smolski 21 d Marshall, Walters, Mathews, Hopkins 20
CITY OVAL 94 D SMEATON 51
Aduros, O’Sullivan, Clebney, Holman 31, d Slater, Toohey, Rumbler, Cleary 20; Mann, Lewis, Arnold, Harley 36 d Richards, Joliffe, Mckay, Salgari 13; Nunn, Alexander, Flintoff, Hogg 27 d Perry, Tranter, Lafranchi, Muller 18
VICTORIA 82 D MT XAVIOR 73
Pyke, Rayner, Smith, Koopmans 24 lt Stephenson, Burns, Wilson, Neston 32; Hamilton, Harris, Deloas, Tebble 32 d Deeggar, Wilson, Whiting, Burge 20; Cuthberts, Prebble, Bradford, Firth 26 d B. Burge, Penhall, Keagh, Squire 21
DIVISION SIX
CITY OVAL 83 D CLUNES 59
Dean, Martinich, Zehnwirth, Hughes 29 d Jackson, Hill, Riordon, Millar 27; Jobart, Fry, Kinna, Sheehan 21 drew Higgins, Ewards, Dunn, Dixon; Arnold, Kinna, Clarke, Mckenzie 33 d Harris, Herman, Armad, Robbins 11
DAYLESFORD 56 LT SEBASTOPOL 67
Bell, Urquhart, Bull, Reid 17 lt Judd, Helmore, Curtain, Hinds 22; Subereisen, Van der Hoeven, Orr, Blew 20 lt Phillips, Calder, Renault, Densley 27; Marshal, Oonk, Barrow, Sewell 19 d Sanders, Thornhill, Millar, Clarke 18
MIDLANDS 85 D BALLARAT NORTH 50
Smith, Howard, Newey, Quick 18 lt Allen, Hanrahan, Little, Ayers 27; Adams, Slocombe, Frawley, Doyle 39 d Trial, Richardson, Pigdon, Reeve 10; Doyle, Duggan, Redpath, Johnson 28 d Dickso, Palanca, Allen, Gunnell 13