LEAH McCabe and Julie Pollock played in the West Coast Region Women’s team practice match against Geelong at Colac on Sunday. 

Two games were played with both teams winning one game each. 

After these matches, the squad was reduced from 16 down to the final 12 who will play in the Vic Region Finals at Ballarat in January, with both locals among the dozen selected.

McCabe has been in the team on a number of occasions, but this is Pollock’s first selection. 

Congratulations Leah and Julie.

The sectional rounds of the Far Western Men’s Singles will be played at Grangeburn on Sunday. 

Grangeburn will be represented by John Overall, Ruben Ross and Ken Prewett; spectators welcome.

A number of new bowlers are enjoying the challenge of lawn bowls on Monday evenings at our Barefoot Try Bowls program.  

This program will continue for the next two weeks, and everyone is welcome to come along at 6pm.

Our Christmas Party will be held after bowls on December 16.

For catering purposes, names are to be entered on the noticeboard in the clubhouse.

On Monday, several of our bowlers played in the Past Presidents Tournament at City Memorial in Warrnambool.

Irene Box was part of the winning team and Julie Pollock’s team finished equal third. 

Box’s name will now be engraved on the perpetual cup. Well done.

Players are required to not only adjust to the different green surfaces, but also the varying weather conditions during the day. 

On Saturday it rained off and on during the day, but it was a different story on Tuesday with sunny skies and light winds.

Last Friday evening, division one played Penshurst under lights at Grangeburn, due to the Penshurst races being held on Saturday. 

Even though we lost to Penshurst, it was a great night with many spectators watching some great bowling. 

In the other games played as normal on Saturday, division two lost out at Coleraine, division three and division four both played Hamilton Green at home, with a win to division three.

Results

Div 1 Grangeburn 46 lt Penshurst 71 - G Gibson 16 lt A Rentsch 26; B Partington 16 lt M Ross 21; L McCabe 14 lt P Allen 24.

Div 2 Grangeburn 32 lt Coleraine 56 - J Colcott 12 lt B Armstrong 32; K Bailey 20 lt S Cooper 24.

Div 3 Grangeburn 45 d Hamilton Green 34 - R Spencer 27 d R Fary 16; W Kosch 18 dw M Tonissen 18.

Div 4 Grangeburn 30 lt Hamilton Green 40 - P Moore 14 lt D Edwards 18; S Wilson 16 lt M Brinkman 22.

Our A green was full on Tuesday will all three divisions playing at home and all divisions won their games. 

Division one is on top of the ladder on 108 points from Portland on 96. 

Results

Div 1 Grangeburn 70 d Balmoral 50 - L McCabe 15 lt t Brody 17; C Rigby 25 d C Trotman 12; N Ryan 30 d N Tinning 21.

Div 2 Grangeburn 49 d Casterton 29 - L Stewart 35 d S Williams 10; W Kosch 14 lt T Sealey 19.

Div 3 Grangeburn 39 d Casterton 27 - M Hadley 12 lt G O’Connell 19; S Wilson 27 d H Lucas 8.