THE Far Western Bowls season continued with Midweek Pennant round nine games played, the first time players have been on the green in a week after Saturday’s Weekend Pennant fixtures were cancelled due to the heavy rain.

Division 1

GRANGEBURN hosted Balmoral and made strong use of the advantage at home, claiming all 16 points after rolling up a 65-43 win.

Owen Ross got the better of Nett Tinning, 27-11, while Ruben Ross held off Kathy Simons to win, 20-16.

Ken Prewett finished with 18 to win the tightest contest by two shots against Cheryl Trotman.

It was a southern derby with Memorial travelling across town to take on Portland, with the visitors also sweeping all three rinks with a 77-51 result.

Stephen Arthur hung on by the narrowest of margins against Heather Burgess, 22-21, while Graeme Solly accounted for Lindsay Gruar with a 24-18 victory.

Donald Wallis had a much easier day on the green, rolling up 31 to defeat Kerrie Alexander by 19.

Hamilton had the week off and collected 24 shots and 16 points along the way.

Division 2

COLERAINE headed west to take on Casterton, with the home side managing just 36 shots to go down by eight, narrowly winning one rink in the process.

Bernice Sullivan rolled up 21, which was just enough to edge out Lesley Beaton by a single shot, while Beverley Fry collected a 24-15 victory against Teresa Sealey to give Coleraine the overall victory.

Penshurst was at home for its clash against Macarthur, with the visitors claiming a 42-37 victory, picking up 12 points.

Ann Rentsch rolled up a 24-21 win against Beverly Bourke for Penshurst, before Carol Uebergang finished with 21 to Jenni Kennealy’s 13 to give Macarthur the bragging rights.

Hamilton travelled south to take on Memorial and fell short of the home side, 36-42.

Gerard Lucas rolled up 27 to Gerry Watt’s 14, earning Hamilton two points for the rink win, before Robert Hamblin dominated Robyn Donovan, 28-9, to see the home side claim 12 points from the match-up.

Portland hosted Grangeburn Red, with the home side rolling up 42 to Red’s 28.

Alan Warburton’s 25 was easily enough to defeat Brian Kavanagh by 14 shots, before Andrew Smail and Rosemary Spencer played out a 17-17 draw to claim a point each – Red’s only point from the clash.

Grangeburn Blue players put their feet up, courtesy of a bye, with nine shots and 12 points going their way.

Division 3

CASTERTON travelled into town to take on Grangeburn, with the visitors taking a full swag of points home with them after a 42-39 win.

Helen Lucas narrowly held off Beverley Casey, 20-19, before Nancy Sharam rolled up 22 to account for Wendy Colcott by two shots.

Dartmoor hosted Hamilton and collected overall honours with a 38-29 victory.

Pamela White got the visitors rolling with a 16-12 win against Elaine Jones, before Suzanne Tregellis finished with 26 to double Cliff Brinkman’s score.

Macarthur had home green advantage for its clash against Portland, but it counted for little, with the visitors recording a thrilling 41-39 win.

Anne Gilmour gave the home side something to smile about with a 23-19 win against Myra Bourke, before Naomi Pye made up the deficit with a 22-16 victory against Carole Dunn to ensure the visitors claimed overall honours.

Heywood took on Memorial down south and struggled to match the home side, going down 27-55.

Ian Merrett rolled up 20 to Aneel Chaudhry’s 17, while Julie McInnes dominated with a 35 shots to 10 win against Darryl Moore.