Sport
17 July, 2024
Round 10 pennant action
THERE was plenty of round 10 action at the Heytesbury Indoor Bias Bowls competition.
Division one saw Scotts Creek 1 go down to Timboon Lawn 2, Mepunga 1 lost to Timboon Lawn 1, Camperdown 1 narrowly defeated Laang-Ecklin and Camperdown 2 narrowly defeated Glenormiston 1.
The top four in division one are: Timboon Lawn 1, Timboon Lawn 2, Mepunga 1 and Glenormiston 1.
Camperdown 1 and 2 are now fifth and sixth on percentage from Glenormiston 1.
Division two saw Cobden 1 defeated by Mepunga 2, Cobden 2 lost to Simpson 1, Glenormiston 3 defeated Glenormiston 2 and Timboon Lawn 4 went down to Timboon Lawn 3.
The top four: Mepunga 2, Cobden 1, Timboon Lawn 4 and Timboon Lawn 3.
Fourth to eighth place is only separated by eight points and Simpson 1 is fifth by percentage.
In division three, Camperdown 3 had the bye this week and Glenormiston 4 went down to Scotts Creek 3, Peterborough defeated Cobden 3 and Scotts Creek 2 narrowly lost to Mepunga 3.
Top four in division three are: Mepunga 3, Camperdown 3, Scotts Creek 3 and Peterborough.
VIBBA has recently announced the following date changes:
The VIBBA Champion of Champions Day is now on Sunday, July 28.
The Victorian State Team Open Fours Practice Day is now on Sunday, August 11.
Last Friday, Heytesbury held its Champion of Champions at Simpson Hall and some close games were played.
For the women, Pam Dwyer (Timboon Lawn) defeated Deb Cheslett (Glenormiston) 16/11 and in the men’s Lyndon Rogerson of Simpson defeated Gary Body 15/10.
Congratulations to HIBBA Champion of Champions Pam and Lyndon and well played to runners-up Deb and Gary.
Pam and Lyndon’s next task is the VIBBA (state) Champion of Champions on Sunday, July 28 at Sunshine. Good luck.
In the recent VIBBA Mixed Fours and Mixed Pairs Championships, Heytesbury only had one entry in the mixed fours; Allen Armistead (s), Bec Heard, Harmony Rasmussen and Scott Pierce.
This team played the Warrnambool side of James Ruddle (s), Sue Kerr, “Possum” Robbins and Russell Kerr.
While they didn’t progress any further in the main event, they did manage to win the consolation event - the Plate.
In the mixed pairs, Heytesbury had a few entries in a field of 36 teams.
Harmony Rasmussen and Scott Pierce played against South Group’s Cindy Brodie and went down in the first round.
Arthur and Dianne Finch played Northern Group’s Sean Ingram and advanced to the next round, where they met eastern suburbs’ Jodie and Rodney Jones and unfortunately didn’t progress any further.
The Bacchus Marsh/Heytesbury combination of Jo Webster and Brett Mungean faced Warrnambool’s Rob McRabb in the first round.
They then met South Group’s L West before making their way to the quarters where they defeated the Jones’.
They will now play South Group's Cindy Brodie next weekend.
Allen Armistead and Bec Heard met with South Group’s Karen Brodie and unfortunately went no further.
Jason and Jacoba Mungean met with Warrnambool’s Gill Phillips but went no further.