Kyneton turned the tables on Gisborne in the Highlands division one midweek pennant grand final last Tuesday.
The Kyneton Golf green was in great order for the finals to the midweek pennant season.
Unbeaten Gisborne was reigning premiers and had hoped to include outstanding club champion Ethan Higgins, but important work commitments took precedence.
In a close contest, Kyneton led by five shots overall at the break, but Gisborne fought back to level at 49-49, and it was anyone’s title.
A turning point came when Allan Mathison’s rink grabbed five shots late in the contest, and ended up with a 10-shot margin at precisely the right time of the season.
The other two rinks were very close, with Gisborne winning both by narrow margins. Anthony Mathison played a key role in the contest against Gisborne’s strongest rink.
Overall it was a seven shot victory to Kyneton, which in some ways helped make amends for its division one Saturday side missing the finals.
SCORES: Gisborne 57 lost to Kyneton 64 – David Beardmore, Dorothy Evans, John Evans, David Wesney (s) 14 lost to Jimmy Cooper, Christine Plowman, Denise Knight, Allan Mathison 24; Teresa Wylie, Gary Candy, Tim Rogers, Alan Higgins 19 d Cath Bermingham, Mick Bermingham, Lloyd Dyamond, Anthony Mathison 18; Helen Cyrulo, Ian Morley, Russell Walker OAM, Terry Kelly 24 d Neil Rothe, Jamie Epps, Peter Ryan, Neil kJamieson 22.
In the division 2 grand final, Diggers Rest 60 defeated Gisborne 45 with all three rinks up, capping off a good pennant season for Diggers Rest teams.
F. Kremer, G. Gruber, R. Spears, D. Odgers 21 d M. Ivory, J. Butterley, L. Ball, Ian Ball 18; L. Wels, A. Tocci. A. Rayner S. Browne 17 d J. Kendon, F. Roche, R. Paterson, V. Foxford 12; B. Debble, P. Lawton, A. Macdonald, S. Crimmins 22 d B. O’Connor, T. Hedley, V. Cyrulo, K. Jarred. 15.
