Several highly credentialed bowlers made an impact in the top division of Highlands pennant on Saturday.
Young dynamo Nathan Lynch, from the strong Moonee Ponds club, lined up for Romsey.
He was skipper in the winning rink, which included his grandfather Garry Templar — the Redbacks’ senior coach.
Vastly experienced and multiple Sunbury club champion Brad Janner was instrumental in Diggers Rest upsetting ladder-leader Kilmore.
And Troy Williams, a multi-talented sportsman across the years, gave Kyneton Golf some added strength for their third round encounter at Gisborne.
Golf, defeated by much-improved Kyneton in the previous round, was pleased to win by six shots in the closest match of the day.
The Troy Williams rink prevailed by 12 shots, and Golf ended up with an important 62-56 victory away from home despite Peter Williams and co. finishing 10 shots up for Gisborne.
Kyneton, at home, was tested by Romsey, and eventually won 59-47.
Lynch & co. accounted for Greg Podesta by three shots, but Anthony Mathison had 10 shots to spare and John O’Donnell won by five.
Lancefield broke through for a welcome first win, defeating Trentham at Tigerland 61-54.
Tim Cook’s four was able to stop the Tigers making a clean sweep with John Parks and Geoff Stewart having good wins.
Janner’s rink won by 15 shots against top side Kilmore, the biggest margin in the top grade.
Current ladder: Kilmore 32 points, Kyneton 30, Diggers Rest 30, Romsey 25, Kyneton Golf 22, Gisborne 16, Lancefield 15, Trentham 10, Broadford 10.
The Kyneton club celebrated a winning treble, with the division 2 side’s 82-48 victory at home the biggest across the three divisions.
In contrast, Kyneton scraped home 60-59 against newcomers Mt Cottrell.
The other thriller saw Romsey edge out Lancefield by two shots in division 3.
Woodend had a substantial victory against Diggers Rest in division 2, with Norm Bickerdyke’s 35-8 margin the biggest of the round.
ALL THE SCORES
Scores from the third round of Highlands pennant bowls played on Saturday were:
Division 1: Kyneton 59 d Romsey 47 — G. Podesta 17 lost to N. Lynch 20, Ant. Mathison 23 d A. Young 13, J. O’Donnell 19 d M. Brundell 14; Lancefield 61 d Trentham 54 — J. Holmes 16 lost to T. Cook 19, G. Stewart 22 d C. McKeone 15, J. Parks 23 d A. Brockmuller 14; Gisborne 56 lost to Kyneton Golf 62 — A. Higgins 15 lost to T. Williams 27, G. Quaife 17 lost to A. Plowman 19, P. Williams 26 d P. Linehan 16; Kilmore 49 lost to Diggers Rest 64 — M. McMaster 13 lost to B. Janner 28, S. Fitzgerald 24 d R. Treweek 14, L. Spargo 12 lost to E. Browne 22.
Division 2: Kyneton Golf 64 d Kilmore 46 — C. Scott 20 d T.Bradley 14, J. Turner 19 d C. Hodgson 12, J. Trounce 25 d A. Langdon 20; Romsey 73 d Macedon 48 — S. Mayger 25 d I. Matthews 15, G. Marshall 29 d I. Guymer 16, J. Beaumont 19 d G. Dickerson 17; Kyneton 82 d Broadford 48 (M. Bermingham 25 d W. Fisher 18, J. Wells 31 d P. Hoskins 13, J. Richmond 26 d W. Blackburn 17; Diggers Rest 44 lost to Woodend 71: P. Lawton 22 d M. Dornau 15, R. Davies 14 lost to S. Pickles 21, R. Campbell 8 lost to N. Bickerdyke 35.
Division 3: Kyneton 60 d Mt Cottrell 59 –L. Gent 17 lost to D. Roche 22, K. Bermingham 15, M. PLowman 27 d P. Wlodarczyk 12; Trentham 47 lost to Macedon 59 — I. Bruton 20 lost to A. Grant 18, Michelle Hinneberg 12 lost to D. Summerfield 25, G. Laurie 15 lost to B. Swan 21; Romsey 58 d Lancefield 56 — K. Day 19 lost to P. Shannon 20, M. Toy 20 d Anne Shipcott 11, C. Dean 19 lost to D. Safstrom 25; Woodend 48 lost to Gisborne (4) 79 — T. Sturt 11 lost to S. Fallowfield 27, A. Jewell 25 d J. Hunter 23, R. Smithies 12 lost to P. Wellington 29; Kilmore 59 d Gisborne (3) 50 — A. Jewell 15 lost to L. Ball 22, W. Gunn 20 d R. Paterson 12, J. Fitzgerald 24 d B. Wylie 16.
THIS WEEK
Round 4 division 1 matches this Saturday are:
Kyneton Golf v Broadford.
Kyneton v Gisborne.
Romsey v Trentham.
Diggers Rest v Lancefield.
Kilmore the bye.
