Substantial winning margins were plentiful in Saturday’s round of Highlands pennant bowls.
Players welcomed ideal conditions, and unbeaten Kyneton went to the top of the division 1 ladder with an all fours up 79-34 victory over Gisborne.
Anthony Mathison’s four led the way with a 22-shots margin.
Romsey also gained maximum points, winning by 51 shots at home to Trentham, with Nathan Lynch’s four home by 21 shots
Kyneton Golf demolished visiting Broadford 79-40, with Toby Barker winning by 26 shots, and Peter Linehan by 20.
The closest match was at Diggers Rest with the home side 15 shots up on Lancefield despite John Parks having a good win for the Tigers.
Current ladder (after four rounds): Kyneton 46, Diggers Rest 44, Romsey 41, Kyneton Golf 36, Kilmore 32, Lancefield 17, Gisborne 16, Broadford 12, Trentham 12.
In direct contrast to the top division, two of the four division 2 matches were very close.
Macedon won two rinks via Ian Guymer and Gary Dickerson, but went down by two shots overall to Kyneton Golf due to John McQualter’s 11-shot victory.
Romsey gained maximum points at home to Gisborne, and Steve Pickles four won by 25 shots to guarantee Woodend victory against Kilmore.
The closest match of the day ended in a 57-57 tie between Kilmore and Romsey at Kilmore in division 3.
Newcomer Mt Cottrell won at Gisborne by three shots, and Gisborne (4) forfeited to Trentham.
Lancefield did well to topple Woodend, with Peter Shannon’s rink 11 shots up despite being a player short.
THIS SATURDAY
Fifth round division 1 matches this Saturday are:
Gisborne v Romsey.
Broadford v Kyneton.
Kilmore v Kyneton Golf.
Trentham v Diggers Rest.
ALL THE SCORES
Saturday’s division 1 scores were:
Kyneton 79 d Gisborne 40 — G. Podesta (s) 23 d P. Williams 10, Ant. Mathison 32 d T. Wylie 10, J. O’Donnell 24 d A. Higgins 14. Kyneton Golf 74 d Broadford 40 — A. Barker 32 d D. Kelly 16, A. Plowman 15 lost to B. Ellis 27, P. Linehan 27 d P. Newell 7; Romsey 91 d Trentham 40 — N. Lynch 30 d T. Cook 9, A. Young 30 d A. Brockmuller 15, M. Brundell 31 d C. McKeone 16; Diggers Rest 66 d Lancefield 51 — S. Rowne 15 lost to J. Parks 21, P. Robinson 23 d J. Holmes 18, R. Treweek 28 d G. Stewart 12; Kilmore the bye.
DIV. 2: Kyneton Golf 58 d Macedon 56 — B. Godbolt 20 lost to G. Dickenson 24, J. MacQualter 25 d I. Matthews 14, J. Trounce 13 lost to I. Guymer 18; Romsey 69 d Gisborne 47 — S. Mahger 24 d B. Wylie 15, J. Reimann 24 d K. Jarred 12, J. Beaumont 21 d R. Newton 20; Broadford 59 d Diggers Rest 53 — A. Prime 30 d P. Lawton 4, W. Fisher 10 lost to P. Marinr 25, P. Hoskins 19 lost to A. Icely 24; Kilmore 56 lost to Woodend 76 — W. Coye 19 lost to T. Lennie 26, T. Bradley 10 lost to S. Pickles 25, C. Hodgson 27 d N. Bickerdyke 15.
DIV. 3: Kilmore 57 drew with Romsey 57 — D. Boyd 22 d M. Marshall 18, S. Bloomfield 20 lost to K. Day 24, W. Green 15 drew with H. Rose 15; Gisborne (3) 55 lost to Mt Cottrell 58 — S. Fallowfield 17 lost to R. Harrison 24, T. Shearsob 19 d P. Wlodarczyk 18, C. Butterley 19 d D. Roche 16; Macedon 35 lost to Kyneton 63 — A. Grant 7 lost to J. Wells 26, B. Wasyl 12 lost to L. Gent 19, B. Swan 16 lost to J. Epps 18; Gisborne (4) forfeited to Trentham.
