Central Highlands Bowls Division
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Showdown for Kyneton, Golf
Highlands division one ladder-leader Kyneton stumbled at the wrong time on Saturday, going down by five shots at Broadford.
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Bowls battle hots up
The battle for top place in Highlands division one pennant bowls is no closer to being resolved.
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Expectations in check
Romsey Bowling Club has never won a division one premiership, but there is good reason to believe 2023-24 is the season where the Redbacks can finally break through.
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It’s Golf v Lancefield
For the second week in a row, Lancefield division one bowlers have caused a major upset, this time eliminating Gisborne from the Highlands finals with a 20-shot victory. Now the Tigers have to face up to the formidable Kyneton Golf combination in this Saturday’s Highlands grand final on the Kyneton green. It promises to be…
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Regional champions celebrate
Tethering on the brink of defeat, David Beardmore, Terry Kelly, Graham Edwards and Ethan Higgins (s) staged a remarkable comeback to win eight ends in succession and wrap up the Ballarat Highlands Region men’s fours championship. Representing Highlands, Gisborne’s Beardmore, Kelly and Higgins were pleased to welcome Kyneton Golf’s topliner Edwards into their ranks for…
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Higgins crowned Regional Champion bowler
Gisborne Bowling Club’s Ethan Higgins has been crowned Regional Champion after defeating Kyneton’s Craig Vincent in a thrilling Champion of Champions final at City Oval BC last Sunday. Both players traded shots in the early ends to get to 8-8 before Vincent eked out a two-shot lead. But Higgins came back and started to build…
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The new champions
In a dramatic day’s play, Ann Shipcott and Gordon Charles (pictured) emerged as Lancefield Bowling Club’s singles champions on Sunday. Remarkably, Charles had to wait for 29 years to emulate his first title, when he defeated Bern Shannon 25-10 in 1993. In contrast, Shipcott only took up bowls when she moved to Lancefield nine years…
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Region champs
A Kyneton fours team representing Central Highlands won the regional fours final at Buninyong on Sunday. Peter Cameron, Richard Buckley, Peter Ryan and Andy MacDonald (s) trailed their Dunnolly opposition until the 15th end, when they secured six shots, eventually winning 19-17. Bev Holmes (Lancefield) beat Jan Turner 25-11 in the Champ of Champs, before…
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Down to the very last bowl in CHBD
Kyneton and Kyneton Golf bowlers staged a high-quality Central Highlands Bowls Division pairs championship final on Sunday. And the 18-end final was well and truly alive until the very last bowl when Mark Smoljo (Kyneton) drove the jack into the ditch to collect two shots, with three needed to force an extra end against Kyneton…
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Central Highlands earn shield
Central Highlands has defeated long-time rivals Central in the annual Millar-Deason Shield bowls event. Played in ideal conditions at Kyneton on Sunday, January 10, the match between the neighbouring bowls divisions was both competitive and convivial. Next season two Central clubs, Kilmore and Broadford, are expected to cross to the CHBD, and Wallan’s future geographic…
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Changes in bowls – Broadford, Kilmore to switch
Broadford and Kilmore clubs are to be included in what is now the existing Central Highlands Bowls Division area — but not until the 2021-20 season. And there are expected to be changes in CHBD Saturday pennant play this coming season, with 21 ends straight instead of 25 coming in, and division one having 12…
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Kyneton worthy premiers in CHBD
Kyneton’s division one bowlers threw off the tag of being under achievers by winning the 2019-20 Central Highlands grand final by seven shots against Lancefield on Saturday. After being thrashed by the Tigers by 47 shots in the second semi-final on February 22, Kyneton re-grouped to easily win the preliminary final against Kyneton Golf, then…