Highlands Area Bowls Division
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Big wins in bowls
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…
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‘Name’ bowlers make an impact
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…
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Early start for grand finals
The three Highlands area pennant bowls 2023-24 grand finals this weekend will now begin at 10am – instead of 1.15pm – due to forecasts for extremely hot weather conditions. The five-member Highlands pennant match committee chaired by John Coates made this decision in the interests of both players and spectators. There has been a positive…
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Romsey v Golf for bowls glory
No surprise, it’s Romsey versus Kyneton Golf in the Highlands area division 1 bowls pennant grand final for the 2023-2024 season.
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Astonishing final round
A Hollywood script writer could hardly have conjured up the remarkable last home and away round outcome of Highlands pennant bowls on Saturday. Gisborne jumped from seventh to fourth place in division one, replacing Kilmore, and Broadford missed a finals spot when a last end measure went ladder leader Romsey’s way by around an eighth…
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Golf does it again
Surely Kyneton Golf is destined to defend its division one Highlands bowls premiership this season. On Saturday, Golf won by ONE SHOT for the second time in three matches. This time it was on the tricky Broadford green, where some highly rated sides have trouble. Two of Golf’s three fours were beaten, and the remarkable…
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Runaway Redbacks
Romsey pennant bowlers accounted for arch-rivals Lancefield by 31 shots on Saturday, the biggest margin in division one. There is a close battle for Highlands ladder supremacy after the completion of six rounds, with Kilmore a surprise leader, just two shots ahead of Romsey, with Gisborne, Kyneton Golf and Kyneton hot on their heels. Kilmore…
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Kyneton topples ladder leader
Bill West There were astonishing finishes to all four Highlands division one pre-Christmas pennant bowls matches on Saturday, with the last end on every contest very much alive. Who says bowls is boring? At home, Kyneton climbed off the bottom of the ladder by eclipsing previously unbeaten Romsey by three shots, Gisborne had the same…
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Lancefield ‘6’ secures flag
The fairytale is now reality! Fourth-placed Lancefield has shocked the bowls world by winning successive finals matches against Romsey, Gisborne and Kyneton Golf to emerge as 2021-2022 Highlands division one premiers. The first time in history the Tigers have won successive pennants at this top level. The grand final on a fast green at Kyneton…