Sport
15 October, 2025
Bowling against the wind in first round of NCB
THE first round of North Central Bowls, Division One between Wycheproof and St Arnaud was a tough contest on Saturday.
THE first round of North Central Bowls, Division One between Wycheproof and St Arnaud was a tough contest on Saturday.
Wycheproof handled the trying windy weather just that bit better than the Saints.
After the first five ends the home side, Wycheproof, held a 13-shot lead over the visitors and although the Saints fought back to within six shots after 10 ends, after the tea break Wyche widened the margin to 19 shots, and held on for a 10-shot win.
Two St Arnaud fours fought back with the results going down to the last bowl in each game.
Ashley Dyke, Phil McRae, Col Marchment and Darren Shepherd came from 7–14 shots down against Aaron Meade, to level the scores at 20-20, and scored a vital one shot on the last end, for a 21 -20 win.
Steve Zsigmond, Glendon Hancock, Peter Duncan and Tom Amos came from 6-14 to level the score against Dale Groves, but some very good bowling by the Wycheproof boys earned them a two- shot win.
Terry McSwain, Allan Welsh, Maurie Wood and Tony Marland dropped six shots on their first end against J. Gryls but fought back to lead 14–10.
However the Wyche four won the next six ends for a 23–14 lead.
Terry scored seven shots on the next two ends but Jonathon Grylls won six of the last eight ends. It is interesting to note St Arnaud won 34 ends to Wycheproof 31 ends.
As in Division One, St Arnaud Division Two managed to win only one rink going down by 12 shots to Wycheproof.
Lloyd Goddard, Wayne Rourke, Colin Coates and Jason Barron came from six shots down to win eight of the last 12 ends to secure two points, against Alan Jones. Laurie Goodwin, John Prendergast, Gerald McIntyre and Marg McRae had a see-sawing contest against Phillip Allan; scores were 20—20 on the 23rd end but Wyche won the last two ends.
Kerryn Dyke, Paul Micallef, Craig Cheesman and Brian Eccles were kept to eight singles and three twos by the bigger scoring Donald Denney and were defeated by 13 shots.
WEEKEND RESULTS
Division 1 - St Arnaud Country 77-10 d Boort 74-2. F. Rodger, D. Mullins, J. Nevill, J. Abbott (s) lost to G. Carrall, A. Matley, J. Gibson, K. Ritchie (s) 17-36. D. Moulday, R. Pole, M. Esmore, T. McDonald (s) d K. Birt, D. Gibson, C. Newsome, S. Morris (s) 26-23. S. Atkinson, P. Marland, L. Lynch, W. Rodger (s) d S. Rollinson, G. Hudson, W. Keenan, K. Depiazza (s) 34-15.
Donald Golf 79-10 d Donald 63-2. R. Adams, G. Geddes, R. Reseigh, G. Rigby (s) lost to I. McEwen, N. Barber, W. Hegarty, N. Hollis (s) 12-18. W. Livingston, B. Murray, S. Hollis, P. Hibberd (s) d W. Meyer, E. Adams, K. Adamson, G. Euvrard (s) 27-26. L. Kelly, A. Dionisopoulos, D. Peake, D. Pettifer (s) d M. Harris, J. Howley, L. Morgan, H. Wingfield (s) 40-19.
Wycheproof 76-10 d St Arnaud 66-2. D. Nicholls, A. Coatsworth, E. Rayes, A. Mead (s) lost to D. Shepherd, C. Marchment, P. McRae, A. Dyke (s) 20-21. P. Coles, P. Connolly, J. McKay, J. Grylls (s) d T. Marland, M. Wood, A. Welsh, T. McSwain (s) 35-26. M. Nicholls, N. Coles, P. Wellington, D. Groves (s) d T. Amos, P. Duncan, G. Hancock, S. Zsigmond (s) 21-19.
Charlton 47-0 lost to Wedderburn 110-12. J. Cox, P. Watts, L. Southwell, K. Willey (s) lost to R. Tonkin, L. Holt, A. Caserta, L. Witham (s) 22-27. M. Hamley, D. Finlay, D. McCallum, K. North (s) lost to N. White, D. Stephenson, B. Hargreaves, N. Holt (s) 14-47. R. Porter, D. Gretgrix, M. O’Brien, W. Southwell (s) lost to R. Guelfo, A. Roberts, B. Montebello, A. Jackson (s) 11-36.
Ladder – Boort 14, Wedderburn 12, Donald Golf 10, Wycheproof 10, St Arnaud Country 10, St Arnaud 2, Donald 2, Charlton 0.
Division 2 - St Arnaud Country 58-2 lost to Boort 63-10. G. White, D. McAllister, A. Bond, J. Needs (s) d I. Allison, L. Newsome, S. Nelson, G. Smith (s) 26-16. P. Mullins, K. Pole, D. Goode, C. Webb (s) lost to L. Cameron, C. Wood, P. Waters, J. Earl (s) 17-24. T. Coloe, P. Jorgensen, N. Robinson, G. Shaw (s) lost to L. Carrall, A. Gould, J. Hampson, Y. Cashen (s) 15-23.
Donald Golf 91-12 d Donald 40-0. G. Bowles, B. Bayles, B. Dixon, L. Borden (s) d S. Robertson, J. Subprom, R. Gravestocks, M. Quick (s) 32-15. M. Raynes, J. Hollis, M. Frank, G. Wood (s) d A. McEwen, C. Perry, M. Hollis, B. Milne (s) 23-13. S. Evans, S. Donnellon, J. Slater, S. O’Shea (s) d J. Wood, K. Wyllie, P. Wyllie, D. Romeo (s) 36-12.
Wycheproof 69-10 d St Arnaud 57-2. S. Wellington, P. Bagley, S. Barratt, P. Allan (s) d M. McRae, G. McIntyre, J. Prendegast, L. Goodwin (s) 23-20. J. Ritchie, V. Grant, L. Milburn, D. Denney (s) d B. Eccles, C. Cheesman, P. Micallef, K. Dyke (s) 27-14. R. Grylls, J. McLean, H. Grylls, A. Jones (s) lost to J. Barron, C. Coates, W. Rourke, L. Goddard (s) 19-23.
Charlton 47-0 lost to Wedderburn 77-12. B. Chester, Z. Irwin, G. Barnard, G. Bateson (s) lost to R. Hall, J. Matthews, A. Noordennen, G. Burnside (s) 12-28. J. McGrath, G. Thomson, B. Bailey, C. Brien (s) lost to S. Standfield, A. Benaim, S. Steel, L. Standfield (s) 17-25. R. Gahan, E. Rosewall, S. Harper, J. Headon (s) lost to R. Ashley, B. Catherine, M. Guelfo, J. Grant (s) 18-24.
Ladder – Boort 20, Donald Golf 12, Wedderburn 12, Wycheproof 10, St Arnaud Country 2, St Arnaud 2, Charlton 2, Donald 0.
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