INGLEWOOD’S Division 1 weekend team has won its second game in a row, with locals saying they could not remember when that last happened.
The Woods beat Castlemaine, 80 shots (13 points) to 74 shots (five points), to move to fifth place on the Bendigo league ladder.
Best result for the day came from the team of Blake Smyth, David Whitehead, Lindsay Kelly and Craig Kelly (skip), with a great 15-shot win.
The Division 5 side had a tough task against Campbell’s Creek, which now leads the ladder.
Inglewood battled hard but lost 77 shots (2 points) to 82 shots (16 points).
The best rink on the day was the team of Bill Concol, Doug Shay, Kevin Stewart and Chris McEwan (skip), which came away with an eight-shot win.
Inglewood’s Division 1 midweek team is still looking for its first win, falling to Bendigo on Monday for its sixth successive loss.
Bendigo won 74 shots (14 points) to 45 shots (2 points).
The team of Merilyn Chamberlain, Helen Leech, David Whitehead and Denis Wilson (skip) won a tight tussle 22 shots to 21, to bring Inglewood’s only points for the day. The Division 5 midweek side is second on the ladder after beating Strathfieldsaye, 54 shots (12 points) to 33 shots (2 points).
Edna Patterson, Phyllis McEwan, Patsy Lyndon and Ian Bradley (skip) won their rink by an impressive 37-13.
BRIDGEWATER
BRIDGEWATER’S midweek bowlers got the club off to a great start to the week, travelling to Strathfieldsaye and coming home with a win that sees them top of the Division 6 ladder.
Bridgewater won 37 shots (12 points) to Strathfieldsaye’s 28 shots (2 points). The team of Jenny Hosking, Barb Catto, Rae Broadbent and Allan Harrison (skip) won 22-11, while the other team skippered by Margaret Wright lost narrowly 17-15.
The weekend Division 5 team played Bendigo at home in hot and blustery conditions on Saturday that constantly changed throughout the afternoon.
Bridgewater lost three rinks to one, with Curtis Magnan, Ray Broadbent, Vern Wilson and Lachlan Catto taking the team’s one victory.
Bob Smith’s rink went down by just two shots on the last end.
The Goldfields side had the bye this week.
The Mixed Four Tournament was played on Sunday, with the Eaglehawk team of Ray McLean, Sharon and Keith Hill, and Barb Catto defeating Serpentine’s Brian Gladman, Scott Rollinson, Gordon Addlem and Shane Rudkins in a play-off.
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