Beltana win a heart-stopper at home
Premier Division report by Peter Kirby
3 December 2022 (Round 8)
In the closest match of Round 8 of Bowls South’s Derwent Eye Specialists Premier Division at Beltana on Saturday, the home side held on for a one shot win over Brighton, winning on three rinks, 77-76. Grant Wakefield’s rink was in great form and appeared to have the game won for Brighton, but a late comeback from Shawn Leitch probably saved the match for Beltana, gaining nine shots over the last five ends to reduce the deficit, going down 22 to 17. On the other rinks, Matthew Breward and Shane Young had a close game all day, Young eventually winning by 3 shots for Beltana, 19-16. Tony Bartninkaitis and Alex McCoull also had a close game, 24-22. Beltana’s McCoull picked up a 7 on the 16th end from which Bartninkaitis could not recover. Ricky Limbrick fought back to lose by 1 shot against Beltana’s Gary Richardson, 17-16.
Cremorne secured a crucial away victory with a comfortable 3 rink, 35 shot victory over Dover, 97-62. Cremorne’s points came from Peter Marshall, with great support from replacement player, Heather Banks, was too strong against Ricky Ormerod, winning 32 to 9. After a close early tussle Brad Knight and his rink recorded a comfortable 9 shot victory over Josh Mazur, 24-15. Born-again skip, Pat Hoffman, with Paul Hoddy playing some big shots at the right time, made it 3 wins in a row with a 7 shot margin against Chris Norris, 24-17. Cam Norris secured 2 points for Dover with a 4 shot victory over Leigh Munnings, 21-17, in what was a tight game from start to finish.
At home, Glenorchy Rodman inflicted a massive 80 shot, 4 rink win over Claremont, 118-38. Luke Turner had great support from his rink of Ben Stearnes, Anthony Clifford and Jacob Sheerin-Wall to comprehensively defeat Paul Grover by 25 shots, 31-6, and Jack Ellis, with Greg Hartshorne leading well, defeated Shane Peck by 20 shots, 30-10. Tony Vince, with consistent support from his rink, enabled him to defeat Mick Taylor, despite a good game from his three Adam Taylor, by 19 shots, 29-10, and Cam Tegg, unstoppable against Paul Hart, won by 16 shots, 28-12, to complete the all-rinks win for Glenorchy Rodman.
At Buckingham, Kingborough was successful on 3 rinks, enjoying a convincing 89 – 57 away win over Buckingham. Contributing to Kingborough’s victory were Jason Fowler, with good support from his second, Jordi Seabourne, winning 32-12 against Todd Oakley, Nic Courto, ably assisted by excellent bowls from his front end, 18-16 over Craig Owen, and an all-round performance from Ryan Guy’s rink, rewarded with a 23-13 win against George Kovacs. On the back of some consistent leading from George Sarfalvy, Barry Nash delivered many fine clutch bowls to save shots, to defeat Brent Forsyth 17-16 and salvage 2 points for Buckingham.
In the final game of the round at New Norfolk, ladder leaders, Sandy Bay, enjoyed a 3 rink, 59 shot win against their hosts, 113-59. Keghan Booth led the way for the visitors with his 30 shot win against Kerry Hill, 38-8. Sandy Bay’s other rink wins came from Justin Plumber, 31-10 against Chris Chalker, and Bryce Guy with a 26-17 win against Lauren Banks. Wayne Clark gained a rink win for New Norfolk, and 2 points, with his solid 24-18 win against Andrew Norris.