Both Lakes Entrance sides were victorious in round two of the Gippsland Bowls Region Superleague competition last Saturday, with Lakes Entrance 2 currently sitting on the top of the ladder, one of only two sides to have scored two wins.
Lakes Entrance 2 sits ahead of defending champion Bairnsdale on the table after a hard-fought victory over Howitt Park on the road.
Two decisive rink victories by Stephen Smith, Lynton Rathjen, Mark Elliott, Wallace Mason (21-11) and Joe Hales, Boyd McPhee, Jeffrey Wilson and Glenn Barker (21-9) enough to get Lakes 2 home by 12 shots, 54-42.
Lakes Entrance 1 prevailed late in its fixture at home against Maffra, winning 62-55.
Mike McKay, Barry Roberts, Bill Rowley and Kevin Brown led the way with a vital 25-17 victory.
Julie Simpson, Scott Davidson, Daffy Rawlings and Mick Burge won their rink narrowly 21-20.
Simpson displayed the form that saw her part of the gold-medal winning Victorian seniors’ side at the recent national championships in Tweed Heads.
In this week’s matches, Lakes 2 is at home to Maffra, while Lakes 1 will host Stratford.
There was only one match this week in division two, with Lakes 4 having the bye, Lakes 3 going down in a nail-biter at home to Bairnsdale, 51-48.
The efforts of Rob Wilson, Stan Short, Ron McKay and Charles Lesiw winning 24-16 keeping Lakes 3 in the match late into the afternoon.
This week Lakes 3 is at home against Bairnsdale, while Lakes 4 travels to Lindenow to face the Cockies.
There was disappointment in division three with both Lakes Entrance sides going down, Lakes 6 was humbled by Bairnsdale 84-13, with Lakes 5 being more competitive going down by just five to Paynesville, 44-39.
Wim Pennings, Jeanette Rowley, Michael Buttifant and Tony Spink were impressive, winning 28-14.
Lakes 5 will host Bairnsdale this week, with Lakes 6 away to Paynesville.
