Tara Murray
Werribee wasn’t able to continue its momentum into the Bowls Victoria weekend pennant, division 2, section 1 finals.
Having finished the regular season in second spot on the back with a number of good results, the Bees were hoping to make a grand final.
But they were left to rue what might have been with back-to-back losses to Deer Park 2 and Altona 2 on the weekend.
Bees chairman of selectors Peter Carlton said there were a few people a little down on Monday following the two results.
“We didn’t get the result we were after unfortunately,” he said. “We’d had a pretty good year apart from a couple of hiccups early in the year.
“We were hoping to take that same momentum into finals, we had been hoping to make the grand final, but the better team won on the day.”
The Bees faced Deer Park 2 on Saturday and it was always going to be a tough ask against the top side.
Deer Park came away with the win 86 (16)-66 (2).
Brendan Barker was the only winning skip for the Bees, with his rink winning 27-13.
Carlton said winning one rink was never enough.
“Deer Park is a very strong side and had some players who played in the premier league with the depth of that club,” he said.
“We could only win one rink. Winning only one rink makes it hard to get the points. Overall, they were too strong.”
The Bees had a second chance and faced Altona 2 on Sunday.
It was more heartache for the Bees as they lost 81 (14)-67 (4).
Carlton said a poor start proved costly for them.
“We split the rinks, but one of the rinks copped a hiding and you can’t make that up. Having said that they got away from us and half way through they were well in front.
“We got within eight shots and fought back well, but we couldn’t sustain it any more.”
Mick O’Neil and Robert Panton were the winning skips for Werribee in the loss.
Carlton said he thought Deer Park would take out the grand final, with a bit more depth across all four rinks.
Carlton said they would sit back and review the year and see how they can improve next year.
“We will assess each of the sides in the club and see where we went well and where we didn’t,” he said.
“Hopefully we can get some more recruits and get a bit more depth. Making the finals is a good effort and we had a pretty good year.
“We’ll be back next year bigger and stronger.”
Meanwhile Point Cook was knocked out in the semi final in division 4, section 1.
Point Cook won its semi final against Aberfeldie CBC 74 (12)-72 (6), before losing to Altona 3 in the preliminary dinal 83 (18)-60 (0).
