Werribee is one step closer to sealing a finals berth in the Bowls Victoria weekend pennant, division 2, section 1 competition.
The Bees faced third placed Essendon on Saturday and were able to come away with a convincing win 81 (13)-71 (5).
Bees director Gavin Joyce said the win gave them some breathing space in the battle for finals and they’re now well placed to participate in finals again.
“The 13-5 points win was critical to keeping a home final possibility alive, and hopefully we continue our form over the last two rounds,” he said.
“Everyone keeping it tight allowed us to win reasonably comfortably in the end, against strong opposition.”
Rob Panton’s rink had a tie at 20 shots each, coming back from falling behind earlier in the day.
Ian Milledge’s rink went down by three shots, Rob Smith’s rink went down by four shots and Gavin Joyce’s rink got up by 17 shots.
The Bees now sit 21 points clear of fifth placed Buckley Park.
Joyce said they’ve got some challenges ahead of them with two rounds remaining.
He said they were confident in what the group could do.
“This week we play second placed Sunbury at their venue, and after having a very tight loss against them the first time we played at home, we travel to their venue confident we can win, as we can now fight to finish in the top two at the end of the season, to earn a double chance,” he said.
“We set some goals at the start of the season to qualify for finals, and we are now in charge of our own destiny, so it will be an exciting couple of weeks to finish the home and away season.
“We enter these weeks knowing we have shared the wins and losses against the first and third sides, Keilor and Essendon, and that tight loss to Sunbury the first time, so we know we compete strongly against the top sides.”
Meanwhile in division 3, section 1, Hoppers beat Yarraville Footscray, 87 (12)-82 (6).
Stephen Macklin’s rink was the only one to get up for Hoppers, winning 38-15.
With two rounds remaining, Hoppers sits six points clear of Altona 3 at the top of the ladder.
It’s a top of the table clash this weekend.
In division 4, section 1, Point Cook had a good win against Deer Park 4.
Point Cook won 86 (16)-70 (2). Jim Rayner’s rink was the big winner, winning 29-9.
Point Cook sits top of the table, two points ahead of Altona Sports.
