Sport
26 November, 2025
Midweek hangs on to sixth
THE Cobden midweek division one bowls side has clung on to sixth place on the ladder despite being beaten by Central at home 57-66.
Trevor Roberts, Sue Couch, Peter Richardson and Brian Howard had a tough battle against P. Price, A. Gray, A. Tesselaar and N. Gray to eventually lose 16-20.
Ann Scott, Kath Spokes, Loreign Andrews and Bazil Hammond fought hard but could not outdo a dominant performance by skipper Ian Johnson, along with his team L. Price, A. Johnson, S. Ballagh to lose 14-27.
Janelle Rohan, Bert Strampel, Geoff Ovens and Doreen Coverdale were the only winning rink, defeating R. Chapman, J. Canavan, A. Walton and M. Gove 27-19.
Cobden will travel to the dome to face bottom side Colac for round six.
In division three, Cobden was unlucky to go down by four shots to Colac 4, also played at Cobden.
Ken Lynch, Paul Dwyer, Evelyn Grayland and Pam Savage lost 11-22 to B. Panther, P. Osborne, J. Bowley and P. Rayner.
Jill Lynch, Janine Hutt, David Luker and Ann Coverdale had a closer match, losing 18-23 to W. Winchcomb, G. Riches, J. Robbins and P. Halliday.
A strong win by Claire Reynolds, Colin Spokes, David Childs and Des Couch 25-13 over M. Middleton, J. Middleton, P. Maher and G. Riches helped to reduce the gap.
The loss dropped Cobden to third place on percentage.
Cobden’s division two side remains in second position after sneaking in against Cressy by four shots 93-89 on the slick Cressy green.
Nick Kemp, Terry Beasley, Trevor Roberts and T. Robertson won 22-19 over N. Keating, D. Stinchcombe, R. Alexander and L. Foster.
Noah Mungean, Kathryn Roberton, Ashley Sinnott and Lachie Taylor also won 26-19 from J. Spry, M. Turner, D. Parker and M. Horne.
Michael Hickey, Colin Hammond, Greg Rooke and Bazil Hammond were the third winning rink, defeating J. Carew, A. Keating, B. Keating and B. Dingley 23-17.
Darren Mulgrew, Brendan Hammond, Peter Richardson and Murray Williamson went down 22-34 to J. Nelson, S. Tanis, C. Green and J. Heard.
In division three, Cobden put up a poor showing to be defeated by a strong Colac 3 side, 65-93.
This has once again relegated Cobden to fourth position, replaced at third by Simpson who also lost.
Ann Scott, Claire Reynolds, Colin Spokes and Janine Hutt lost 15-21 to R. Jackson, P. Thompson, D. Harty and T. Uwland.
Janelle Rohan, Richard McVilly, Jim O’Shea and Bert Strampel had a bad loss 14-29 to M. Coates, G. Burrell, D. Donovan and M. Charity.
The only winning rink was David Staggard, Leon Carrigan, Paul Dwyer and Brian Howard who defeated N. Paatsch, A. Jone, L. Matthews and D. Mackay 23-19.
Garry Matheson, Kath Spokes, D. Anderson and K. Farquharson also struggled against T. Carr, K. Ezard, W. Brady and G. Gourley to lose 13-24.
Division four had a bye.
An error was made entering last week’s division three results. Cobden actually defeated Central 101-55, not 93-55.
Janelle Rohan, Richard McVilly, Jim O’Shea and Bert Strampel won 31-13 not 23-13.
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