MOUNT Gambier bowls Club enjoyed the home-ground advantage in Round 6 of the Lower South East Bowls Association Midweek Open pennant last week.
The Reds played host to the undefeated Naracoorte RSL team and enjoyed playing under the roof to win on both rinks and take the maximum eight points with a 57-37 victory.
The 31-13 win by the rink of Brian Francis, Ray Hutchesson, Daryl Ranenberg and Ian Von Stanke helped send the visitors home with their first loss of the season.
The Blues welcomed the undefeated Port MacDonnell Red team and with good wins on both rinks secured the eight points and continued their good start to the year.
Jeff England and Ron Cox skippered the two rinks to victory as the Blues cemented second spot on the premiership ladder with the 50-40 win.
Wednesday night saw the popular Night Owls competition continue with 48 enthusiastic players enjoying the mild evening.
The competition played over six weeks before Christmas is a great opportunity to enjoy a good fun game with family or friends.
The women’s Pennant competition continued Friday with the Mount Gambier team travelling to Robe where they found the hosts in excellent form.
The narrow 24-27 loss by the rink of Gaylene Leggett, Deanna Farrenfield, Kerry Pedlar and Beryl Versluis in cold and windy conditions was a great effort but they returned home with a 83-33 loss.
The team will have an opportunity to get back on track with the Round 7 visit of Port MacDonnell.
Saturday’s Open Division 1 saw the Blues travel to Naracoorte to take on last year’s grand finalists where they continued their strong start to the year by winning one rink and drawing another.
The team of Tim Radley, Jim Farran, Gary Hocking and Ian Von Stanke gave their team a great chance for overall victory with a 27-24 win over the Eric Pitt led local team.
The draw on the Jeff England skippered rink against Ian Williams team gave the Blues three premiership points as they suffered a narrow 77-71 shot loss.
The Reds enjoyed successive games at the Bob Cranwell Centre and played hosts to Mount Gambier RSL Red.
The three rinks were close up to the break with a very good standard of bowls on show.
The break was a good one for the Mount Gambier Red rink of John Reppin, Mick Spong, Tony Renzi and Greg Carpenter as they won all but one end on the resumption to take a 30-16 shot win.
The other two rinks remained close but the hosts took both rinks to secure a 83-55 victory and the valuable 12 points.
Division 2 action under the roof saw the visiting Kalangadoo enjoy the conditions to win two rinks and take home a 78-59 victory.
The rink of Maryka Heaver, Perria Davis, David Babb and Bob Cranwell was the only successful rink for the hosts with a 26-16 win over Trevor Auld’s team.
The Division 4 Reds travelled to Millicent to take on the local Blues and returned home with one rink win.
The team of Glenn Brown, Rex Klaasens, Diana Harris and Peter Clark had a good day, winning 27-25.
However, the two points secured was the only success as the Millicent Blues won the day 76-67.
The Blues in Division 4 had the visit of crosstown rivals Mount Gambier RSL Red.
The RSL side secured wins on two rinks and a draw on the third to secure 11 points with the 88-55 shot win.
The Blues rink of Ron Kuhl, Ron James, Athol Malseed and David Holland gained the consolation point with the 23-23 draw against the Tony Freeman skippered team.
