ROUND 10 Lower South East Bowls midweek open action continued last week with both teams on the road.
The Reds travelled across town to take on the Mount Gambier RSL Reds and with wins on both rinks enjoyed a comfortable 56-36 victory.
The rink of Bill Bremner, Kym Jones, Bob Cranwell and Gary Widdison had a good 31-20 win over their opponents with the Ian Von Stanke rink taking a 25-16 victory.
As a result, the 12 points takes the Reds to the top of the ladder with four rounds to play.
The Blues travelled down Bay Road to take on the Port MacDonnell Blues and were able to win one rink but suffered a narrow 46-44 loss.
Barb Milstead, Colin Potter, Eddy Smith and Ron Cox won a tight contest 24-22 to return home with two premiership points.
The Blues currently sit in fourth spot and await Mount Gambier RSL Red in Round 11.
The women’s competition continued Friday with Mount Gambier travelling to Penola where they found the locals in fine form.
Penola won both rinks to enjoy a 60-31 victory.
Gaylene Leggett, Barb Butchart, Kerry Pedlar and Beryl Versluis made their opponents work hard for their 21-19 win.
The women’s return home to play Naracoorte RSL in Round 11 in a must-win matchup.
Saturday’s Lower South East Bowls Open action played at the Bob Cranwell Centre saw Mount Gambier claim two wins.
The Division 1 Reds hosted Mount Gambier RSL Blue and despite missing some key players were able to secure the maximum 12 points with wins on the three rinks.
John Reppin, Michael Spong, Tony Renzi and Tony Bowditch started the game well, scoring the first 14 shots and went on to record an impressive 34-14 victory over the Wayne Legutko skippered RSL rink.
The Blues travelled across town to take on the RSL Reds and were able to win one rink but it was not enough to secure the victory.
The rink of Jim Philpott, Kym Jones, Gary Widdison and Steve Farrell continued their good form from last week to win a tight contest against the Neil Tobin led locals going on to win 20-19.
In a close game the hosts were able to secure the valuable 10 points with the 69-58 victory.
A trip to Penola was the venue for the Division 2 trying to get their season back on track.
This venue has not been kind to Mount Gambier bowlers and the Round 10 clash was again an unsuccessful trip.
The rink of Neil Blakey, Maryka Heaver, Perria Davis and David Babb scored a 21-20 win over a strong local rink skippered by Scott Degenhardt.
In Division 4, the Reds travelled to Mount Gambier RSL to take on the local Reds.
In a team effort, they returned home with 11 points after an 83-61 win.
The stars of the day were Ron Kuhl, Rex Klaasens, Carlo Bertetic and Eddy Smith who scored an impressive 35-14 win against Graham Crowder’s rink.
The result proved to be decisive as Ron Cox’s team scored a narrow one-shot win and the John Kentish led rink played out a 23-23 draw to secure second spot on the ladder with four games to be played.
At home under the roof the Blues enjoyed the conditions where they played Port MacDonnell and were able to secure an 86-62 win.
Alison Mitchell, John Hughes, Ross Kilsby and Don Fraser dominated their opponents to win 38-16.
