Bowls & croquet
Trafalgar defeat Drouin in division one battle

Despite only winning one rink, Trafalgar's division one team had a nine-shot victory over Drouin on Saturday.
They remain third on the ladder.
In other divisions, Trafalgar won two of its three games.
 

Division one: Trafalgar 12/85 defeated Drouin 6/76
Ian Miles (skip), Mathew Leicester, Paul Dawson and Wayne Hurst lost 18/23.
Ian's rink came back from being down 4/11 on the ninth to be up 16/11 up on the 12th. However, Drouin came back in the end, outscoring Trafalgar by 12 shots to two. Ian's rink finished with a five-shot loss.
Matt Schreyer (skip), Edward Kuklinsky, Noel Rubenstein and Graeme Hill lost 17/20.
Matt's team trailed all day.
However, with a five on the 20th, they got to within two shots, 17/19. It wasn't to be, as Drouin scored one on the last end to win by three shots.
Chris Bortignon (skip), Adam Proctor, Tim Fraser and Luke McFarlane lost 18/27.
Chris' rink was in a see-saw battle, with the lead changing five times. With the scores 17/19 on the 18th, Drouin scored a two and six consecutively to go 10 up. This gave Trafalgar a nine-shot loss.
Nathan Cook (skip), David Cook, Darren Kane and Sean Tatterson won 32/6.
Nathan's rink bowled well in game of the day.
Not only did they win rink of the week with a 26-shot drubbing of Drouin, but it gave the Trafalgar side the overall win.
Division three: Trafalgar (2) 14/75 defeated Drouin (2) 4/71
Peter Jonas (skip), Russell Lavell, Alex Brodie and Larry Heenan won 20/14.
Peter's team, after being at six-all on the sixth, drew away for a solid six-shot win.
Steve Lodge (skip), Mal Clymo, Travis Jenkins and Tony Dawson lost 13/21.
On the other hand, Steve's rink was level on the fifth and ninth, but could not hold the opposition. They lost by eight shots.
Frank Farrugia (skip), Peter Watson, Barry Leicester and Anthony Dalgleish won 25/14.
With a five on the sixth end, Frank's team led 15/0. They never took the pressure off and led all day for a good 11-shot win.
Derek Jones (skip), Peter Dart, Shirley Melsen and Xavier Schreyer lost 17/22.
Despite being behind most of the day, Derek's rink made a mini comeback in the second half to only go down by five shots.
Division five: Trafalgar (3) 14/62 defeated Warragul (3) 2/48
Ian McCartney (skip), Kyen Jenkins, Rob Connell and Joanna Reekie lost 19/22.
After a four-shot start, Ian's rink scored only one shot in the next 11 ends to trail 4/16. The team got it together to outscore the opposition 14 shots to six in the second half but lost by three shots.
Darryl Horner (skip), Helen Robertson, Sue Robinson and Kathy Geisler won 26/12.
Darryl's rink led all day for a respectable 26/12 victory.
Paul Gridley (skip), Heather Taylor, Ken Davey and Daniel Quine won 17/14.
It was level pegging for Paul's team who led 7/5 on the 10th. A five on the 11th gave them the break, resulting in a 17/14 win.
Division six: Trafalgar (4) 0/33 lost to Traralgon (6) 10/57
Pat Tatterson (skip), Bill Lithgow, Dennis McGrath and Bruce Males lost 15/33.
Dropping a six on the first end, Pat's team struggled to make inroads and lost by 18.
Ed Davies (skip), Noel Morland, Graeme Ralls and Heather Lavell lost 18/24.
Ed's rink scored a six on the seventh end to lead 9/7, before getting away to 13/10 at the 10th. The opposition slowly crept ahead to see Trafalgar trail 13/19 on the 16th. Holding them from here, Ed's rink lost by only six shots.

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