Bowls & croquet
Trafalgar jumps up to second place

Trafalgar jumped to second on the division one ladder after a five-shot win over Warragul on Saturday.

Division one: Trafalgar 16/85 defeated Warragul 2/80
William McIlwain (skip), Ian Miles, Wayne Hurst and Kyen Jenkins won 21/18.
Nathan Cook (skip), David Cook, Paul Dawson and Sean Tatterson won 29/22.
Matt Schreyer (skip), Edward Kuklinsky, Noel Rubenstein and Col Carmichael lost 13/22.
Chris Bortignon (skip), Adam Proctor, Tim Fraser and Luke McFarlane won 22/18.
Division three: Trafalgar (2) 0/49 lost to Boolarra 18/117
Peter Jonas (skip), Alex Brodie, Billy Nisbet and Larry Heenan lost 9/39.
Steve Lodge (skip), Mal Clymo, Travis Jenkins and Tony Dawson lost 11/25.
Frank Farrugia (skip), Peter Watson, Barry Leicester and Anthony Dalgleish lost 13/30.
Bruce Giles (skip), Terry Robertson, Daniel Quine and Joanna Reekie lost 16/23.
Division five: Trafalgar (3) 16/79 defeated Morwell (4) 0/29
Trafalgar put in a great performance across all three rinks.
Derek Jones (skip), Peter Dart, Xavier Schreyer and Shirley Melsen won 33/6.
Derek's rink only allowed Morwell to score on four ends, culminating in a massive 27-shot triumph.
Darryl Horner (skip), Helen Robertson, Sue Robinson and Kathy Geisler won 22/12.
Winning the first eight ends, Darryl's team led all day. They ended with a 10-shot victory.
Paul Gridley (skip), Heather Taylor, Ken Davey and Lincoln Fraser won 24/11.
Paul's rink also controlled from go to whoa, with a great 13-shot win.
Division six: Trafalgar (4) 10/16 won via forfeit to Neerim District (3) 0/0
Midweek
Trafalgar's top midweek team also secured victory on Tuesday, with a 17-shot margin over Drouin.
Division one: Trafalgar 16/69 defeated Drouin (1) 0/52
Matt Schreyer (skip), Edward Kuklinsky, Heather Taylor and Col Carmichael won 25/21.
Matt's team were down by 12 early after losing a five and a seven in the first two ends. At the 11th, they were still down by 13 shots. But, in an amazing comeback, they outscored Drouin by 19 to two to take a four-shot win.
Adam Proctor (skip), Paul Dawson, Helen Robertson and Sue Robinson won 20/19.
Adam's rink was even all day. They were 18-all on the 19th, before dropping one shot on the 20th. The team held their nerve, scoring a two on the 21st to win by one.
David Cook (skip), Noel Rubenstein, Pat Tatterson and Shirley Melsen won 24/12.
David's rink was even early, the teams level on three occasions.
After being seven-all on the ninth, they put the pedal to the metal and ended up cruising to a 12-shot win.
Division two: Trafalgar (2) 1/48 lost to Drouin (2) 15/59
Peter Dart (skip), Darryl Horner, Mary Holdsworth and Tony Dawson lost 13/20.
Peter's team got off to a slow start, being 0/5 on the fourth. They struggled to make headway, going down by seven shots.
Wayne Hurst (skip), Margaret Moss, David Wilson and Joanna Reekie lost 17/21.
Wayne's team was down by 10 on 15th. However, they fought back in the last six ends for a narrow four-shot loss.
Rob Matthews (skip), Paul Gridley, Rob Connell and Carol Fox drew 18/18.
Rob's rink led for most of the day, sitting at 18/12 on the 19th. Unfortunately, Drouin scored a four and a two on the last two ends, to draw the game.
Division five: Trafalgar (3) 8/40 defeated Yinnar (2) 2/38
Ed Davies (skip), Lyn Sephton, Rosalyn Blew and Bev Webb lost 19/25.
Ed's rink didn't start well, down 2/16 on the eighth. But, they got it together to outscore Drouin by 17 shots to nine - including a five on the 17th - over the rest of the game. They only lost by six shots.
Greg Sephton (skip), Bill Lithgow, Graeme Ralls and Denise Fenton won 21/13.
Greg's team also started slowly, down 3/10 on the eighth. They powered home with 19 shots to three, giving them a great eight-shot win.

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