Bowls pennant season ends with shield win

MANSFIELD Bowls Club has reached the end of the pennant season in the Ovens and Murray Region with Mansfield taking the shield against Wodonga last Tuesday. On the first rink Mick Walsh, Noel Jackson, Jenny Walsh and Yvonne Robinson scored 24 shots to Wodonga's 14. Next, Michael Harrison, Mark Bettany, Lyn Holland and Enid Smith went down by only one shot - 20 to 21. The final rink of George Peterson, Elaine Peterson, Chris Laws and Marian Ryan scored a 30 to 12 shot win. Congratulations to the Grand Finalists for bringing home a second shield in a week for Mansfield. In Home Pennant the Pink and Green teams toughed it out in their Grand Final match. Steve Lewis' Pink team of Brian Sinclair, Gwen Gray and Cathy Johnson were close for a while but the Green team of Tony Pridham, Harry Smith, Glenda Revell and Renee Prosser got the better of them, taking the 2025 win 21 to 9. Congratulations to all players. On the Sunday of the long weekend, Mansfield hosted the Marks IGA sponsored tournament. 12 teams participated with visiting teams and players from Moira Benalla, Swanpool, Benalla and Euroa. Three games of ten ends were played with only two teams winning all three games. The final winners on the day on a score countback were Shane O'Brien, Mick Hoban, Noel Jackson and Anne Wileman. Congratulations and thank you to IGA for sponsoring the prize money for this event. The club Ladies 21 up starts this Thursday and Rookies come back next Monday to battle out the remaining two rounds before finals.