AT Mansfield Bowls Club the week started with a bumper field of Rookies. The enthusiasm and competitive spirit is well alive. The Bowling Stones and CMD Bashers are level at the top of the ladder with the All Blacks in third place. In the Home Pennant competition, Alan Dobson, Tom Ingpen, Anne Tilbrook and Ida Rachele in the Blue team defeated the Lime team of Carolyn Close, Peter McNeill, Belinda Snider and Anne Wileman 17 to 11. Kevin "Nikko" Nikkelson, Kris Humphrey, Heather Ingpen and Ray Fraser in the Yellow team were pipped by one shot to the Red team of Graeme "Dizzy" Tyers, Rom Nicol, Ross Parsons and Philip Jenson. Marco Bohren's Green team with Glenda Revell, Tony Wilks and Renee Prosser were too good for the Gold team of Ray Close, Kathleen Bock, John Lobbe and Elva Healy by only five shots. Steve Lewis, Brian Sinclair, Gwen Gray and Catherine Johnson in the Pink team had a two-shot win over team Orange with Domingo Diaz, Alan Hatcher, Michelle Mios (and Tilly) and Glenda Hempenstall. Mansfield Midweek Pennant travelled to Rutherglen on Tuesday. Mick Walsh, Noel Jackson, Jenny Walsh and Yvonne Robinson had a very close day out, getting up by two shots. Elaine Peterson, Chris Laws, George Peterson and Marian Ryan had a resounding win on their rink by 33 shots. Michael Harrison, Mark Bettany, Lyn Holland and Irene Fuller also had a solid win by 18 shots. There is one more home and away game to play, however, Mansfield sits in top spot on the ladder before finals. On Saturday the A4 team played Wangaratta at home. Neither team was in a position to make finals, which made for a good atmosphere for some fierce but fun competition. Jenny Walsh, Lyn Holland, Irene Fuller and Yvonne Robinson won their rink by nine shots. Ray Close, Winston Taylor, Carolyn Close and Ken Rainsbury were outbowled on the day by Wangaratta. Dizzy, Nikko, Nick and Vicki Klein got up by nine shots. Rick Nichols, Alan Dobson, Rossy Parsons and Annie Tilbrook were beaten on the very last end by one shot. The A3 team had a good day out against Beechworth at home with John Foots, Peter Roberts, Mark Bettany and Shane O'Brien winning their rink by 16 shots. George and Elaine Peterson, Chris Laws and Marian Ryan went down by only one shot. Hammer Harrison, Steve Lewis, Noel "Jacko" Jackson and Brian (Sid) Revell won nine shots up. Mick Walsh, Ray Robinson, Graeme and Enid Smith went down by 13. The team is looking towards finals next week against the same team. Good luck Mansfield. On Sunday the finals of the Club 100 Up competition were held. Mark Bettany and Alan Dobson had a very close match in the morning, going into the final end 97 to 95 to Mark, who got over the line to win. Chris Laws and Steve Lewis battled it out with Steve winning, going on to play Mark in the afternoon and coming away the winner overall. Congratulations to all players for a big effort.
