By Jack Rollings
Midweek pennant was rained out this week. Some of the bowling greens looked more like swimming pools.
Saturday pennant is not on this week because the Vic Open is on up at Shepparton. About a dozen Monbulk bowlers, men and women, are travelling up to try their luck in singles, pairs and triples formats. Signs of the extreme flooding event are still everywhere: water across paddocks, potholes in the roads big enough to hide a football in, and masses of mosquitos trying to find a gap in the windows at night. So far, our bowlers have had mixed results and some close misses.
Jenny Holmes won through her singles section and played the first round of knockouts against a 16-year-old rising star from Melton, Lily Dodd. Lily has the Big V stickers on her bowls, having represented Victoria in the recent national titles. The game between Monbulk’s Jenny and Melton’s Lily was a thriller, with supporters from both camps surrounding the bowling green. In the end, it was Jenny who prevailed and she will progress to the next round against Ann Miles from Yarrawonga, a legend in bowling who has several state titles to her name.
Pennant will start up again this Saturday with Monbulk 1 hosting Lilydale. Monbulk is undefeated so far this season and will be trying very hard to keep that record intact.
