Ocean Grove proved no match for City of Geelong in the Geelong Bowls Region Midweek Pennant grand final at Geelong Eastern Park Bowling Club yesterday.
Although COG won all three rinks, the match was far from a walk in the park.
COG won by nine shots – 56 to 47 – but all three rinks were hotly contested.
Patria McGrath, Elaine Price, Allan Callow and Matt Flapper went down by only three shots while Faye Richardson, Marg Carroll, Jeff Howarth and Michael West lost by five.
On the other rink, Jenny Keep, Sue Collins, Ian Donald and Rod Brehaut lost by the barest of margins.
In Division 5, Ocean Grove took home the silverware, beating Drysdale at Queenscliff.
It was a convincing 73 to 36 victory for the Grovers with Maureen Harris, Nola Curran, Peter Corcoran and Kan Harrigan winning by 19 while Kerrin Simpson, Rick Dwyer, Nancy Quinton and John McConville prevailed by four.
Margaret White, Alan Ballam, Brian Dee and Peter Snell completed a 26 to 12 demolition job on rink three to round off the victory.
Ocean Grove won the Division 6 title, defeating Geelong 46 to 35.
Lorraine Delauney, Ruth Barker, Karla Turner and Michael Briers won by three and Heather Allan, Karen Morison, Shelley Westlake and Brian Ryan had an eight-shot win.
