Three wins from as many matches has the reigning premier division champions in good shape as they head into the next fortnight against top four contenders Eastern Park and Queenscliff.
Ocean Grove’s number one Saturday Pennant side backed up their round one win against Bareena with a convincing 48-shot win at Torquay.
Four rinks combined to register the 18 match points and then a further 17 in round three were added when the two Ocean Grove Premier teams went head to head.
Ocean Grove 1 took the honours in the Premier Division challenge on this occasion. Only seven shots separated the two teams at the smoko break with the ‘ones’ finishing strong.
Brian Smith skipped his team to a draw with Brad Pavey in what was the match of the day.
Trevor Turnley is clearly enjoying a good run of form in Division Two and has led his team of Steve Bryant and Carol Howarth to three good wins in a row.
Geoff Fry was the fourth member of the team before shifting across to skip another rink in Division Two.
Turnley and his troops have recorded wins of 20, 18 and 18 that has led to overall victories in Division Two on all three occasions.
The third win in a row for the ‘twos’ came at home against St Leonards where all four teams celebrated success leading to a dominating 51-shot result. Bryant.
Howarth and Turnley recruited Jenny Keep on this occasion whilst Geoff Fry skipped his side of Margaret White, Warren Davis and Ian Turner to a 15-shot win.
John Izzard chipped in for a two shot victory while Andrew Wright cruised with his team to a 28-12 rink win.
A solid fortnight of back to back wins has been a great response for the Division Three team as wins against Portarlington and Geelong Cement have got the team firing on all cylinders.
Dawn Cooknell, Ron Todd, Bill Ryan and Peter Patterson controlled proceedings at Portarlington with their rinks 42-14 result while against Geelong Cement it was Keith Goldsmith, Faye Bowyer, Patricia Virtue and James Rogan that produced the goods with their 27-11 win.
Noel Sherwell skipped his team to a seven shot win while Patterson again got the rink points by eight.
One win each in the past two outings for our Division Five and Six sides with the sixers taking all points in their last clash against Belmont at Belmont.
Four close games but all going the way of the Grovers in their overall 12-shot win.
Graeme Constable led his team of Bob Nicol, Ian Walker and Lorraine Oliver to a dominating 25-shot win but unfortunately it was not enough to get his side over the line in their outing with Highton. Constable did however take the match day honours as King of the rinks with the best score of the day.
Equally impressive was the card handed in at the end of the day in Division Ten.
Three wins on the trot for the eight-player side and in round three it was Bob Heard, Rob Fletcher, John Aitken and Trish O’Brien who found Clifton Springs green to their liking taking the spoils 39-14.
John Hoult and Rod Swan both played their 400th Saturday pennant match for Ocean Grove.
Rod Swan in round two and John Hoult in round three enjoyed his milestone celebration with a win in Division Ten.
Midweek Pennants Division One side lowered their colours in round three away from home at Geelong Cement.
On a free running green that took Ocean Grove players by surprise Geelong Cement was too good in the finish with the visitors scrambling for only one point from the match with a rink draw to the Jo Whitehead skipped side.
Following on from the impressive round one score line in Division Two they have showed it was no fluke as back to back wins has the Grovers second side in great shape with three wins from as many matches.
Sixteen match points are on offer each week and skippers Patricia Virtue, Lorraine Hunt and Lorraine Kirk have made sure their teams have controlled the past two matches claiming all points on offer.
With two competing teams in Division Two, the third side has battled for consistency against its more fancied opponents in the past fortnight only managing one rink win.
Joyce Fraser, Lyn Stonehouse and Liz Braley have steered their teams to success in round three taking all points against Clifton Springs. Fraser and Braley both recorded plus six wins while Stonehouse got the points in a close battle by the narrowest of margins.
Two Ocean Grove Division Five teams battled it out and it was only the Marene Turnley skipped side that made the difference in the overall result.
Division six found it tough at Highton while for the first time in 2019-20, the side was able to find enough players to field a Division Seven team that took on Geelong Cement at home.
Marlene Ross, Bob Nicol, Ray Foley and Jan Hudson got two points on the board for the sevens.
Friday 25 October will see the finals of the Men’s and Ladies 21up singles played at 3pm.
