Ocean Grove 2 and Drysdale fought out a thrilling tie as Geelong Bowls Region Saturday Pennant resumed on January 14.
The result was unexpected with Drysdale in good form before the break and was predicted to account for the Grovers.
Both sides finished on 61 shots each. Grove took nine points from the match and Drysdale seven.
Ashley Rees was Drydale’s most prolific winner while Rick Webb won by eight for Ocean Grove.
The result sees Drysdale two points behind Bareena in sixth place on the ladder.
Eastern Park defeated Bareena by nine and is in fourth spot.
Glenn Slattery prevailed for the Parkers by 11 while Ben Wilding made sure two points went Bareena’s way.
Queenscliff took a while to shrug off Bell Post Hill to hold onto third spot on the ladder.
Ben Toner won a rink for Bell Post Hill, but Benjamin Russell and Steve Sullivan made sure the majority of the points headed Queenscliff’s way.
Top side Highton thrashed City of Geelong, almost doubling their score for a 65 to 33 win.
Dan Priddle’s rink of Robin Chambers, Craig Elliott and Adam Lee won big.
Ocean Grove 1 returned to the winner’s list with a hard-fought triumph over Lara.
One rink was tied while Matt Flapper’s rink won by eight and Brad Pavey’s won by seven to give the Grovers 15 of the 16 points on offer.
This week’s match of the round sees Queenscliff (3rd) host Eastern Park (4th).
Drysdale needs to beat top side Highton, Ocean Grove 2 travels to Lara, Bareena hosts Ocean Grove 1 in what should be a good match and Bell Post Hill and City of Geelong meet in what should be a close game.
