Shepparton Golf too good for Mooroopna in GVBD division two decider

By Rodney Woods

Mar 14, 2021

Shepparton Golf's division two side has taken out the Goulburn Valley Bowls Division premiership by defeating Mooroopna by 42 shots on Saturday.

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The Golfers, who only lost one match for the season, made the most of the changed weather conditions post-afternoon tea and ran away with a 108 to 66 win.

Richard Warburton's rink set up the all-rink victory as he won 37-12 over Bruce Anselmi.

Wayne Gribble (six shots), Roy Brown (four shots) and Peter Fairgrieve (seven shots) also recorded wins.

Warburton, who is also the club president, said the momentum changed heading into the break and then they adapted quicker to the changing weather conditions afterwards.

“It was pretty tight early in the game,” Warburton said.

“Across the board, we picked up some big numbers heading into the break.

“Then the swirling wind and rain in the second part slowed down the green and we seemed to skip away.

“It was a fantastic effort right across the board.”

Warburton said his big rink win was set up by lead Jock Hastie.

“We all contributed,” Warburton said.

“All four of us supported each other and Jock started us off and we built some good heads.

“Although the other rinks had closer wins, when we looked across they seemed to have a lot of bowls in the head too.”

Despite the big win, Warburton praised Mooroopna for its efforts in making the big dance.

“We looked at the opposition and we only played them once this season,” he said.

“We were expecting a tight tussle, it didn't end up being that way, but they did a terrific job to get there and try and get to division one, which would have been their goal.”