Peter Harris, welcomed back by his teammates from a break, was in magnificent form and led beautifully.
His team of Mick Bennett who made his debut for the RSL Diggers, Jo Chick and Craig Taylor(s) had a slow start and battled the wind on the outside rink not scoring until the 6th end with a 1.
DBC were already 8 in front and out of the next five ends the Diggers managed to win two with 7 shots to the oppositions 2 and the card looked a little better at 7-11.
The Diggers dropped a 5, and by the 15th end Deni had got away from them again at 11-18.
RSL were bowling better but the opposition second and skipper were too good and they added 9 to the Diggers 3.
The scoreboard read 14-27 after 21 ends, and the visiting team were deflated with another 13 shot loss.
On the middle rink, Gaye Goodwin, Archie Webster, Ron Marchetti and Beryl Murray (s) had a brilliant day out on the opposition club greens.
After the fifth end the scores were close at 5-4 and that’s when the Diggers got to work.
Over the next five ends they added 13 shots to DBC’s 3.
The card read 18-7, and the Diggers didn’t look like slowing down adding another 11 and limiting their opposition to just 1 to bring the score to 29-8.
Deni scored a 3 on the 16th end and that was their last scoring end.
The Diggers added another 13 shots and the final score was an incredible 42-11.
Goodwin and Webster were superb and skipper Murray commented she didn’t have much to do.
This rink won 15 of their 21 ends, picking up an incredible five 4’s and two 5’s!
On the last rink, Allan Hodges, John Wilson, Garry Hulm and Niels Hilton (s) were experiencing déjà vu and didn’t score until their opposition had 11 on the board.
They regrouped and won the next five ends, putting 8 shots on the card to Deni’s 11 after 10 ends.
The Diggers added 5 more over the next five ends and limited Deni to 1 shot.
The Diggers were in front and didn’t look back, running away with 12 shots, which consisted of two 5’s, while DBC could only manage 3 shots.
After 21 ends this Diggers rink were thrilled with their come back once again, finishing on a thrilling 25-16.
Overall, Deni RSL Bowls Club defeated Deniliquin Bowling Club 81-54 and the win with two rinks gives them 14 points to add to their tally.
The Diggers Division 2 team now sit third on the CPA ladder with 16 points.
Weekend pennant
Teams for round three tomorrow are as follows:
Division 3 vs Echuca, away, leave RSLBC at 11am, cars TBA - J Glenn, J Wilson, C Glenn, N Hilton (s); C Taylor, M Glenn, A Webster, R Reid (s); J Chick, J Hulm, G Hulm, T King (s).
Division 5 vs Deniliquin, away, 1.30pm start - G Gordon, C Frampton, R Marchetti, N Austin (s); I McKenzie, A Harding, D Stanmore, G Goodwin (s).
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