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Pennant Report Round 5 Season 2020/2021
PAKENHAM BOWLS CLUB – PENNANT RND 5 – SEASON 2020-21 After a shorter than usual Christmas break, the 2020-21 Weekend Pennant competition kicked off again on Friday, with the First Division side playing an evening/night game under the new “Paky Dome” against Mulgrave Country Club. A good sized crowd of supporters was in attendance. The…
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PAKENHAM BOWLS CLUB – MIDWEEK PENNANT– ROUND FOUR 2020-21 Another chapter in the history of the Pakenham Bowls Club was written today with the first games of Pennant Bowls being played under the brand new “Paky Dome” and from day one, the roof has already proved its value – given today’s adverse weather conditions, it…
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PAKENHAM BOWLS CLUB – 2020/21 PENNANT – ROUND 4 SATURDAY Last Saturday afternoon, Pakenham One (Div 1) found themselves locked in a very close contest on a beautifully presented grass green at Berwick. After the completion of (roughly) the first quarter of the game, the difference was only one shot (Berwick’s way) and both sides…
READ MOREPennant Reort Round 3 Season 2020/2021
SATURDAY Given the ongoing work on Pakenham’s new “roof” and consequent doubt regarding the availability of the home green(s), early arrangements were made to play Saturday’s scheduled Division One home game on the opposition green at Mordialloc. On what was a “cracker” of a day, the Lions took a while to become accustomed to the…
READ MOREPennant Report Round 2 Season 2020/2021
SATURDAY Pakenham’s Div 1 side all chipped in to hire a bus, with Dave Wood as double zero driver, for their trip to Parkdale where it was well known that parking was extremely limited (ironic – no parking at Parkdale!). Their opponents on the other hand were largely an unknown quantity, even though some of…
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PAKENHAM BOWLS CLUB After a long delay, the 2020/21 Pennant season finally got under way last Saturday. Even without the problems caused by Victoria’s lockdowns, the coming season was always going to be shorter than in previous years as the number of teams in each section has been reduced from…
READ MOREPennant Season 2019 – 2020 Semi Final
PAKENHAM BOWLS CLUB – PENNANT SEMI FINAL – 14 MAR 2020 SATURDAY With the ever present threat of the Coronavirus in mind, Bowls Victoria issued a direction late last week that finals games were to be spectator free and that the usual hand shakes and high fives were to be discouraged. The practice of picking…
READ MOREPennant Season 2019 – 2020 Round 18
PAKENHAM BOWLS CLUB – PENNANT ROUND 18 – 7 MARCH 2020-03-08 The last home and away round of Weekend Pennant was played last Saturday, whereas the final round of Midweek Pennant is scheduled for Tuesday 10 March. SATURDAY There were two parts to the equation which would see Pakenham One advance into the Div1 finals…
READ MOREPennant Season 2019 – 2020 Round 17
PENNANT REPORT – ROUND 17 – 29 FEB 2020-03-01 SATURDAY Following the loss of a number of key players at the end of last season, the doomsayers predicted that Pakenham’s Division One side was destined for relegation in 2019/20 – however that has been far from the case and the side has been as high…
READ MOREPennant Season 2019 – 2020 Round 16
PAKENHAM BOWLS CLUB – PENNANT REPORT – ROUND 16 – 22 FEB 2020 SATURDAY When Pakenham’s First Division side met Cheltenham in the first half of the home and away rounds it was the Lions who claimed the win, as well as 16 of the 18 available Pennant points. However the Cheltenham team which turned…
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