By Tara Murray
Keilor was in fine form in its Bowls Victoria weekend pennant division 2, section 1 semi final but has had to cool its heels as other finals were postponed.
The semi finals and preliminary finals were all meant to be played on the weekend, but just Keilor’s semi final with Rosamond went ahead in division 2, section 1.
The other semi final between Bacchus Marsh and Werribee was postponed from Saturday due to total fire ban in the area.
It was to be played the next day, but there was still a total fire ban so was postponed again.
The final is now set for this Saturday with the winner to go through to the grand final and the loser to face Keilor in the preliminary final on Sunday.
Keilor president Joe Watkins said there wasn’t anything they could do about the wait.
“It was a bit unusual but bowls pales in significance compared to this,” he said.
After a poor final round, Keilor found itself in a knockout semi final against Rosamond on Saturday.
It was a really strong performance by Keilor which won, 88 (16)-44 (2).
For Keilor, Tony Davis’ rink won 37-9, Mark Jacobsen’s rink won 17-9 and Steven Bellino’s rink won 19-9.
Jason Silverii’s rink ended up falling just short, losing 17-15.
Watkins said they were really happy with that performance.
“The last five to six weeks we’ve played some really good bowls,” he said. “We had a hard day against Buckley Park in the last home and away round, It was a bit of an aberration.
“We’re looking forward to the preliminary final.”
Watkins said it doesn’t matter whether they face Bacchus Marsh or Werribee in the preliminary final he’s expecting a close match.
There’s been nothing between the sides all season.
“It’ll come down to who is better on the day,” he said. “We’ve got 16 players and we’re happy with our combination which are getting stronger week by week.after lots of changes at the start of the year.
“It took a while, it was a bit of a jigsaw coming together.”
It was a good day for Saturday, with Keilor’s second side winning through to a division 4 grand final.
It also means promotion into division 3 for next season.
Watkins said overall it had been a really good season
“Six of our nine sides have played finals including our midweek teams,” he said. “We’ve done really well .
“We have two midweek sides in fionals and our second side finished on top and will play a home final.
“Our top side will stay in division 1 which is a really good effort as there’s a lot of top sides.”
In premier division, Deer Park will start its final campaign this weekend against Yarraville Footscray.
The winner will go through to the grand final and the loser to the preliminary final.
