Lawn Bowls
14 February, 2026
Beulah too strong for Hopetoun in final round
Hopetoun finished the North Wimmera Division One lawn bowls weekend pennant season in seventh place after suffering a 2-14 (58-85) loss to Beulah in the final round on Saturday, February 7.
Playing at Hopetoun, the rink one team of T Goodwin, G Cox, W Gould and R Huf were defeated by Beulah’s D Sanford, J Moore, E Bell and P Hallam 13-36.
In rink two, S Michell, T Landrigan, M Proposch and M Reid defeated L Bevan, G Turnbull, J Roll and R Williams 26-22.
The team of D Watson, M Demedici, K Robins and D Burdett lost rink three 19-27 to Beulah’s G Muller, R Humphries, A Edmonds and C Forsyth.
In other round 14 results, Warracknabeal defeated Murtoa 16-0 (83-55) to finish the regular season undefeated, Rainbow was defeated by Rupanyup 2-14 (53-87), and Warracknabeal Golf Blue was defeated by Warracknabeal Golf White 2-14 (67-90).
The conclusion of the home and away season saw Warracknabeal top the ladder with 206 points (+461 score differential), with Warracknabeal Golf White (16, +181), Beulah (140, +216) and Rupanyup (132, +127) rounding out the top four.
Murtoa finished the season in fifth (86, -61), Rainbow finished sixth (64, -161), while Hopetoun (63, -267) and Warracknabeal Golf Blue (40, -496) finished in seventh and eighth, respectively.
Warracknabeal will play Warracknabeal Golf White this Saturday for a spot in the grand final, while Beulah hosts Rupanyup for a chance to progress to the preliminary final.
In Division Two, Hopetoun forfeited its match against Warracknabeal, Beulah defeated Brim 16-0 (87-58), and Murtoa defeated Minyip 12-4 (86-73).
Warracknabeal (198 points, +469 differential) finished first on the ladder following an undefeated regular season, while Beulah (151, +101), Minyip (126, +119) and Murtoa (86, -168) finished second, third and fourth, respectively.
Brim finished in fifth (84, -101), while Hopetoun (27, -420) rounded out the competition ladder.
Warracknabeal will play Beulah this Saturday for a place in the Division Two grand final, while Minyip goes against Murtoa as the two sides battle to proceed to the preliminary final.