Lawn Bowls
13 October, 2025
Horsham Golf, Horsham City continue strong starts
The second round of the Wimmera weekend pennant competition took place at the weekend, with Horsham Golf and Horsham City continuing their strong starts to the season in division one.
Horsham Golf hosted reigning premiers Nhill, with the Horsham side winning rinks one and two 26-12 and 28-18, respectively.
Nhill’s third rink of Raymond Olney, Barry Cramer, Ivan Reichelt and Allan King continued their opening-round form to win the rink 29-15 but it was not enough to overcome Horsham Golf, who finished 69-59 winners.
In the matchup between Horsham City and Sunnyside, nothing separated rink two (20-20) while Sunnyside managed to narrowly win rink three 23-20.
But a dominant 27-14 first-rink performance from Horsham City proved the difference, giving them a 67-57 overall victory.
Goroke-Edenhope claimed their first win of the season, defeating Coughlin Park at home 80-56.
With rink three ending in a 24-24 draw, Goroke-Edenhope took out rink one (23-17) and rink two (33-15).
The match between Dimboola and Kaniva took place on Sunday, when Dimboola’s rink one team, skippered by Daniel Danisch, dominated Kaniva 33-9 as they defeated Kaniva overall 76-51.
In division two, Horsham City notched their first victory of the season with a strong 33-12 rink-one performance, laying the foundation to defeat Dimboola 83-53.
At Sunnyside, Nhill edged out the hosts 70-68.
Nhill won rink one 27-16 while Sunnyside claimed rink two with the same score; a tight 27-25 third-rink win for the visitors proved the difference.
Horsham Golf won two out of three rinks to overcome Goroke-Edenhope 66-55.
Playing away, Coughlin Park demonstrated they are the team to beat with a 102-48 victory over Natimuk, elevating them to first place on the ladder.
In division three, a 23-21 rink-three victory by Nhill 4 proved the difference as they beat Horsham City 61-60 in a nailbiter.
Elsewhere, Nhill 3 defeated Coughlin Park 65-50, Horsham Golf won all three rinks to defeat Sunnyside 78-41 and Kaniva defeated Coughlin Park 54-47 in a Sunday matchup.
