Luck didn’t go the way of Melton as it suffered its second close loss in three weeks in Bowls Victoria Pennant division 1, section 1.
After being kept off the green last week because of rain, Melton travelled to Deer Park for a match-up of close rivals.
Deer Park ended up winning three of the four rinks for a 78 (16)-72 (2) scoreline.
Melton secretary John Adams said Deer Park found the answers at important times.
“They had big scores at those vital moments,” Adams said. “One rink had a five and another a four.
“It was close in all the rinks. We got jumped at the start in a couple and plugged at it to get back into the games without getting the wins.
“I’m not sure whether it was their good ends or our bad ends that was the difference.”
Ray Morrissey’s rink was the winning one for Melton, by six shots.
Melton is now sixth on the ladder, six points outside the top four, after four rounds that brought a win, two losses and a draw.
“We’ve been plugging away and if we win all our home matches we should make finals,” Adams said.
“The two games we’ve lost were by five and six shots. With a bit of luck, we could have been undefeated.”
Meanwhile, Melton Bowls is hosting casual twilight barefoot bowls sessions on Wednesday nights, with everyone welcome.
Names have to be in by 5.30pm, with the bowling action starting at 6.
