Tara Murray
Plenty is on the line for Melton’s two Bowls Victoria division 2 sides in the coming weeks, for very different reasons.
Melton’s top side, which plays in section 2, sits atop the table and is keen on premiership success and promotion.
The club’s second side, which plays in division 1, is fighting off relegation.
Melton’s Conrad Dawson said it had been a real mixed season for the club.
“Our top side is doing really well,” he said. “Our second side is in a battle for relegation and has a couple of games to save their season.
“Our fourth side is also looking at finals, it’s just our second and third sides that aren’t in good positions, hopefully they can be saved.”
Dawson said they would look to stick with the same line ups, with the second side starting to find some form in recent weeks.
He said they had two really good wins and were keen to finish the second on a high.
The bottom two sides of each section will be relegated, along with the two lowest points scorers from across all the grades.
For the top side, Dawson said it’s about continuing on doing what they’ve done so well this season.
The side had already secured a top two spot heading into the last two rounds.
“We wanted to finish top two and get that double chance,” he said. “Hopefully we can go all the way this year, the last couple of years we’ve dropped the bundle at the wrong time of the year.”
Dawson said they were hoping having a bit more experience in tight situations at higher levels would help them in finals.
He highlighted Anthony Holland, Anthony Briggs and Luke Spargo who had joined the club this year, along with Todd Trewarne, as key players.
Dawson said all were fairly young and would help guide the club the next few years with the side keen to be in division 1.
On Saturday, it was good results for both sides.
The section 1 side upset finals bound Keilor.
The match went down to the wire, with Melton 2 winning 87 (14)-81 (4).
The win has Melton in fifth position.
The section 2 side had a massive win against Whittlesea 3.
With three rink wins, Melton got the points 101 (17)-67 (1).
The result means that Melton will finish top no matter the result in the final round of the season.
