Achievements

Norm Bamford, acting as a substitute for Peter Ford, and Lindsay Perrin have won the age 60 and over Group 11 pairs competition. And then to stretch the success even further Ken Wanden, Norma Bamford, Peter Ford and Lindsay Perrin took out the age 60 and over Group 11 fours competition. Well done guys.

Bundoora storms into playoffs and Premier Team avoids relegation

Bundoora has enjoyed its best season ever, with five sides in the post sectional playoffs, and solid performances all round. The Ladies’ No 1 side travelled to West Coburg in the last home and away round to defeat the section leaders and claim the Division A 1 section 2 pennant. While the Ladies’ No 2 side who dominated Division A 2 section 2, closed out their home and away season with another win, this time against second placed Maribyrnong Park. This team had the section sewn up a couple of weeks ago previous.

Bundoora’s Men’s teams have also closed out the season very well, with the Premier League side avoiding relegation, and 3 other teams into the post section playoffs.

Bundoora's No 1 side were to play Werribee on the synthetic green, but a hailstorm at approx 1.00pm saw the green flooded and the start delayed. Surface water eventually drained and the game got under way at 2.45pm, but further rain saw the game abandoned. This completed a roller coaster ride during season, where many players will have gained from the experience of playing at the highest level in the metropolitan area. This was a truly amazing Premier League season, all teams deserved to remain in the elite competition, yet unfortunately two teams are sent back to Division 1.

Bundoora's No 2 had another resounding win again, but failed to catch section winner East Ivanhoe. The Bundoora boys finished second, and remain in Division 2 next season. Bundoora No 3, 5 and 6 all finished on top of their Divisions, which should ensure a busy finals campaign, as well as promotion to higher Divisions next season. Bundoora No 4 fell at the final hurdle finishing second, but still earned promotion.

Bundoora appeals against RVBA Match Committee Penalty.

Off the field the club was successful in appealing a ruling of the RVBA Match Committee to strip match points earned by the Premier League side. Altona and Yarraville/ Footscray also found themselves in a similar situation with player registration irregularities. Together the clubs sought legal advice, and forged a bond to tackle the appeal.  

The Clubs had 6 representatives and legal counsel in attendance, against the RVBA with 6 members of the Rules, Appeals and Umpires Committee, 2 members of the Match Committee, a magistrate to assist with legal matters and opposing counsel. At the conclusion of the full days hearing the Chairman imposed fines of token amounts on all clubs in lieu of the match point penalties, which surely would have placed Bundoora in the relegation zone.

Under 25 Development Series against New South Wales

Victoria defeated New South Wales by 3 tests to nil between 17-19 Februaty 2003. Bundoora's Lee Schraner, Nick McIntyre and Adam Galloway were in the 8 Victorian players competing, as groups of 4 players per rink. Matt Kurta was also initially selected, but was unavailable to play.

Club Singles Championships 2002/03

Congratulations to Lyn Thomas and Tommy Ristic on winning the respective Club Singles Championships. Lyn defeated Gloria Deveson (runner up for the last two years) in the VLBA event. While Tommy defeated Brent Reiner on the club's synthetic green in the RVBA Affiliated section. This was the first time the synthetic green had been used to determine the championship. Congratulations to all players on making the finals.

Group 11 Pairs 2002/03

Congratulations to Lee Schraner and John McIntyre on defending their Group 11 Pairs title, which ironically was held at Bundoora. A number of Bundoora teams qualified for the second day's play at Fairfield, but only Lee and John, together with Justin Short and Brent Reiner made it through to the final day.

As luck would have it both Bundoora teams won their semi finals, Lee and John just got over Barry Close and Craig McCarron, while Justin and Brent had an easy win over Chris O'Meagher and Nigel Brennan.

Unfortunately the final was a bit one sided with the defending champions successful again. Nevertheless congratulations to both sides.

Group 11 Triples 2002/03

Congratulations to Mario Cipolla, Luke Aiello and Adam Galloway on winning the Group 11 Triples Championship. They defeated another Bundoora team in the semi final, and came up against Terry Bain, David Dawes and Ray Jansen (Kew Heights) in the final. After a tight opening the Bundoora boys poured on the pressure to win 18 - 9 with one end in hand.

Under 25 State Development Squad 2002/03

Congratulations to Adam Galloway, Lee Schraner, Matthew Kurta and Nick McIntyre for making the Under 25 State Development squad. This automatically ensures a State Trial in October. Adam, Lee and Matthew will also contest a test series against South Australia in Moama late October 2002.

Adam will skip the pairs with Lee leading, and they will be joined in the fours with Brett Spurr playing third and Matt playing second. Brett and Matt will also play triples with Barrie Lester leading. Barrie will also play singles. Barrie and Lee fought that terrific final in the Under 25 State Championship last season.

Under 25 Development Series versus South Australia
Victoria competed against South Australia at Moama from 20 to 23 October 2002.

The Victorians won 3 tests to nil. The series saw singles, pairs, triples and fours played each day. Victorians won each test with a score or 3 games to 1, although many of the games were very close. The Victorians lost only 3 games by a total of 7 shots.

The Bundoora Bowling Club are very proud of their 3 representatives - Lee Schraner, Matt Kurta and Adam Galloway.

Metropolitan Pennant 2001/02

Congratulations to the players in the topsides of the Mens and Ladies competitions for winning their respective sections, and qualifying for the playoffs.

The men were successful in winning their Grand Final against Sunbury with the scores 104 to 71.

The Age said 'The youthful Bundoora team raced away from Sunbury in the division one grand final at Keilor yesterday. Sunbury, having lost its first semi-final to Bundoora, was simply flattened again.'

Lead	Second	Third	Skip	Score
D Weir	B McArthur	L Schraner	A Galloway	40 - 12
B Wintrip	K Wilkins	N Bamford	J McIntyre	27 - 14
C Barca	P Russell	L Aiello	M Kurta	23 - 20
T Ristic	M Barca	J Aiello	M Cipolla	14 - 25

There are eight sections in the A1 Division of the Ladies' competition. Our girls won their section and won their quarterfinal, but were narrowly beaten in the semi final, by the eventual premiers. A great effort!

Championships 2001/02


Congratulations to Lee Schraner, and Gladys McLaughlin on winning the respective Club singles championships at Bundoora this last season.

Lee went on to become Group 11 singles champion, and then progressed through to the semi finals of the Champion of Champions - a singles competition for all current club champions in Victoria. A terrific result.

Lee also won the Victorian under 25 singles championship. With the score tied 23 all, and two shots down on the head, Lee drove out both of Barry Lester's bowls and claimed victory.

Lee and John McIntyre won the Group 11 pairs, and qualified for the Metropolitan Pairs Championships.

State Pennant Championships

The Men's premiership side played in the Division 1 State Pennant Championships at Moama 3 to 5 May 2002, and won 4 or their 5 qualifying games, losing only to Altona the eventual winners.


The team need to win its last game by an extra 3 shots to play off for the championship. We had a chance of making 5 on the second last bowl, but that didn't eventuate.

That was a huge let down, and no doubt it was difficult to get pumped up for the playoff for 3rd and 4th. Bundoora lost that playoff, but all things considered it was a terrific weeekend.