Bundoora’s premiership dreams are over, while Whittlesea’s remain alive in the Bowls Victoria weekend pennant.
Bundoora was hoping to knock off minor premiers Deer Park in the premier division competition, after Deer Park was disappointing in the first week of finals.
The Parkers though jumped out of the blocks and led 13-0 after six ends.
Bundoora got on the scoreboard in the seventh end and after 22 ends had managed to get the margin back to three.
From there Deer Park was able to get the margin back to eight after 23 ends. Throughout the rest of the match, Bundoora would bring the margin back under five before Deer Park would take it out again.
The Parkers were unable to break Bundoora which was still within four shots after 68 ends.
The margin was nine shots after 74 ends and Bundoora kept pushing, but fell short, losing 80 (12)-74 (6).
Gary Kelly’s rink won 22-15. Cory Wedlock’s won 22-16 and Ben Hubber’s rink won 24-17 but it wasn’t enough for Bundoora.
The deciding rink would be the one between Jay Bye-Norris and Josh Corless, with Bye-Norris winning 32-6 to guide his side into the grand final.
The Parkers who are looking to go back-to-back will face Moonee Valley in the grand final on Sunday at the Dandenong Club.
In the premier reserve competition, Whittlesea has won back-to-back finals to win through to the grand final.
On Saturday, the Eagles were too strong for Fitzroy Victoria, winning 89 (14)-77 (4).
Nick McIntyre’s rink was the big winner for Whittlesea winning, 31-18, while Christopher Watt’s rink won 24-16.
Jack Woodhouse’s rink lost 21-19 and Robby Millar’s rink lost 22-15.
Whittlesea now faces Essendon on Sunday in the grand final at the Dandenong Club.
Essendon finished on top of the ladder, while the Eagles finished in third with one game between them.
