Raymond Terrace has jumped to third on the Platinum Pennant ladder with a 68-39 win against East Maitland in the local derby.
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The Jets secured nine points, with the two rinks to one result at East Maitland Bowling Club on Friday, April 12, and now have 21 points from their three games.
After round three, Cabramatta Bullants (29.5) and St Johns Park Saints (28) are the only unbeaten teams.
East Maitland's Josh Walker-Davis continued his recent success in all forms of bowls against former Australian champion Lee Schraner with his rink (Troy Burton, Ben Osborne and Michael Abel) claiming the Griffins only win with a 20-10 result.
The Jets team one of skip Matthew Baus, Josh Bell, Brendan Stokes and Lennon Scott had a 24-16 win against Haydn Bojkowski, Daniel Hooker, Ty Turnbull and Nathan Mitchell.
The Griffins narrowly missed a white wash in the third rink, with the Jets' Peter Taylor, Ian Lean, Lachlan Freeman and Shannon Gittoes running out 34-3 winners against the Grffins' Jake Rynne, Barry Mungoven, Tony Wicks and Rodney Darcey.
East Maitland has dropped to ninth with one win at two losses, ahead of the winless Bellrose Bulls, Wenty League Magpies and Taren Point.
The series continues on Saturday, with the Jets travelling to take on the eight placed Carlinford Koalas (one win, two losses) and the Griffins away to Mt Lewis Lions who are seventh with two wins.
Michael Hartshorn
Since starting in 1985 at the then Melbourne Herald, journalism has taken me around Australia from Victoria, to the Northern Territory, Cairns in Queensland and now Port Stephens. After all those years there is still something special about informing and connecting with readers.
Since starting in 1985 at the then Melbourne Herald, journalism has taken me around Australia from Victoria, to the Northern Territory, Cairns in Queensland and now Port Stephens. After all those years there is still something special about informing and connecting with readers.
