Altona sweeps to premiership

Altona skipper of rink 2 Nathan Wilson. Picture Mark Wilson

Altona is in seventh heaven after taking out the 2017-18 Bowls Victoria premier division flag.

The A’s claimed their seventh top-flight premiership with an 86-58 victory over Melbourne in the grand final at the Deer Park Dome on Sunday.

It was a comprehensive victory for the minor premiership winning A’s, sweeping all four rinks.

Brad Peck filed the biggest rink win of the day, downing Matty Ellul 24-13.

The other A’s winning skips were Nathan Wilson, who toppled Bryce Young 24-15, Dane McKinnon, who edged Shane Fordham 18-14 and Brett Foley, who squeezed past Scott Mortimer 20-16.

It was a huge turnaround for Altona, which was forced to cash in its double chance after losing to Melbourne in week one of the finals and just avoided elimination with a one-shot victory over Deer Park in the preliminary final.