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January 8, 2007

REVIEW ONE BLUE SOUTH ROUND NINE

Mosman Park 84 (7) d Hilton Park 63 (1)

The clash of the round, Sherro nominated it as the most important game that Hilton needed to win (they were at home).
Mossie’s came they saw and they conquered, on a day that may have set Mosman Park on the road to One White, they answered all the questions asked.
For Mosman Park Peter Cole (28 to 11) was too strong for the reliable Eddy Clarke, Lester Mortimer (23 to 10) outpointed David Opie, David is better than the score suggests and Doug Rogers (18 to 13) had a good tussle with Norm Ball these 3 rinks decided the game.

Travis Simpson Hilton Pk (pictured) Played a brilliant against Mosman Pk



Hilton Park needed to control the game while their fourth rink Travis Simpson (29 to 15) took on the John Rainoldi rink and won convincingly. Travis played extremely well all day he is currently +73 and he demonstrated on Saturday why he has that many shots up, his weight control was exceptional and his rink responded accordingly.

Carlisle Lathlain 81 (5) d Manning 79 (3)

A close encounter at Manning sees Carlisle Lathlain win the aggregate by 2 shots which will help their relegation issues.
The home loss to Manning will be a strong wake up call, this side will perform in the second round.

Angelo Scaini (27 to 13) carried the aggregate (and only winner) for Carlisle against the Peter Bowden rink, Angelo was too strong all day against a reorganised Bowden rink, Peter has struggled the last two games some changes may be in the offering for this rink.

For Manning the other 3 rinks won but not enough to cover the damage inflicted on the Bowden rink. Bill Pengilly (21 to 18) defeated Bob Simms; James Jaworski (19 to 18) narrowly overcame Tony Di Bello and Milan Jokic (26 to 18) was too strong for John Henderson’s rink.
Milan is playing top bowls at this time of the season, and will need to keep winning as he appears to be the cornerstone for Manning.

Melville 80 (7½) d East Fremantle 63 (½)

Melville travelled to a wind swept fast paced East Freo for a very good win; Jeff Hall has worked his magic on the East Freo greens to produce an excellent playing surface as we have come to expect with Jeff.
Unfortunately with his extra work commitments with East Freo and Mt Pleasant greens it appears Jeff won’t be putting on his Melville colours this year, the game is so much the poorer for that.
John Trewella (15 to 15) drew with Reg Bullen in one of the tightest contests for some time, the sides were level on ten occasions the final result underlined the closeness of the game.
Nev Brierley (20 to 19) had a narrow win against Garry Mitchell, Nev jumped out to an early lead of 14 to 3 to Gary’s credit his rink fought back to finish out a very good game.
Brad Alexander (25 to 14) had a good win against Bruno Zarins. Brad underpinned the Melville Magic win on the day, the Magic rink led all the way not allowing the Blue and Whites a look in.
Gary McCormack (20 to 19) also had the narrowest of wins against John Brewer, the contest was close all day with Gary claiming victory in the last end.

Spearwood 89 (6) d Rockingham 69 (2)

A home victory to a depleted Spearwood hosting Rockingham, thanks to a 26 shot victory to Boris Yakas and his rink as the gap between the top two sides and the rest opens up ever so slightly.
Boris Yakas and his rink (36 to 10) was in unstoppable form against Steve Wales. Steve led for the first 5 ends, but from that point on Boris converted, added or trailed the jack at will, his form this year is second to none he leads the Division in shots up with a +76.
Ivan Unkovich (23 to 15) skippering for the first time this year (with a new rink)against Watson McIlveen assumed control from the 8th end to comfortably run out winners on the day.

For Rockingham John Lethleen (23 to 17) was too strong for Marin Sokol and his rink, John in particular had a top day regularly drawing to save or playing well weighted shots to convert, his rink adapted well to the Spearwood conditions (sou wester with good running greens), the lead changed nine times through out the game, however the Rocky boys won a close fought encounter.

Also Keith Gould (21 to 12) for Rockingham was too consistent against Tonko Fiamengo and his rink, Tonko had his side considerably weakened due to player absence to eventually lose by 9 (he will keenly welcome Ken Nadilo his third back for the next game).
The game was even until the 11th end when Keith and his third George Finnie played a number of critical bowls to exert considerable pressure on the Spearwood rink, from that point the Rockingham boys gained confidence to close out the game and win comfortably.

Victoria Park 91(6½) d Midland Morrison 72 (1½)

Victoria Park got back on track after a disappointing loss to Melville going into the Christmas break, when they took 6-1/2 points off Midland Morrison.

Neville Young's side of Steve Venables, Mal Kinnaird and Dennis Eastcott led the way for the home side with a comfortable 23-11 win, holding the ascendancy throughout the game.
The other winning Victoria Park rink was Craig Parnham's side of Phil Young, Noel Staude and John Evans, who had an eight shot victory, 31-23, after trailing 11-0 after the first four ends.

Only three shots prevented Victoria Park from taking all eight points. Neville Faulkner's rink of Jim Holland, George Beacroft and Ian Davidson -- Holland and Davidson were in the division for the first time this season -- went down by one, 18-19, after dropping three shots on the last end.

The rink of Brenton Scott (skipper), Mike Jones, John Hiskins and Kel Pearce scored five shots on the final end to draw 19-19.

The win by Victoria Park saw them move into outright fourth place on 41 points, still 14-1/2 behind leaders Mosman Park, but now only 2-1/2 points in arrears of third-placed Hilton Park.
Midland Morrison is fighting for survival in the division. They are second bottom on 22 points, one in front of East Fremantle and 2-1/2 points behind Carlisle Lathlain.