Trystan Smallacombe is the Sorrento Master singles Champion for
2005 winning 25/10 against Ross Dempsey.
Trystan Smallacombe put on a powerful exhibition of lawns bowls this afternoon
to leave Ross Dempsey in his wake. The game started out with Trystan racing to
a 9/0 lead by the 6th end. His draw power was too good for Ross. By the 9th end
Trystan was leading 13/2 and doing it very comfortably.
By the 12th end he was
leading 16/6, when the lady in charge of the after match function said to me
she didn't know whether to put the sausage rolls in the oven so as to be ready
for
the after
match
activities.
I thought to myself that tho Ross was in trouble he has fought his way out of
trouble
before, maybe best for the lady to wait a while.
However the lady said she would put the sausage rolls in the oven because she
felt the end was near, this proved to be the correct decision as Trystan was
playing
a
brilliant
game
with
such
good
weight control in what were not easy conditions. It was all over in 20 ends.
Trystan
has
confirmed
that
he
is
in the very top bracket of players in W.A after such a great display.
Ross Dempsey who was a semi-finalist at Victoria Park and Runner up here can
be
proud
of
his
acheivements
and showed he is a fighter to the end. Well done Ross.
L/R: Ross Dempsey Trystan Smallacombe
SEMI-FINAL ONE
Ross Dempsey V Neil Payne
I arrived at Sorrento when Neil Payne was leading 14/4 on the 10th end.
From this time on Ross Dempsey really got his game going and started to land
his
bowls
around
the jack a lot more often, he got right back into the match to be 14/15 down
on the 16th end and from here on and had better weight than Neil to lead
23/18. Ross went on to win the game 25/21
L/R: Neil Payne--Ross Dempsey
SEMI-FINAL TWO
Trystan Smallacombe V
Gary Caffell
A
terrific game to watch, when I arrived the score was 8/8 on the 12th end
with both players playing extremely well.
Gary scored a three on the 13th
end to lead 11/8. Well that was the end of the day for Gary because he never
scored again, he appeared to lose his touch.
The next 10 ends saw Trystan
bowl brilliantly, with so many bowls played to perfection, either draw or
just
over the draw,
forcing
Gary
to play on many occasions, with running shots that never connected. Trystan
wins 25/11 after 23 ends.
Trystan was so good, and a repeat of this form was going to land him the
prize money and the title.
L/R:Trystan Smallacombe --- Gary Caffell
DELLAR RATINGS
Last 16 Market
D Opie $5.50
Smallacombe $6.00
Dempsey $6.00
N Payne $8.00
G Caffell $8.00
Vaughan $10.00
T Simpson $12.00
Richardson $12.00
Kuziela $12.00
T Mitchell $16.00
Jokic $16.00
Parmeter $20.00
R Beard $50.00
J Shoreland $100.00
Correlje $100.00
There is no real betting. These might be the prices offered
if a licensed bookmaker was to take bets.