Round Five One Red Division 4-12-04 Click here to Return to Pennant Scene

Round Five---

Produced a good result for Doubleview, Bedford, Osborne Park, Yokine and Victoria Park.----
Victoria Park win the blockbuster at Kent street
A great win for the VP reds over the unbeaten Cockburn and what a fillip for the competition. At this stage, no team is safe on any given day, {except one} that is the way any competition should be. If VP can produce their best form on a consistant basis who knows !!!!! Congrats VP.

The pennant structure needs to be made so it is a more even competition.The spin off of course, is, there will be more interest and that is what this comp needs more than anything else.

The tipster was almost on the money , and managing to select four winners for the round. The competition is still looking good, Victoria Park doing it in style over the previously unbeaten Cockburn. Not a surprise really, considering the talent that they have in this team
Bedford show they are no easy beats, with a handy win against Cambridge.
No surprise with the terrific win by Ossy Park over The magic, OP could go places yet.
Yokine won as expected in their win against Safety Bay
Doubleview take the points, as expected, against Gosnells.

Top rink is Russell Hughes{skip} S. Cerff. G. Vaughan and M.Brown 4/1+52

We see that six teams have won 3 games each and this is great for the competition.

Club	Played	Won	lost	Draw	rinks	for	Against	Points	%
Cockburn	5	4	1		11*	399	357	27.5	117.0
Yokine	5	3	2		14*	402	341	26.5	117.8
Doubleview	5	3	2		14	431	319	26	135.0
Cambridge	5	3	2		10*	363	388	22.5	93.5
Bedford	5	3	2		8**	387	375	21	99.4
Victoria P	5	3	2		14*	375	397	21	94.4
Melville	5	3	2		9**	381	387	19.5	86.9
Osborne P.	5	2	3		11*	370	381	19.5	94.7
Gosnells	5	1	4		7*	343	414	11.5	88.1
Safety Bay	5	0	5		5	339	453	5	76.5

* Rink Draws...4 Points for win / 2 Points draw / 1 point rink win / *1/2 point rink draw.

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Bedford (6) beat Cambridge (2) .......82/ 67.........

The beginning of a new era at Bedford and they were in cruise control with a big win over Cambridge today.
This was an important victory in the scheme of things for the Bedford unit as they continue their push forward to be an important part of the scenery in One Red.
The recruitment of Lance Strahan, Andrew Jones, and now Lenny Krajancic is already paying dividends, they have breathed new life into an ageing club in terms of the bowlers they now have.
I noticed that celebrations were not quite to the level of last week, a little more subdued, and for good reason, there are many more bridges yet to cross in their quest for supremacy in One Red. The boys are more than aware of what lay ahead.

The Cambridge boys were not happy chappies, you could see the Look of disappointment on the players faces as they left the club. They would have expected a better showing than what was presented. Maybe they are being found out as to where they are really at, in this competition, however it is not the end of the world, if they keep their cool and re-evaluate a couple things.


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C. Graybrook{skip}, B.Donovan, R. Rushforth, H. Matsen----17
S. Withers {skip} T. Murray G. Kane N. Bolton.......................26

A great win to Steve Withers and his rink, who were in control for most of the day.
The Bedford players just couldn't get a handle on things, though John Bills made his debut today and made a promising start to his One Red career.
The previous week Steve Withers rink had been well and truly been done over,showed their class and came back today to show that last week was all wrong. Big performers for Cambridge were Steve_Withers who was outstanding for the entire game and Tim Murray who wasn't far behind Steve.
Best for Bedford was John Bills


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A. Jones { skip}, B. Norriss, Paul Hunter, A. Mayer---------------22
T Smallacombe {skip} N. Lewis T. Walsh W. Maher .................... 8

Another important win for Andrew and the rink against his conqueror in the Mt Lawley consistencey singles, the brilliant Trystan Smallacome. All Bedford players put in with a contribution throughout the game, leader Adi Mayer who has lifted his tempo and second Paul Hunter, who is having a brilliant season and would have to be one of the best seconds on current form in the competition, dominated the up front battle and as the score indicates, no Cambridge players could hold the fort in this contest.
Two heavy losses for Trytan may have him out and about looking for answers.

Best Player for Bedford was Bob Norris and Andew Jones
best for Cambridge Nicky Lewis
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Neil Minchin {skip}, K. Collins, Peter Hunter, V. Colley-----17
R.Stockton{skip}C.Lander M.Saunders M. Kinsella..............20

Ron Stockton's rink ran out to a comfortable lead 12/0 and looking likely to run away with this game. The outstanding player was Chris Lander playing third for Cambridge, nothing was beyond him to do as the skip asked.
The hallmark of Neil Mnchin's rink is to never say die. it was a long haul for them to get back into the contest considering the scoreline , and taking into account the display of C. Lander they clawed their way back slowly but surely, going down by a mere three shots at the end of play
best player for Cambridge who was sensational ChrisLander
Best Player for Bedford PeterHunter playing his best game so far this year.

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L. Strahan {skip},L. Krajancic, K. Burke, F.Andrich.....26
S. Edmonds{skip} B. Tie G. Nelson B. Kiely....................13

This is something special for Lance as the side had been completely revamped for this game. In came L. Krajancic to play third, and what a game from Len. Kevin Burke got a spot as second and they say he played a solid game, maybe that is his position.
The team skipped out to lead 9/1 and always had control of the game from that point on
It was always going to be hard for the Cambridge boys with a scoreline like that against them.
Lance {pictured} has been very positive through this period where he and the rink hadn't won a game, saying that he was confident and a win was not far away. With winners in every position a win was never in doubt. However one win doesn't make a summer and next week will tell us ever so much more about this new rink.
Best for Bedford Lenny Krajancic.

Victoria Park (7) beatCockburn (1)............83/ 61.....
Great win to VP in the game of the round, a huge win to Peter Harris, {skip},C. Hayes, G. Gill and G. Quann that setup this victory over the unbeaten Cockburn and also giving The leading rink in One Red pennants, of Daniel Brown a mighty thumping 29/8.
This was something VP had been waiting for, as up to this stage P. Harris had almost the worst return stats wise in the comp.
Good wins to Rooster Wishart and Justin Opie sealed a memorable win.
Russell Hughes rink was the only winner for Cockburn cleaning up on M.Crameri, 24/15

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Yokine (8) Safety Bay (0)...............91/62.....
The synthetic held no fears for Yokine who continue to impress this season, taking all the points against Safety Bay who continue to disappoint whether at home or away. In a switch of skippers Zonco Norac taking over from Syd McCann had the best result winning over T. Holmes 26/11
The kennel would be very happy with what has been a great start to the season.



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Osborne park (7) Mellville (1)...................80/ 75...
What a difference a rink makes as Dante Mariani {skip},M. Golding, J. Tyrer, and G. Grey had a ball with their magnificent victory over Colin Fleay 31/15
It was a strange decision by the selectors not to have selected Dante before round five, he has paid them in full with this important win and will win a lot of games for the club from here on, well done boys.
The players who were dropped to OP One Blue, B. Boyd. T. Bigland, Andrew Thorpe got a belting losing 13/27, so this shows the selectors are on the right track.
The rinks of John Goddard and Graham Evans scraped home with narrow wins to wrap up the game for OssyPark
Tony Krajancic {skip} G. Oakley, S. Hughes and John Birch almost won the game for Melville with a drubbing of the best performed rink at OP of Daniel Trewella 21/7. the win leaves OP well placed at this stage of the season.


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Doubleview (7) Gosnells (1).....................86/ 54....

The win was expected, however there was a surprise win by Bill Galloway {skip} P. Pohe L. Nichol J. Carbone over Robbie Ball {skip}, Dennis Katuna-rich, Danny Slavich and Charlie Slavich winning 17/13. Up to yesterday The Galloway led rink was the worst performed team in One Red with stats of 0/4 - 31
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