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The final four has been settled in an exciting conclusion
to the home and away games. Cockburn have made the final four after their
worst ever start to a pennant season. Their win against Leeming was expected,
they had to win 8/0 to make sure they gave themselves every chance, and that
is what they came up with on the last bowl of the game. Bedford Bulls also
had to win 8/0 and if results went their way they could make the finals. They
missed that target in their fine win against Melville winning 7/1.
Osborne
Park proved too good for last years Premiers winning 6/2 to finish the season
in second place and the double chance. Cambridge win 6.5/1.5 and which allows
Kalamunda to remain in the Premier League for next season. Doubleview win
as expected while Morley got no points for the game and now return to
One White division.
| Club | Played | Won | lost | Draw | rink Wins | for | Agst | Points | % |
| Doubleview | 18 | 14 | 4 | 42* | 1251 | 1053 | 99 . 5 | 118 . 80 | |
| Osborne Pk | 18 | 12 | 6 | 42** | 1273 | 1138 | 91 . 0 | 111.86 | |
| Cockburn | 18 | 10 | 8 | 41** | 1217 | 1094 | 82 . 0 | 111 .24 | |
| Melville | 18 | 10 | 8 | 40*** | 1249 | 1107 | 81. 5 | 112 .82 | |
| Bedford | 18 | 10 | 8 | 37******** | 1171 | 1104 | 81 . 0 | 106. 06 | |
| Wanneroo | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 38*** | 1153 | 1172 | 78 . 0 | 98. 37 | Cambridge | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 34*** | 1263 | 1186 | 70 .5 | 106. 49 |
| Morley | 18 | 6 | 12 | 25*** | 1150 | 1334 | 50 . 5 | 86 .20 | Kalamunda | 18 | 7 | 11 | 25***** | 1116 | 1323 | 51. 0 | 84 . 35 |
| Leeming | 18 | 4 | 13 | 15*** | 974 | 1184 | 36. 5 | 82 .26 | |
Rink wins * draw
BEDFORD
BULLS (7) def MELVILLE (1)......89/74
The Jones Boy (skip), Paul Hunter, D. Scott, V.Colley------------------33
Cam Girvan (skip), B. Mitchell, S. Hughes , J. Andrew....---------------16
This was payback for the Jones Boy who was smashed
by Cameron Girven in the first round. The Jones Boy and rink got away to a handy
start to lead 6/2 after 3 ends. Cam Girvan came back hard to lead 11/6 on the
7th end. From here on the Jones Boy's rink put the after burners on and away
they went to lead 20/11, 22/14, 29/14 and finally win 33/16.
This was great return to form for the Jones Boy and his rink who haven't had
a great run of late.
Where to for Cameron Girvan and his rink as they have now lost their last three
games and are looking shakey for the finals.
Bedford won 13 ends to 8
S.Bainbridge (skip), G.
Hill , S.Rushforth, P. Healy ------
--------.--..-.22
Jon Sharp
(skip), B. Gearing, R. Barnes, John Birch--.-----------------.12
A good way to finish off the season with
a very good win against Jon Sharp who has
been in tip top form in the past 5 games.
After the game Jon said that he had not
had a good game today.
The game was close up till the 9th end, scores 7/6 and from here
on Stu Bainbridge and the rink got away to lead 14/9 on the 14th end. They kept the pressure on to lead 18/11, 18/12, and finally win 22/12
Bedford won 13 ends to 9
C. Graybrook (sk) B. Gartrell, B.
Donovan, N. Minchin ------------------17
A. Provost (skip), S. Knott, C. Fleay, Doc
Oakley......------.. ...-------.---.13
This
was a very good
game and started
out with a surprise,
Doc Oakley playing
lead and Shane Knott playing three. It has been a while since Doc led in
a game.
A head of one of the many good leaders bowls in the leaders duel between Doc Oakley and Neil Minchin.
Doc won the battle but Neil Minchin did a pretty fair sort of a job for his team
The good Doc led brilliantly from the first bowl and was on top of Neil Minchin giving the Magic the start they wanted. Bedford had to overcome this great start by Doc with Bob Donovan doing a great job and Barry Gartrell playing a cracker of a game as three and Cliff Graybrook doing well as skipper and in the first 10 ends we saw Bedford lead 9/3.
Up to this point of the game Colin Fleay was also doing a great job playing two, backing up the great leading of Doc Oakley. The back half of Anthony Provost and Shane knott had little influence and were well below their best. Ant did save a couple of big scores, 4 down to one down and 3 down to 1 up in this period.
------------------DOC OAKLEY GREAT LEADERS GAME FOR MELVILLE
----------------------------
-------------BARRY GARTRELL
PLAYED A TELLING GAME AS THREE TODAY
----------------------------
From
here on the big Ant lifted his rating as did Shane Knott and the score was 9/9
on the 13th end. It was tough going for both sides, Neil Minchin tho he was
losing the leaders duel still played plenty of good bowls for his side.
The last seven ends saw the Bedford boys inch away in a dour struggle for supremacy with plenty of great bowls from both sides to win 17/13 in a very good standard game.
Bedford won 12 ends to 9
Best Players
3. Doc Oakley, 2. Barry Gartell, 1. Bob Donovan
P.
Harris (skip),
L.Strahan , D. Wood, M. Lemos,--.----------------------17
R.Butler
(skip) ,B.Alexander, R. Kennedy, H. Mosford ....-------------...33
A costly loss for Bedford. After leading 11/0 on
the 5th end, Pieter Harris's rink caved in to score
only 4 more times for the rest of the game.
Rhett Butler played a great game for the
Magic and he was magic today.
a look at an abbreviated scorecard shows 11/0, 11/8,
14/8, 14/13, 14/18, 14/26, 14/32, 17/33.
This was
Pieter Harris, Lance Strahan and Daniel Wood's
last game for Bedford and it is hard to imagine
that Pieter and Lance could be outclassed in such a manner and at
such a time of need. But as they say "that's bowls
for yah"
A great win for Rhett and the rink after a tough
trot in the past 6/8 games and will would be a great
boost to them for the up coming finals. This is
the win that qualified Melville to make the four.
OSBORNE PARK (6) DEF
WANNEROO (2) .............
83/73
Gary Caffell(skip),
P. Pendergast, G. King. J. Coleman, ................-.....25
C.Adams (skip), Russ Bates, Reg Humphryson,
Gary Cox-
----.---..----17
Bill Galloway (skip), Ian Payne.G. Nicol,
P Maynard ......--.----
---......16
Stein Davies (skip), Ted.Alden, Murray Hulbert, D. Griffin---...-------17
J. Goddard (skip), Wings Evans F. Di Giuseppe,
D. Appleton ..-----
....27
N. Stevens (skip), John Carter, D. Bowen,
Ken Boswell, .----------------14
D. Trewhella (skip), Pat Caffell J. Tyrer,
S. Wattleworth.....---..----....15
Ron Bates (skip), Hutchings, White ,
Sean Wright,---------------------25
A handy win for the Saints who played to keep the all important
second place on the ladder. Gary Caffell's rink beat the well performed Clive
Adams's rink to help secure the win.
Wanneroo Express didn't have enough steam
to win this season defining game and will have the winter to see what they might
do to improve on this years performance
DOUBLEVIEW POWERHOUSE (8)
DEF MORLEY(0) ........00/00
D Katunarich, A Delaporte, R
Dempsey, J Wholohan --------------------24
P. Aungier (skip) J Armstrong , A. Baron, M. Calcott --------------..-----13
K McIlroy, P Buller, J. Bausor, G Papadopolous--------------------------27
J. Heiden (sk) J. Casely, G. Britten, B. Urquhart---------------------.----13
L Thorn, J Slavich, D Slavich,
M. Mitchell ------------------------------.--18
B. Walter (skip), J. Sheridan , Elmer, R. Revell ---
-----.-----------------.16
R Ball,(skip) B Urquhart, W Langdon,
C Slavich--------------- -----.----21
W. Neilson (skip), G. Grieve, B. Driscoll
, B.Moyle -----------------.-..---18
The PowerHouse do the job on Morley and send them back to One White.
Some great games with two rinks almost getting that vital point to
help them stay in the Premier League. Wayne Neilson's rink dropped
a 7 with a couple of ends to go was the
heartbreaker for Morley.
Dennis Katunarich played an absolute blinder and
was at his brilliant best for the game against Peter Aungier's rink.
CAMBRIDGE (6.5
) DEF KALAMUNDA (1.5 ) ..............74/67
T.Smallacombe(skip), C.Lander,N.Bolton,B.Kiely-------.-----.----------16
M. Biglan (skip) ,Anderson , M. Douthie, Carbines-
---------.-----------.16
B.Katunarich (skip) M.McGann, W.Maher, D.Irvin.-----------.---------.28
N.Griffin (skip), M. Clancy , Hutchinson, Pewsey ------------.-----------17
S.Edmonds (skip) N.Lewis,, C.McKenna,G.Kane,--------.---,-----.-------00
N.Payne (skip) G. Payne , P. Nattalotto,P. Coyle -------------
----..-.----00
R. Stockton (skip) T.Walsh,A.Heal,, H.Christensen---
- ------ ---------.-17
B.Brandsma(skip) J. Rollnik, T. Nattalotto, H.Clifford ---------.----.---28
Kalamunda did enough to win promotion and will
stay in the Premier League next season. Billy Brandsma and his rink would
be the hero's for Kalamunda after their big win over the normally reliable
rink of Ron Stockton While Mitch Biglan manged a draw against a good mate
Trystan Smallacombe and his rink to sealthe promotion for Kalamunda.
COCKBURN (8) DEF LEEMING
(0).............102/66
J. Galipo (sk) M. Zusman , J. Ravilich,
S. Novak --------------------.----32
J. Connor (skip), Munro, G. Ford,
Anderson-------------------------
----17
D. Brown ,(Skip), N.Pascoe, S. West, M.
Brown-------------------------19
D. Comrie (skip) A.Pryce, P. Dobie, S. Harris -
-------------------------17
S. Srhoy (Skip),
A. Petchell, I. Jakovich, S. Vassallio-------------------.23
W. Heldt (skip) B. West, G. Strahan, Oliver -------.----
----------.-- --0-19
R. Hughes (Skip), D. Penman , S. Cerff, Tepana, -------------
------------28
R. Ryder (sk) ,J. Richards,
G. Wake,G. Gould-------------------------..---13
It was a very good
effort by two Leeming rinks to push the Cockburn Roosters all the
way and make them earn their points. We say goodby to Leeming who
can at least take some satifaction in having helped to determine
the make up of the final four. Cockburn do what they always do,
qualify to play in the finals once again and they will be hard to
toss.
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