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"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing,
be nothing."
- Elbert Hubbard
April 9, 2006
We will never stop stop, till we are top top, there is history in the making
we are the Wanneroo Express, the Roo Boys or what ever else you like to call
us
(SHERRO YOU ARE WATCHING THE PREMIERS IN ACTION) Bill
Galloway made this comment
to Sherro at the 75th end of the Wanneroo Versus Bedford first
semi-final. Bill Galloway watched every final of every major event when
he was a State selector. Looks like Bill didn't miss much when watching
these games.
They said it couldn't happen!! they said they would never make it!!!. A bunch
of nobodies from an outer city club named Wanneroo. They thought differently!!!!
The Wanneroo Express have done the impossible to have come from 12.5 points
out of the four at the conclusion of round 14 and at that stage looking decidedly
shaky.
Geoff Ellis Wanneroo (pictured) played a huge part in the finals series
WELL from here on, they have gone on to make the final four and then
to win the premiership against
an irresistible Cockurn who had not lost a game since round 7 when they were
beaten by The PowerHouse. The club has
done the impossible!!! ( Sherro tipped Cockburn to win the
Grand Final 8/0)
it is not supposed to happen this way in the big league.
Around half of this group I had never heard of previous to this season, Murray
WHO?? (Hulbert) -- Rabbit (Gary Adamini), Coxy, Sean Wright, Ken Boswell, Whitey
(Graham White). How can you win a premiership with these no name players??.
To find out all we had to do was go to Cockburn yesterday and see them brush
Bedford aside in effortless fashion then see off Cambridge, Then front up
at Carlisle today. We saw all we needed to see as this bunch of rookies along
with their experience players outplayed the mighty Cockburn Roosters in a
gripping and thrilling Grand Final which they won 78 / 75.
Cockburn were far from disgraced in this lost Grand Final. Always 13/14 shot
buffer between the two sides and Cockburn chasing chasing chasing. They could
not seem to break the pattern until late in the contest when they got with
in one shot and looked likely winners as they were coming home on the crest
of a wave. The Cockburn players certainly lifted a cog with brilliant ultra
close bowls Wanneroo steadied as the heart rate soared for both sides. It
was bowls at its best, drama with a capitol D. The crowd was very quite because
of the intensity and each bowler striving so hard to do their best for their
club.
Cockburn failed to win the premiership but they still won!! yes they won
because they are the benchmark in bowls today that all other clubs would
like to acheive and also in terms of passion and desire to win,to be the
best.
Regardless of todays loss they are the leading club
in WA and will continue to be a dominating force
for a little while longer yet.
Wanneroo (77) 6 DEF Cockburn (74) 2
G. Ellis {skip},Ron Bates, T. Alden, S. Wright ............................17
S. Srhoy (skip) G. Vaughan I Jakovich, S Vassallio-----.......----13
An absolute blockbuster and what a sensational
game, For most part, Geoff Ellis and his rink held the whip hand by a slender
margin then had to withstand a fightback from Steve Srhoy and his rink. The
old master, under heaps of pressure was so good thru the game and played
a pearler of a game but could not quite do enough to snare a win. Ron Bates
was very good for the majority of the game Ted Alden did his share as did
Sean Wright to enable the win to occur Geoff Ellis
played very well thru the game and responded to the high voltaged pressure
when it mattered most near the end.
Glen Vaughan tried very hard to turn the tide as did SuperGlue Jakovich
with some tremendous bowls under pressure
Sean Wright Wanneroo (pictured) One of the new boys and
a valuable member of the Wanneroo team
C. Adams {skip} R. Bates ,G Cox, P. Potts....................................23
R. Hughes (skip) S. Cerff, A. Petchell, D. Penman----.....---.-----14
The game was to far away from the commentary position to be able to say any thing
about it, but for the Wanneroo Wizard and his rink to win against the brilliant
Russell Hughes led rink by this margin would not have been expected.
This winning margin in this game was the main factor in the premiership win
Phil Potts Wanneroo (pictured) highly thought of as leader
for Wanneroo
S. Davies (skip) N. Stevens, M. Hulbert,
D. Griffen-------.----.....18
G. Carberry (skip) N. Pascoe, P. Sardelic, J. Galipo ------..------19
Again we had trouble to see this game as it was the furtherest game away
from the commentary position and really cant say anything but what a clash and
the score indicates what a battle it was.
R. Humphreyson (skip), G. Adamini, G. White, K. Boswell........20
D. Brown (skip), M. Zusman, J. Ravilich, P. Novak------..--..-----29
This
game was played on the hardest rink, it seemed to be so wind affected compared
to the other games. Reg and his boys led 13/1 and looking good but as in the
game against Pieter Harris when he led 14/2 the side let the game slip away and
succumbed to Cockburn pressure. As the game wore on Peter Novak was leading very
well and Ken Boswell was matching him with a lot of close bowls. Graham White
was doing a great job playing second and appeared to shade the brilliant John
Ravilich. "Rabbit" Adamini
has a solid game and Mike Zusman was doing plenty of damage to help keep the
Roo boys at bay. Reg Humphreyson played some rippers and was on top early but
Daneil Brown played extra well to make sure that he would win his rink. and to
score 29 shots to 7 after being 1/13 down tells the story
Graham White Wanneroo (pictured) a solid
game in the grand final
* Rink Draws...4 Points for win / 2 Points draw / 1 point rink win / *1/2 point rink draw.
April 9, 2006
Wanneroo (7 ) beatBedford (1) ..........91/
63..
A telling victory to the Wanneroo Express as they defeat Bedford easily.
Bedford were disappointing today against a committed Wanneroo Express who
were impressive in their win.
I guess it is back to the drawing board for Bedford and they will have to
reassess their playing list.
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S. Davies (skip), N. Stevens, M. Hulbert, D. Griffen---------------------23
The Jones Boy { skip}, Bill Richardson , Paul Hunter,
P. Hunter -----13
This was a hard game for both sides who are a couple
of the best going around in the competition. It was a high standard game with
all players contributing to the contest. Peter Hunter was leading very well
as was Derrick Griffen with little between the two. It was nip and tuck to
be 11/12 14th end and it was a great contest. Both skips were hard at it and
playing very well however things did change from this end on and it was Stein
Davies who got the upper hand with a touch of luck and some terrific bowls.
They scooted away to win in a very good standard game
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Reg Humphreyson {skip}, G.Adamini. G. White, K. Boswell .........19
P. Harris {skip} L. Strahan,
M.Illich, K. Manton.............................20
What a sensational game of bowls. Reg and his boys got away to a fantastic
start with each player for Reg doing the job and of course Reg played some
magic bowls when he was down, in fact he rarely played a bad bowl. John Carlsen
was leading very well but it made no difference to Wanneroo as they built
up a lead of 14/2 winning 8 of the first 10 ends and saying catch us if you
can, man.
From here on things got better for Pieter Harris who had played some very
big bowls to keep the scoreline getting out of hand. Inch by inch they clawed
their way back as Reg Missed what he was getting earlier in the game. Then
suddenly a big 6 on the on the 18th end saw Pieter hit the front and lead
19/16 and then win 20/19
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G. Ellis {skip},Ron Bates, T. Alden,
S. Wright ............................26
S.Bainbridge {skip}, J. Trewhella, K.
Collins, M. Trewhella-...--15
WOW!!! What a fantastic game of bowls, Geoff Ellis was superb,
Ron Bates brilliant, Ted Alden solid, S. Wright solid. These boys bowled
out of this world, when
the heads were tight they found the room to still pile them on the jack.
Draw power was the name of the game for the rink and they careered away to
lead 16/2 on the 10th end and as they looked at the rink along side of them
they saw Greg Humphryson leading 14/2. What a pleasant sight and they kept
on keeping on to lead 23/6 on the 15th end. The front end for bedford was
battling on and was probably 40/60. The Bedford backend just could not cope
with the constant pressure applied by Ron Bates and Geoff Ellis, both players
has terrific weight control and never threw their bowls away with badly weighted
shots as did Bedford on occasions
It was a brilliant display of weight control and skill from Geoff Ellis and
his boys.
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C. Adams {skip} R. Bates ,G Cox,
P. Potts.......................................23
Barry Gartrell {skip}, N.Minchin. M. Lemos, K. Collins ---.-------.15
Barry Gatrell's rink got away to a very good start
with Keith Manton leading very well and making it
easy for the rink. It was a high standard game and the scores at 11/5 didn't
reflect how good Clive's team was also playing. Disaster struck for Bedford
when they were two down on the 12th end and a wayward drive from Barry Gartrell
saw him go down 7 shots and surrender the hard fought lead. from here on
it was the Wanneroo Wizard who played many, many big bowls and was playing
close the best he can.
Clive and his boys at 14/14 on the 14th end just played better and better
as the game wore on winning 9 of the last ten ends,
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Cockburn (8) DEF Cambridge (0)...............94/60..
Cockburn win on all rinks against Cambridge's
Congratulations
to the mighty Cockburn bowling Club.
S. Srhoy (skip) G. Vaughan I Jakovich, S Vassallio------.
.-----29
J. Rainoldi (skip) Jarrad Rainoldi, D. Irvin, A. Heal. .........-.....17
Cockburn were far to good for Cambridge in the second semi-final winning
8/0 and appear to have a strangle hold on the premierhip trophy
Steve Srhoy's rink lead the way with a massive win over John Rainoldi's rink
who were down 21/6 at one stage of the game
R. Hughes (skip) S. Cerff, A. Petchell, D. Penman---------.-----19
B. Katunarich (skip) M.McGann, G. Kane,
W. Maher ...............12
Russell Hughes jumped off a plane after competing in the Australian open
and made the adjustment of different green speeds to play a major role in
the defeat of Brian Katunarich's rink. The game was a game of one per end
on most occasiions and the main break came when Russell Hughes scores a
5 and that was the difference in the game.
G. Carberry (skip) P. Sardelic, J. Galipo, J. Beswick------------17
T Smallacombe (skip),S. Edmonds , N.Lewis,B. Kiely...............11
Gary Carberry had a huge task having to take on
the top rink at Cambridge The game was a game of one per end on most occasions
and the main break came when Gary Carberry scored a 5 on the 13th end to
lead 13/7 and that was the difference in the game. They kept on winning the
ends one shot at a time and the game slipped away from Trystan Smallacombe
and his boys.
D. Brown (skip), M. Zusman, J. Ravilich, P. Novak-------------29
R. Stockton (skip), C. Lander, T. Walsh. H. Christensen.........20
A very hard fought affair with Ron Stockton leading 9/3 at the 8th end and looking
good. On the 13th end he was leading 17/11. From here there was quite a change
when they dropped a six to be 17/17 and that was the end for them as Daniel Brown's
rink scored 29/20 for the remainder of the game
PRELIMINARY FINAL
Wanneroo (74) 5 DEF Cambridge (66) 3
G. Ellis {skip},Ron Bates, T. Alden, S. Wright .........................16
R. Stockton (skip), C. Lander, T. Walsh. H. Christensen.........19
C. Adams {skip} R. Bates ,G Cox, P.
Potts..................................16
T Smallacombe (skip),S. Edmonds , N.Lewis,B. Kiely...............19
Reg Humphreyson {skip}, G.Adamini. G. White, K. Boswell
......30
B. Katunarich (skip) M.McGann, G. Kane, W. Maher .................10
S. Davies (skip), N. Stevens, M. Hulbert, D. Griffen--------------12
J. Rainoldi (skip) Jarrad Rainoldi, D. Irvin, A.
Heal.
.........-.....18
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