Round Eight One Red Division 7-02-06Click here to Return to Pennant Scene

All almost as expected in round Eight
The Cambridge Knights win A crunch game against Leeming and go to the top of the table
Wanneroo do the impossible and shut down the PowerHouse . This was a very well thought out plan by Wanneroo and full marks to the Roo Boys for the way they approached the game
Bedford Bulls keep on keeping on, they have brushed aside another hurdle along the way forward, beating the Magic on Magic's home ground which was reported to be a brilliant playing surface.
Cockburn are simply too good for Victoria Park who were on mission impossible
Cambridge have the aces in the pack, give Leeming the old heave ho and surge to the top of the table .



BULL QUOTE " Great win for us today, considering it was Melville, their greens are Magic, we thought we could win, without being smart about it.
always have to remember that Bowls is a funny game, and to take the majority of the points as we drive forward in our quest for Premiership Honours and beating them at their homeground is something, because they wanted the points as much as we wanted them " Bill Richo.




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The tipster had a good round with his tips.
Osborne Park DEF Yokine
Cambridge over Leeming
Wanneroo DEF Doubleview
Bedford DEF Melville
Cockburn DEF Victoria Park

Four winners

Club	Played	Won	lost	Draw	rinks	for	Against	Points	%
Cambridge	8	7	1		19*	657	576	47 .5	114.06
Bedford	8	6	2		22**	652	565	47.0	115 .30
Doubleview	8	5	3		17*	587	601	37 .5	97.67
Leeming	8	5	3		16	622	597	36	104.18
Wanneroo	8	5	3		15*	625	602	35 .5	103.82
Melville	8	4	4		16**	592	576	33 .0	102.77
Cockburn	8	4	4		16**	601	604	33.0	99.53
Ossy Park	8	3	5		12*	606	635	24.5	95.43
Vic Park	8	1	7		12	628	657	16	95.58
Yokine	8	0	8		10	533	690	10	77.24

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

January 7, 2006

Bedford (6.5) beatMelville (1.5 ) ..........80/ 65.........

A great victory for the Bulls considering that the Magic were at home and wanting to make a statement, today showed that the the Bulls are the real deal, and just might be that Melville are not. A loss today would have put the Bulls into fourth Position. A win for Magic would have enhanced their chances of a final four appearance.
The Jones Boy and his rink are the only undefeated rink in One Red.

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The Jones Boy { skip}, B. Richardson. Paul Hunter, J. Carlsen----------19
J. Hall {skip}, K. Cousins, C. Jones ,R. Andrew ----------------------------19
Oh Boy !! The Jones Boy up against Jeff Hall spells one huge game, Jeff Hall is no slouch and he and his rink have done a teriffic job for the Melville Bowling club so far this season.
Who could win, who would provide the most pressure, the Jones Boy and his rink slipped out to a handy 11/5 on the 9th end 13/7 on the 12th . 17/9 on the 15th end and doing it on the bit. By the 20th end the Jones Boy led 19/13 and unfortunetly his rink dropped a six on the last end and drew the game. which kept his unbeaten run intact.
Best players for the Bulls was Paul Hunter and The Jones Boy

Best players for The Magic was the leader Ron Andrew and Jeff Hall
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P. Harris {skip} N. Minchin, M.Illich ,F. Andrich...................25
C. Girvan {skip} J. Terrral,S. McCormack P. Harbor ,.............16

Pieter Harris up against Cameron Girvan the well performed rookie Magic skip, promised plenty in the way of this contest. It started out well for P. H who shot out to a handy 11/2 lead at the 9th end. This was the signal for Cameron's rink to steady and at the conclussion of the 14th end were 16/13 down and some hope of taking the game. From here on Pieter and the boys put their best foot forward and went on to win 25/16 winning the 5 of the last seven ends.

Team effort for Bedford---
Best player for The the Magic was the leader Paul Harbor.


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S.Bainbridge {skip}, J. Trewhella, M. Lemos, M. Trewhella.----26
A Lee . {skip},R Kennedy, Roley Ireland, M. Randell-------------11

Adrian Lee filling in for Skipper Colin Fleay and by the 7th end might have wished for Colin to be available because the score was 6/14 down at the conclusion of the 10th end, 9/20 down on the 15th end and on the 21st end the final score 26/11 in favour of Stuart Bainbridge.
The best players for Bedford were a team effort
John Trewhella (pictured) played a handy game for the Bulls


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Lance Strahan {skip}, Barry Gartrell ,Shane Shaw, K. Collins----------10
J. Sharp (skip), S. Hughes , R. Barnes , J. Andrew . ------------------ --- -19
Jon Sharp and his rink were unfazed to be playing Lance Strahan who has been disappointing in his role as skipper for Bedford since taking over from Barry Gartrell. Jon Sharp who was brilliant in the State Pairs and a formidable opponent was leading 7/1 on the 5th end. By the 14 th end Jon was leading 14/4, the 18th end saw the lead stretch to 18/7 and to finish off with a comprehensive 19/10 win.
Where to for Lance, who's stats are down and the move of him to play skipper appears to be back firing somewhat at this early stage .


Best for Melville was second Roger Barns
Best for Bedford was third Barry Gartrell

Osborne Park (6) DEF Yokine (2)...........74/ 65....
The result went as expected but O.P managed only two rink wins. The rink of John Goddard had a huge win against Ian Cooper 31/11 to set up the win.
Daniel Trewhella had a narrow win 15/14 playing Sid McCann who skippered a rink for second time this season
Adrian Feltham and his rink continued on with the form from last week with a convincing win against Bill Galloway 22/16. He might provide the answer to some of the problems that the Doggies have in the skipperring dept.

Adrian Feltham (pictured) enjoying the challenge of the skippers role, has plenty to smile about today
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Cambridge (7) DEF Leeming (7)...............83/70...
Trystan Smallacombe and his rink of Scotty Edmonds, Nicky Lewis and Brian Kiely gave Bruce Edwards a hiding to win 32/9 and set up the win for Cambridge.
Ron Stockton and his rink have continued on their merry way with another win, this time at the expense of Leemings top rink of Rhett Butler 23/15.
Brian Katunarich gets another win under his belt defeating the other top Leeming rink of Anthony Provost 21/17
The good news for Leeming was a totally unexpected, and massive win by Wayne Heldt, Danny Comrie,Wray and Brian Ford beating John Rainoldi 29/7. This win should provide the impetus for Wayne and his rink to carry on to more wins in the future.

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Cockburn (7) beat Victoria Park (7)..................82/71...
Cockburn win as we thought they would, Steve Srhoy, Glynn Vaughan, Ivan "SuperGlue" Jakovich and Vassallio led the way with a convincing win against Steve Withers 25/16. While Joe Galipo with new recruit Gary Carberry in the side got hold of the top V. P. rink of Rooster Wishart 23/13 to put the win for Cockburn beyond doubt.
Two of the young guns Daniel Brown and Justin Opie fought out a great game with Daniel getting home by one shot to win 20/19
Mark Simpson has continued on with last weeks great form (they won 46/11) by taking the strong rink of Russell hughes to the cleaners with a solid win 23/14.
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Wanneroo (7) Doubleview (1) ...................86/ 59....
The Wanneroo Express have come away from Carlisle with a stunning win. No tipster would have picked them to win this game. There was some thought put into this game which saw the 16 players go over to Carlisle in the bus and have a roll up for an hour in preparation for their most important game for the season followed by a lunch.
Earlier in the day Dennis Kat made a comment on 90.5 FM that Carlisle greens held no fears for the Doubleview side. Maybe they should have done the same thing as Wanneroo.
The Roo Boys with four wins on the board had to halt their losing run and a loss would have put them out of the big picure.They have responded with a lot of determination, and a lets roll up the sleeves and have a crack at this attitude.

Wanneroo's leading rink, Geoff Ellis, Neville Stevens, Ted Alden, Sean Wright led the charge with a huge win against the PowerHouse's top rink of Robbie Ball 24/7. Geoff Ellis who had to leave halfway thru in last weeks game against the Bulls played a blinder in this game today for the Roo Boys.

Ted Alden, Wanneroo (pictured) enjoying the challenge in One Red

What a time to come good for Ron Bates and his rink to record their third win for the season, putting Kyle McIlroy's rink out of the picture with a good win.
After getting away to a good start and lead 9/1, Kyle came back to lead 13/12. Up to this stage Ken Boswell was playing superbly for Ron Bates while Kyle McIlroy was playing a very good game for the PowerHouse.
From here on the Roo Boys had to withstand plenty of pressure that was applied to them and went on to record a fine win 21/14.

Clive Adams with a revamped rink came good also to add to the PowerHouse woes defeating Pat Buller who had a new leader for todays game, Kevin Stevens.
The win was overdue for Clive who also won his third game for the season and it was the right time for it happen. They won 21/14
John Slavich was the only winner today for the PowerHouse against the solid rink of Stein Davies, leading 18/9 only to see that whittled away to be 20/20 with two ends to go. They won 24/20, and his stat sheet is looking good.





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