March 5, 2009
Cunderdin bowler Silky Wilkins won the Country Week singles defeating Eaton's Gordon Jones 21 - 17.

Silky had a hard road to hoe to make the final having to play a couple of very good players, He defeated Neville Woods then climbed over a very impressive Glen Dunn to make the final

Gordon also didn't have an easy game against the 2006 Champion Henry Slawinski, that game could have gone either way. He had the call over S. Kahala from Comet bay.
To make the final he beat Geraldton's Colin Morgan 21/0 which is quite a victory and a surprise really because Colin was in great touch the day before.

The game between Silky and Gordon saw Gordon shoot out to a 9/0 lead with some great bowls while Silky wasn't silky at all. He was on struggle street and Gordon was poised to have another stunning victory.
Gordon got out to lead 13/2 and to be honest Silky was on the ropes, or so we thought.

From here Silky chipped away and managed to get the score looking better at 17/10 down but still looking unlikely to win.

At this stage is where Gordon could have kicked himself because he played the worst four bowls he has probably ever played. Two in the ditch (one of which knocked one of Silky's in the ditch) one 15 ft short and the other only a tad closer
The score was now 17/13, it appeared that Gordon was tiring and was playing well below the high standard he had presented for most of the games he had played, it has been a long 8 days

From here Silky went on and won 21/17. He had scored 19 shots to Gordon's 4 from the time he was 13/2 down.
Congratulations to both players and well done after 8 demanding days of competition.
Silky now has to continue on so they can complete the fours final

Silky Wikins Gordon Jones and Kevin Pickering
L/R: Maurice Crameri, Silky Williams, Gordon Jones, Kevin Pickering

 


LAST 16 QUARTER SEMI FINAL
       
H. Slawinski 21 -19    
  Gordon Jones    
Gordon Jones   21 - 10  
    Gordon Jones  
E. Ditchburn 21- 13    
  S. Kahler    
S. Kahler     21 - 0
      Gordon Jones
P. Smith 21 - 10    
  C. Morgan    
C. Morgan   21 - 16  
    C. Morgan  
M. Chaplin 21 - 18    
  M. Ford   WINNER
M. Ford     T. Wilkins
      21 - 17
K. Sumner 21 - 3   defeated
  T. Wilkins   Gordon Jones
T. Wilkins   21 - 12  
    T. Wilkins  
P. Monagle 21 - 14    
  N. Woods    
N. Woods     21 - 10
      T. Wilkins
K. Doncon 21 - 20    
  G. Dunn    
G. Dunn   21 - 3  
    G. Dunn  
M. Crameri 21 - 14    
  M. Crameri    
R. Pennington      





February 27, 2009

Men’s Country Week Singles,

At the conclusion of sectional play today there are many chances left to win the Country Week singles.
Past winner Keith Doncon remains in the field as does another past winner Henry Slawinski who was also the recent winner of the over 60's State Triples

Sectional Winners and venue played at

Dalkeith-Nedlands:
R Singh, B King, J Williams, D Main, P Brown, J Ward, S Parkin, A Yandle, G Crisp, H Smith, H Slawinski, P White, D Coombs, V Wellstead, B Andrews, R Bowron, N Wass, K Robartson.
Henry as mentioned and Rob Bowron is a player who could do well if he can play to his obvious potential and Keith Robartson is another top liner from Geraldton who could do very well


Melville:
K Morrell, G Jones, N Giles, S Davies, A Cousins, A Pinzone, A Dinnason, P Suckling, J Collard, A McCullagh, G Perks, E Steicke.
Some good names here but Glen Jones looks the best bet to go from here

Leeming:
R Cobley, A Shaddick, A Bartlett, B Taylor, G Reading, R Roberts, I Broad, R McTaggart, M Burgler, M Barnes, B Eva, E Ditchburn

Morley:
A White, G Slavin, S Beckwith, P Herbert, B Waddell, S Mackin, R Cowcher, M Kemp, M Nottle, S Chester, Jc Robertson, M Davis,

Sorrento:
L Dowdell, A Grundy, S Kauler, R Jasper, T Watson, L Payne, K Toster, K Henderson, D Brown, A Guelfi, R Grinbergs, K Bell,
Les Payne from the Geraldton Club won his club singles at 77 years of age and still has the eye of the tiger

Yokine:
J Milloy, D von Horn, P Smith, W Price, W Holt, K Jolly, Ja Robertson, B Calthorpe, E Tenardi, P Cavanagh, T Roberts, P Jones,
Two standout in the group of winners are Brian Calthorpe and David Von Horn while we see the name of E.Tenardi pop up quite often

Victoria Park:
M O’Hare, J Symes, M Erridge, P Gerrand, D Cliff, P Lane, A Wolfenden, R Argent, J McElroy, N Warner, W Coyle, P Barber,
Wayne Coyle is one to catch the eye as is Jim McElroy

Nollamara:
Da Thomson, C Morgan, M Fox, R Forsyth, A Jefferys, L Sanders, M Chaplin, M Lancaster, G Ilich, D Haig, P Waterhouse, K McKenzie,

Mt Pleasant:
A Spence, G Blacklock, P Malins, K Adriens, A Grieves, M Nilson, R Whitfort, C Squires, D Buegge, B van Elburg, R Filimski, P Nicholls,
Peter Nicholls is another who can play a bit while D. Buegge played in the final of the State Fours a few years ago

Manning:
D Warner, D Wilkinson, T Cabassi, R Guilfoyle, D Rubery, J Rowe,M Lanigan, M Ford, T Reynolds, K Crane, R Wheeldon, G Whyatt,
Geoff Whyatt is still getting them away well

Doubleview:
B Johnson, T Reudavey, R Allen, J Pickering, K Sumner, S Trowl, T Hughes, M Grigsby, R Warburton, R Bergin, B Thompson, I Eva
Wagin Player Steve Trowl will be hard to beat

Bedford:
D Fiegert, T Wilkins, B Starbuck, G Bell, W Lee, P Lee, B Driscoll, P Monagle, R Wiese, A Harding, D Hubbard, G Smith
Cunderdin's Silky Wilkins is another who has done well in the past

Warwick:
J Jones, B Hobden, G Kern, N Woods, D Smith, I Young G Stewart, K Meers, L Donnes, G Helliwell, K Doncon, J Roach
Keith Doncon would be the favourite to take this title

Cambridge:
B Butcher, R Bender, L Miguel, W Button, G Dunn, B McKenna,C Funazzi, G Twist, S Clarke, C Kirkpatrick, T Beswick, S Manuel
There are two beauties in this group, Glen Dunn from Mandurah who did so well in the Mt Lawley Consistencty two years ago and Charlie Funazzi is a regular in this Country week series

Osborne Park:
M Crameri, W McDonald, R Searle, A Crabbe, K Heberle, D Miguel T Melotte, J Park, M Wood, T Williamson, K Rolleston, T Edwards, J Duggan, C Carruthers, R Pennington
Maurice Crameri is the name that catches the eye and could go all the way