Round Nine One Red Division 14-01-06Click here to Return to Pennant Scene
almost as expected in round Nine
The Cambridge Knights win A crunch game against the Bedford Bulls. This was
a great victory for the Cambridge knights, Sitting on top of the table prior
to this game and needing a win to confirm their rightful status as the best
team in W.A.
To come to the home ground of the well performed Bulls and take them to the
cleaners leaves
Bedford with some questions to ask.
What a differrence the recruits have made to the Cambridge unit. What an improvement
for the players that were in the team from last year.
Victoria Park keep their word and play to their potential after the Xmas break.
Wanneroo undo all the great work they performed last week and it says clearly
they are too inconsistant. The Vic Park win has reignited the fight for relegation and
kept a lot interest at that end of the table
Leeming are too good for Yokine who never give in on most Saturdays and we must
say that The Yokine Doggies are a credit to the competition and themselves for
the
way
they
are having a red hot go.
Cockburn are simply too good for Osborne Park in a very tight game
Doubleview remind all other teams what they are capable of in their win against
Melville today
CAMBRIDGE QUOTE " Sherro, we have been looking
relegation in the eye for the past three years, last year didn't tell how hard
we were at
it. This year is just
something else. Our recruits have made a difference and now we have the confidence
and belief that we can go all the way. Bedford are no pushovers and we did not
expect it to be easy, especially here. Well, we have got what we
came
for,
the
big
end
of
the
points
and
we will
have
a
quite
celebration at the club and
look toward the next game."
CHRIS LANDER
BULL QUOTE " Thank God for
Merredin, and the Jones Boy "
Lance
Strahan
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The tipster had a fair round with his tips.
Leeming DEF Yokine
Victoria Park DEF Wanneroo
Cambridge DEF Bedford
Cockburn DEF Osborne Park
Doubleview DEF Melville
Three winners for the round
| Club | Played | Won | lost | Draw | rinks | for | Against | Points | % |
| Cambridge | 9 | 8 | 1 | 21** | 740 | 644 | 54 .0 | 114.90 | |
| Bedford | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23*** | 720 | 648 | 48.5 | 111 .11 | |
| Doubleview | 9 | 6 | 3 | 19* | 676 | 675 | 43 .5 | 100.01 | |
| Leeming | 9 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 705 | 671 | 43 | 105.06 | |
| Cockburn | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18*** | 679 | 678 | 39.5 | 100.01 | |
| Wanneroo | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15* | 675 | 697 | 35 .5 | 96.84 | |
| Melville | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18** | 666 | 665 | 33 .0 | 100.01 | |
| Ossy Park | 9 | 3 | 6 | 13** | 680 | 713 | 26.0 | 95.37 | |
| Vic Park | 9 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 723 | 707 | 24 | 102.06 | |
| Yokine | 9 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 607 | 773 | 11 | 78.52 | |
* Rink Draws...4 Points for win / 2 Points draw / 1 point rink win / *1/2 point rink draw.
January14, 2006
Cambridge
(6.5) beatBedford (1.5 ) ..........83/
68.........
In the game of the round, and game of the season, One side had to make way.
The Cambridge 16 came, played, and conquered the Bulls for
top spot. This was even more meritorious because it was at Bedford's home ground.
This was no ordinary victory, it was a season defining game, Cambridge were
simply to classy, to committed and shoved the lame Bulls into the think
about it dept.
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----------25
J.Rainoldi {skip}, Jarrod Rainoldi. Irvin, Aj Heal
-----------------------13
The Jones Boy has kept his unbeaten run going
with a huge win over The legendary John Rainoldi, In a bad start to the game
for the Jones Boy, they
were 0/8
down on the 4th end. Not the kind start one would wan't against such opposition.
However things went better because at the 8th end the Jones Boy was 7/9
down and back in the game. From here John Rainoldi and his rink put their
foot
on the
accelerator
and scooted away to lead 12/7 on the 12th end. From this point it was goodby
John,
Hell0 Jones boy, because his rink won every end except the
last end, the score was 25/13. This rink remains unbeaten and at this
stage
is the best rink in W.A.
The game was not a high standard game according to the Bedford boys
Best players for the Bulls was Richo and
The Jones Boy
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P. Harris {skip} N. Minchin, M.Illich ,F. Andrich...................9
T. Smallacombe {skip} S. Edmonds ,N. Lewis, B. Kiely...........25
Well it wouldn't get better than this. Trystan Smallacombe versus Pieter
Harris. Great team mates in last years fabulous performance in the State
Side series, going head to head for top of the table honours.
What
a let down in terms of a contest, The Harris led rink was the second best
rink in W.A and to let a game like this slip with a poor performance
has got to be a concern. Trystan
Smallacombe
has done a terrific service to Cambridge with his well performed rink and
to win today by such a margin would have surprised him, especially because
it was at Bedford and who he was playing against
Brian Kiely Cambridge (Pictured) brilliant leading sets up victory against
Pieter Harris
After 8 ends had been played Trystan was leading 16/0. Yes that score is
correct. From here, Bedford staged a fight back to be 3/24 down on the
13th end. Things got worse!! Cambridge were 29/5 on the 19th end and finally
won 29/9.
This was a dismal performance from a side that was competing for top spot
and question marks are in order for this rink that has had two significant
losses in two of the last three games.
The leader Brian Kiely had an outstanding game for Cambridge and set up
this brilliant victory. Trystan Smallacombe said his team were very good and
with Brian leading so well it made the job pretty easy for the rest of the
rink
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Best player for Cambridge was the leader Brian
Kiely.
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S.Bainbridge {skip}, J.
Trewhella, M. Lemos, M. Trewhella.----17
B. Katunarich {skip},M. McGann, G. Kane, W. Maher------------24
A very tough encounter between these two sides. The front end were going hard
at it and Bedford led 6/5 on the 6th end. Cambridge had a nice run and led 12/7
on the 11th end and appeared to be cruising along. The Bedford Rink lifted to
to lead 17/16 on the 17th end.
Mick McGann in the mean time was playing above
and beyond with a brilliant game and causing all sorts of havoc for Bedford with
his
bowls.
Well it was the end of the journey for the Bedford rink on the 17th end because
they were unable to score again and went down 17/24.
The leaders Matt Trewhella
and
W.
Maher had
a
battle
royal
with honours about even in a good display of bowls .
Mick McGann (Left) and Brian Katunarich celebrate
with a couple of coldies after their big
win at Bedford
Mick McGann was the the man with a great game for
Cambridge
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Lance Strahan {skip}, Barry Gartrell ,Shane Shaw,
K. Collins----------17
R. Stockton (skip), C. Lander, T. Walsh, H. Christensen.
----------------17
This game was important not only for Bedford but also for Lance Strahan, There
had been form concerns of late, and controversy regarding who should skipper
the side.
Lance has answered all concerns with a telling game of bowls today,
After 10 ends the score was 8/8 and things were tough going for both sides and
as we reached the 19th end we see that 15/13 in favour of Lance, 20th end 17/13
in favour of Lance and then the impossible happened. Lance knocked a bowl of
Cambridge up and went down four to tie the game. But the important thing was
the performance of Lance Strahan who is a key member in this team of 16 players.
Best for Bedford was skipperLance Strahan
Cockburn (6.5) DEF Osborne
Park (1.5)...........78/
74....
A couple of outstanding performance from John Goddard and Daniel Trewhella
were not enough to get Osborne Park over the line in the big game at Osborne
Park today. Cockburn can play anywhere and win on any surface. The very solid
win from the Joe Galipo rink against Bill Galloway was the main reason for
victory today with a good 25/14 win
Russell Hughes beat Wings Evans who can't seem to win a game these days in
a close encounter
23/20
John Goddard and Daniel Brown had a draw 18/18 and word was John Goddard had
a big game in this match
Daniel Trewhella and young team turned up to have a really solid crack at winning
this game against Steve Srhoy and came away handsome winners 22/12. information
from this game was Daniel was in brilliant form.
Paul Fair Osborne Park (pictured) quality leader playing
for Daniel Trewhella
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Leeming (7) DEF Yokine (1)...............83/68...
Steady as she goes for Leeming, winning as most would have predicted. The
return to form of the Wayne Heldt led rink has continued with a handy win
against Sid McCann 25/14. Anthony Provost won against Rookie skipper Adrian
Feltham
who had won had his first two games for Yokine, 26/18.
Rhett Butler won against Ian Cooper who has had some decent size hidings
this season with a one shot win 20/19. It was a very commendable effort by
the Cooper led rink to almost take out the game against a very tough rink
to beat.
Alan Davis continues to be the shining light at Yokine with an emphatic win
against Bruce Edward's rink 23/12.
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Victoria Park
(8) beat Wanneroo (0)..................100/52...
Victoria Park come good, and display what they are capable of doing by crushing
the Wanneroo Express. All rinks fired at the same time for the first time
this season.
Rooster Wishart's rink getting back into gear after a run of outs and a position
change in the side came up with a comprehensive win against the Ron
Bates led rink 25/5. The leaders in this game had a great dual with honours
pretty even, however that man again, Yes, Charlie McNeil played a superb
game playing as the two had another day out and destroyed whatever Grahame
Adamini
put near the jack with beautiful weighted bowls.
Mark Simpson and his rink have contiued on their merry way with another vital
win for V.P. winning against Clive Adams 22/14.
Justin Opie won again getting hold of the gun rink at Wanneroo led by Geoff
Ellis 26/18, and that was a pretty big ask for the rink to acheive a win
against a quality side.
Steve Withers and his rink weren't going to be left out of this very important
win by completing a clean sweep with victory against Stein Davies 22/13.
One would think all would be forgotten and forgiven and there would
have been a big celebration last night at V.P
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Doubleview (6) Melville (2)
...................89/
74....
Robbie Ball and his rink came back to great form after last weeks bad loss
and had a ball with a handsome win today against Colin Fleay winning 30/8 and
with a score like that it is hard for any opposition team win .
Pat Buller, Ross Dempsey, Ken Screech and Jim Bausor won in convincing fashion
to knock over Cameron Girvans rink 27/17
Jon Sharp, S. Hughes, R. Barnes,J Birch continue on with another good performance
to beat John Slavich 21/16. Jon has done well since returning to play in
One Red, his rink is not as strong as Tony Krajancic's well performed rink
of last year but he getting great results for the Magic.
Jeff Hall who almost became the first rink to defeat The unbeaten Jones Boy
last week put
in with another solid win, defeating Kyle McIlroy 28/16.
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