Men’s Saturday Pennants report
Submitted by the PHANTOM
Dianna, reporting for The Phantom
The Phantom was called away on urgent business and has enlisted me to bring you this special report.
Division One travelled to take on second side Yokine at their home turf. It was a very closely contested match all day with all rinks being very tight. Unfortunately, Joondalup only gained one point on the day, but they have thankfully retained their fourth position on the ladder. Ben and his team of Chris Leggett, James Groves and Mike Wyndham played exceptionally well to get on top of their opposition and won by six shots. Wes and his team of Jon Hunter, Greg Barry and Brett Driscoll were gallant but were sadly beaten by three shots by a very experienced team. Paddy and his team of Tom Vlahos, Noah Groves and Tom Danger also performed commendably, going down on the last couple of ends by only four shots. Jimmy B, with Koro, Eugene and Cheesy fought valiantly but had a tough day and went down by five shots. Luckily this loss did not have a huge impact on the overall ladder position.
Division Two played home against Hollywood Subiaco, who were sitting third on the ladder. All the men showed endeavour, ultimately coming away with one win and draw, and gaining one and a half points. This still leaves the team in a very vulnerable situation, facing a possible relegation if they do not get back into the winners’ circle. Andrew G coming into the team assisted the Chris Street led side of Joe Wedlock and Stevo to an impressive win. Mark Ryan and team, with Trevor V, Clive R and Dave Farrow, fought a gutsy fight and finished with a draw. Keith Willett and his team of Dave Webber, John Wills and Pikey had a rare loss in an incredible season. Dave Stanik and his team of Lance, Wayne Skip and Kim O (who had a great win last week) could not get the chocolates unfortunately and went down. You guys have proven with past results that you are good enough to beat anyone in the competition. I have no doubt that if you continue to work hard as a collective team; the results will take care of themselves.
Division Three travelled to Quinns to take on the second team on the ladder. Our boys were very impressive, winning by an outstanding thirty-nine shots, gaining seven valuable points. Scotty and his team of Dynamite Doug Peck, our ex-Olympian Chris Lewis and gun lead Allan Taylor played splendidly and won by twelve shots. Bruce B and his guys of Mossy, Tony Mirto, and Shane Nelligan played an exceptional team and unfortunately went down. Jeff Clarke, coming in as Skip, with Bill Brown, JB Bartlett and young Josh Vlahos had a very good day and won by an extraordinary fifteen shots. Then the solid team of Allan Covell, John Ferguson, Papa John Kalajzic and Harry T proved too good for the opposition and came away with a nineteen shot victory. Great effort to all teams as any win at Quinns is impressive, and this win was remarkable.
Division Five kept their finals chances alive with an incredible win against Lake Monger at Joondalup, gaining all six points. John Coops, Mike Batka, Dave Saunders and Ray Lane had an impressive fourteen shot win. It was good to see Dave S back after a bad run of injuries. Chucky, with Brian V, Col Bailey and our favourite Bro Richard W had a solid win by three shots. Verne Jones came is as skip, and he and his team of Frankie A, Mike Wickings and Nigel P fought a tight contest and won by the barest of margins. Well done boys, keep up the great work.
Division Six travelled to Swan to take on the sixth placed team. It was an intriguing game and outcome with both clubs gaining two points for a draw. John Howes and his team of Bert, Clive Tipper and Clive Smith tried very hard but had a loss by six shots. Tony Phillips, with the ex-basketball centre Larry Young, Bignault and Ian Griffin, had a good win by six points which drew the aggregate. Well done to John Howes and Bert for admirably guiding these new players to our club and showing them the ropes.
There are no Saturday Pennants this week due to the Australia Day break.
Dianna, for the Phantom.
Men’s Midweek Pennant Results 14th January
Submitted by the PHANTOM
The Phantom was able to get off work a bit early today and ventured to Scarborough and then onto Joondalup to watch our teams play bowls. It was a mixed day for Joondalup with a very good win by our top, third and Fifth division but a disappointing loss to our undefeated second division.
Division one played host to the Dalkeith Nedlands team that were sitting mid-range on the ladder. This was a pleasing game with our guys getting five points to be sitting third on the ladder and shooting Dalkeith down a few levels. Jimmy B with his gun team of Koro , Mark Ryan and Cheesy had a great game and came away with a very good win of twenty nine shots to fifteen. One end they gained seven shots and in a cruel twist Jimmy was the only bowl that was not in play. With much fun the rest of the team certainly indicated that fact to Jimmy. “Cruel Buggers”. Ben and his team of Dave U, Jimmy G and Eugene bowled really well early but the opposition stepped up a gear and played extremely well and unfortunately our guys on this rink went down buy nine shots. This left the points to the last rink of Miracle Man Chris Leggett with Wes, Noah Groves who was a last minute call up and Brett D to do the deed. And do the deed they did.
Brett D and Noah bowled very well to give Chris and Wes a good platform to bowl to and they did big time. Chris lived up to his super hero status and was exceptional all day with Wes playing great bowls backing up Noah and Brett they came away with a victory rarely seen in division one of forty one shots to three which is a thirty eight shot victory which at this level is very impressive. Well done guys. Good luck next week when you travel to Cambridge.
Division two travelled to Scarborough full of confidence as our guys were undefeated this year so far. But the Scarborough boys put an abrupt halt to that with a seventy three to fifty four shots and a five point victory over our guys. Our guys tried hard all day and in some cases were in front early in the day but Scarborough upped a cog and played very well to beat our guys. Keith Willet, Dave Webber, Stevo and Donny were the only shining light on the day and they won their rink by four shots. This is as good a time as any to receive a wakeup call and lose their first game. Chin up guys as you have been great all year. Good luck next week when you take on Lake Monger at home.
Division three travelled to Quinns Rock which is always a tough task no matter what level of competition. Our boys did themselves proud winning four and a half points to keep their position on top of the ladder. The gun team of Scotty, Andrew G, Glen Oakley and Dave Farrow had a good day bowling very well and winning by a comfortable seventeen shots. The Jeff Clarke team with Mossy, Tony M and big Al Taylor have been very strong all year and they played a very experienced team from Quinn’s and went down by eleven shots. Young Trevor Vellios relishing and enjoying the roll of Skipper with his team of John Ferguson, Papa John Kalajzic and Pim Schook had an exciting game and were able to get a draw. Good luck next week guys when you take on North Beach.
Division five played host to the Lake Monger club utilising our A green All teams played very well and our guys went on their winning way and gained all six points to be an extremely impressive sixteen points clear on top of the ladder. What a great effort guys. Dave Kemp and his team of Roy Sutcliffe, Terry Furler and Nigel Poulton had another impressive win by twenty shots. This team has been invincible this year. Chucky and his team of Brian V, Mike Wickings and Colin Bailey who have also had a great year played a tough Lake Monger side but came away with a five shot victory. John Coops with Harry Pickford, George Smart and Mal Grant had a good tussle and had a win by three shots. Guys the Club is extremely proud of your efforts this year. Keep going and playing well and go all the way to success. Good luck next week when you travel to take on Bedford.
The Phantom
