Sport
7 February, 2025
Magpies aim for three in a row
CAMPERDOWN Golf Magpies division one Saturday team made it two in a row last Saturday when they defeated third placed Simpson by two shots in a two rinks all win 100-98.
Golf trailed by four shots with the last rink still to play two ends.
Glenn Winsall’s last bowl on end number 99 moved Simpson’s shot bowl and made three shots for the home side which left one end to play and Simpson leading 98 to 97.
Jack Paasse had a toucher with his lead bowl with Taj Merrett and Billy Conheady all drawing shots so the skips stepped up (Golf holding three shots).
Glenn went for cover with his two bowls and Simpson’s skip played weight with both his bowls and missed them both leaving Golf with a two shot win overall 100 to 98.
Kev Conheady’s team of Graeme Fitzgerald, Greg Molan and Greg Edwards had a tough day going down to Kurt Wilson’s rink 10 to 29.
Craig Skene’s rink of Gary Body, Peter Reilly and Greg Teal were the stars of the day winning their rink by a massive 27 shots over Scott Harris’s rink 41 to 14.
David Bateman’s rink of John Molan, Mark Winsall and Andrew Anderson all bowled well and had an eight shot win over Leigh Mahoney’s rink 32 to 24.
Tomorrow Golf is home to Colac 1 for their final game of the season.
Golf are firing at the moment and will be out to defeat Colac which would see them end the season on a high.
Teams for tomorrow are:
Leads: Greg Teal, James Henry, Taj Merrett and Jack Paassel.
Seconds: Peter Reilly, John Molan, Andrew Anderson and Mark Winsall.
Thirds: Gary Body, Chris Pearson, Graeme Fitzgerald and Billy Conheady.
Skips: Craig Skene, Paul Richards, Kev Conheady and Glenn Winsall. (m)
Division two last Saturday travelled to Colac with the hope of a win to keep their finals chances alive.
Unfortunately after a tight battle all day they went down by eight shots, winning two rinks. Final scores 82 shots to 90.
Leanne Fitzgerald’s rink of Michael Brebner, Noel Brebner and Ray Bateman went down to Noel Pastsch rink 14 shots to 30.
Chris McLeod’s rink of Terry Place, Kevin Russell and Daryl O’Donohue lost to Trevor Nelson’s rink 19 shots to 24.
Algie White’s rink of Wayne Henry, Isaac Winsall and Noelene Tolland played well all day to defeat Tommy Watson’s rink by three shots 22 to 19.
Dan Stewart’s rink of Ro Dunstan, Keira Johnson and Elaine Waterfall had a great win over Ray Hutchinson’s rink by 10 shots 27 to 17.
Tomorrow Golf are away to third placed Winchelsea, and they will also be keen to finish their season with a win.
Teams for tomorrow’s match against Winchelsea (bus to leave Bath Street at 10.45am, driver Chris McLeod) are:
Leads: Greg Molan, Daryl O’Donohue, Greg Edwards and Ray Bateman.
Seconds: IssacWinsall, Kevin Russell, Keira Johnson and Noel Brebner.
Thirds: John O’Donohue, Terry Place, Ro Dunstan and Michael Brebner.
Skips: Algie White, Chris McLeod, Dan Stewart (m) and Leanne Fitzgerald.
Division three were at home to ladder leaders Simpson and unfortunately found the going tough by going down by 29 shots 74 to 103.
John Salau’s rink of Janet Molan, Andrew Whiteside and Xavier Crabbe fought hard all day to go down to Bryson Newcombe’s rink 25 to 33.
Rene Wyles rink of Liz Riches, Ruth Skene and George Bateman lost to Ron Yendell’s rink 15 to 19.
Peter James rink of Gary Mitchell. Pat Scott and Zach Regan played well all day to just go down by one shot to Maria Seabrook’s rink 21 to 22.
Garry Brian’s rink had to call for a substitute early in their match, with Trish Taylor stepping up to play and Kona Kerr taking over skipping duties with Val Coverdale and Kathy Banks. They tried hard all day but went down by 16 shots 13 to 29 to Andrea Swayn’s rink.
Tomorrow division three will travel to play Colac Central and a win is quite on the cards as Central are just above Golf on the ladder.
Congratulations to Elaine Waterfall who will play her 150th Saturday pennant game tomorrow
Elaine has also played over 440 midweek pennant games.
Teams for tomorrow’s match against Central (bus leaving at 11.30am, driver Steve Lucas):
Leads: Noelene Tolland, Xavier Crabbe, Elaine Waterfall and Kathy Banks.
Seconds: Pat Scott, Andrew Whiteside, Ruth Skene and Val Coverdale.
Thirds: Liz Riches, Trey Darcy, Janet Molan, (m) and Kona Kerr.
Skips: Peter James, Steve Lucas, Rene Wyles and Wayne Henry.
In mid-week pennant last Tuesday division one was away to Cressy for the final game of the season and after two ends the game was abandoned because of the heat policy.
In division three last Tuesday, Golf were away to Colac City and managed to play enough ends to get a result with City winning by 15 shots 35 to 50 two rinks to Golf’s 1one.
The rink of Peter James, Garry Brian, John Molan and Pat Scott were the winning rink by eight shots.
Ro Dunstan’s rink of Liz Riches, Steph Whiteside and Carol Wilson went down by 10 shots.
Dan Stewart’s rink of Noel Brebner, Ruth Skene and Kathy Banks went down by 13 shots.
The club congratulates Keira Johnstone who has won her way into the semi-finals of the novice singles which will be played on February 23 in Warrnambool. Kell Edwards and Xavier Crabbe also performed very well in the competition.
The men’s Presidents Handicap continues on Sunday with the semifinals and final to be played on February 23.
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