Three Tongala pennant bowlers were involved in Sunday’s Campaspe Playing Area state mixed pairs finals.
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Sally Beach and Brad Tinning won through two qualifying rounds and a quarter-final to face title favourites Philip Thorn and Pat Schram in one semi-final.
They beat the highly fancied pair 16-11, but fell at the final hurdle against Geoff Beattie and Colleen Maslen — beaten 13-17 in the final.
Bill Hatzie was the other Tongala pennant bowler involved in Sunday’s finals.
He partnered Olivia Cartwright, the Kyabram star who has been bowling with Moama Bowling Club at the elite regional level in recent seasons, to also win a place in the semi-finals.
They were beaten by Beattie and Maslen 4-23 in the semi-final.
Earlier in the knockout tournament, Beach and Tinning opened the competition with an 18-8 win against Echuca’s Cecil and Joan Moss.
They then won by five shots before narrowly escaping a game with pennant teammates Matthew Liverton and Robyn Tooley.
Liverton and Tooley won their opening round match, 16-13, against Moama’s Brock Keenan and Gracie Retallick, then progressed through round two with a 11-10 win against Echuca’s Steve and Michelle Cunnington.
They lost the quarter-final to their teammates by one shot, 10-11.
Hatzie and Cartwirght had two close calls in the opening rounds, winning 14-13 against Damian and Jenni Hogan, and then 17-16 against Echuca star Ian Page and Kristy Gillingham.
In the quarter-finals, they beat highly decorated veteran Marilyn Stephenson by five shots.
Merrigum champion Greg Pell (right) with Joe Chant after playing off to be number one in the club.
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– Twenty Goulburn Valley Playing Area club champions will contest round one of the champion of champions men’s singles event on Sunday, February 16.
Merrigum champion Greg Pell is drawn to play Rushworth skip Bruce Wootton in the opening round, while Greg Shilling from Kyabram has a first round bye.
Wootton plays midweek in the Rushworth division two team and in the club’s division three weekend pennant side.
He has a 5-4 record from his nine games in midweek pennant and is the 11th ranked skip in the weekend competition with a 5-5 win/loss record.
Pell has won four of his nine games this year and is the 23rd ranked skip in the division four weekend competition where the Merrigum team is the bottom team of the 10-club competition.
Shilling will play Euroa champion Ken Sutcliffe in the round of 16 at 12.30pm, with the quarter-finals scheduled for 3pm.
Euroa skip Sutcliffe is the 17th ranked skip in the GV division one competition, having won four of his 10 games. Shlling is the second ranked skip in the competition with an 8-2 win/loss record.
The semi-finals and finals will be played on Sunday, March 2.
Mary Greco will face Shepparton East champion Marilyn Cox in round one of the women’s champion of champions event.
Cox’s Shepparton East team is on the bottom rung of the ladder, while Greco’s Kyabram sits fourth with a 6-6 win/loss record.
Greco has a 5-7 win/loss record in the midweek pennant competition this year, ranked 55th overall in the competition, while Cox is 128th on the player ladder.
There are 16 women involved in the opening round, which will be contested at Shepparton Park Bowling Club.
All knockout rounds and finals are decided by the first bowler to reach 25 shots, with each bowler having four bowls every end.
Campaspe’s men’s and women’s champion of champions singles events will be staged on February 9 and 16, but the draw is yet to be released.
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