Bendigo Premier League
Moama has gone into its bye undefeated after a fifth straight win on Saturday.
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The club played Inglewood in an away game, but with an even split of rinks won, it was Kevin Brennan’s (26-16) and Bradley Campbell’s (31-13) rink wins that sealed the nine-shot win.
The dominance of Kevin Anderson’s rink came to a halt, in what was its first loss for the season, 16-25.
Moama’s unblemished record keeps it at the top of the ladder, eight points ahead of Eaglehawk in second.
It will break for a bye this Saturday, before playing its final game at home before Christmas against a winless Bendigo.
Campaspe Playing Area weekend pennant
The two teams couldn’t be more different, but last season’s division one grand final rematch between Moama and Rich River still went the way of Moama on Saturday.
It was much closer than last summer’s battle, with just five shots separating the two teams.
Rich River skip Peter Nesbitt won his rink 24-15, although Moama’s George Thornley and Graeme Hinsley took the other two to keep their rivals at bay.
Mathoura has fallen five shots short of its first division one win of the season.
Coming up against Deniliquin on Saturday, Mathoura’s Mick Humphrey did his best alongside Terry Taylor, Larry Seely and Arthur Murphy to get the club in a winning position with a 16-shot win over Brian Kemnitz.
But Deniliquin was too strong on the first and third rinks, with Jamie Shields and Shane Laing’s double-digit wins sealing the deal for the home side.
Echuca remains at the top of the division after another comfortable win over third-placed Tongala.
The 19-shot win was mainly down to a 17-shot win by Dennis Compton (s), Ivan Hicks, Jerome Shaw and Ashley French.
Rochester’s division two side celebrated a dominant win at home over Tongala, finishing 57 shots up.
Leigh Milgate led his rink to a 31-10 win, while Peter Holzer’s rink earned a similarly large win, 39-12.
Brian Jones’ rink capped off the victory with its 24-15 winhelping the team hold on to second spot on the ladder.
Deniliquin RSL braved a competitive Moama to walk away a one-shot winner in what was its first of the season, while Echuca stayed at the top of the ladder with a 13-shot win over Mathoura at home.
Echuca skip Wally Fehring, Gary Armstrong, Mel Thorn and Albert Clark were the best performed rink with an 11-shot margin.
Division three played at as expected, with Moama remaining at the top of the competition with a 23-shot win over Deniliquin in division three, while higher placed Elmore and Mathoura prevailed over Echuca and Rich River respectively.
In division 4A, Echuca Blue travelled to Tongala and came away with a 22-shot win overall thanks to a 24-9 thumping by Max Clifford (s), Bill Curnow, Kevin Bursill and John Kelly.
Rochester walked away with the win at home to Ky Valley View.
The side had big wins on both Jenny Major’s and Don Gillies’ rinks to secure a 55-28 victory.
In division 4B, Lockington suffered a stinging one-shot loss to Deniliquin, 35-36.
Bill Musgrove’s rink had a good win though, up by nine against Russell Douglas. The narrow loss leaves the side in third place on the premiership ladder.
Echuca White also coasted to a comfortable 50-shot win over Tongala B at home thanks to a 28-shot victory by John Hollowood (s), Dennis Ricketts, Steve Nolan and Chris Campbell.
Campaspe Playing Area midweek pennant
Echuca experienced mixed results in midweek pennant last Friday with divisions one and two winning, but division three suffering a loss.
Division one travelled to Mathoura and after a tight battle got home by four shots, thanks largely to a nine-shot win by the rink of Leica Roney (s), Pat Schram, Robyn Tooley and Di Payne.
Moama continued its dominance in division one, beating Deniliquin by 25 shots.
Skips Marilyn Connelly and Sandra Connelly pushed away to 10-shot wins, while Cassandra Millerick’s rink also snared the win over Deniliquin’s Joanne Bovell.
Rich River also celebrated a confident win, beating the winless Rochester by 30 shots.
Margaret Griffith’s rink of Bruce O’Neale, Wilma Williams and Trevor Nagorcka accounted for half those shots with a considerable 15-shot win over Rochester skip Heather Holzer.
Echuca remains atop the division two leader board after romping home to a 25-shot win over Rich River.
Skip Wilma Curnow, John Brown, June Clifford and Ros Neil won their rink by 14 shots, while the other two rinks skipped by Belinda Chong and Marie Malone won by seven and four shots respectively.
Tongala claimed its first win of the season with a 52-shot victory over Elmore, Rochester lost on home turf to Moama, while Ky View Valley just got over the top of Lockington by four.
Mathoura levelled its record at 2-2 with a round four win over Rich River.
Both Gayle Kerr and Jenny Hicks skipped Mathoura’s two rinks to victory to secure the 13-shot win overall.
Moama Red and Moama Green rounded out the winners over Tongala and Echuca, to remain at the top of the division.
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