Bernadette Tinning came out on top 21-15 in her rink in division three. Photos: Jordan Townrow.
After a clustered start to the year, the second half of the Campaspe Playing Area midweek pennant season is starting to provide some clarity on where teams might stand come finals time.
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Confident wins to both Kyabram and Stanhope have strengthened the pair’s standing within the top four, leaving the teams below with plenty of work to do to keep in touch.
Rita Moresco in division three action for Rich River.
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Stanhope kicked clear of Deniliquin to strengthen its hold on fourth place, defeating Deni 13-60 to 3-50 at Deniliquin Bowling Club.
The contrast was stark across the three rinks, each side dominating one while the third finished level.
Skip Neville Cowie, alongside David Millard, Sharon Donnell and Gregory Fitzpatrick, effectively led Stanhope to the win with a huge 33-11 victory.
Peter Kesson sends one down for the Tonny Div three side.
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Deniliquin’s rink win came via Joanne Bovell, who took down the Jennifer Crilly-led foursome 23-11.
In the remaining rink, there was nothing separating Deni’s Paul Snare and Stanhope’s Peter Myers, the two skips deadlocked at 16-all.
It seemed to be a round for draws, as the matchup between Rochester and Kyabram also saw one rink finish level.
Ellie Vanderburgt leads for Tonny in division three.
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The contest in question was between Rochester’s Don Gillies and Kyabram’s Mary-Anne Spizer, both outfits tallying 20 shots.
The Bombers had the best of the other two contests, Mary Greco prevailing 20-16 over Kevin Hall, while Joe Greco logged the largest victory, 30-11 over Kaye Barker.
The final scorecard read Kyabram 15-70 to Rochester 1-47.
Moama leads by eight competition points over Echuca, with Kyabram more than a game further back in third.
Ros Kellett shows great touch in division three.
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Stanhope now has a more-than-20-point lead over fifth-ranked Deniliquin, with Mathoura narrowly behind.
Around 40 points adrift from the finals places, it would take a marked change in fortunes for either Rich River or Rochester to feature in the post-season.
Next week, in the last round before the Christmas break, Moama and Stanhope will face off in a top-four clash, while Echuca will host Deniliquin and Kyabram will travel to Mathoura.
Bottom two Rich River and Rochester will battle at Rochester Bowls Club.
Barry Cox bowling for Rich River’s division three side.
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Lower Divisions
In division two, Kyabram defeated Echuca 14-63 to 2-56.
Graham Woodcock led the largest rink win for the Bombers, taking down Belinda Chong’s quartet 31-19.
In division three, all five matches were two rinks to none sweeps.
Tongala took down Rich River 14-44 to 0-30.
The Rich River side put up a balanced 15 shots in each rink, but Tongala skips Bernadette (21 shots) and Peter Tinning (23) and their squads had the quality to lead Tonny to the win.
Kyabram got the win over Ky Valley View 14-54 to 0-38.
Division four was similarly lopsided, the winning team taking both rinks in all four fixtures.
Stanhope got the best of Moama Green 14-45 to 0-27 and Tongala won over Kyabram 14-44 to 0-29.
