Monbulk 1 found success at home for the mid-week pennant match against Lilydale.
Jim Bras’ rink started well and led by 11 shots after four ends. They maintained control of the game and by the thirteenth end had increased the lead to 17 shots. They dropped a couple of ends in the back half of the game to win by 13 shots, 24 to 11.
Eric Markham’s rink trailed by two shots at the break. They then won 9 of the last 11 ends to win by 10 shots, 21 to 11.
Brian Smith’s rink held a 3-shot lead after 10 ends but then lost the next 5 ends to fall behind by 8 shots. They were unable to make inroads into the deficit and lost by 9 shots, 15 to 24.
Monbulk won overall by 14 shots, 60 to 46.
Monbulk 2 travelled to Berwick and met some stiff opposition. Peter Koomen’s rink found the going tough early and were 12 shots down after 8 ends. They were unable to threaten at any stage eventually losing by 21 shots, 6 to 27. Graeme Goller’s rink struggled to win the mat winning only 4 ends, but to their credit only gave away one multiple losing by 17 shots, 5 to 22. Don Barnetson’s rink did not trouble the scorers on the first 5 ends and trailed by 7 shots. They then won 5 of the next 6 ends including a couple of multiples to lead by 3 shots after 11 ends. They then lost the next 4 ends to be 6 shots behind. They then picked up 5 shots on the next end and levelled the scores on the seventeenth end. However, they lost 3 of the last 4 ends to lose by 3 shots, 18 to 21.
Monbulk 2 lost overall by 39 shots, 31 to 70.
Monbulk 3 travelled to Lilydale and this turned out to be a close contest across all rinks. Graeme Seymour’s rink trailed by 5 shots after 10 ends. They then rallied and levelled the scores by the seventeenth end, but just went down in the finish by one shot, 19 to 20.
Mike Harris’ rink picked up 5 shots on the second end to lead by 6 shots. By the tenth end, they still led by 5 shots. They then lost the next 7 ends to fall behind by 7 shots, eventually losing by 5 shots, 19 to 24.
Ray Pike’s rink fell 7 shots behind, but by the eleventh end had reduced this to one shot. By the eighteenth end, they had moved two shots clear but lost the last three ends to go down by 2 shots, 19 to 21.
Monbulk 3 lost overall by 8 shots, 57 to 65.
