A1: WANGARATTA lost at home to YMGCR on Saturday. The home side struggled early and never looked in the hunt, however, a mid-match revival saw them come from nearly 30 shots behind to briefly hit the lead, but they couldn’t maintain the surge and YMGCR finished the stronger of the two sides. Maurie Braden, Rho Smith, Norm Bussell and Gerald Brown did their best to lift the home side with an emphatic 28-9 win, while Phil Davern, Mark Allan, Greg Braden, and Brian Challman were also comfortable winners, 21-15. Trevor Selwood’s (11-29) and Laurie McDonald’s rinks (9-31) were on the wrong side of some big margins. Wodonga defeated Kiewa at Kiewa on Saturday helping Wangaratta to maintain a 16-point lead over Kiewa in the race to avoid relegation. Final scores: Wangaratta 4 pts 69 shots def by YMGCR 14 pts 84 shots. Wangaratta are away at Myrtleford next week. A4: Wangaratta went down away to premiership favourites North Albury on Saturday. Terry Johnson, Keith Izard, Gary King and Rob Worthington were best performed for the visitors managing a comfortable 27-15 win, while Paul King, Barry Watt, Michael Howard and Ric Chivers also won 20-17. However, big losses to Richie Allan’s rink (7-31) and Richard Hermassoo’s rink (12-31) saw the home side record a big win. Final scores: Wangaratta 4 pts 66 shots def by North Albury 14 pts 94 shots. Wangaratta are at home to Rutherglen next week. A5: Wangaratta had a close away win at YMGCR on Saturday. Ken Essenhigh, John Keen, Lola Clarke and Ryan Mullavey were big winners for the visitors, 23-11, while Lyn Kahlefeldt, Susan Bull, John Knight and Mick Mackow also finished well up, 21-16. Graeme Norman’s rink went down 11-22. Final scores: Wangaratta 12 pts 55 shots def YMGCR 2 pts 49 shots. Wangaratta host Dederang next week. B1: Wangaratta received a forfeit from Rutherglen who were unable to muster enough players on Saturday. Scores: Wangaratta 14 pts 10 shots def Rutherglen 0 pts 0 shots. Wangaratta are away to Yarrawonga next week.
