A1: WANGARATTA breathed some life into its season with a strong away win against YMGCR on Saturday. Trevor Selwood, Adrian Pantling, Jan Hermassoo and Greg McDonald were under the pump after losing the first six ends of their match against former Wang player Ian Brimblecombe, however they were able to rally and win 19-17 despite winning only nine ends to YMGCR’s 12. Maurie Braden, Rho Smith, Brian Challman and Gerald Brown never looked back after winning six shots on the first end of their game and were untroubled in winning 26-15, while Phil Davern, Mark Allan, Greg Braden and Graeme Smith also won comfortably 20-14. The only hiccup for Wang was Chris Randell’s rink dropping 14 shots over the last three ends to lose by six, 22-28. Final scores: Wangaratta 16 pts 87 shots def YMGCR 2 pts 74 shots. Wangaratta hosts top of the ladder Myrtleford this weekend. A4: Wangaratta suffered a big loss at home to North Albury on Saturday. Terry Johnson’s rink came closest to a win for Wang, losing 20-24, but Peter Selwood (12-29), Nev Jones (10-30) and Richie Allan (10-33) all went down by big margins. Final scores: Wangaratta 0 pts 52 shots lost to North Albury 18 pts 116 shots. Wang will travel to Rutherglen next week. A5: Wangaratta had a close win at home against YMGCR on Saturday. Graeme Norman, Sussan Singleton, John Keen and Bob Edwards were the big winners for the home side, 29-11, while Ken Essenhigh, Chris Bell, Paul King and Ryan Mullavey snuck home by the barest of margins 20-19. Lyn Kahlefeldt’s rink went down 12-23. Final scores: Wangaratta 12 pts 61 shots lost to Commercial Club 24 pts 53 shots. In other local games Milawa 12 pts 67 shots def Wodonga 2 pts 42 shots. Wang travel to Dederang next week and Milawa host Yackandandah. B1: Wang received a forfeit on Saturday as Rutherglen were unable to field enough players to make a game. Scores: Wang 14 pts 10 shots def Rutherglen (forfeit) 0 pts 0 shots. Local side Moyhu 2 pts 49 shots lost to Myrtleford 12 pts 64 shots at home. Wangaratta host Yarrawonga next week and Moyhu travel to St James.
