A1: WANGARATTA started the new year with an upset victory over fourth placed Yarrawonga at Wangaratta on Saturday. The win against Yarrawonga will go a long way towards Wangaratta avoiding relegation as they now hold a full game advantage over bottom side Kiewa. Maurie Braden, Rho Smith, Norm Bussell and Richard Hermassoo set the tone for the home side when they dismantled their opposition’s rink to post a big win (27-12). Phil Davern, Mark Allan, Greg Braden, and Brian Challman were involved in a tight struggle all day and went into the last end trailing by a single shot. With all other rinks finished and the overall lead at seven shots, the push was on for a rink win and the resulting two points, and Davern delivered with a brilliant conversion shot with the last bowl of the day removing the opposition’s shot bowl and leaving his rink with three shots to get the rink win 21-19. Laurie McDonald’s rink lost a close tussle (17-19) as did Trevor Selwood’s rink (14-19). Final scores: Wangaratta 14 pts 79 shots def Yarrawonga 4 pts 69 shots. Wangaratta hosts YMGCR next week. A4: Wangaratta went down to Yarrawonga on the home side’s carpet Saturday. Peter Selwood, Keith Izard, Steve Bihun and Murray Lawn were best performed for the visitors managing a comfortable 27-21 win, while Terry Corrigan, Barry Watt, Michael Howard and Ric Chivers snuck over the line (20-19) to gain a valuable two points for the rink win. Richie Allan’s rink went down 20-25 and Terry Johnson’s rink found the going a bit tougher going down 15-28. Final scores: Wangaratta 4 pts 82 shots def by Yarrawonga 14 pts 93 shots. Wangaratta travels to North Albury next week. A5: Wangaratta lost to ladder leaders Commercial Club on Saturday. The visitors were never in the hunt on the tricky Commercial carpet. Lyn Kahlefeldt, Sussan Singleton, John Knight and Gayle King were the only Wangaratta rink to put up any resistance, drawing their game 19-19, while Ken Essenhigh’s rink (6-39) and Graeme Norman’s rink (10-28) were always in trouble, both losing by big margins. Final scores: Wangaratta 1 pts 35 shots def by Commercial Club 13 pts 86 shots. Wangaratta travels to take on YMGCR next week. B1: Wangaratta had a big win at home against Moira on Saturday. Paul King, Rob Worthington, Lance Jenkin and Graeme Bull were unstoppable as they posted a big rink win (29-9), and not far behind them were Nev Jones, Malcolm Hargreaves, Mick Lenane and Fran Don with a 21-11 win. Klaus Kazenwadel’s rink went down 13-26. Final scores: Wangaratta 12 pts 63 shots def Moira 2 pts 46 shots. Wangaratta hosts Rutherglen next week.
