A1: WANGARATTA went within a whisker of causing a big upset against top side Myrtleford on Saturday. Down by over 20 shots halfway through the game, the home side rallied to put an upset win on the cards in the closing stages. Chris Randell, Laurie McDonald, Gary Fenlon and Richard Hermassoo won a close match (17 -15), while Adrian Pantling, Greg McDonald, Jan Hermassoo and Brian Challman fought back to go down by just 3 (16-19). Phil Davern’s rink were well down early but managed to hold the margin to eight shots losing (16-24). Maurie Braden, Rho Smith, Steve English and Gerald Brown came from five shots down to lead (20-12) with two ends to play and the overall margin at just a single shot. Myrtleford were able to close out the match with a great conversion shot from Peta Mattys as her rink won the last two ends, Braden’s rink finishing (20-16) up. Final scores: Wangaratta 4 pts 69 shots lost to Myrtleford 14 pts 74 shots. Next week Wangaratta travels to Kiewa. A4: Wangaratta lost its away match at Rutherglen on Saturday. Terry Corrigan, Barry Watt, Ric Chivers and Michael Howard were comfortable winners (30-22), and Peter Selwood, Keith Izard, Steve Bihun and Murray Lawn snuck home by the barest of margins (19-18). Richie Allan’s rink (18-22) and Terry Johnson’s rink (9-34) were the two losing rinks. Final scores: Wangaratta 4 pts 76 shots lost to Rutherglen 14 pts 96 shots. Wangaratta will host Mansfield next week. A5: Wangaratta lost on the road at Dederang on Saturday. Ken Essenhigh, Chris Bell, Graeme Bull and Ryan Mullavey snuck home by the barest of margins (20-19), while Graeme Norman, Sussan Singleton, John Keen and Heather Coyle lost by the same margin (15-16). Lyn Kahlefeldt’s rink went down (14-26). Final scores: Wangaratta 22 pts 49 shots lost to Dederang 12 pts 61 shots. In other local games, Milawa 2 pts 52 shots lost to Yackandandah 12 pts 57 shots. Wangaratta are at home to Milawa. B1: Wangaratta had a good win at home against Yarrawonga on Saturday. Neil Reid, Walter Brett, Mick Lenane and Kevin Lenehan came from behind to win comfortably (23-16), while John Knight, Bruce Desmond, Anne Keen and Bob Edwards were untroubled winning (25-19). Lyn Sier, Lance Jenkin, Ros Howard and Deb Savage only just missed getting a point when they went down narrowly (15-16). Scores: Wangaratta 12 pts 63 shots def Yarrawonga 2 pts 51 shots. Local side Moyhu 12 pts 48 shots def St James 12 pts 47 shots at St James. Wangaratta travels to Moyhu next week.
