South West win Men’s IZRR
played at Halls Head February 4th and 5th 2017 The 2017 W.A. Men’s Inter Zone Round Robin was conducted at the Halls Head Bowling and Recreation Club in Mandurah W.A. on the weekend of the 4th and 5th February in warm and sunny conditions with a fresh and sometimes gusty afternoon sea breeze on day 1.
The Halls Head Bowling Club officials and volunteers are to be congratulated for raising the bar for this prestigious event by providing excellent synthetic Greens and first class facilities complemented by great catering and bar service and a seamless event that was appreciated by all bowlers, officials and a large group of spectators who were in attendance.
In as exciting climax to the Championship that kept spectators on the edge of their seats, South West Zone (main photo) held off a determined challenge by Eastern Zone in round 3 on Sunday morning with the result going down to the wire. South West, on the back of wins by Ben Garrett and Graham Evans team’s claimed the 2 rinks required to seal victory over a strong Eastern contingent that won the aggregate by 9 shots with 3 rink wins, but fell 1 rink short of taking the event from their South West opponents.
Results Round 1
South West 111 shots 4 ½ rinks defeated Northern 1/2 rink 74 shots.
South West’s Ben Garrett, Keith Gould, Peter Rogalski and Scott O’Brien brought up the first of their 3 wins of the tournament with a 28 shots to 13 victory over Northern’s Glen (T/Bone) Jones, Aaron Goulden, R Negus and Phil Manning (pictured right).
South West’s Tom Edwards, Ross White, Felix Ditri and Gordon Twist 29 shots defeated Northern’s 2013 Country week singles Champion Brad King, Don McPherson, Peter Reudavey and John Sims 16 shots.
South West’s Graham (Wings) Evans, Ed Hoemburg, Jamie Conway (pictured left) and Rob Bowron had a tight early tussle before edging away to record a solid 17 shots to 10 win over Northern’s Colin O’Brien, Shaun Donohoe, Ben Gadsby and Ken Street.
South West’s Keith Guelfi, James (JJ) Butt, Andrew Drayton and Matthew Trewella 19 shots edged out Northern’s Steve Palmer, Dwayne Wooltorton, Gary Preston and Andrew Antonio 17 shots in a very close contest.
Nothing separated South West’s John Trewhella, Greg Crisp, Alan Cowie and Denis Nagle and the Northern rink skippered by last year’s country week singles Champion Mike Ford with Geoff Ellis, Joe Cukela and Kerry Easton with a draw the result 18 shots a piece.
Eastern 96 shots 2½ rinks defeated Southern 93 shots 2½ rinks.
The Eastern Zone and Southern Zone clash was a cliff hanger with both teams recording 2½ rink wins and Eastern claiming the aggregate by 3 shots after Bill Fraser put the kitty in the ditch to claim 2 shots at the end of the contest.
Eastern’s Bill Fraser, Geoff Main, G Walker and Ray Griffiths 19 shots defeated Southern’s Kym Jones (pictured), Keith MacGregor, Greg Cooper and Paul Garbellini 18 shots.
Eastern’s Justin Smith, Ken Wolfenden, Darrel Hudson and Greg Vaughan also recorded the first of their 3 wins with a solid 23 shots to 15 victory over Southern’s Warren Holt, Damien Lloyd, Bevan Fancote and Robert Marinoni.
Southern’s David Cliff, David Harris, Graham Illich and Joe Schorer 17 shots defeated Eastern’s 2015 Country week singles Champion Matthew France, John Currie, Des Miguel and Nathan Smith 12 shots.
Southern’s Mark Wunnenberg, Arthur Crabbe, Ted Young and Barry Pascoe brought up the first of their 3 tournament wins by edging out Eastern’s Brian Calthorpe, Haydn Smith, Blake Smith and Ross Bycroft 23 shots to 22 in a cliff hanger.
Eastern’s Aaron Smith, Doug Kelly, Richard Wheeldon and Chris Schell fought out a tough 20 all draw with Southern’s Bob Lockyer, David Feigert, Robert Plant and Norm Beech.
Results Round 2
South West 115 shots 3 rinks defeated Southern 90 shots 2 rinks.
Hosts South West registered their second win of the tournament with a strong 25 shot aggregate win over Southern to be the only Zone to win their first 2 games and be on top of the points table going into day 2.
Ben Garrett’s South West rink registered their 2nd win with a 25 shots to 20 win after coming from behind on the back of picking up a 6 and 4 on consecutive ends late in the game against a very competitive Southern combination of Kym Jones, Keith MacGregor, Greg Cooper and Paul Garbellini.
Keith Guelfi’s South West Rink recorded an aggregate boosting 19 shot win over Southern’s David Cliff and team winning 29 shots to 10.
John Trewella’s South West Team had a tough win against Warren Holt’s Southern combination to secure a 3rd rink win for the hosts winning 23 shots to 17.
Southern’s Mark Wunnenberg and team registered their 2nd win of the event by defeating South West’s Tom Edwards and team 21 shots to 17
Southern’s B Lockyer and team edged out South West’s Wings Evans rink by 1 shot 22 shots to 21 to claim a second rink for Southern.
Northern 112 shots 2 rinks defeated Eastern 101 shots 3 rinks.
The Northern Zone finishes strongly to come from behind and roll Eastern by 11 shots and record their first win on the back of a big win by Brad King’s rink.
Northern’s Steve Palmer and team Defeated Eastern’s 2015 Country Week singles winner Matthew France 26 shots to 20.
Northern’s Brad King and team defeated Brian Calthorpe’s Eastern combination 32 shots to 15.
Eastern’s Justin Smith and team brought up their 2nd competition win defeating Northern’s Mike Ford’s rink.
Eastern’s Bill Fraser and team also registered win number 2 after accounting for Northern’s Glen Jones 21 shots to 16.
Eastern’s Aaron Smith combination registered their Zones 3rd rink win defeating Northern’s Colin O’Brien and team in a tight encounter 19 shots to 15.
Results Round 3
While South West enjoyed 2 aggregate wins on day 1 the final clash against last year’s tournament winners Eastern on Sunday morning would decide the Zone Championship with Eastern needing to win the aggregate and 4 rinks to claim back to back titles, while South West required 2 rink wins to hold their opponents out and take the Championship. Eastern threw everything they had at South West to ensure that the result went down to the wire by winning 3 rinks and the aggregate by 9 shots but falling 1 rink short of the title., while South west prevailed in an entertaining and tight contest on the back of Ben Garrett’s rinks 3rd win of the tournament and a solid win by Graham wings Evan’s team.
Northern registered their 2nd aggregate win by 9 shots and 3 ½ rinks over Southern in a very competitive contest.
Eastern 93 shots 3 rinks defeated South West 84 shots 2 rinks.
Eastern’s Bill Fraser and team registered their 3rd win with a 21 shots to 12 win over South West’s John Trewella and team.
Eastern’s Justin Smith and team also registered win number 3 with a 24 shots to 18 victory over South West’s Tom Edwards quartet.
Eastern’s Aaron Smith and team recorded a tight 18 shots to 13 win over South West’s inform Keith Guelfi and his combination.
South West’s Wings Evans ground out a tough 8 shot victory over Brian Calthorpe’s (pictured) Eastern quartet winning 21 shots to 13 and registering 1 of the 2 rink wins required by South West to secure the Championship.
South West’s Ben Garrett and team registered win number 3 for the tournament after establishing a 16 shots to 4 lead midway through their match. Matthew France’s Eastern boys fought back very hard to close the deficit to just 2 shots, 17 shots to 19 on the 20th end of the match and keep Eastern’s Championship hopes alive. The final end saw the shot changed hands with 4 consecutive bowls and South West holding shot as the skippers changed over. Matthew France had a tough assignment being down 1 but holding 2 second shots, 1 bowl that was very close to the shot bowl which was hard to get at and another one approximately 1 meter away, he had to create 3 shots to win the rink and claim the Championship for Eastern and just missed a swinging shot with his first attempt. South West was well matched up at the back of the rink and Ben Garrett chose to cover the 3rd shot leaving Matt France with no choice but to kill the end. This task was very difficult with the front bowls in the way and France’s drive was wide leaving Garrett’s rink with 1 shot to claim the rink 20 shots to 17 and seal the 2017 Championship for South West.
Southern 100 shots 3½ rinks defeated Northern 91 shots 1½ rinks.
Southern’s Kym Jones and team scored a tight 19 shots to 16 win over Northern’s Mike Ford.
Southern’s B Lockyer and team ended a fine tournament with a solid 23 shots to 16 win over Northern’s Steve Palmer combination.
Southern’s Mark Wunnenberg and team registered win number 3 for the event with a tight 2 shot victory 20 shots to 18 over Colin O’Brien’s Northern quartet.
Northern’s Glen Jones and team finished on a good note to defeat Southern’s David Cliff and Team.
Nothing separated Warren Holt’s Southern team and Brad King’s Northern boys with an entertaining 17 all draw.
Final Standings
1st South West Zone 4 pts 9 ½ rinks + 53 shots
2nd Eastern Zone 4 pts 8 ½ rinks + 1 shot
3rd Northern Zone 2 pts 8 rinks – 19 shots
4th Southern Zone 2 pts 4 rinks – 35 shots
Top Championship Rinks
1. Ben Garrett, Keith Gould, Peter Rogalski, Scott O’Brien 3 wins + 23 shots
2. Justin Smith, Ken Wolfenden, Darryl Hudson, Greg Vaughan 3 wins + 17 shots
3. Bill Fraser, Geoff Main, G Walker, Ray Griffiths 3 wins + 15 shots
4. Mark Wunnenberg, Arthur Crabbe, Ted Young, Barry Pascoe 3 wins + 7 shots
Full Men’s IZRR results
The team to represent the Country All Stars was selected – congratulations to all players who will represent the country with pride at Osborne Park Bowling Club on March Thursday March 2nd. Country All Stars Team
Report by Peter Rogalski
