ZONE 10 2013 STATE ROOKIES QUALIFYING The 2013 Zone 10 Rookie Pairs Qualifying at The Hills comprised 12 teams made up from players from 11 clubs including; Brush Park, Castle Hill, Carlingford, Dural, Gladesville, Merrylands, Northmead, Pennant Hills, Putney, The Hills and Toongabbie. These teams were placed into four sections of three teams, each to play each other in a round robin format to determine the four section winners who would proceed to the finals. Section one was a close affair with all three sides registering a win, but it was the Pennant Hills side of P Briggs and G Davis who progressed to the finals courtesy of their +5 margin. Section 2 winners J. McCarthy & A McDonald from Gladesville, Section 3 winners S. Porto & B. Tonkiss The Hills and Section 4 winners the composite side of G. Daniels Dural & G. Taylor Brush Park all progressed to the finals with more clear cut section victories, with each of the these teams posting two wins from as many matches. The first semi-final saw the Pennant Hills taking on the Gladesville. The first 5 ends were very close, the score 4 – 3 Pennant Hills way as each team took turns in scoring small multiples. The sixth end however was disastrous for the Penno pair as they dropped a full count of 6 to trail 9 – 4. They tried hard to fight back, but unable to overcome the deficit, went down 13 – 9. The second Semi-Final was very tight as The Hills boys took on pre-tournament favourites Greg Taylor and Greg Daniels in the composite side. Sam and Brad from The Hills pounced to an early lead of 5 -0 after 3 ends, before the Brush Park – Dural combination hit back claiming the next 6 ends to take a 5 shot lead 10 – 5. A four to The Hills on end 10 narrowed the margin to just 1 and then a two on the following end saw them hit the lead 11-10 with just the one end to play. The final end was a see-sawing affair, but it was the composite side who shone through, hanging onto a 2 shot pick-up to take victory 12-11 in a very memorable match. The Final between Gladesville and the composite Gregs took place early Sunday morning. The greater experience of the Dural-Brush Park pairing, Greg Taylor last year’s Zone 10 Rookies winner and Greg Daniels the current Dural CC club champion, had them able to get an early read on the pace and line of the green and resulted in them shooting 12 – 2 lead after just 5 ends. Gladesville staged a mini-comeback winning the 6th and 7th ends, but despite the best efforts of young Jarrod McCarthy and super-sub Alex McDonald, fine play from the two Gregs stayed their charge and they went on to record a fine 15-6 victory.
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:56:27 +0000
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