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Well what a season this was, certainly some egg on my face by the end of the year. I was warned that Osborne Park is more likely to finish first than 7th and their call was correct.

Sorrento 79 (2) vs Quinns Rocks 85 (6)
(Brian Collins 17 - Steve ONeill 25)
(David Dunstan 23 - Hugh Ward 20)
(Lance Martin 18 - Christopher Parr 20)
(Tim Murray 21 - Shane Smith 20)
There was nothing really on the line in this game other than pride. it was a close game with Quinns getting over the top. Parr finished the highest ranked skipper for Quinns and Dunstan for Sorrento. A few interesting changes for Quinns over the year, some normal names moving around and missing games. Was hard to judge their form most of the year.

North Beach 74 (1) vs Osborne Park 75 (7)
(Alan Howe 18 - Mark Pasalich 21)
(Garry Barr 25 - Mark Rollings 14)
(Gary Gregson 15 - Neville Stevens 20)
(Jeffery Post 16 - Robert Lawrence 20)
Well getting up by 1 shot and winning 1 v 7 was a huge result for Osborne Park and they were sweating on the Yokine result and they would have been over the moon with the result. Ossie Park finished with 3 skippers in the top ten, showing the quality of their roster with a heap of depth and experience. I underestimated the strength of their experience to get them back into One White. It would have been great to get an update from someone at the game about what happened in the last few ends.

Swan 72 (2) vs Morley 90 (6)
(Brian Davis 26 - Phillip Leyland 16)
(Lindsay Sanders 19 - Victor Orchard 29)
(Peter Hilsz 5 - Wayne Mitchell 30)
(Tony Natalotto 22 - Les Spinks 15)
Battle of the bottom two teams that had a rough time in the division. Swan have lost a heap of players over the last few years and they've finally gone down a division. They're a proud club and should bounce back in no time. Morley have also been smashed with the loss of players since the One red days when the club ended up being gutted.

Yokine 84 (6) vs Joondalup 80 (2)
(Erron Martin 21 - Mark Ryan 18)
(Paul Kelly 17 - David Webber 21)
(Shane Shaw 30 - Mike Wyndham 19)
(Sid McCann 16 - Thomas Vlahos 22)
Home deck, automatic promotion on the cards, playing against a bottom ranked side. They would have been hoping for a 7 v 1 or 8 nil win. Looks like they needed that result in the end and would be kicking themselves. So many years, the only team that gets promoted is the team that wins automatic promotion. Yokine have been the team to beat all year and to get over taken by Osborne Park would have hurt. Joondalup have knocked off North Perth twice and taken some vital points off Yokine, they've shown at times they can mix it with the better teams. Hopefully next year they will take another step, if their top team gains a player or two, it will help their second side.

North Perth 78 (6) vs Wanneroo 69 (2)
(Anthony Kay 15 - Kingsley Toster 26)
(Benjamin Horwood 28 - David Anderson 10)
(Don Dixon 15 - Michael Golding 16)
(Markus Merz 20 - Martin Nievelstein 17)
This is the only game someone sent in a report. This game was a rather simple equation, win and you're in. (There was a backdoor option for Wannaroo to secure 3 points and still get in.) I mean how often will you lose the aggregate and gain three rinks. Horwood, like he has done in all divisions, was their best skipper and secured an aggregate winning score. North Perth were down most of the day and Wanneroo looked likely to get into the finals. North Perth across the board pegged back the margin to get in front. Merz v Nievelstein was the last rink. Wanneroo needed 2 shots for a draw and three shots for a rink win and a 5 v 3 result. Holding 3 shots Hampshire steps up to the mat and fresh from a Novice win (and the following day singles final win) he draws a back toucher to take the shot. Merz and Nievelstein change nothing in the head and North Perth are into the finals.

LADDER
TeamPlayedWinsLossDrawSFSA%PointsHomePtsAwayPtsHomeWAwayW
Osborne Park18133213271128117.649957.541.585
Yokine18124213291111119.6298524675
North Perth18106212561168107.5385.549.53664
Wanneroo18106213231205109.7984463864
Quinns Rocks1897213121178111.387938.540.545
Sorrento1861021221129294.56236.525.542
North Beach1861021140127889.259441551
Joondalup1861021119130785.625534.520.551
Morley1851121173129690.5153312241
Swan1831321145138282.8544.52618.521
SKIPPERS
NameWinsLossesDrawsShots+Home winsAway winsClub
Shane Shaw131211067Yokine
Benjamin Horwood12408466North Perth
Robert Lawrence11506738Osborne Park
Paul Kelly11405956Yokine
Christopher Parr10229355Quinns Rocks
Kingsley Toster10518364Wanneroo
Neville Stevens10513464Osborne Park
Mark Pasalich10607373Osborne Park
Anthony Kay10502155North Perth
Hugh Ward9614163Quinns Rocks
Markus Merz9611645North Perth
Brian Davis961-654Swan
Alan Howe9405445North Beach
Michael Golding970545Wanneroo
David Anderson8711153Wanneroo
Les Spinks8802944Morley
Martin Nievelstein8702035Wanneroo
Mark Ryan870044Joondalup
Steve ONeill7505434Quinns Rocks
Erron Martin7404543Yokine
Victor Orchard691-4842Morley
David Dunstan6100-2242Sorrento
Wayne Mitchell6100-2233Morley
Garry Barr660-4751North Beach
Lance Martin5811032Sorrento
Mark Rollings5601632Osborne Park
Tony Natalotto540-432Swan
Don Dixon570-1023North Perth
Trevor Orton441-422Sorrento
Martin Sharp4402022Yokine
Tim Murray4001722Sorrento
David Webber4201331Joondalup
Ronald Rogers420-1513Sorrento
Lindsay Sanders450-2722Swan
Brian McMurdo3401721Joondalup
Garry Booker320921North Beach
Brett Marron340-1721Yokine
Phillip Leyland370-3421Morley
Glen Oakley360-5830Joondalup
Lee Farrell221920Osborne Park
Sid McCann231102Yokine
Shane Smith271-3720Quinns Rocks
Jeffery Post271-4311North Beach
Peter Augustson2101611Sorrento
Gary Gregson2101011North Beach
John Berecz250-2102Quinns Rocks
Richard Hunter2100-5911North Beach
Kotuku Engelen250-6211Swan
Peter Hilsz2100-6411Swan
Allan Boorer111510Morley
Thomas Vlahos131-4401Joondalup
Lee Mitten161-6510North Beach
Derek Richmond100510Quinns Rocks
Chris Lander100410Sorrento
Sally Wilke100301North Perth
John Bartorillo100310North Beach
Stein Davies100210Joondalup
Richard Bone100101Sorrento
Martin Hinchcliffe100101Quinns Rocks
Rohan Cantrill110-201Quinns Rocks
Martin Cheesman110-610Joondalup
Robert Urquhart150-1910Swan
David Urquhart130-2401Joondalup
Leith Oldham130-3410Sorrento
Ian Linford140-3610Sorrento
Sharyn Mercer130-3710Swan
unknown 3001000Joondalup
Wayne Coffey001000Yokine
unknown 2010-100Joondalup
Neville Costello010-100Wanneroo
Trevor Vellios010-200Joondalup
Brian Collins010-800Sorrento
unknown 4010-800Joondalup
unknown 1010-900Joondalup
Brendan Cody020-1600Joondalup
Daniel Foster010-1800Swan
Mike Wyndham020-1900Joondalup
Nicholas Reagan040-2600North Perth
Martin Hinchcliffe050-3300Joondalup
Kenneth Parks030-5300Morley