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Well what an exciting finish to the first half of the season and probably the closest for quite some time. Not sure how many would of picked this and I certainly wasn’t one of them but it’s Mt Lawley heading into the second half leading the field. Only 2 points separate 3rd to 7th and the bottom 2 sides both finishing with a win. Would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and let’s finish off with a look at the results
Bassendean 71 (0.5) vs Mt Lawley 95 (7.5)
(David Rhodes 18 - Darren Rowland 31)
(Ruairi Kenyon 15 - Cameron Green 25)
(Troy Kinnane 17 - Corey Bessant 18)
(Wayne Neilson 21 - Daniel Trewhella 21)
Mt Lawley with a dominant performance here taking care of the Lions at the Den and finishing the first half on top. Rowland and Green getting the job done for the away side with comfortable wins with Corey Bessant just falling over the line by 1. A draw for Daniel Trewhella was good enough to reclaim the top skippers rank and although the Ozzie Park win counts as a home game it is 2 wins on the road for them. The Lions, crikey they won’t be happy with the last fortnight only getting 2.5 points after their great win over Doubleview. They drop to 6th on the ladder but are only 1.5 points out from being back in the 4. A good return to premier for the Lions so far and we will see how things pan out for them in round 2.

Doubleview 92 (8) vs Cambridge 65 (0)
(Anthony Williams 25 - Blake Nairn 15)
(Charlie Slavich 23 - Clive Adams 15)
(Kyle McIlroy 21 - Cameron Harris 17)
(Ryan Moyle 23 - Pieter Harris 18)
In comes Chevy and we’ll take all 8 points thank you very much! Big turn around here for Doubleview knocking off the top of the table a Knights by 27 shots. The maximum win sneaks them back into the 4 and I believe Slavich is now back for the remainder of the season. The duck egg for the Knights drops them back to 2nd sitting 3 and a half points ahead of Sth Perth and will make a very interesting bout for the return match in the last round. My early prediction is that these 2 teams will battle it out in the final.

North Beach 81 (6) vs Manning 66 (2)
(Chris Margin 17 - Lewis Grigg 18)
(Gavin Crosthwaite 25 - Cody Packer 20)
(Joe McGinlay 16 - Shane Knott 18)
(Mark Douthie 23 - Thomas Mitchell 10)
Nth Beach finishing beautifully with a win against the defending premiers. Mark Douthie causing the damage with a 13 shot win over Tommy Mitchell and was backed up with Gavin Crosthwaite getting up by 5 over Cody Packer. Sneaky wins for Grigg and Knott gets 2 points for the Eagles and will be glad to get this game out of the way as they look to push for finals in the second half.

South Perth 74 (2.5) vs Osborne Park 76 (5.5)
(John Carter SP 24 - Sean Mawdsley 13)
(Justin Opie 24 - John Goddard 15)
(Ross Bresland 15 - Kevin Pickering 15)
(Scott Walker 11 - Jack East 33)
Osborne Park once again getting the points winning by 2 shots in a nail biting finish at Sth Perth. The home side getting good wins with Opie and Carter but it was the big win for Jack East over Scotty Walker by 22 shots. 4 wins in a row for the Saints to get their season back on track and only sit half a point out of the 4. Results going the Millers way jumps them up to 3rd spot and will welcome back Glenn Pauling into the side for round 2.

Sorrento 81 (3) vs Joondalup 92 (5)
(Bruce Eagles 26 - Shane Rixom 16)
(Chris Lander 7 - Ben Leggett 41)
(Paul Knight 27 - Wes Neilson 18)
(Rhett Butler 21 - Chris Leggett 17)
Well it may be only by half a point but the Dolphins are out of the beef for the first time getting the chocolates on the road at Sorrento.
It was all done with the rink of young Benny Leggett with a monster 34 shot win over Chris Lander. Sorrento it’s not good news for them at all and now need to regroup in the second half. I still think they will hang on but they won’t want to head to Joondalup needing to win in the final game. 2 wins in a row a nice finish for the new comers and with the return of Jimmy Buchanan for the 2nd round will give them the confidence they can hang on to premier.

LADDER
TeamPlayedWinsLossDrawSFSA%PointsHomePtsAwayPtsHomeWAwayW
Mt Lawley9621776709109.4547.53215.542
Cambridge9630737662111.3345222333
South Perth9531720653110.2641.515.52623
Doubleview9540730670108.9641.518.52323
Osborne Park9540725670108.2141192223
Bassendean9540733687106.74014.525.523
Manning9540701653107.3539.523.51632
Joondalup936068077587.7424121212
Sorrento927068272893.6823.5194.520
North Beach927056684367.1416.514.5220
SKIPPERS
NameWinsLossesDrawsShots+Home winsAway winsClub
Daniel Trewhella6214942Mt Lawley
Sean Mawdsley6212833Osborne Park
Charlie Slavich6212733Doubleview
Cody Packer6304942Manning
Jack East6303433Osborne Park
Darren Rowland6302442Mt Lawley
Cameron Harris6301933Cambridge
Ryan Moyle6301624Doubleview
Corey Bessant630642Mt Lawley
Ross Bresland5313623South Perth
Shane Knott5113332Manning
Kyle McIlroy5312523Doubleview
Ruairi Kenyon5312514Bassendean
David Rhodes5311714Bassendean
Bruce Eagles5204732Sorrento
Clive Adams540532Cambridge
Rhett Butler540-1841Sorrento
Wayne Neilson4132522Bassendean
Pieter Harris432013Cambridge
Justin Opie441822South Perth
John Goddard431322Osborne Park
Blake Nairn4403422Cambridge
Lewis Grigg4202022Manning
Ben Leggett450522Joondalup
Chris Leggett3111121Joondalup
Anthony Williams351-821Doubleview
Scott Walker351-2112South Perth
Glenn Pauling3003212South Perth
Troy Kinnane330-112Bassendean
Mark Douthie360-3721North Beach
Ryan Brown241-1711Osborne Park
Paul Knight261-2320Sorrento
Wes Neilson251-3220Joondalup
Thomas Mitchell261-4011Manning
Cameron Green2001311Mt Lawley
John Carter SP220411South Perth
Shane Rixom260-1720Joondalup
Joe McGinlay240-3320North Beach
Chris Lander260-3820Sorrento
Gavin Crosthwaite250-4420North Beach
Kevin Pickering1011410Osborne Park
William Hyatt111-310Manning
Chris Margin161-5701North Beach
Michael Sweeney1001701Cambridge
Paul Davies110801South Perth
Murray Hulbert110-401Sorrento
Mark Masel140-2110Mt Lawley
Simon Alden031-2000Bassendean
Phil Jones010-100Mt Lawley
Jimmy Buchanan010-300Joondalup
Anthony Einfeld010-300Mt Lawley
Gary Caffell010-700Osborne Park
Ross Cunningham010-1000Sorrento
AJ Heal020-1100Manning
Jerome Clayton010-1300North Beach
Geoffrey Devenish030-4100North Beach
Ross Dempsey020-5200North Beach
Stein Davies050-5900Joondalup