Just a couple of rounds to go to finish off the first half of year before the Christmas break. Mt Lawley break away from the pack 10.5 points in front of the Eagles. Pretty close with only 5 points separating 2nd to 5th and down the beef the Cats are now in danger as Doubleview looks to close in. lets go through the match ups
Sorrento v Osborne Park
Sorrento
Greg Taylor, Peter Flack, Simon Deering, Bruce Eagles (38W ,34L ,0D)
Mark Douglass, Peter Augustson, Murray Hulbert, Ross Cunningham (7W ,7L ,2D)
Geoff Murray, Ricky Hutchinson, Stephen Buckley, Rhett Butler (123W ,129L ,7D)
Steve Mortimer, Wade Clatworthy, Chris Leggett, Paul Knight (17W ,24L ,1D) INS: Buckley OUTS: Wattleworth
Osborne Park
Tyrone Alberti, Gordon King, Connor Biddle, Christopher Orchard (0W ,0L ,0D)
Grant Nicol, Shari Solly, Kevin Pickering, Segan Pasalich (6W ,3L ,2D)
Ian Lilburne, Andrew Pasalich, Callum Alberti, Jack East (25W ,16L ,1D)
Aaron Kriletich, Tristan Massang, Dale Marsland, Ryan Brown (29W ,31L ,2D) INS: Solly OUTS: Goddard
5th vs 6th as Sorrento host the Saints. Big one here for both sides looking to win this one and both look to be at full strength. A win for the home side would see them back into the 4 and the Saints can jump Sorrento if the can get the chocolates away from home. Tough one to pick that could go either way but il go the home side in a close one.
Sorrento 6-2
Safety Bay v Manning
Safety Bay
David Smith, David Newton, Grant Taylor, Matthew Mortensen (2W ,3L ,0D)
Ryan Newick, Ron Hall, John Brannan, Stephen Hide (2W ,3L ,0D)
Scott Foran, Lexie Webster, Graeme Smith, Aaron Smith (0W ,4L ,0D)
Jim Hanafee, Gary Ogg, Peter Webster, Chris Carruthers (9W ,12L ,3D) INS: Brannan, Foran OUTS: Parr, Shackles
Manning
Jaxon Butler, Andrew Lill, Scott O'Brien, Kristina Krstic (4W ,3L ,0D)
Miles Kemp, Slavko (Sam) Perica, Mark Wunnenberg, Nathan Jones (4W ,5L ,1D)
Mathew Hudson, Peter Ker, Johnathon Davidson, Warren Holt (5W ,2L ,0D)
Jason Titheradge, Thomas Mitchell, Alan Heal, Blake Butler (2W ,7L ,0D) INS: J Butler, Heal OUTS: Packer, Downey
2nd placed Eagles head down to take on Safety Bay This week. The Eagles on 3 wins on the trott and will be looking to continue their good form. Adge Heal comes into the line up for the fist time this season and brings plenty of experience to the team. For Safety Bay its just a matter of trying to ruin it for the others from here on in but can play quite freely. Im going the Eagles but my gut gives the Bay a sneaky chance of causing an upset today.
Manning 6-2
Bassendean v South Perth
Bassendean
Scott Bermingham, Brett Tie, Linton Pike, Wayne Neilson (31W ,44L ,9D)
Lloyd McKay, Matthew Watson, Russell Ellis, Simon Alden (62W ,51L ,5D)
Norman Kirkup, Eugene O'Sullivan, Matthew Whitely, Ruairi Kenyon (15W ,20L ,2D)
Phillip Hutchinson, Grant Stokes, Wesley Neilson, David Rhodes (62W ,63L ,5D) INS: No changes OUTS:
South Perth
John Percival, John Wardrop, Marcus Sear, Justin Opie (163W ,121L ,6D)
Neale Griffin, Lou Moretti, Ryan Havercroft, Ross Bresland (112W ,84L ,6D)
Helen Morss, Tom Antonio, John Carter, Glenn Pauling (90W ,57L ,5D)
Derek Angell, Troy Kinnane, Paul Davies, Scott Walker (77W ,81L ,8D) INS: Moretti OUTS: Weir
Match of the round as the Lions host the Millers. 3rd vs 4th with only the 1 point separating the 2 teams. The Lions with a great win away last week and a win over the Millers today could get them into 2nd on the ladder. The Millers on the road for the second week in a row and won’t want to lose this one otherwise they will most likely fall out of the 4. This one should be a beauty and im going to go the away side with a sneaky 1 rink win
Sth Perth 5-3
Kardinya v Mount Lawley
Kardinya
Chris Booth, Travis Leahy, Beau McGrechan, Steven Novak (47W ,49L ,2D)
Michael West, Robert Bowron, Daryl Radford, Craig Stokes (6W ,1L ,0D)
Mark Holt, Paul Harris, Matthew Ngui, Matthew Allen (7W ,17L ,0D)
Stephen Garner, Stephen Vinci, Danny Comrie, Bradley Henley (13W ,17L ,1D) INS: M West, Comrie, Vinci OUTS: Cocodis, Larard, Flintoff
Mount Lawley
Paul Sinden, Chris Schell, Cameron Green, Ben Leggett (15W ,8L ,0D)
Kyle Cornell, Phil Jones, Jeffrey Bessant, Corey Bessant (25W ,15L ,1D)
Travis Ingram, Shane Loftus, Darren Rowland, Daniel Trewhella (166W ,81L ,8D)
Adam Graham, Anthony Einfeld, Mark Masel, Shane Knott (96W ,59L ,8D) INS: No changes OUTS:
Big one here for the Cats as they host the leaders in Mt Lawley. After a good start for the Cats disaster struck and now look to be in trouble as they are only 4 points out of the beef. Mt Lawley look to be a full strength again and will take some beating. Never easy to get wins at Kardy and I think Cats season will be in trouble if they lose this but Mt Lawley just look way to good for me
Mt Lawley 7-1
Cambridge v Doubleview
Cambridge
Luke Bolton, Jamie Conway, Cameron Harris, Pieter Harris (146W ,103L ,10D)
Andrew Tennant, David Jones, Ross Bolton, Clive Adams (192W ,152L ,15D)
Deb Saunders, Steven Rushforth, Kobe Barton, Blake Nairn (71W ,44L ,3D)
Grant Allen, Kevin Crowle, Andrew Drayton, Brad Gillingham (23W ,19L ,2D) INS: Barton, Rushforth OUTS: McGinlay, Leeson
Doubleview
Gavin Faulkner, Stephen Cerff, Tom Whitfield, Kyle McIlroy (127W ,114L ,7D)
Michael Leed, Ben Conway, John Slavich, Anthony Williams (51W ,43L ,6D)
Blair Griffiths, Brent Penberthy, Bradley White, Ryan Moyle (84W ,41L ,3D)
Gary Nelson, Ben Willesee, Brandon Heta, Charles Slavich (93W ,52L ,6D) INS: Conway, Penberthy OUTS: Pearce, Wetzler
Well 2 teams who I thought would be right up there but its 7th vs 9th as the Knights take on Doubleview. The Knights yet to get an away win but remain undefeated at home. Paradise Point Skipper Kobe Barton was set to Marquee with Blake Nairn but I believe has fallen victim to the ol spicy flu. The Knights will keep themselves in the mix if they can keep their home record in tact and as for Doubleview it’s a huge game for them. They lose this today if think they can just about forget about finals I cant see them making that much ground up.
