Mount Lawley
Michael Chappell, Carmelo Lenzo, David Morris, John Cottier
Mick Palumbo, Mark Glasson, Michael Erceg, Travis Ingram
Nathan Walker, Ian Watt, Laurence Kelly, Andrew Jones
Denham Delmore, David Smith, Keith Scott, Enda Munnelly INS: Morris, Chappell, Munnelly OUTS: Connell, Fielding, Herriott
Cambridge
Andrew Ness, Bruce Ride, David Phillips, Peter Easom
Mark James, Lindsay Brown, Geoffrey Jones, Garry Hawkes
Shonah Buckley, Bruce Strang, Clifford Wooldridge, Stephen Buckley
Derril Tennant, Wallace Manning, Nicholas Parker, David Foulsham INS: Ride, Tennant, Manning OUTS: McShane, Duncanson, Leahy
The Mounters return to the Mounting Yard — a venue that lately has lost it’s intimidation factor. Two straight home losses to Ellenbrook and Wanneroo and only a five point agg escape against Bassendean (thanks largely to Kelly the Funnell doing Kelly the Funnell things) means confidence isn’t exactly overflowing.
The good news? They face the bottom side who haven’t tasted an away win all season. The Irish Stallion returns alongside Turkey Morris and Mike “Calves” Chappell — three names you want in your corner when your back is up against the wall.
Cambridge roll in with Ride, Manning and Tennant added to a side that’s already shown it can swing wildly above its ladder position — as Quinns found out the hard way.
Top three may be a bridge too far for Mount Lawley, but they’ll be kicking themselves if they have to play off for survival come season’s end.
Mount Lawley 8–0
Morley v Yanchep
Morley
Ross Dunstan, Jason Deans, Raymond (Tom) Dawson, Ian Eichfuss
Warren Hinchliffe, Nigel Liddington, Phillip Leyland, Andrew Elmer
Neil Minchin, Ian Goldsmith, Glenn Pinto, Christopher Bell
Robert Geikie, Shane Thomas, Gavin Grieve, Victor Orchard INS: Dawson OUTS: Spinks
Yanchep
Wayne Evans, Leon Smith, Angela Temple, Brody Dix
Neil Cank, John O'Brien, Chris Street, Patrick Daley
Anthony Passeretto, Stephen Hyde, Tamara Arnold, Callum Arnold
Daniel Ellyard, Mark Jones, David Hitchman, Teora Turua INS: Ellyard OUTS: Hartzer
Noranda Palms hosts a match dripping with consequences.
Morley’s equation is brutally simple: score more than Ellenbrook and Sorrento to dodge automatic relegation and keep nipping at Mount Lawley to avoid the challenge games. Every rink point is oxygen right now.
Yanchep, meanwhile, sit second and have promotion into White within touching distance. A win here and they’re basically planning their lunch spots in White next season.
Dawson returns for Morley which adds steel through the middle, while Yanchep lose Hartzer who is a big loss, as Daley steps in to skip a rink that will need to absorb pressure early.
Yanchep should be too good here…
Sorrento
Steve Jenkins, Tracey Newman, Jan Konig, Ian Linford
Steve Schell, Lily Leach, Richard Bone, Brad Wicks
Paul Ramsey, Pauline Bourne, Timothy Murray, Lance Martin
Brad Marshall, Kerry Hutchinson, Stanley Lindsay Baker, Ronald Rogers INS: Jenkins, Konig, Schell OUTS: Anderson, R Hutchinson, Stewart
Quinns got clipped last week by a Cambridge side playing like a team with nothing to lose — and that slip has opened the promotion race right up. They’ve dropped out of the top three and now need a statement win to stay in automatic promotion territory.
Sorrento’s mission is simpler but no less desperate: outscore Morley and Ellenbrook and cling to safety however they can. Expect maximum scoreboard awareness from the Swans all afternoon.
No major lineup shockwaves, but motivation levels are at opposite ends of the ladder.
Quinns should win this one easily with a big margin incoming…
Quinns Rocks 8–0
Ellenbrook v Wanneroo
Ellenbrook
Boyd Eynon, Robert Currie, Graham Falconer, Robert Ball
Leigh Farrow, Ray Kosovich, Michael L Ryan, Josef Rollnik
Shaun Peters, Mark Boyd, Brian Kapitzke, Philip Moore
Malcolm Nicol, Peter Ryan, Michael Lovett, Aaron Cole INS: Peters OUTS: McGill
Wanneroo
Gregory Sarich, Martin Nievelstein, Harold Whitman, Pieter Geus
Steve Denny, Noel Davey, Leslie Bryson, Derek Griffin
Brian Bucowski, Gareth Hughes, Kyle Rayner, David Anderson
Eckhard Widermanski, Robert Burns, Glen Jack, Kingsley Toster INS: Rayner, Bucowski OUTS: Williams, McKenner
Ellenbrook host the ladder leaders knowing exactly what they need to do — outscore Morley and Sorrento, survive another week, repeat.
Wanneroo have already locked in White for next season, but the job isn’t done. Top spot and the honour of playing for the flag is still in play and Yanchep are stalking them like that weird girl on MAFS.
The Valley hasn’t been a friendly place for visitors this year — just ask Mount Lawley. And in honour of a tipping season that’s been an absolute disaster…
We’re going full Costanza.
Ellenbrook 6–2
Bassendean v Warwick
Bassendean
Jovan Krstic, Brooke Chaney, Phillip Hutchinson, Grant Stokes
Norman Kirkup, Shane Colegate, Nolan Hall, Butch Dinnison
Gregory Sadler, Alan Britton, Brett Tie, Neil Strachan
Saffronne Alden, Nick Pleasance, Ted Alden, Arthur Bartlett INS: No changes OUTS:
Warwick
Heath Berryman, Stephen Hurley, Ivan Sparrowhawk, Glenn Yabuka
Wayne Wyatt, Bernie McNamara, Dean Herbert, Raymond Loran
Colin Shier, Declan Wilson, Clive Boyle, Geoffrey Hinge
Gary Chappell, Andrew Dixon, Allan Hornby, Sean Wright INS: No changes OUTS:
To the Den we go, where ladder safety meets promotion ambition.
Bassendean sit in that awkward “probably safe, definitely not comfortable” zone. A couple of rink wins each week should keep the chasing pack away — anything more is a bonus.
Warwick occupy the third promotion spot but with Quinns expected to bank big points, they cannot afford to blink here.
No team changes means this one is all about match-ups. Butch and Wright both boast 11 wins this season, Stokes has 9 from 11, and with Bartlett strengthening the Basso lineup the skips battle will be decisive. If Wright lands on Strachan, things could go differently.
Looks tight… but home strength might just tilt it.
