FLAG
1st to the flag match PROMOTION
1st, 2nd, 3rd will be promoted to 1 White CHALLENGE
7th and 8th will play against 2nd div teams RELEGATION
9th and 10th automatic relegated
Just like Ser Duncan the Tall in the Trial of Seven – always beware the wounded knight. Cambridge’s season has been on life support for a few weeks now, but they showed they’re going to go out swinging, knocking over a Quinns outfit that rolled in sitting comfortably inside the top three.
Easom handled the strong Smith rink by 9, while Buckley carved straight through O’Neil by 13 to claim the free ales. Quinns salvaged two valuable away points to stay in the promotion hunt, with the Mullet from the North dismantling Foulsham by 15 and Ferris scraping home by one over Hawkes.
Cambridge can still mathematically make the challenge game… but they’ll need divine intervention. Quinns, meanwhile, remain firmly in the race for that final promotion ticket.
Sorrento 68 (2) vs Bassendean 72 (6)
(Brad Wicks 19 - Butch Dinnison 18) (Ian Linford 17 - Grant Stokes 18) (Lance Martin 19 - Neil Strachan 14) (Ronald Rogers 13 - Arthur Bartlett 22)
Another home loss for Sorrento, but oddly enough it’s done them no harm on the ladder as they leapfrog into 7th, crucially outscoring Morley and Ellenbrook. Wicks edged top skip Dinnison by 1, while Martin put the flailing Strachan rink to the sword by 5 to pocket two valuable rink points.
For the Lions, they can thank the Bartlett rink, who accounted for Rogers by 9, while Stoker jagged the extra away point with a one-shot win over Linford. Sorrento are now breathing right down the Mounters’ necks in 6th, while Basso are sniffing the top three — though one bad round could just as easily see them swallowed up by the chasing pack.
Wanneroo 89 (7) vs Morley 68 (1)
(David Anderson 28 - Andrew Elmer 17) (Derek Griffin 18 - Christopher Bell 20) (Kingsley Toster 24 - Victor Orchard 16) (Pieter Geus 19 - Les Spinks 15)
The ladder-leading Roo Boys welcomed the Mavericks knowing a win would all but stitch up top spot — and they didn’t muck about. With the top three teams automatically promoted this season, Wanneroo now sit a whopping 15 points clear of fourth and will be playing One White next season.
Anderson put Handy Andy away by 11, Toster juiced Orchard, Geus skinned the ferret by 4, and Bell was the lone bright spot for Morley, chiming in with an away point courtesy of his win over Griffin. Morley sit in 8th, eight points off 6th and just half a point clear of 9th. Flip a coin — which way will they go?
Warwick 99 (7) vs Ellenbrook 78 (1)
(Geoffrey Hinge 23 - Aaron Cole 19) (Glenn Yabuka 33 - Robert Ball 23) (Raymond Loran 17 - Josef Rollnik 18) (Sean Wright 26 - Michael L Ryan 18)
The Brook Boys rolled into the Maggies Nest off the back of some solid form, ready to tackle a Warwick side that’s lost a bit of early-season shine. Single-digit wins to Hinge over Cole and Wright over Ryan, combined with Yabbie’s commanding 10-shot win over Ball, locked away the seven points and launched Warwick back into the top three.
Rollin Joe salvaged an away point for the Brookies, who finish the round in 9th — but with the table as tight as it is down the bottom, every rink win over the final three rounds is going to matter.
Yanchep 104 (8) vs Mount Lawley 57 (0)
(Brody Dix 43 - John Cottier 9) (Callum Arnold 16 - Andrew Jones 13) (Daniel Hartzer 23 - Travis Ingram 21) (Teora Turua 22 - Guy Herriot 14)
Mount Lawley’s season has gone from flag dreams… to survival mode. It’s been a brutal slide.
Yanchep, meanwhile, continue to turn their home paddock into a fortress. Callum Arnold recorded win number 11 for the season against Jones, Hartzer dialled in with “laser” precision to beat Ingram by 2, and Turua handled Herriot by 8.
But the damage was done by the Dix rink, who dished out a brutal 34-shot hiding to Cottier. Four rink wins, a big zero for the visitors, and a long drive home for the Mounters with a donut, a full carton, and plenty to ponder.