IN warm to hot conditions depending on north or south venues, midweek pennant got under way on Tuesday.

Round seven of 10 being the draw run down, and Covid still has some club members on edge.

The division one and two games involving RSL Memorial which were scheduled to be played at Grangeburn and Hamilton, through negotiation were postponed, to be played when things settle down or the points will be shared.

This process has been adopted by the Area Competitions Committee.

Division one where Portland is still on top of the ladder even after this round’s second bye for the side.

As stated above, there ended up being only one division one game; Hamilton faced Casterton and Hamilton won, 78 to 40.

Heather McIntyre 25 to Anne Kearns 13, Jenny Pole 23 to Berniece Sullivan 12 and Elma Astbury 30 to Mary Anne Allen 15.

DIVISION two had Coleraine at home against Penshurst and the visitors had a one-rink win with enough shots to win the day.

Teresa Nolte lost to Branda Uebergang, 15-24, and on the other side, Chris Rigby defeated Ann Rentsch, 19 to 15.

Adding the scores up, it leads to a final result of a 3-339 loss for Coleraine. 

Balmoral had a visit from Macarthur and the result went to the home side this time.

Trish Brody 23 to Bev Bourke 17, and Chick Trotman defeated Jean Schroeder 24 to 17.

The final scores were Balmoral 47 to Macarthur 34.

The Hamilton Portland Memorial game was not played.

DIVISION three saw Grangeburn Red at home to Macarthur and the Red side had the win, but on one rink.

Nettie Ryan 25 to Carole Dunn 14 and Lesley Moller 17 to Dianne Cowland 19, leading to a 42 to 33 overall result. 

Dartmoor is way in front of the rest of the sides, and now sits on 90 points, which means the team is undefeated and have collected ten of a possible 14 team wins.

Elaine Jones’ team scored 32, almost as many as most side scores, to Phillis Tully 15 and Gwen McMillan on 22 to Wendy Colcott’s 15.

The totals were 54 to 30 and the game was played at Grangeburn, as the first round had been swapped due to Covid.

The Casterton against Portland game did not take place.

Other news

THE women’s section state fours championship was contested at Heywood on Monday.

There were only four entries, so a one section system was used where all entrants played each other, as opposed to a knockout format.

In the final, two composite teams played off after the preliminary 30 ends.

The team skipped by Heather Burgess with Chick Trotman, Ann Rentsch and Alison East defeated Jenni Mutch with Kathy Simons, Nett Tinning and Kate Levett; the games all being played at Heywood.

The winners will represent our area in Warrnambool at the end of February.

The men’s section pairs will be contested at Grangeburn and Portland on Saturday with the finals venue to be advised for Sunday.

There were 17 entries but four were withdrawn prior to and during the draw.

Saturday pennant resumes on January 22 with three more rounds scheduled to complete the home and away season.