Women’s Pennants Wrap

Saturday Pennants

1st Red Division Red: Manning 31 def North Beach 25

Another fine display by the powerful Manning women’s team that actually finished third on a very tight ladder here, with a solid victory over North Beach.

Open Gender 3rd Division

Joondalup 54 def Mt Pleasant

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The Open Gender 3rd Division saw Joondalup record two great finals wins to take the title. In the semi finals they recorded a big upset win over host club Perth and Tattersalls before they claimed a thrilling two shot victory over an equally strong Mt Pleasant in the grand final.

The rink of Nigel Poulton, Gladys Yelland, Sue Parry and Shane Nelligan the toast of the club with a 17 shot win to carry the day.

Open Gender 4th Division

South Perth 73 def Como 22

The quick synthetic surface of Cockburn Bowling Club proved very beneficial to South Perth who have a similar home surface. They used that to full benefit proving too good for a gallant Como who had snuck into the finals on a countback in their very even colour division after registering nine wins for the season.

However all the plaudits go to South Perth who had just the single loss for the season with 13 wins and a telling 51 shot victory in the grand final.

Friday Night Pennant

Bayswater 27 def Manning 23

Bayswater has always been a strong team in this competition and has now won the flag on seven occasions. They had another magnificent year losing just one match across 14 weeks of competition. The final was a close affair however the rink skippered by Frances Winship was able to finish strongly giving the host club victory in a low scoring match.

The telling rink was that skippered by Laura Butler, who with Debra Kalinowsky, Sharon Lyster and Trish Hall scored a big 23-6 victory – a margin difficult to retrieve in the two rink competition. Top placed Sorrento was eliminated by North Beach in the semi-final such was the closeness of this competition.

1st Blue North Division

North Beach 41 def Bayswater

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Wendy Robertson’s crew was the big winner here for North Beach as they won 24-3 to setup victory.

The win was a fitting reward for a North Beach side that finished well clear at the top of the table only losing three matches all season.

1st Blue South Division

Thornlie 38 def South Perth 28

A great win here for Thornlie over a South Perth combination that features some of the biggest names in the sport.

It was South Perth that finished on top with Thornlie finishing in third place, just one point behind second.

Come finals however and it was Sue Bennett’s crew winning by 16 shots that put any result other than a Thornlie victory to bed early.

2nd Division

Mount Pleasant 36 def Cockburn 20

Once again we see the powerful Mount Pleasant crew featuring their star recruits finish on top of the table and take the Grand Final win. Donna Blackwell home by 18 covering a close rink loss alongside.

Open Gender 3rd Division

South Perth 42 def Cockburn 27

South Perth home here in somewhat comfortable fashion courtesy of Del Blakeway’s 31-8 win.

An exciting season which saw South Perth on top of its division, however in Cockburn’s section just five points separated the top six teams.

A great effort by all and the sort of season that produces hard fought wins, and exciting finishes.

Well done and congratulations to all Women’s Pennant players on a fantastic season and we look forward to seeing what the next season will bring!