Men's Metro Pennants Wrap

One shot finishes were the order of the day as Osborne Park then spoiled the Joondalup party inflicting a one shot defeat of their own to take the 3rd Division pennant flag.

All four semi-finalists for the flag are automatically promoted to 2nd Division next season and will be joined by Gosnells, Kwinana, Bayswater and Yokine who were all successful in promotional playoff finals.

4th Division

Dalkeith-Nedlands 86 def Quinns Rocks 84

2nd Division

Dalkeith-Nedlands 100 def Joondalup 60

The four colour winners for 2nd Division were Rockingham, Morley, Joondalup and Dalkeith-Nedlands as they entered finals looking for the division premiers flag.

Two close semi-finals saw a remarkable 6 shot aggregate win by Dalkeith-Nedlands over Morley despite not dropping a rink – the biggest margin was just three shots but all rinks (and a draw) went the way of the Dalkeith-Nedlands crew. The second semi went the way of Joondalup by the same six shot margin, over Rockingham.

Dalkeith-Nedlands then put on a fine display to take the flag defeating Joondalup by a hefty 40 shot margin.

All four 1st Division Blue defending teams were successful in maintain their place in 1 Blue meaning just the four finalists mentioned above will move into 1st Division Blue next season.

Dalkeith-Nedlands, Kardinya, Quinns Rocks and Byford came from all corners of the Metropolitan area to do battle for the 4th Division flag.

The northerners were successful in both semi-finals with Dalkeith-Nedlands home by ten over Kardinya and Quinns Rocks taking a comfortable win over Byford.

The battle for the flag was intense with two rinks blowing out to margins, one for either side, and the other two rinks close. In the end, Dalkeith-Nedlands took the win, by just two shots, in yet another closely fought grand final.

The four combatants all book their place in 3rd Division next season, and are joined by Cockburn, Thornlie, Yanchep and Swan, all successful in their bids to claim promotion.

5th Division

Bedford 68 def Willetton 53

With five colours in 5th Division, the finals are always a trickier prospect, and this year it was Bedford and Leeming that were handed the task of coming through the alignment round to get to the semi-finals. Bedford was the team to progress from that one, defeating Leeming by just five shots and moving into the final four.

In the final four match-ups, Willetton put away East Fremantle in fine fashion while Bedford did similar to Ellenbrook. That lined up a Bedford versus Willetton final, and in the three rink competition, one big rink win for Bedford was all it needed to take the 5th Division flag having come the hard way.

Midland Morrison, North Beach and Hilton Park were the remaining three teams to secure promotion to 4th Division next season.

6th Division

3rd Division

Osborne Park 75 def Joondalup 74

It was thrilling finish to the 3rd Division season as Joondalup, Kalamunda, Osborne Park and Fremantle came together having finished atop each of their respective colours. Joondalup perhaps an early favourite with the success the club had enjoyed throughout the year, finishing well clear in their group.

The semi-finals were close affairs as Osborne Park eliminated Fremantle by just five shots, however alongside, a one shot finish saw Joondalup home by the barest of margins over Kalamunda.

Vic. Park Carlisle 48 def Pickering Brook 32

Victoria Park Carlisle rounded out the Men's Saturday Pennant winners with an upset win over Pickering Brook in the Grand Final. Pickering Brook finished well clear at the top of the table, however it was Vic Park Carlisle that had too much on the final day with one big rink win getting the job done.