Echuca in ominous form in midweek pennant

By Matthew Kappos

Oct 31, 2024

David Murray’s Mathoura side had a close win over Rich River this week. Photo by Aidan Briggs

Echuca has continued its dominant start to midweek pennant action after round three action on Tuesday.

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The defending champion has picked up where it left off last season, posting three impressive wins to start its campaign.

The side’s latest victory came in the form of a dominant 16-80 to 0-42 thrashing of Deniliquin at Echuca Bowls Club.

Kerryn Evans skipped the home side to a huge result in her rink, leading her side of Di Payne (lead), Michelle Cunnington (second) and Philip Thorn (third) to a 33-12 win in their rink.

Fellow skips Kaye Barker and Roma Opie also grabbed comfortable wins in a comprehensive performance from Echuca.

Stanhope trails Echuca after a round two bye, but also maintained an undefeated start 14-54 to 2-47 over Rochester.

Stanhope’s Jennifer Crilly had the biggest win for her side, 22-14, while Jamie Stokes also picked up points.

Rochy’s Rob Dennis managed to prevent the whitewash, taking his rink 19-13.

The remaining match of the round saw a tight battle between Mathoura, 14-57, and Rich River, 2-52.

The Cutters squad did enough to overcome the efforts of Rich River’s Dennis Demeo, who skipped his side to a 25-10 win in his rink.

Mathoura’s Dennis McHarry tipped the scales back towards Mathoura with a strong win of his own, 27-13, while Peter Pangrazio got by Elizabeth Easther 20-15 to secure two more points, and the overall match for the Cutters.

Moama had the bye in division one.

Division two

Rich River handled Ky Valley View 16-79 to 0-47.

All three rinks went the way of Rich River in comfortable fashion, skip Allan Linquist’s 28-14 the biggest of the tie.

Echuca and Deniliquin RSL shared the points, with the Echuca’s two rink victory earning it a slight edge in competition points 9-60, to 7-60.

Moama scored big against Rochester, dominating each rink in a 16-83 to 0-35 victory.

Skip Kevin Connolly’s rink stood out in a brilliant team performance from Moama, his side restricting Rochy’s scoring in a 33-9 rink win.

Division three and four

In division three, Elmore took down Lockington 14-57 to 0-33, Deniliquin RSL snuck by Echuca 12-36 to 2-33, and Moama proved too strong for Tongala Red 12-40 to 2-30.

In division four, Rich River beat Lockington 14-39 to 0-26, Echuca defeated Rochester 12-42 to 2-25, and Stanhope overpowered Tongala Red 14-56 to 0-32.