Geoffrey Beattie and Moama continue to dominate division one in the weekend pennant, taking down Deniliquin in round nine. Photos: Jordan Townrow
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Moama has continued its domination of the Campaspe Playing Area’s division one weekend pennant in round nine, taking down fellow top-four side Deniliquin on Saturday.
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Hosting Deni at Moama Bowling Club, the green and black put on a good showing against a contender, emerging victorious 15-62 to 1-53.
The Stephen O’Brien-skipped Deni side looked promising against Robert Young and his Moama contingent, drawing 18-apiece in rink three.
Benjamin Cottier sends it down.
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Moama’s Geoffrey Beattie did the most damage in rink one, leaving Deni skip Shane Liang in the dust 21-14.
Moama’s Michael Linehan escaped with a narrow victory to round the match out against Deni’s Conway Bovell 23-21.
Arthur Bailey keeps his eye on the prize.
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Elsewhere, Echuca defeated Stanhope on home soil 14-63 and 2-56 to maintain its hold on second place.
Stanhope’s Timothy Hancock provided resistance for the host, defeating Steve Cunnington 28 shots to 12.
Brian Kemnitz is locked in.
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In the other two rinks, it was all Echuca as Ian Page defeated Justin Spedding 25-11 and Phillip Thorn put Peter Myers to the sword 26-17.
Elsewhere, Mathoura travelled to Tongala Bowls Club and defeated the host 14-61 to 2-59.
Conway Bovell gets low for the release.
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Tongala’s Matthew Liverton got the jump on Mathoura’s Peter Pangrazio in rink three, prevailing 25-16.
Mathoura’s Arthur Murphy and Peter Holzer hit back in the other two rinks to take the win, beating Bradley Tinning and Stephen Hammond 25-15 and 20-19, respectively.
Robyn Thomassen guides it.
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In perhaps the most even contest of the round, Rich River got over the top of Rochester 13-58 to 3-47.
Rich River’s Keith Hewitt and Leslie Walles drew 17-apiece before Rochester’s Richard Feuk scraped past Tim Noar 18-16 and Rich River’s Gary Radford and Timothy Quinlan 25-12.
Marilyn Stephenson with the touch.
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Lower grades
Division two saw a bye for Deniliquin, as Moama and Stanhope continued to stamp their authority over the competition, taking down Echuca 15-55 to 1-51 and Rich River 14-72 and 2-64, respectively.
Rounding out the grade, Kyabram got a substantial win over Tongala in enemy territory, 16-82 to 0-46.
Tyler Hillier representing the youth in the competition.
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Division three saw a full slate of action as Lockington took care of business against Kyabram 14-60 to 2-44, Elmore beat Tongala 14-70 to 2-62 and Moama pummelled Deniliquin 14-70 to 2-37.
Echuca got a big win over Stanhope away from home 14-73 to 2-49, and Rich River and Rochester drew their match 9-57 to 7-57.
David Hessel is focused.
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It was a strong round for away teams in division four, with every visitor tallying a victory.
Lockington got the job done against Kyabram 14-72 to 2-57, Tongala lost to Mathoura 2-51 to 14-68 and Moama thrashed Kyvalley View 16-79 to 0-35.
Peter Chadderton extends.
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Deniliquin RSL beat out Echuca 14-59 to 2-54 and Rich River emerged victorious against Rochester 12-56 to 4-54.
Division five also had plenty of action on Saturday as Kyabram took down Echuca Blue 14-53 to 0-34, Deniliquin Blue defeated Lockington 13-41 to 1-36 and Moama won against Deniliquin White 14-62 to 0-26.
To finish the round, Echuca White defeated Stanhope 13-45 to 1-27 and Rich River took down Rochester 14-52 to 0-19.
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