Leica Roney (left) and Jess Dehne of Echuca.
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Cath Grey
Top-of-the-ladder Moama and second-ranked Echuca will contest the match of the round in Division one Campaspe midweek bowls competiton this morning, at Moama Bowling Club.
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Moama has lost just the one match this season, sitting 17 pennant points clear of Echuca — which has the two defeats from seven completed rounds of the season.
When the teams met in round three of the Friday morning competition this season, in November, Moama was a one shot winner.
That was on the back of a 23-11 win by Marilyn Stephenson against Echuca’s Roma Opie and the two shot win of Cass Millerick against Kerry Evans.
Echuca’s only rink was that led by Leica Roney, winning 23-10 against Sandra Connolly.
A repeat of that match would be a fitting second meeting between the pair.
They are scheduled to meet for a third, and final time, in round 13 of the season. That is the third last round of the season.
The Moama squad is fresh off a 55 all (9-7) win against fourth ranked Mathoura last round, a big win by Sandra Connolly and a one shot victory from Marilyn Stephenson giving it a share of the points.
Millerick missed the match due to being in isolation due to COVID protocols, but will return this morning for the match.
Echuca is fresh from a 20-shot win against bottom-ranked of the six divison one teams, Rochester, Kerryn Evans’ 15-shot win against Rochester skip Jane McCallum tipping the scales in favor of Echuca.
Pat Schram led her rink to a 14-shot win against Helen Holzer and Rochester’s only success of the midweek match came via Kaye Barker. She beat Echuca skip Roney 28-19.
– Third-ranked Deniliquin has Rochester as its opponent, while Rich River will host Mathoura in the remaining round.
A win by Rich River would put it back in touch with the top four as it sits 16 points behind fourth-ranked Mathoura.
Rich River actually beat Mathoura when the teams met in round three this season, by seven shots.
Toni Beck in division 2
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Cath Grey
Margaret Griffiths and Toni Beck registered wins, with Lyn Barker going down by four shots to Mathoura’s Christine Taylor.
Mathoura is, however, coming off a draw with ladder-leader Moama and appears to be on an upward trajectory.
– In Division two midweek competition it is a case of the top four teams playing the bottom four teams this morning.
Top-of-the-ladder Moama is unbeaten and 19 pennant points clear of Echuca in second. Just behind them is Rich River and fourth-ranked Tongala has a 26-point lead on the next best team, Ky Valley View (fifth).
This morning is the start second round of the teams playing each other. In round one the Moama and Ky Valley match was washed out and, as indicated by the respective ladder positions, there were a couple of one-sided matches.
Lockington lost all three rinks to Echuca in a 21-shot defeat, while Rich River was also a 16-nil winner against Elmore. RIch River won the match by 37 shots.
In the remaining match, which turned out to be the upset of the round, Rochester was a one-shot winner against Tongala. Tongala won one rink, courtesy of Elaine Hosking, but the Jenny Major and Serena Sholl wins for Rochester earned it a lion’s share of the points.
Tongala is now ranked fourth and Rochester is second bottom, in seventh position.
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