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Rochester hosts division one weekend pennant semi-finals

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Great hosts: Rochester Bowls Club was the venue for the Campaspe weekend pennant division one semi-finals on Saturday. Photo by Gregor Mactaggart

Rochester Bowls Club played host to the semi-finals of the Campaspe Playing Area division one competition on Saturday.

Rich River was the first team to qualify for the grand final.

Poise: Tongala's Peter Tinning. Photo by Gregor Mactaggart

They did so on the back of a hard-fought 61-54 second semi-final win over Tongala at Rochester on Saturday.

Rich River will now enjoy a week off before preparing for the grand final at Mathoura on March 4.

Opposite numbers: Tongala's Steve Hammond and Rich River's Peter Nesbitt. Photo by Gregor Mactaggart

Tongala has to dust itself off and prepare for a preliminary final showdown with Echuca.

Echuca won an absolute thriller against Mathoura 64-61 in the first semi-final, also played at Rochester.

The victory was built on the back of a superb performance from Steve Cunnington’s rink.

Skip Cunnington, third Ivan Hicks, second Jerome Shaw and lead Ashley French recorded a resounding 30-9 win against Peter Holzer.

DIVISION TWO

Echuca is into the grand final after a dominant 65-43 second semi-final win over Moama at Mathoura.

Echuca produced a clean sweep of the three rinks.

The Steamers will play Rich River in the preliminary final.

Rich River defeated Tongala 63-44 in the first semi-final, also played at Mathoura.

Rich River’s winning rinks were Tim Noar, who defeated Peter O’Brien 27-14 and Gerry Devlin, a 17-12 victor over Stephen Tinning.

Tongala’s winning skip Phillip Cooper was an 18-17 winner against Barry Brown.

Close: The bowl just passes the jack on Saturday. Photo by Gregor Mactaggart

DIVISION THREE

Moama powered into the grand final after a 63-51 defeat of Lockington at Echuca.

Lockington lost all three rinks.

Steve Pavone was edged out by Barry Cuttriss 17-19, Graham Turner lost 18-24 to Keryn Awty and Leanne McInnes was defeated by Bryan Harper 16-21.

Lockington will look to rebound in a preliminary final against Rochester this Saturday after Rochester defeated Deniliquin 61-56.

Rochester’s winning skips were Kevin Hall, a 22-20 winner over Raymond Hay and Jenny Major, who defeated Mark Law 20-14.

Lee Pattinson scored Deniliquin’s lone success after edging out David Murray 22-19.

All smiles: Tongala skip Jarryd Tinning with Brad Belcher. Photo by Gregor Mactaggart

DIVISION FOUR

Moama is into the decider after an emphatic 55-25 win over Rich River at Mathoura with Darren Yates and Terry Thomson sizeable winners.

Rich River now goes to the preliminary final and will meet Deniliquin RSL.

Deniliquin RSL defeated Mathoura 46-34, with the rink of Jim Jennings doing much of the heavy-lifting, winning 30-16 against Gayle Kerr.

Measuring up: Echuca's Ivan Hicks gets the string out to see who has won the shot. Photo by Gregor Mactaggart

DIVISION FIVE

Deniliquin RSL is the first team through into the grand final after defeating Moama 54-33 at Rich River on Saturday.

The Steamers will now play Kyabram in the preliminary final.

Kyabram ended Echuca’s season with a 42-23 win.