Garfield trounces Moe
Division 2: Garfield defeated Moe 93/76
Tom Cleary (skip), Shane Oliver, Ron Saunders and Stu Gemmill won 22/20.
Garfield went in at smoko up 13/6. Then Moe won five ends to Garfield’s three. but Garfield held on.
Steve Whyte (skip), Alan White ,Graeme Burton and Gary Helmore won 24/21.
Garfield trailed early but got a five on the sixth to lead by a shot and went in at smoko up 11/10. After the break the game was level twice with both teams winning two of the last four ends.
Steve Bassed (skip), Gary Payne, Ray Biffin and Les Pumphrey won 23/18.
Garfield went in at smoko down by one but won five of the first seven ends after the break to lead 18/14 on the 20th and three of the next five ends.
Peter Lieshout(skip), Jim Power, Jack Lee and Rod James won 24/17.
Scores were level on the seventh and ninth, but Garfield got away and led 19/11 on the 18th. Moe won four ends but could not catch Garfield.
Division 5: Garfield defeated Yallourn 71/60.
Damian Brick (skip), Adrian Helmuth, Cliff Stephens and Bob Hope won 23/21.
Garfield trailed by five on the third but came back strongly to win seven of next nine ends and went in at smoko up 17/7. Moe came back strongly to get close. It was a tight game to the end.
Don Knight (skip), Gordon Moxey, Lex Tayler and Rod Hackett won 23/20.
Garfield went in at the break leading 13/10. It was a good hard-fought game with both teams winning six ends each after smoko.
Wes Goodman (skip), Bob Lamport, Jill Rouse and Frank Prins won 25/19.
Garfield trailed 2/8 on the seventh but levelled twice before the break. Garfield got six shots in two ends to lead 18/15 on the 19th and secure a good win.
Division 6: Garfield lost to Warragul 45/51.
Pat Marriott (skip), Bev Sainsbery, Jan Johnson and Jim Boucher lost to M. Cousens’ team 20/28.
Warragul led 13/6 on the 10th. Garfield got within three on the 16th.
Judy Pocklington (skip), Gwen Scott, Phil Humphreys and Keith Sainsbery won 25/23
Garfield led 5/0 on the second but Warragul fought back and went in at the break up 15/11. The game see-sawed. Scores were level on the 23rd but Garfield got three shots on the 24th in a hard-fought game.
Garfield had a lot of players out this week and appreciated Warragul’s lending a player, Gwen Scott. Thanks to Gwen, who played very well, as always.