Drouin sitting on top of ladder
Drouin’s top team had an important win over arch rival Trafalgar in division one pennant on Saturday.
The win puts Drouin in top spot on the ladder.
A big shout out to the club’s division six team who had a big 32-shot win over Newborough. It was a great result considering there are only two rinks in this division.
Divisions two and five both had losses, with division five down by just four shots.
Division one: Drouin 14/91 defeated Trafalgar 4/78
Bruce Andrews, Clive Newman, Denise Hamilton and Dale Hendrick (skip) lost to Matt Schreyer’s team 24/25. David McIlfatrick, John Leighton, Mick Fleming and Mark Atkinson (skip) defeated Tim Fraser’s team 33/13. Maureen Leighton, Jan Aubrey, Les Firth and Sheryl Atkinson (skip) lost to Ian Miles’ team 13/26. Steve Barr, Geoff Bailey, Toby Wallace and Samantha Atkinson (skip) defeated William McIlwain’s team 21/14.
Division two: Drouin (2) 2/65 lost to Traralgon RSL (2) 16/91
Alex Miller, Elaine Thorpe, Norm Dickson and Brian Thorpe (skip) lost to Ron Osler’s team 11/29. Bob Cole, Ron Douthie, Necip Akarsu and Arthur Moore (skip) defeated Gordon Bakker’s team 19/15. Don Mowat, Mary Firth, Graeme Aubrey and Col Jeffrey (skip) lost to Gordon Asbury’s team 16/20. Neil Radford, Wayne Hawken, Andy Kidd and David Tayles (skip) lost Max Gibbins’ team 19/27.
Division five: Drouin (3) 2/50 lost to Longwarry (2) 14/54
Dini Hone, Gary Watts, Margaret Owens and Lyn Jeffrey (skip) lost to Vicki Hanks’ team 14/23. Jim Purvis, Wayne Walsh, Rudy Kerkvliet and Peter Hone (skip) defeated Sean Garritty’s team 28/9. Margaret Rhodes, Richard Joyner, Andre De Waele and Mary Andrews (skip) lost to Gerard Mitchell’s team 8/22.
Division six: Drouin (4) 10/52 defeated Newborough (5) 0/20
Pauline Dixon, Peter McGrath, Maureen McMillan and Lloyd Smith (skip) defeated Joan Lee’s team 24/11. Bev Walsh, Robert Dickson, Merv Appleyard and Irene Dawson (skip) defeated Betty Williams’ team 28/9.
Midweek
Drouin’s top team had a busy week, playing two games. The first was played at Traralgon after rescheduling of the round one contest. The second, its round three fixture, was played at Warragul.
Division one: Drouin 4/56 lost to Traralgon 12/66
Maureen Leighton’s team of John Leighton, Brian Thorpe and Elaine Thorpe lost 14/28. Sheryl Atkinson’s team of Les Firth, David McIlfatrick and Mary Firth won 21/19. Denise
Hamilton’s team of Denis Throup, Jan Aubrey and Ron Westrup won 21/19.
Division one: Drouin 16/73 defeated Warragul 0/45
Sheryl Atkinson’s team of Mark Atkinson, Les Firth and Mary Firth won 30/18. Maureen Leighton’s team of John Leighton, Brian Thorpe and Elaine Thorpe won 23/14. Denise Hamilton’s team of Denis Throup, Jan Aubrey and Ron Westrup won 20/13.
Division two: Drouin (2) 14/62 defeated Newborough (2) 2/61
Mary Andrews’ team of Clive Newman, Graeme Aubrey and Lynn Rippon lost 12/25. Irene Dawson’s team of Rudy Kerkvliet, Andre De Waele and Glenda Jarrad won 25/22. Lynn Jeffrey’s team of Necip Akarsu, Margie Rhodes and Andrew Blaby won 25/14.
Division three: Drouin (3) 14/65 defeated Traralgon (3) 2/47
Maria Wan’s team of Alex Miller, Brian Dickson and Louise McDonald lost 13/27. Ethel Van Maanen’s team of Bob Cole, Wayne Walsh and Trish Cole won 33/7. Dini Hone’s team of Neil Bullen, Ian Haughton and Lorraine Fox won 19/13.
Division four: Drouin (4) 2/29 lost to Yallourn North 8/43
Maureen McMillan’s team of Peter McGrath, Joan Lang and Kevin Dixon won 20/11. Helen Kerkvliet’s team of Sep Van Maanen, Laurie Innes and Ada Baxter lost 9/32.