Our Division 2 team won a hard fought match against Oakbank. The lead changed hands with skippers Con Harmer and Ron Batemans’ rinks in trouble early whilst Bill Robertson’s rink held a handy lead by afternoon tea. Con and Ron’s rinks were neck and neck with their Oakbank opponents throughout the closing ends. Bill’s rink fought off a late challenge to get home by a solitary shot. Con won by 3 shots and Ron finished with a draw.
Division 1 lost their match to Lobethal with Bill Fairley’s rink the only winner by 4 shots. Leon Zanders’s rink went down by 6 shots and Malcolm Keller’s rink by 19 shots.
Results were:
Division 1 Hahndorf 1 lost to Lobethal 1 at Hahndorf 53 – 74 shots
Bill Fairley (skip), Leo Lambert, Carolyne Edwardes, Victor Liebelt 21 – 17
Leon Zander (skip), Robert Edwards, Michael Wheal, Kathy Miller 19 – 25
Malcolm Keller (skip), Christine Keller, Barry Rimmer, Chris Button 13 – 32
Division 2 Hahndorf 2 defeated Oakbank at Hahndorf 63 – 59 shots
Con Harmer (skip), Jim Howe, Tom Hennessey, Allen McMahon 22 – 19
Bill Robertson (skip), Di Bateman, Graham Evans, Val Deeble 20 – 19
Ron Bateman (skip), Richard Crocker, Shelly Howe, Eric Biar 21 – 21