Country Round Up
Northern Zone review The Northern Zone contains the following leagues: Batavia, Central Midlands, Central West Coastal, Moore Districts and North Midlands
Below we will review each leagues pennant competitions to see which clubs and players and performing well up to the Xmas break.
BATAVIA BOWLING LEAGUE
Competition:
Men’s 1st Division
Champions:
Wonthella Gold
Rounds Played:
12/22
Leader:
Geraldton Red 44.5pts
Top Skip:
Steve Palmer
(Wonthella Green)
8 wins +80 shots
Summary: Geraldton lead the league after just over half a season on 44.5 points. Two Wonthella sides are hot on their heels with Wonthella Green on 40 points and reigning champions Wonthella Gold are two points further back. Denison White round out the top four with 35 points but all four sides face an uphill battle to hold their places. Wonthella Maroon, Geraldton Gold and Mullewa are just two points out of the four on 33 points and Denison Blue will also push hard from eight on 30. Even 11th placed Northampton aren’t out of the hunt completely.
BATAVIA BOWLING LEAGUE
Competition:
Men’s 2nd Division
Champions:
Wonthella Maroon
Rounds Played:
12/22
Leader:
Wonthella Orange 35pts
Top Skip:
Michael McGillivray (Wonthella Green) 9 wins +115 shots
Summary: Wonthella currently dominate Second Division with three of the top four teams. Wonthella Orange lead on 25 points with just one loss for the year. Wonthella Green and Denison White 28.5 and defending champions Wonthella Maroon 27 make up the rest of the finals places. Northampton and Wonthella Gold on 23 points lead the chasing pack while Geraldton Gold 19.5 and Denison Blue 17.5 have chances as well as Geraldton Blue on 16.5 with a game in hand.
BATAVIA BOWLING LEAGUE
Competition:
Women’s 1st Division
Champions:
Denison
Rounds Played:
12/15
Leader:
Denison 39pts
Top Skip:
Audrey Williamson 8 wins +35 shots
Summary: The top four is pretty well decided with a 21.5 point gap between fourth and fifth. Reigning champions Denison lead the ladder again with three games to go on 39.5 points. Geraldton Blue sit in second on 37.5 could take top spot off Denison while Geraldton Gold and Wonthella Gold round out the four on 29.5 points. Wonthella Maroon bring up the competition with 8.5 points and no wins and are presumably out of the running.
BATAVIA BOWLING LEAGUE
Competition:
Men’s 1st Division
Champions:
Geraldton Gold
Rounds Played:
12/14
Leader:
Northampton 36.5pts
Top Skip:
Kaye Burton 8.5 wins +102 shots
Summary: Northampton are set to finish top with just two rounds to go on 36.5 points. Wonthella Maroon are 10.5 points back in second and have a bye to come in the last two rounds. Wonthella Green on 23 and Geraldton Blue 17.5 make up the top four Denison find themselves out on percentage. Wonthella Gold are the last of the challengers on 15 points but have a bye to come so need results to go their way.
CENTRAL MIDLANDS BOWLING LEAGUE
Competition:
Men’s Pennant
Champions:
Dalwallinu White
Rounds Played:
8/14
Leader:
Moora Black 35pts
Top Skip:
Bruce Manning (Moora Black) 7 wins +96
Summary: Moora Black currently lead the competition on 35 points three points clear of Dalwallinu Gold in second. The middle of the ladder is very congested with Wongan Blue 27.5, Dalwallinu White 26.5, Dalwallinu Green 26, Moora Blue 24.5 and Ballidu 21 are all a game away from switching positions entirely. Wongan Red 18.5, Kalannie 16.5 and Calingiri 12.5 bring up the bottom of the ladder.
CENTRAL MIDLANDS BOWLING LEAGUE
Competition:
Ladies Pennant
Champions:
Ballidu
Rounds Played:
6/10
Leader:
Moora 22.5pts
Top Skip:
Alison McPherson (Moora) 6 wins +79 shots
Summary: Moora have usurped reigning premiers Ballidu leading the way by 5.5 points. Moora 22.5 and Balllidu 17 have opened up a gap back to Dalwallinu Green on 11 points who are the last of the sides in finals positions. Kalannie 7.5 and Dalwallinu Gold 7 could take that last finals spot. Wongan Hills on 3 are two aggregates out of third and will struggle to catch up.
CENTRAL WEST COASTAL BOWLING LEAGUE
Competition:
Men’s Pennant
Champions:
Jurien Gold
Rounds Played:
10/10
Leader:
Jurien Green 45.5pts
Top Skip:
Brian Chambers (Jurien Green) 7 wins +67 shots
Summary: Jurien Green have taken over their club mate’s mantle taking out top spot after the home and away season with a 10 point gap back Dandaragan Drummond in second. Badgingarra and Cervantes Gold are the other teams that will play finals. Last year’s premiers Jurien Gold have missed the finals falling just half a point short of Cervantes.
CENTRAL WEST COASTAL BOWLING LEAGUE
Competition:
Women’s Pennant
Champions:
Dandaragan
Rounds Played:
8/8
Leader:
Dandaragan 31.5pts
Top Skip:
Margaret Johnson (Dandaragan) 6 wins +58 shots
Summary: Reigning premiers Dandaragan have put themselves in poll position to defend the title finishing top of the ladder. Leeman, Cervantes and Jurien White will join them in the finals in the new year. Badgingarra missed the finals on percentage from Jurien White despite having won half an aggregate more during the year. Jurien Red were the sixth and final team.
MOORE DISTRICTS BOWLING LEAGUE
Competition:
Mens Pennant
Champions:
Gingin Red
Rounds Played:
Gingin 7/10
Leader:
Gingin Red 33pts
Top Skip:
Shaun Donohoe 6 wins +74 shots
Summary: Gingin Red are doing everything they can to repeat last year’s premiership winning season sitting top after the first seven games with 33 points. Bindoon are just one point behind Gingin Black on 29 points sit third. The top three look unlikely to be ousted from the top three positions with an 18 point gap back to the dog fight for the last finals place. Ledgepoint 11 currently hold it from Lancelin on percentage last placed Guilderton still every chance on 10 points.
MOORE DISTRICTS BOWLING LEAGUE
Competition:
Ladies Pennant
Champions:
Gingin
Rounds Played:
6/10
Leader:
Gingin 12pts
Top Skip:
Noeleen Keefe 3 wins +34
Summary: Gingin currently lead the race for top spot on 12 points on percentage from Lancelin White. However the reigning premiers are in a better position than they appear with a game in hand on the rest of the league. Bindoon 8.5 sit third with Lancelin 8 and Ledge Point 7.5 making up the rest of the league. With almost half a season to go anything could happen in this league.
NORTH MIDLANDS BOWLING LEAGUE
Competition:
Mens Pennant
Champions:
Mingenew
Rounds Played:
9/14
Leader:
Carnamah 36.5pts
Top Skip:
Trevor Haeusler (Carnamah) 7.5 win +89 shots
Summary: The top four is exceptionally close with Carnamah 36.5, Three Springs Black 33, Morawa 32.5 and Perenjori 32 all very capable of swapping positions multiple times in the last few rounds. Two challengers from outside the four remain but they may need the incumbents to stumble somewhat at this later stage. Three Springs Red sit in fifth on 26.5 points while defending champions Mingenew face the real possibility of missing finals with 25.5 points. Latham 15.5 and Coorow 14.5 are too far back to realistically mount a charge.
NORTH MIDLANDS BOWLING LEAGUE
Competition:
Womens Pennant
Champions:
Three Springs
Rounds Played:
8/10
Leader:
Carnamah 10pts
Top Skip:
No stats available
Summary: With two rounds to go the top three are separated by just percentage and will battle it out for the league title over the last two rounds. Despite currently sitting behind leaders Carnamah and reigning champions Three Springs it is that Mingenew appear to be in the best position with a game in hand over their rivals. With Perenjori and Morawa both out of the running next round’s game between Carnamah and Mingenew will be critical in the premiership race.
