Monday 30th September<\/p>\n
The match started evenly and in an exciting and tense finish, Hanmer put their previous play off heartaches behind them and will play in their first final against Archibald Worthington this Friday.<\/p>\n
Match Report<\/p>\n
First four and really all the games were close. Ben played a difficult corner mark to get a good lead and then went from 16-12 up to win 13. Dave Burton played well in the corners to lead 10-5 before Paul Hallott played a great bowl to get in and then had the better of the exchanges to win 16. Wayne had a very close game with Mike Gilpin with nothing really in between them but Wayne managed to get over the line 19. Russ Wellings again had a good game with Simon, Simon making a break on a round peg to win 16.<\/p>\n
So after 4, all level.<\/p>\n
Into the middle and a couple of what looked like decisive cards for Hanwood. Mark Parsons led 16-4 on the side of the green and converted it into an 8 win. Mark Shore was 9-1 down against an impressive Joey Williams but using his knowledge of the green got back to 10 across on a round peg and then ran out from 14 across. The other two games were close in the middle. Gareth Ingram recovering from an early 7-2 deficit against Graham Dulson to get back into the game on a round peg. But Graham got on a longer mark and won 15. Craig Griffiths and Ash Wellings was an extremely close game over mostly shorter marks, with Craig winning 19.<\/p>\n
So Hanwood led by 12 going into the back four.<\/p>\n
But then after hitting the block off twice early on and running the block through, Jonathan Scott went 18-7 up on Phil Talbot, mainly on a long straight mark. But Phil got 14 and this looked valuable. Steve France then was 19-13 up, making a break on a straight mark from 13 across, before Dave Ellison gained a valuable 5 chalks to get 18, but Hanwood were still 8 up. Dave was 9-1 up over the middle on Mel, but Mel got in the corners and played very well to turn the game on its head. Carl was 11 across before Dan Hughes got on a straight mark to lead 19-11. Mel led Dave 18-10 before Dave got back in. Hanwood needed to score 17 apiece to take the game into a 3 man playoff. But both were game down with Carl 20-14 down and Dave 19-11 down, but pulled out great bowls to keep the match alive. Carl was then two on at 17-20 down, two foot in front, but Dan ran into the back of one wood to knock that out and count for game. Dave was making a spirited fightback at the time and was 19-13 down and one on before knocking Mel in, but Mel didn’t make game. Mel than put two woods a foot away next end, and despite Dave making a great effort to win the end, it wasn’t enough and Mel won 13 to spark delirious scenes from the Hanmer lads and supporters.<\/p>\n
Hanmer win by 4 and will play Archibald Worthington on Friday. The green will be announced tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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