Bye doesn’t slow Echuca’s roll

By Matthew Kappos

Nov 14, 2024

Anton Gusak’s Rich River came close to securing its first win of the midweek season on Tuesday, taking two rinks but going down by four on overall shots. Photo: Aidan Briggs

Teams returned to midweek pennant action after the Melbourne Cup resulted in a general bye last Tuesday.

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Echuca remains the unbeaten leader of Division One, defeating Stanhope 12-57 to 4-45 in round four.

The efforts of Echuca skip Kerryn Evans helped her side to victory, her 28-7 success enough to offset Stanhope wins in the other two rinks.

It was a similar situation in Deniliquin’s 12-64 to 4-60 victory over Rich River.

Despite four-shot wins to Rich River skips Gary Radford and Dennis Demeo, Craig Hillier’s 28-16 victory for Deniliquin proved decisive, earning his side the win.

Mathoura continued its strong early form, defeating Moama 14-66 to 2-56.

There were large margins in each of the three rinks, none decided by fewer than nine shots, but it was Mathoura skips Troy Mansbridge and Peter Pangrazio that took two of them to hand their side the win.

Rochester had the bye.

Lower divisions

Moama continues to dominate the competition in Division Two, extending its unbeaten start to 5-0 with a 14-69 to 2-38 win over Echuca.

Skip Mia Young’s squad contributed 36 shots to Moama’s total, improving the final margin.

Rochester got its first win on the board over fellow strugglers Ky Valley View, 14-75 to 2-56.

A big score of 40-12 from Lyn Moon helped Rochy to a big lead, while Anton Gusak also skipped the side to success in his rink.

Deniliquin RSL picked up maximum points against Rich River, 16-73 to 0-48.

Tony Tonta scored the biggest win for RSL, with fellow skips Mary-Anne Spizer and Linda Harris also picking up wins.

In Division Three, Moama proved too strong for Echuca 14-56 to 0-29, Lockington overcame Tongala Red 13-42 to 1-36 and Deniliquin RSL had a close victory, 12-42 to 2-39, over Elmore.

Division Four saw Stanhope defeat Echuca, 12-55 to 2-27, Lockington beat Elmore, 14-45 to 0-36, and Rochester take both rinks against Rich River 14-37 to 0-25.