All games in Round Fourteen went as I predicted, with a couple of real hidings and just one close one, with Kardy2 showing a lot of fight to nearly upset the ladder leaders in South Perth.
The Lions thrashing the Mariners, the Cougars demolishing the Hollywood boys at home. Manning Eagles giving up top spot on the ladder, losing at the Kattery and a great win to the Hawks over the Ravens, as befits there status in real life.
Kardinya 1 93 (7) v Manning 74 (1)
Ian Barrie 17 v Wayne Heldt 32
Graeme Fewings 23 v Graham O'Brien 14
Conn Vinci 32 v Larry Herbert 12
David Wood 21 v Michael Carey 16
The Kats too strong at home, to topple the ladder leaders in the Eagles by some nineteen shots, picking up seven valuable points.
This now sees them still fourth on the ladder, but gaining ground on the Eagles.
The match winning rink for the Kats was that very experienced rink of Terrell, Stower, Knapp and Conn Vinci, who thrashed new skip in Larry Herbert by a whopping twenty shots. The other winners for the home side were Kat Fewings and Woody, with Heldt giving the Eagles a solitary point by beating Ian Barrie and team by fifteen big ones.
The Eagles with some work to do, they will probably produce a rabbit out of a hat knowing them.
Leeming 93 (8) v Fremantle 56 (0)
James Newton 18 v Mark Gill 15
Gary Ford 27 v Paul Clausen 19
Karl Vandersluys 31 v John Smith 8
Phil Dobie 17 v Peter Wachmer 14
The Lions giving the visiting Mariners a good old thrashing by a massive thirty seven shots at home last Saturday.
Most of the damage was done on one rink, where skip Vandersluys, Boys, Johnson and very steady lead in Birrell gave Johnny Smith and team a good hiding by twenty three big ones.
Ford, Newton and Dobie grabbing the other wins to complete a clean sweep for the home side.
The Lions now consolidate fifth spot on the ladder, Freo still in sixth, but in danger of dropping further me thinks.
Kalamunda 102 (6.5) v Hollywood Subiaco 66 (1.5)
Gregory Trevaskis 16 v David Byrne 16
Ian Cornthwaite 19 v Daniel Byrne 22
Dwayne Wooltorton 31 v Anthony Byrne 16
William Brandsma 36 v Robert Campbell 12
The visitors surprisingly took a win and a draw off the Cougars, with Daniel Byrne beating Cornthwaite by three and David Byrne drawing with replacement skip Greg Trevaskis.
Billy Brandsma and his rink of Chalmers, Price and Pringle thrashing the well performed Campbell rink by some twenty four shots. Wooltorton and his rink carrying on with winning form, a big win over Anthony Byrne, in the back room Anthony.v
The Cougars sneaking up on the top boys, Hollywood doomed for sure, but they are still fighting hard, well done.
South Perth 85 (6) v Kardinya 2 83 (2)
Michael McRae 26 v Dwain Regan 10
Max Petrich 12 v Robert Hunter 35
Steve Kelly 25 v Ron Jones 11
John Carter 22 v Silvio Vassallo 27
The Millers literally sneaking over the line in a titanic struggle on their home turf, two shots the difference at the finish of a tense last few ends across the board.
The reliable rink of the promising young Callum Alberti, Greg Reagan, Peter Holmes and Skip Mick McRae proving to be the match winners with a sixteen shot win over Dwain Regan and his team.
Steve Kelly was the only other winner for the Millers, beating Jones by fourteen.
Robbie Hunter continues to keep his team in the game, as he beat Maxie Petrich by a whopping twenty three big ones.
The only close game saw Vassallo topple John Carter by just five shots.
The Millers faltering a little, the Kats2 boys showing great fight I am informed.
Hilton Park 86 (8) v Thornlie 71 (0)
Craig Standley 24 v Robert Carruthers 16
Daniel Newton 23 v Eddie Gollan 22
Rodney Butler 21 v Jim Stean 16
David Newton 18 v Mark Separovich 17
The Hawks with a full complement of players were able to grab a valuable eight points from the visiting Ravens sixteen. The visitors put up a good fight on all four rinks my spies tell me and even led the aggregate at one stage, but alas they wilted at the end.
Craig Standley won by eight over Carruthers, which proved to be the match winner, maybe Pohe needs to skip again here.
Daniel Newton, Butler and David ( Dad ) Newton all skipping their rinks to very narrow but meritorious wins.
I believe the game between Dave Newton and Separovich was a cracker, going down to the last bowls to get a winner.
The Hawks now giving themselves some chance of avoiding the automatic relegation zone.