The 2013 Pennant Season kicked off on Sunday with all teams playing their first game at home. It was a reasonably successful start with all teams except Division 5 posting a first up win.<\/p>\n
Division 2<\/b> took to the field with a relatively unchanged line-up from 2012 with Matt Bowra being the only new face having graduated from our junior ranks. A visit from Melville Glades was the first assignment for 2013 and most games were tight throughout. Jules Harris (5\/4) and David Bandy (5\/3) had comfortable wins while Brendan Milburn, Roger Perrie and Mike Rundus were the other winners. A couple of matches were lost on the 19th<\/sup> but the job had already been done with a 5-4 win recorded. Round 2 will see the team have their first road trip, facing Wanneroo away.<\/p>\n The Juniors<\/b> also posted a tight win over Melville Glades sneaking home 4-3. Ethan Andrews (6\/5) and Joe Owen (7\/5) were the most convincing winners playing at 1 &2 while Travis Temm (3\/2) and Tip Snowden (4\/3) also had strong wins.<\/p>\n In the other divisions, Division 5<\/b> were narrowly defeated by Chequers, going down 4-3. Sam Gill, Ken Hellsten and Leon Davies were victorious in their matches.<\/p>\n After a tough 2012 Division 7<\/b> started the season in emphatic fashion with a 5 \u00bd – 1 \u00bd victory over Sun City. Captain Steve Paisio lead from the front with a 6\/5 victory. Greg Baker, Paul Bannan, Ben Robertson and Tim Gattorna also recorded wins while Tristan Kirkham halved his match.<\/p>\n The Division 8<\/b> team also started their season against Sun City and were also comfortable winners 6-1. Summer knockout winner Steve Temple continued his good matchplay form easily accounting for his opponent 7\/6. The other matches were much tighter however Mark Innes, Stu Phillips, Andy Stone, Tony O\u2019Shea and Oliver Bradshaw.<\/p>\n All teams are away for round 2 but hopefully the winning ways continue.<\/p>\n Best of luck to all sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"