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 Club and District Events

MONARO CHALLENGE 

 

 

Cooma has won the interclub Monaro challenge for the second year in

 succession. This in fact gives Cooma victory in three of the four years since the commencement of this competition.

Players who represented Cooma this year are as follows: S Roncelli, J Sajina, P Cannell, M Storta, N McGregor, K Weston, B Seears, G D'Amico, R Russell, J Vincent, M Buckley, W Fogarty, J Schoon and I Mondello 

Full wrap-up of the Club Triples follows:Results were as follows:

Round 1

P Marsicano, T Croker and P Caldwell def Mick Mayhew, S Seears and D Jarvis

W Fogarty, G Venables and G Clarke def J Sajina, B Seears and P Cannell

N McGregor, P Schulz and M Buckley def M Mellion, D Sellars and C Roberson

J Vincent, T Gray and K Weston def C Peuker, R Wainwright and J Fletcher

S Roncelli, I Mondello and G D'Amico def P Harris, O Russell and D Steinfort

R Morgan, K Goodwin and G Cox def S Lapham, R Nichols and J Schoon

The teams skipped by R Hassall and M Storta had byes.

Round 2

P Marsicano, T Croker and P Caldwell def R Russell, W Lodge and M Storta

N McGregor, P Schulz and M Buckley def S Roncelli, I Mondello and G D'Amico

J Vincent, T Gray and K Weston def R Morgan, K Goodwin and G Cox

W Fogarty, G Venables and G Clarke def D Freebody, M Hassall and R Hassall

In the semi- finals

Buckley's Team play Clarke's Team and Caldwell's Team plays Weston's Team. These games and the final will be played on Saturday 3rd December.

Results of the semi-finals are as follows: Graeme Clarke's Team defeated Mark Buckley's eam 29 - 17 and in the other semi Kim Weston's team defeated Peter Caldwell's team 20 - 19.

In the final played in the afternoon Graeme Clarke ably supported by Wayne Fogarty and Geoff Venables were to hot for John Vincent, Tony Gray and Kim Weston and won by 27 - 15.

The draw for the Major Pairs was conducted this weekend and the draw is on the noticeboard, first and second round games will be played on Sunday 18th December 2011.

A report on the Club Pairs follows: Round 1 and Round 2 games were played on Sunday and in Round 1 games M Frezza and G D'Amico def M Storta and W Lodge, T Croker and R Lowe def B Seears and P Cannell, K Weston and P Caldwell def N McGregor and G Clarke, P Marsicano and R Russell def M Mayhew and D Jarvis. In round 2 games the results are as follows: R Wainwright and J Fletcher def S seears and M Buckley, P Harris and O Russell def C Peuker and D Steinfort, W Fogarty and I Mondello def D Freebody and R Hassall, G Venables and G Cox def S Roncelli and J Sajina, M Frezza and G D'Amico def T Croker and R Lowe, K Weston and P Caldwell def P Marsicano and R Russell. Round 3 matches are scheduled and must be played on or before 31 Dec 2011.

Round 3 matches resulted in wins for R Wainwright and J Fletcher, W Fogarty and I Mondello, G Venables and G Cox and T Gray and J Schoon. The semi-finals and final will be played on the weekend of 21 January and the games are W Fogarty and I Mondello V G Venables and G Cox and T Gray and J Schoon V R Wainwright and J Fletcher.The results of the semis were G Venables and G Cox Def W Fogarty and I Mondello and R Wainwright and J Fletcher def T Gray and J Schoon. The final was a no contest with Venables and Cox racing to a 22 - 4 lead after 10 ends and then Fletcher pulled the pin. 

The Major singles will also commence on that weekend with all first and second round matches to be completed.

Some games have been played in the Major Singles and the results so far are

Neil McGregor def Gordon Cox

Ignazio Mondello def Jim Fletcher

John Schoon def Dennis Steinfort

John schoon def Jack Sajina

Ross Russell def Wayne Lodge

G Venables def R Wainwright

T Croker def D Jarvis

B Seears def M Buckley

T Gray def C Peuker 

G Clarke def N Wallace

G Venables def D Freebody

P Cannell def K Goodwin

P Cannell def R Hassell

P Marsicano def T Gray

Most matches have been played up to final 16. All these matches up to quarter final status will be played on the weekend of 4 February.

 And then there were nine. Results of last weeks singles games are as follows:

Peter Caldwell def Graham Clarke 

"Red" Robinson def Peter Marsicano

Brian Seears def Terry Croker

John Schoon def Peter Harris

Ross Russell def Ignazio Mondello

Geoff Venables def Mick Mayhew

Mel Storta def Neil McGregor

On the weekend of 18th Feb Mel Storta will play Kim Weston in a morning match with the winner to play Paul Cannell in one quarter Final. The other matches in the afternoon will be:

P Caldwell Vs "Red" Roberson

Geoff Venables Vs B Seears

R Russell Vs J Schoon