2020/21 champions: Alan Arter, Kevin Adams, Lindsay Marsh
Championship sponsored by Tyrepower​
THE unexpected heroics from a team assembled at the last minute emphatically ended in the final against opposition who were just about unplayable. Geoff Hay, Eddie Eaton and Norm Davison can hold their heads high despite an almighty thrashing from Lindsay Marsh, Kevin Adams and Alan Arter in a game that finished three ends from the allotted 21 ends with the score on 29-5. The underdogs won just three of the 18 ends but in the previous two rounds they had beaten quality opposition in Ian Edgar, Clive de Ridder, Peter Blake, Ray Slimper, Ronnie Futter and Steve Szonyi. They exceeded their expectations and once a substantial difference had built up there was no way back. Alan and Lindsay were winning their second title of the season - the mixed pairs and mixed fours respectively. Lindsay and Kevin also lost in the pairs final. Plate final: Graeme Winter, Steve Appleton, Bob Gillian beat Bill Yeats, Len Paterson, Barry Whinfield 17-3 (abandoned after nine ends - heat). A SIDE assembled at the last minute to make up the numbers - and which changed again before the first round - reached the New Year final in convincing fashion. Geoff Hay, who has had a dream start at his new club, Eddie Eaton and Norm Davison, who agreed to step in when Bill Kell pulled out, had the game in the bag on 16 ends. They led Ray Slimper, Ronnie Futter and Steve Szonyi 20-10 before conceding twos on the final ends for a 20-14 victory. Geoff has now played three pennant games and two triples... and won the lot since he move from Joondalup. The other semi final was on a tightrope for most of the game with 15 of the 18 ends decided by a single shot before Lindsay Marsh, Kevin Adams, by far the man of the match, and Alan Arter beat Les Mikowiec, Morrie Slot and Brian Barron 14-8. The only three came on the first end for Les, Morrie and Brian, who started promisingly with a 6-2 lead on six ends. They didn't score again until the 14th end when they trailed 6-10 as Lindsay challenged them with minimum length ends. The man to take advantage was Kevin with immaculate draw bowling. Reverting to maximum lengths, Brian's rink got to within two (8-10) before Lindsay and Kevin, beaten finalists in the pairs a few weeks ago, and Alan deservedly reached the final. Plate: Graeme Winter, Steve Appleton, Bob Gillian beat Ian Edgar, Peter Blake, Clive de Ridder 25-10; Bill Yeats, Len Paterson, Barry Whinfield beat Sergio Sanabria, Karl Schuller, Fred Emmerton 17-13. BARRY WHINFIELD, Len Paterson and Bill Yeats tried to engineer their own version of The Great Escape, after being hopelessly adrift, 1-22, on ten ends of the opening round against Lindsay Marsh, Kevin Adams and Alan Arter. Of course, they didn't manage it but gained a degree of self respect by pulling up to 16-25, although the four shots on the last end were meaningless as the game was already lost. Another team to get a big score - five shots - when the game was over was that of Ian Edgar, Clive de Ridder and Peter Blake, who would have been expected to beat newcomer Geoff Hay, Eddie Eaton and Norm Davison, who agreed to step in when Bill Kell pulled out. Geoff, Eddie and Norm raced into an 11-0 lead (six ends), laying the foundation for what was technically a 21-12 victory with an end to spare. One game that did finish early - 16 ends - saw Les Mikowiec, making a welcome return to action after a replacement knee op, Morrie Slot and Brian Barron win 25-10 over Karl Schuller, Sergio Sanabria and Fred Emmerton. It was the first competitive game of the season for Les, showing little sign of rust, and giving the promising Karl a masterclass in draw bowling. The one game that produced a classic saw Ray Slimper, Ronnie Futter and Steve Szonyi pull back from an unpromising 7-12 tp dominate the closing stages to win 18-14 over Graeme Winter, Steve Appleton and Bob Gillian. On 16 ends the scored were locked at 14-14 but a three put Steve's team in command. A ragged last end opened the door but Bob's men failed to capitalise.