Saturday Pennant finals picture complete

BY MICHELLE TAIT

 

PREMIER

VICTORIA finish the season on top of the ladder with 175 points and scrapped home against Buninyong, 65-59. Ballarat had a convincing win over Creswick, 99-53, good enough for second overall with 172 points. Webbcona, on 157 points finished third, despite losing to Learmonth, 81-64. Sebastopol kept Learmonth out of the top four by defeating Central Wendouree, 75-72. Sebas finish take the last finals spot on 130 points.

BMS 80 defeated Mount Xavier 71

D Vagg, A Bedggood, B Traill and W Whitehead 32 d D lamb 18. P Widgery, D Lindsay, L Trounce and D Berry 26 d C McDonald 25. J Bedggood, R Otto, R Dickinson and R Bedggood 22 lt P McGrath 28.

Central Wendouree 72 lost to Sebastopol 75

I Long, I Forbes, L Vincent (m) and T Gutteridge 19 lt F Reus, P Lovell, A Jones, G Sargent 33. Kerry Watts, R Bolton, Kim Watts and C Johnson 27 d J Garvin, M Gannon, B Carter and A Holland 22. N Fell, T Lee, J Nimmo and C Wright 26 d N Sutherland, S Bottrell, S Topp and I Warner 20.

Buninyong 59 lost to Victoria 65

N Innes 17 lt W Lynch 28. M Story 20 d S Haynes 19. B Wilcock 22 d B Clark 18.

Creswick 53 lost to Ballarat 99

F Saxby, M Booth, S Pope and G Flapper 22 lt Z Stewart 23. T Booth, G Antonio, T Blackburn and S Hepworth 14 lt W Lennecke 37. R Cooper, E Huntley, T Hedger and A Annear 17 lt B Fothergill 39.

Learmonth 81 defeated Webbcona 64

T Griffin, F Lennecke, G Plier and R Powell 26 d C Steenhuis, K Eppingstall, C Young and B McArthur 19. C Powell, M Casey, B Rowe and D Pike 21 lt A Van der Ploeg, G Gullock, T Clarke and L McArthur 26. C Findlay, B Pym, L Davey and D Kelly 34 d F Clarke, H Worsley, G Johnson and T Lange 19.

 

DIVISION 1

City Oval hold first on 214 points and had a good win against Smeaton, 103-80. Linton finished in second on 206 points and defeated Webbcona, 95-84. Midlands secured a one-shot win over Sebastopol, 86-85 and take third with 187 points. They will play Smeaton next week who took in fourth on 148 points.

Sebastopol 85 lost to Midlands 86

S Cassells, I Mcbain, K Urch and D Cassells 18 lt D Speechley 22. P Adam, I Harvey, W Matthews and W Bedggood 22 lt J Croft 24. G Worsley, N Lloyd-Jones, M Mcdonnell and G Green 18 d R Lock17. P Shaw, T Beacham, N Morris and I Hedger 27 d P Considine 23.

Webbcona 84 lost to Linton 95

K Frost, M Collins, D Anderton and N Mahoney 27 d C Williams 16. J Grieve, A Marshall, W Pattie and M Alpen 18 d C Grenfell 17.  S Bromilow, S Cook, R Edwards and J Shepherd 22 lt P Wilson 33. R Rimmington, D Pattie, G Van Kessel and M Collins 17 lt B Williams 29.

Smeaton 80 lost to City Oval 103

K Clohesy, G May, D Toose and AMcKee 23 d M Brown, C Deans, K Magrath and M Walton 22. G Perry, R Briggs, R Mizzeni and C McKee 15 lt T O’Farrell, J Harman, I Robinson and W Roberts 30. R Leishman, J McNaught, J Gervasoni and J Taylor 20 lt P Cameron, L McKenzie, M Firman and G Mann  28. P Kersley, P Sewell, G Toose and G Pickering 22 lt K Nunn, K Lynch, B Morris and H Fumberger 23.

Waubra 103 defeated Avenue 83

P Clark, J Macdonald, L Kennedy and A Briody 30 d L Foot, D Lyons, T Bowtell and F Pomeroy 12. C Gallagher, E Kennedy, P Kennedy and N Peoples 25 d A Dickson, C Hawken, S Wilson, B Hawken 21. P Goldsmith, J Molloy, J Stepnell and L Steven 20 lt B Kamp, A Hewitt, G Kay and S Sullivan 28. J Coloe, B Molloy, S Cashin and L Molloy 28 d B Staal, C Bowtell, G Coughlan and M Russell 22.

Beaufort 105 defeated Ballarat East 87

G Carson, P Anderson, W Wereszczuk and S Wereszczuk 34 d T Driscoll 18. S Trengove, L Quinton, I Price and V Dunn 31 d M Ryan 15. J Cameron, K Emmett, C Milenkovic and R Quinton d J Dean 21. L Pongho, D Stanaway, R Pongho, S Pongho lt D Anwyl 33.

 

DIVISION 2

Victoria finish in first with 203 points despite losing by three shots to second placed BMS who closed out the season 198 points. Both teams face off again next week fighting for a spot in the grand final. Ballarat North defeated City Oval, 94-83, and end in third on 179 points. Invermay lost to Ballarat, 123-94, but hold fourth with 173 points.

 

DIVISION 3

Central Wendouree defeated the ladder leaders Bungaree, 100-81 but miss the finals by two points. Creswick had a win against Linton, 97-72, good enough for second. Learmonth lost to Avenue by one-shot yet hold onto third with 182 points. Midlands defeated Smeaton, 113-94, and finish in fourth on 169 points.

 

DIVISION 4

Victoria were too strong for Buninyong, 119-60 and finish top of the table with 217 points. BMS defeated City Oval, 104-79, and end in second on 209 points. Sebastopol defeated Central Wendouree, 103-88 and take third with 193 points. They face City Oval next week who close out the final four on 177 points.

 

DIVISION 5

Victoria end the season with 196 points and in first, they also beat Learmonth, 91-87. Midlands hold second on 181 points despite losing to Creswick, 116-91. Smeaton defeated City Oval, 100-97, and finish in third with 179 points. They’ll face Creswick next week who finished in fourth on 177 points.

 

DIVISION 6

BMS finish top with 214 points and defeated Central Wendouree, 95-73. Ballarat North downed Sebastopol, 120-69 and closed out second on 200 points. Bungaree defeated Clunes, 98-85, and end in third at 181 points. Clunes sneak into fourth on percentage over Central Wendouree. Both finished on 153 points.

 

DIVISION 7

Linton end on top with 222 points. Ballarat defeated Victoria, 115-63, and take second with 218 points. Buninyong were too strong for Midlands, 131-68, and finish third on 168 points. Ballan hold onto fourth despite losing to Mount Xavier, 92-68.

 

DIVISION 8

Waubra end the season in first place with 165 points and defeated Smeaton, 60-42. Daylesford beat Ballarat North, 56-45 and take second with 159 points. Ballarat North drop down to third on 154 points, beating Central Wendouree on percentage as they complete the top four positions.