Sport
31 October, 2025
Midweek Pennant surpasses quarter point
With over a quarter of the midweek pennant already completed, teams have begun to cement their positions, with Dunolly Blue, Highland Tartan and Maryborough Golf the early contenders.
Dunolly Blue currently holds the advantage in first, maintaining their unbeaten opening to their campaign with an 84-42 victory away to Carisbrook.
The ladder-leaders took control of the contest quickly, with Alan Weir vanquishing Carisbrook’s Denise Matic 28-12 and Tony Galofaro defeating Patricia Stancombe 29-10.
Chris Williams was forced to work hard to complete the sweep for Dunolly Blue, but eventually overcame Judy Cassidy 27-20.
Even with Dunolly Blue’s perfect quartet of opening games, reigning premiers Highland Tartan continue to breathe down their necks after an impressive 92-38 win against their title rivals’ sister team, Dunolly Gold.
Gregory Shay impressed in a 31-13 triumph versus Debbie Wintle and his Tartan teammates followed suit, with Garry Coburn over-powering Charles Spiteri 35-11 and Harvey Pearce too good for Wayne Stephens 26-14.
Maryborough Golf kept them-selves in touching distance of the top two by defeating an improving Avoca 67-42.
The contest was much closer than the final scoreline suggests, with Golf’s Francis Smith managing to hold off Geoff Loosmore 19-16 and Kort Gay taking a nail-biter versus Ian Proctor 20-15.
Graeme Orr emphatically completed the sweep for Golf with a commanding 28-11 triumph against Ann Loosmore.
Talbot has recovered quickly from their dominating defeat to Dunolly Blue last week by taking a back-and-forth match against Highland Gold 53-50.
With Highland Gold’s Jeanette Oliver defeating Barbara Crossley 22-9 and Talbot’s Chris Crossley getting the better of Dennis Prosser 21-13, the match came down to the final rink, with Highland Gold holding a slight lead.
With everything to play for, Peter McLaughlan delivered for Talbot with a 23-15 win against Tilleke Wadeson, giving his team an 11-point buffer inside the top four.
The midweek pennant will continue to accelerate heading into round five, headlined by a cross-town encounter between contenders Highland Tartan and Maryborough Golf.
Tartan won back-to-back midweek premierships at Golf’s expense last season, saving their best to last with a 91-38 victory.
Round five will also see the battle of Dunolly as Dunolly Blue takes on Dunolly Gold.
Highland Gold aims to end their search for an opening victory when they host Carisbrook, while Talbot will look to increase their gap on teams outside the top four when they travel to play Avoca.