Lakelands\u2019 Senior Pennants campaign got off to a rocky start this week with all four teams playing away games and all losing \u2013 some badly whilst others were not too far off winning.<\/p>\n
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Our Green team ventured to Nedlands and on greens that were like glass, and in windy conditions, were defeated 5\/0. Peter Lock and Trevor Freeman were our best performer only being beaten 2 down. Coming off our own greens which have been sanded and are slow, made it difficult for all. Next week they travel to Wanneroo looking for an improved performance.<\/p>\n
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The Black team lead by Eamon Rogers fared no better. Also losing 5\/0. Their best loss was David Whitby and Bill Woodhams who took their match to the 16th<\/sup> hole going down 3 and 2.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Unfortunately for them their task doesn\u2019t get much better having to travel to Chequers next week\u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hopefully Eamon will have a full team this week. His causes weren\u2019t helped by one player pulling out in the days leading up to the first round. \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Phil Crannage\u2018s Red Team played Mt Lawley and although going down 4 and 1, the respective matches were in several cases very close and with some luck could have resulted in a different outcome. Two matches were squared (Stand in Captain Graham Parry and Terry Curtis, and John Boron and Dion Bromilow). Two other loses were 3 and 2. \u00a0Next week they have another away match at Chequers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finally, our best performing team, Blue Division, led by John Drummond, nearly pulled off a great win, but went down in a closely contested match against Mt Lawley 3\/2. Tony Saunders and Scott Blamey had a very good 4 and 3 win. Whilst halved matches were achieved by John Drummond with Steve Wells and Glen Hogan and Mo Shanks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our fixture draw this year is tough with all 4 teams playing their first three matches away, before returning to Lakelands for 3 homes games to finish off the year. Hopefully some teams will pinch an away win before we begin the run to the finals from home.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Good luck to all teams next week.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Roger Knight<\/p>\n Senior Pennant Co-ordinator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"