Sport
17 October, 2025
Pennant powerhouses take early lead
Dunolly Blue and Highland Tartan have cemented themselves as the early frontrunners for the midweek pennant after scoring commanding victories on Tuesday to remain undefeated.
Reigning premiers Highland Tartan achieved the result of the round with a statement win against Carisbrook 110-29.
Gregory Shay and Harvey Pearce did the bulk of the damage for Tartan, with Shay defeating Patricia Stancombe 47-8 and Pearce taking care of Laurence Cassidy 38-7.
Roy Pickering showed some fight for Carisbrook, but Garry Coburn proved too good in the end, winning 25-14.
Despite Tartan’s comfortable victory, Dunolly Blue remain on top of the midweek pennant ladder after a strong performance against Avoca 96-25.
Alan Weir set the tone for Dunolly Blue, taking his rink against Ann Loosmore 40-3. Tony Galofaro followed suit against Geoff Loosmore 28-9 and Chris Williams completed the sweep by defeating Loralee Field 28-13.
After opening their season with a tight defeat against Avoca, Dunolly Gold earned their first win of the season in dramatic fashion over Highland Gold 54-51.
Highland Gold looked poised to take the match points after winning two rinks with Tilleke Wadeson besting Debbie Wintle 24-14 and Rhonda Watkins holding on against Charles Spiteri 16-15.
Wayne Stephens turned the tide for the visitors, leading Dunolly Gold to an overall victory thanks to a 25-11 triumph against Paul Gothard.
Despite losing two rinks, an outstanding performance from Chris Crossley allowed Talbot to leave Maryborough Golf with a 65-50 win, a sweet slice of vengeance after Golf knocked Talbot out of the finals last season.
While Crossley’s 37-16 win against Graeme Orr gave Talbot the match, Golf were able to salvage four points from two tightly contested rinks that could’ve gone either way.
Francis Smith was victorious against Barbara Crossley, 18-14, and Kort Gay took a low-scoring affair over Robert Jackson, 16-14.
The midweek pennant now turns its attention to round three, as teams will look to catch up some ground created by Dunolly Blue and Highland Tartan.
Ladder-leaders Dunolly Blue will take on their trickiest test to date when they play another finals participant from last season, Talbot.
Tartan will look to match Dunolly Blue’s round two result when they travel to play Avoca.
Tartan’s round two opponents, Carisbrook, will look to dust themselves off from their convincing round two defeat when they host Dunolly Gold.
After both teams suffered tight losses on Tuesday, the cross-town battle between Maryborough Golf and Highland Gold will mean more than just local bragging rights as they look to start their season strongly.