Sport
6 March, 2026
Magpies soar to premiership
CAMPERDOWN Magpies’ division one midweek team scored the amalgamated club’s first premiership flag.
The team defeated Winchelsea 68-51 last Tuesday, winning all rinks.
Craig Skene’s rink of Fred Salmon, John O’Donohue and Kel Edwards set the tone when they came from behind to defeat Rhys Jeff’s rink 23-20.
Maria Van Someren continued the charge when her rink of Len Searle, Henry Henderson and Greg Edwards defeated Ray Thompson’s rink 25-13.
Peter Reilly’s rink of Barry Atchison, Vicki Brebner and Janet Molan completed the rout with a 20-18 win over Pip Wards’ rink.
This was a great effort by the Magpies, who were well down early but fought back to be one shot down at the afternoon tea break.
After the break, Winchelsea skipped out to an eight shot lead but the magpies were not to be out down and Craig Skene’s rink completely turned their rink around which played a major part in the overall win.
The whole team, and club, celebrated long and hard after the win.
In the midweek division two grand final, the Magpies took on Cressy.
Although they fought hard all day, Cressy proved why they only lost one game for the season, winning the flag 70-59.
Stan Adeney’s rink of Bab Boyd, Tim Spokes and Rene Wyles were defeated by Neville Keating’s rink 18-24.
Ron Simcox’s rink of Brad Wilson, Pam Atchison and Les Pearson were defeated by John Spry’s rink 21-23.
It has been a great season for division two who came from third on the ladder to reach the grand final.
In last weekend’s pennant grand finals, the Magpies’ division two and three teams both lost their games.
Division two went down to Lorne 80-106 while division three lost to Colac 64-90.
In division two on Saturday, Fred Salmon’s rink of Andrew Anderson, Kevin Russell and Greg Edwards finished off a great season by being the only winning rink on the day.
They defeated Peter Jacob’s rink 31-23.
The Magpies have had a great season, winning 11 of the 16 games played.
They lost four consecutive games mid-season but regrouped well to make the grand final.
The division three team took on Colac on their home green last Friday night and in front of a large crowd went down 64-90.
Darren Page’s rink of Peter James, Pam Atchison and Steve Lucas were the only winners, defeating Trevor Carr’s rink 22-19.
They also have had a great season, making the grand final after sneaking into fourth spot by winning the last home and away game of the season.
The Magpies also had their over 60s playing in the grand final last Tuesday.
They took on Terang at the Mortlake club and brought home the shield, winning 50-32.
The rink of Herm Brebner, Graeme Chamberlain and Gerard Broderick had a nine shot win over Norm Wynd’s rink, 24-15.
Tom Hose’s rink of David Coverdale and Pip Robertson completed a great day for the club, defeating Noel Uebergang’s rink 26-17.
The final night of the Corporate Challenge was held last Monday.
The winners on the night were Gary Fryers Painting from Weerite United, with GBM Technology in third.
The overall winners were Concrete Petroleum on 110 points ahead of Southwest Electrical on 95, with Brush Strokes third on 95.
Congratulations to everyone who represented the Magpies this season.
The club can certainly be proud of its achievements and can look forward to the next season with confidence.
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