Trafalgar scored a vital win in division one on Saturday as they took down the top team in Traralgon.
Division one: Trafalgar 16/73 defeated Traralgon 2/64.
William McIlwain's crew led early but allowed Traralgon back into the game. Despite a strong finish Trafalgar lost 16/19.
Nathan Cook's team kept Traralgon under control all day for a seven shot win, 19/12, giving them rink of the week status.
Matt Schreyer's rink had a six-end drought in the early stages of the game and were down 6/9 on the 10th. From here they outscored Traralgon 12/8 to finish with a great one-shot win 18/17.
Chris Bortignon's team led all day for a superb 20/16 win.
William McIlwain (skip), Ian Miles, Graham Hill and Kyen Jenkins lost 16/19.
Nathan Cook (skip), David Cook, Wayne Hurst and Peter Rosenboom won 19/12
Matt Schreyer (skip), Tim Fraser, Edward Kuklinsky and Noel Rubenstein won 18/17
Chris Bortignon (skip) Adam Proctor, Mathew Leicester and Paul Dawson won 20/16.
Division three: Trafalgar (2) 0/58 lost to Newborough (3) 18/101.
Peter Jonas' rink was at eight-all on the 11th end and at 17-all on the 20th only to drop two shots on the last end to go down 17/19.
Steve Lodge's team was only down 10/13 on the 13th but the opposition after scoring a seven on the 14th finished off the better, defeating Traf 14/28.
Frank Farrugia's team was seven-all on the eighth and 13-all on the 14th but could not hold on and went down 16/21.
Bruce Giles' team was close early, but after end 11 it was a one-way street ending with an 11/33 loss.
Peter Jonas (skip), Alex Brodie, Luke McFarlane and Daniel Quine lost 17/19.
Steve Lodge (skip), Mal Clymo, Peter Watson and Tony Dawson lost 14/28.
Frank Farrugia (skip), Barry Leicester, Billy Nisbet and Anthony Dalgleish lost 16/21.
Bruce Giles (skip), Terry Robertson, Sean Tatterson and Col Carmichael lost 11/33.
Division five: Trafalgar (3) lost to Garfield (2) 14/80.
On Derek Jones's rink scores were level on three occasions. A five-shot haul on the 16th gave Trafalgar the momentum to pull away to win by seven shots 23/16. The seven-shot win made Derek's team equal winners of rink of the week.
Darryl Horner's team was holding the opposition and were 8/9 on end seven but was then outscored 7/24, going down 15/33.
Paul Gridley's rink had no answer to a strong Garfield side going down 11/31.
Derek Jones (skip), Peter Dart, Xavier Schreyer and Shirley Melsen won 23/16.
Darryl Horner (skip), Sue Robinson, Ken Davy and Kathy Geisler lost 15/33.
Paul Gridley (skip), Helen Robertson, Lincoln Fraser and Larry Heenan lost 11/31.
Division six: Trafalgar (4) 10/46 defeated Newborough (4) 0/41.
Ian McCartney's team was down by 13 shots on the 12th end but came home outscoring Newburgh 19/2 for a 24/20 victory.
Travis Jenkins team got away to a flyer and by the 14th end had a 13-shot lead.
Newborough held Trafalgar scoreless for the next six ends and on the 20th Traf was trailing 20/21. Travis's team held their cool, scoring two for a one-shot win 22/21.
Ian McCartney (skip), Rob Connell, Dennis McGrath and Margaret Moss won 24/20.
Travis Jenkins (skip), Noel Morland, Mary Holdsworth and Rosalyn Blew won 22/21.
Midweek
Trafalgar got off to a bad start in the new year, losing all three divisions on Tuesday.
Division one: Trafalgar 2/52 lost to Morwell Club 14/53.
Matt Schreyer's rink was a seesaw affair and despite a late comeback went down 17/20.
Adam Proctor's team got away to a good start with a five on the fourth end and led all day for a 22/18 win.
Ian Miles' rink was close all day, ending with a narrow two-shot loss 13/15.
Matt Schreyer (skip), Edward Kuklinsky, Heather Taylor, Mary Holdsworth lost 17/20.
Adam Proctor (skip), Paul Dawson, Helen Robertson, Sue Robinson won 22/18.
Ian Miles (skip), Matt Ogilvie, Noel Rubenstein, Tim Fraser lost 13/15.
Division two: Trafalgar (2) 0/47 lost to Newborough (2) 16/65.
Peter Watson's, Wayne Hurst's and Rob Matthews' teams all let the opposition get away in the early part of the match and despite putting up a good fight were unable to bridge the gaps, going down by six, three and nine shots respectively.
Peter Watson (skip), Pat Tatterson, Lyn Hill and Tony Dawson lost 18/24.
Wayne Hurst (skip), David Wilson, Margaret Moss and Joanna Reekie lost 16/19.
Rob Matthews (skip), Paul Gridley, Sean Tatterson and Rob Connell lost 13/22.
Division five: Trafalgar (3) 0/31 lost to Yallourn North 10/58.
Darryl Horner's and Greg Sephton's teams, despite some moments of brilliance, were no match for top undefeated side Yallourn North.
Darryl Horner (skip), Lyn Sephton, Denise Fenton and Noel Moreland lost 15/29.
Greg Sephton (skip), Graeme Ralls, Rosalyn Blew and Bev Webb lost 16/29.
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