It was a good day on Saturday for Warragul, with three divisions recording wins in the hot, windy weather.
Division one: Warragul defeated Trafalgar 80/64
Bruce Thompson, Russell Carrick, Gaye Renn and Bill Clappers (skip) won 21/15.
This rink were behind until end 11, where they got a boost and then led all the way to the final end.
Lynne Thomas, Tony Wynd, Peter Gallasch and Gary Ingley (skip) won 28/7.
This team had a great day on the green and restricted Trafalgar to scoring on only 5 ends.
Matt Draisma, Terry Sullivan, Marg Ratcliffe and Rob Renn (skip) won 18/17.
Rob's team started off slowly and, by end 15, the score was 8/15 in Trafalgar's favour. However, Warragul managed to score a five on end 16. After managing to score on three of the last five ends, they took the win by one shot.
Ken Landman, Daniel Sheehan, David Smith and Graeme Davis (skip) lost 13/25.
This rink managed to be fairly competitive with Trafalgar, trailing by only three shots after end 18. However, the visitors scored nine shots on the last three ends to take the win.
With this win, Warragul is in sixth place on the ladder. However, there is only seven points between the bottom team and Warragul.
Division four: Warragul (2) defeated Churchill 83/76
Warragul travelled to Churchill, where three of the four rinks had wins.
Brian Kennedy, Lyn Morrison, Linda McCoy and David Gatewood (skip) won 25/18.
Churchill scored a two on the first end. Warragul then got started, with 11 shots on the next four ends. They continued to lead all the way to the end.
Heather Baker, George Mol, Glynis Mitchell and Greg Mitchell (skip) won 27/13.
This rink led all the way.
Bernie McIntosh, Ian Belling, Ken Scammell and Paul Simmons (skip) won 23/14.
This team flew out of the gate in great form and were 14/1 at end 10. However, they did not have it all their own way, with Churchill pegging them back to 18/14. Warragul then scored five on the last two ends to take the win.
Belinda "Binny" Slate, Peter Ellis, Des Stephens and David Ferguson (skip) lost 8/31.
This rink battled all day. They struck a very strong Churchill team, who had their best skip, which limited Warragul to scoring on only six ends.
With this win, Warragul is still at the top of the ladder, followed by Longwarry.
It comes down to the last game next week.
Whatever happens, Warragul will be in the top two teams on the ladder at the end of the season and ready for the finals. A great place to be.
Division five: Warragul (3) defeated Yallourn North (2) 93/29
Warragul hosted Yallourn North and scored a huge win.
There were no eights this week but still plenty of multiples on all rinks.
Adrian Helmuth, Bill Clark, Sharon Bull and Brent Grigg (skip) won 38/6.
Rob Park, Bob Harris, Lyn Lowe and Gabrielle Draisma (skip) won 22/10.
Bianca Sheehan, Rod Smith, Henny Schreyer and Roy Hammond (skip) won 33/13.
Warragul is sitting third on the ladder, with high prospects of being in the finals.
Division seven: Warragul (4) lost to Thorpdale (2) 35/38
With no forfeits, it was nice for both teams to have a game. However, both rinks had narrow losses.
Barry Downer, Glad Atkinson, Chris Wilkins and John Bell (skip) lost 19/20.
Magnus Percy, Lester Mason, Age Percy and Michael Cousens (skip) lost 16/18.
Warragul is sitting in fifth place on the ladder, with Thorpdale at the bottom in sixth.
However, both of these clubs had numerous forfeits during the season through lack of players.
Midweek
It was a tough Tuesday for Warragul, with two divisions recording a loss.
However, division four will be in the finals and division six is sitting in first place on the ladder with high hopes of a finals berth.
Division one: Warragul lost to Traralgon 43/74
Lynne Thomas, Gary Ingley, Gaye Renn and Rob Renn (skip) won 18/15.
Russell Carrick, Bill Clappers, Pat Hammond and Marg Ratcliffe (skip) lost 11/34.
Ken Landman, David Smith, Graeme Davis and Peter Gallasch (skip) lost 14/25.
Warragul is now seventh on the ladder. However, Moe is sitting at the bottom of the ladder, just 37 points behind Warragul.
Division four: Warragul (2) lost to Traralgon RSL (2) 56/61
Warragul travelled up to Traralgon RSL, where two rinks recorded wins in tight matches.
Matt Draisma, Ian Belling, Lyn Morrison and David Ferguson (skip) lost 13/28.
Tony Wynd, Bernie McIntosh, Paul Simmons and David Gatewood (skip) won 21/16.
Heather Baker, Bob Harris, Glynis Mitchell and Greg Mitchell (skip) won 22/17.
Warragul is now third on the ladder and will be in the finals.
Presently, Traralgon RSL is second on the ladder; one point ahead of Warragul.
This week, Traralgon RSL will travel down to Warragul and, hopefully, the home team will settle the score. A win will see Warragul back in second place.
Division six: Warragul (3) defeated Traralgon (5) 51/24
Pam Vickerman, Wes Newton, Gary Allen and Bill Clark (skip) won 31/14.
Sandra Porch, Chris Wilkins, Michael Cousens and Gabrielle Draisma (skip) won 20/10.
Warragul is in first place on the ladder with two matches to play before the end of the season. It is a tight race to the finals, with the top three teams having won seven games each.