Players,
Tolly has sent in the following match report from the Div 5 and 4 State of Origin clash last week:
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The Basement was the venue for the first round of State of Origin and the atmosphere was pumping right from the word GO!
Both sides went through the formalities and then it was GAME ON!
5th Div was co-capt., by Marg for the Potters and Steve Phillips for the Gunners.
Leading the way for the 1st 3 frames were the Gunners, but Potters came back with there own 3 wins to level out the score before the Gunners came back to lead the first rnd 5/3.
First two frames into the 2nd rnd saw the Potters come back to once again level scores and then in the next 6 frames both sides winning 3 each to keep the scores level at 8 frames all.
3rd rnd, the MONEY rnd as a lot of us know it to be in eightball terms, was a near perfect rnd for the Potters with only one loss..end of rnd 3, Potters are in the lead 15/9.
Round 4 saw the Potters take out the next 5 frames before the Guns charged back to win the last 3 frames of the rnd. Good effort by the Gunners, but SORRY Guns, on this night NOT good enough..Final score – 20/12.
4th Div was a different ‘kettle of fish’. Much louder than 5th Div and I think drinking a LOT more grog, they were fairly much in CRUISE mode for the whole match.
Taking nothing away from the Gunners though, they gave the Potters some very challenging frames for the ‘taking’.
1st rnd had the Potters in a comfortable lead, but by no means were the Guns out of contention at this stage of the game..5/3.
The first 4 frames of rnd 2 – Potters, and then 3 out of the next 4 frames, went to the Guns..10/6 – Potters.
Round 3 saw the Potters take out the next 6 frames and the WIN..16/8.
Potters went on continuing as they started, racking up another 5 frames in the next 8..Final score – 21/11.
Commiserations to the Gunners, and major Congrats to the Potters!
Great team effort from both Divs and the ‘bar’ has now been set!
State of Origin is truly in ‘travel’ mode my friends, and we are in for a ‘cracker’ of a competition!
Thankyou to those who came to give support and don’t forget to come and support our 2nd and 3rd Div Teams next week at the Kaleen Pub.
Regards
Tolly Auva’a
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