Category: 2023/2024 Reports
MIDWEEK PENNANT – GRAND FINALS – END OF SEASON 2023/24
Two of Pakenham’s three Midweek teams competed in Sectional Grand Finals at Berwick last week. Pakenham Two (Div 3) played near neighbour Cardinia Waters’ number one side. On the last occasion that these sides met, in a Semi–Final at Pakenham, the Lions won by 15 shots with two rinks up and the other all square…
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MIDWEEK PENNANT FINALS – SEASON 2023/24
All three of Pakenham’s Midweek sides featured in this year’s finals. By finishing second on the ladder, Pakenham One (Div 1) qualified for the Second Semi-Final played at Clayton (top of the ladder) last Tuesday. Berwick One (third) played Keysborough One (fourth) in Semi-Final One at Berwick – with the loser bowing out, that game…
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WEEKEND PENNANT SEMI-FINALS – SEASON 2023/24
Pakenham’s Third and Fourth Weekend sides both played home semi-finals on Saturday. Pakenham Three (Div 5) played Narre Warren Five, a team which had beaten them in both of the home and away games of the 2023/24 season. Pakenham had finished third on the ladder, narrowly ahead of Narre. The Lions faced an uphill battle…
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WEEKEND PENNANT ROUND 14 – SEASON 2023/24
SATURDAY Pakenham One (Div 1) were up against it at Beaumaris on Saturday, tackling the ladder leaders on their home ground in the last game of the home and away season – and the game developed pretty much as might have been predicted. After the first twenty ends, with 26 shots to 11, the Sharks…
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WEEKEND PENNANT ROUND 13 – SEASON 2023/24
SATURDAY Pakenham One (Div 1) sixth on the ladder, were home to Cranbourne One, the team which sat just one point above them in fifth, for what appeared to be a very winnable game. Cranbourne were up and about and very vocal from the word go but after the first twenty ends it was Pakenham,…
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WEEKEND PENNANT ROUND 12 – SEASON 2023/24
SATURDAY Pakenham’s Div 1 side should be swabbed – after knocking off the ladder leaders in round 11, they were brought crashing back to earth last Saturday with a loss to the bottom side, Berwick. There was no indication early in that game of what was to come – after the first twenty ends the…
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WEEKEND PENNANT ROUND 11 – SEASON 2023/24
Both the Weekend and Midweek Pennant competitions were back in full swing this past week. SATURDAY So far this season, Pakenham One (Div 1) have elected to play their home games out in the elements on the fast(er) Crowley Green in the belief that it may have provided a small home ground advantage. Last Saturday…
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WEEKEND PENNANT ROUND 10 – SEASON 2023/24
SATURDAY Weekend Pennant resumed after the Christmas break last Saturday. Midweek Pennant resumes on Tuesday 23 January. Pakenham One (Div 1) was at home to Clayton Two, a team above it on the ladder (although only by two points) but one which it had beaten in round three. From the outset, their encounter looked as…
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MIDWEEK PENNANT ROUND 9 – SEASON 2023/24
Pakenham’s Midweek teams rounded out 2023 on a high, with all three sides posting wins on the last Tuesday before Christmas. Pakenham One (Div 1) (third on the ladder) was away at Burden Park (fifth) for a game that it had to win in order to retain a spot in the top four. The Lions…
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WEEKEND PENNANT ROUND 9 – SEASON 2023/24
SATURDAY After last week’s good win against Mulgrave, Pakenham’s Division One players might have been forgiven for thinking that they had seen the last of their habit of losing close games by less than a handful of shots. Hower the gremlins returned last Saturday, this time in the shape of a three shot loss at…
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