Senior’s Pennant R3 @ Yarrambat

Published on 22nd February 2023 in Uncategorized
 
YARRAMBAT BLUE
 
What a great Team effort and result for the Yarrambat Blue Team!
 
A  big improvement on last week’s results and reflective of how much difference a home ground advantage makes.
 
Winning 5 and drawing one out of 7 matches was a fantastic result. It may not be enough to get us into the final 4 playoff round next week at Heidelberg but I’m confident we will acquit ourselves well against whatever opposition we come up against. Pity there isn’t another qualifying round or 2 because the Blues were only just starting to hit their straps.  
 
Of note was Allan (Demon) Searl’s enormous win having to give away 11 shots and still smashing his opponent 8 and 6! 
 
Equally impressive was Gavin (Mr Steady) Pearce’s game managing to square the ledger after giving her his opponent a 21 shot startI What a great fightback!
 
Peter (The Devil) Devlin also continued on his merry way and Rob (The Hyphen) O’Connell’s red hot form does nothing but impress.
 
The Captain and VC closed out the day with good wins. A nice comeback after last weeks losses to both of them.
  
Overall it was a great day played in perfect conditions on an excellent golf course with really good and friendly competition. 
 
I would also like to acknowledge that the course was very well presented for our visitors and thank the manager and staff for an excellent lunch. Well done to all.
 
We now look forward to playing at Heidelberg against whatever opposition thrown at us!
 
Looking forward to Round 4!
 
Regards,
Mike Di Vincenzo
 
YARRAMBAT BLACK
 
 

A disappointing day for the Yarrambat Black stable at our perfectly presented home track (let’s not talk Corella’s) and with a couple of stable stars missing, a spot in the semi’s was there for the team’s taking but it was not to be, 3 wins, 1 half and 3 losses, all runners gave their all and despite having the best individual win/loss stats, we came up just short on the pesky team results!

Young Tommy did it again, 3 extraordinary powerful wins in a row, it’s looking very much like a picket fence, again jumping well from the gates, again giving away a massive 7 shots to ‘again’ easily defeat his opponent 3 and 1, apparently there was some talk, obviously scuttlebutt, that he was heading for a stud career but with form like this he will keep running around, he may even be nominated for The All Star Mile!

Mr. Gilly L, as expected was solid from start to finish and with his intricate knowledge of the track took this advantage to easily cruise to a comfortable win 2 and 1!

Mrs.Jacqui L, came back strong from her short spell, jumping well and jostling for most of the run drew away the last furlong for a super gutsy victory 1 up!

In the distance race of the day, the very last to finish, NICKTK went with the field and in what became a titanic battle, the lead changing several times in the straight, at the post the judge couldn’t separate them, a dead heat, all square!

You’re a Wimp Wilson shot out the barriers for an early 1 length lead but couldn’t maintain the stellar form of last week and weakened late in the straight to go down 2 and 1, there’s bound to be another post race swab happening here!

Brucey T was never really in the hunt, after tailing off early he did make some ground in the middle stages but was left flat footed when the field sprinted at the 6 hundred plodding past the post a 3 and 2 loss!

As for Mickydub (Wilson not Waters) our very own “Bold Personality” filling in for the late scratching of Micky MSW,  both highly priced imported colts, didn’t have much luck against a very in form galloper going down 5 and 4, but we all know weight can stop a train, will look for a claiming race next start!

So that’s it in a nutshell, all in all a great day was had by most, our underrated track in great nick, a fantastic convivial atmosphere on the 19th  with a straw poll among punters producing a huge majority thumbs up! Special thanks to Matt and Brock and all the Belgravia crew for the seamless and professional after event festivities, and the usual suspects at YGC Peter, John, Joe and the rest of the gang in the background!

We move on to next week at Royal Heidelberg where it looks as though there may be a Yarrambat v Yarrambat, now that will be interesting, especially the “Bragging rights”

Cheers for now, Wilso.    And Go Bats!

YARRAMBAT RED

Please find Yarrambat Red results from Monday with a report the team for this coming Monday at Heidelberg. 

Results 
Overall we had a great day at Yarrambat for the Reds. We were matched against the Box Hill Brumbies who where mostly high handicappers. Did Box Hill stack their other team with the low ones? Not sure.
 
I will say though the friendliness and mate-ship of this Box Hill group was fantastic. Ive even lined up to play my partner at Box Hill one day and visa versa. 
 
Talking high handicaps we mostly gave our opponents 6-7 shots. This did take away our home advantage but our team stood up. 
 
Sam ‘had a good player’ but I took him 3/2 ,
Chris was very excited about his 4/3 win and was very relaxed with his after drink,
Rod was ‘ Flying high’ with the 3/2 win,
Katsu was looking for a saki at the end and went down 2/1,
Carlos was ever steady with a speedy Gonzales approach and squared his round, and
I enjoyed a relaxed and fun round on my cart with my opponent David ( a huge Kate Ceberano fan ) actually I reckon he was so in awe playing with a celebrity that he cracked under pressure.
I won 4/3. Great day guys and cant wait for Heidelberg next week. 
 
Paul
 
(editor’s note: Shayne won 4&3 but apparently it didn’t leave much of an impression!) 

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