HAWKS TAKE FIRM GRIP ON TOP SPOT IN WOMEN’S NINES

ORANGE Hawks are almost certain to be the highest-ranked team going into CRL Western Region Women’s Nines finals day after another perfect outing in Rounds 5 and 6 at Caltex Park, Dubbo on Saturday, October 14.

Hawks defeated Dubbo Westside 24-10 with Kaitlyn Phillips and Sally Dwyer bagging doubles and then won its second match via forfeit against Dubbo Macquarie.

It now means Hawks are six from six and hold a four-point lead at the top of the table.

With clubs electing to play a finals series rather than Rounds 9 and10 in the fifth and final week of the competition, it means Hawks (12 points) are virtually untouchable due to its impressive +98 points difference.

Bathurst St Pat’s and Mountain View Misfits also had great days to shoot up the competition table.

St Pat’s led 12-4 when its match against former leaders Dubbo CYMS was called off at half-time before the blue and whites accounted for Dubbo Macquarie 22-6.

It moved the Bathurst side from third to second on the table.

Meredith Jones posted two tries across the day and leads the competition tally with eight.

However, Saints would be delighted that six individual try-scorers found their way on the team sheet from seven four-pointers scored on Saturday.

Mountain View Misfits certainly don’t look out of place in the league with three straight wins after starting the 2017 competition with a hat-trick of defeats.

Tori Canham helped herself to 24 points across the day and now leads the competition point-scoring (34).

Mountain View, an eclectic mix of Castlereagh League Tag players from Baradine, Coonamble and Coonabarabran sponsored by Tooraweenah’s Mountain View Hotel, beat Oberon-Nyngan 32-nil and Dubbo Westside 20-12.

With the finals series locked in and uncertainly about the availability of some clubs next Saturday, a new draw for Rounds 7 and 8 at University Oval, Bathurst on October 21 will be released later this week.

CRL WOMEN’S WESTERN NINES RESULTS:

SATURDAY, 14 MAY at CALTEX PARK, DUBBO

BATHURST ST PAT’S 12 (Meredith Jones, Elise Woods tries; Amy Copping 2 goals) defeated DUBBO CYMS 4 (Rhianna Sutherland try)

MOUNTAIN VIEW MISFITS 32 (Tori Canham, Stephanie Bowling, Taylee Milgate, Katie Kelly, Samantha Turnbull, Kirbie Ewers tries; Canham 4 goals) defeated OBERON-NYNGAN 0

BATHURST ST PAT’S 22 (Meredith Jones, Bronte Emanuel, Tamara Thompson, Haylee Lepaio, Demi Chapman tries; Amy Copping goal) defeated DUBBO MACQUARIE 6 (Sedia Towney-Elemes try; Kaitlyn Mason goal)

ORANGE HAWKS 24 (Kaitlyn Phillips 2, Sally Dwyer 2, Emily McDonald tries; Rebecca Ford 2 goals) defeated DUBBO WESTSIDE 10 (Tasha Shaw, Maggie Townsend tries; Tarlee Roberts goal)

MOUNTAIN VIEW MISFITS 20 (Tori Canham 2, Katie Kelly, Jay Ewers tries; Canham 2 goals) defeated DUBBO WESTSIDE 12 (Maggie Townsend, Te Gotty-Ogden, April Townsend tries)

ORANGE HAWKS defeated DUBBO MACQUARIE on forfeit (Recorded as 16-0 win to Hawks)

OBERON-NYNGAN defeated DUBBO CYMS on forfeit (Recorded as 16-0 win to Hawks)

UNOFFICIAL

CRL WESTERN REGION

WOMENS NINES TABLE

AFTER ROUND SIX (subject to change):

ORANGE HAWKS: 12 competition points, +98 points difference

BATHURST ST PATS: 8, +70

DUBBO CYMS: 8, +58

MOUNTAIN VIEW: 6, 0

OBERON-NYNGAN: 6, -56

DUBBO WESTSIDE: 4, -16

WELLINGTON: 2, -80

DUBBO MACQUARIE 0, -106

TOP POINT-SCORERS

CRL WESTERN REGION

WOMENS NINES

AFTER ROUND SIX

Tori Canham (Mountain View Misfits) 4 tries, 9 goals, 34 points

Meredith Jones (Bathurst St Pat’s) 8T, 0G; 32 pts

Sophie Stammers (Orange Hawks) 7T, 1G; 30 pts

Tarlee Roberts (Dubbo Westside) 2T, 8G; 24 pts

Rikka Lamb-Lane (Dubbo CYMS) 5T, 1G; 22pts

Mish Somers (Bathurst St Pats) 3T, 5G; 22pts

Registrations are open for this year.  A registration and information day (and free barbecue) will be held on Saturday 21st October from 12 until 2pm.

This year several club swimmers achieved Junior Excellence (JX) Awards.  

Under the Program, swimmers aged from 9 to 13 years who accomplish times set by Swimming Australia qualify at Gold, Silver, Bronze or Green standard, depending on their best performance/s during the season.  

Club swimmers who qualified for these awards were Anastasia Walsh, Abbie Smith, Xander Wood, Will Black, Harrison Gudgeon, Jack Buchanan, Jayne Boland, Matthew Wales and Tyler Martin all received green awards.  

Bill Quarmby swam times to achieve a bronze level.  

A special mention to Rory Quarmby who qualified for gold level in the junior excellence program.

The first Friday night swim is scheduled for Friday 28th October – hopefully the pool will have warmed up by then.