By Casey O'Connor
The Stanthorpe mallet players finally got on the court last week. Association games were played on Tuesday (2 Nov).
Grace Howard was very slowly away and trailed opponents Sharyn Roser and Joy Newman in the early stages of the game. Newman showed her experience and skill by managing a difficult peel on her first shot of this game. She showed she was in good form when she scored another peel on hoop three later in the morning. (A peel is when both balls are scored through the hoop in the one play. It is a manoeuvre requiring pinpoint accuracy).
Grace Howard began a late run in fact a run of two, followed by a run of five hoops in a row. She surged to the lead and kicked away to win 26-19. Roser had one run of two in the game.
Golf Croquet was played the next day.
Shirley Page (3), Jennifer Gleadhill (3), and Kathy Hopgood proved too strong for opponents Bev Sullivan (5), Shirley Evans (1), and Di Wren (1) in the opening game. Everyone agreed Hopgood was in top form. Sullivan showed her skill at long shots when she scored a hole in one.
In the second game Hopgood’s good form continued. Her seven coupled with Sullivan’s four ensured a comfortable win over Gleadhill (3), Wren (4) and Page (0). Topping off a good day on the court, Cathy Hopgood also scored a hole in one.
