On Saturday Monbulk 3, who finished third on the ladder and who had won their way into the Grand Final by defeating the second-placed Yarra Junction, played Cockatoo 1 who had finished first in a high-quality match at Monbulk.
Monbulk started the game well and after 5 ends had an overall lead of 2 shots. Alan Brooke’s rink was in good touch with Darren Ward leading well led by 3 shots. They then lost the next 3 ends to trail by 1 shot, but took back the lead on the 10th end and after the 11th end led by 2 shots. However, they dropped two multiples of 3 on the 13th and 14th ends to fall behind by 5 shots. They finished with a bang picking up 3 shots on the last end, but went down by 2 shots, 11 to 13.
Mike Harris’ rink was just 1 shot down after 5 ends with Yvonne Cowling putting in some excellent shots. The Cockatoo rink led by Scrooge Blythman then played some excellent shots to take the game away from Monbulk as they won the next 9 ends to open up a lead of 21 shots. Mike Harris put in some top shots but was unable to overcome his opponents eventually going down by 20 shots, 5 to 25.
This meant Cockatoo won the Grand final by 22 shots, 38 to 16.
