Toni Brooksby, Maxine Norton, Lindsay Franklin and Joanne Bovell (s) trailed by four shots with three ends to play, but then picked up seven shots to win 21 shots to 18.
Division 3 scored a comfortable 13 shot victory over Moama, 39 shots to 26.
Caryn Hillier’s rink lost by a solitary shot, but Winnie Pattinson, Peter Harris, Lee Pattinson and Joy McArthur (s) cruised home to win 25 shots to 11.
For this Friday’s semi finals, skips cars will leave at 8.30am and 7.45am respectively. Teams are as follows:
Div 1 v Rich River, at Mathoura — T Brooksby, M Norton, L Franklin, J Bovell (s); I McKenzie, J Tonta, T Danckert, L Harris (s); G Nisbet, R Little, S Laing, J Grimshaw (s).
Div 3 v Mathoura, at Echuca – W Pattinson, P Harris, L Pattinson, J McArthur (s); B Leetham, C Bradley, M Law, C Hillier (s).
The weekend pennant action saw Division 1 hosting top side Echuca and needing to win at least one rink to ensure a finals berth.
Jamie Shields’ side conceded seven shots on the last three ends to lose by that margin, and Simon Chisholm’s rink lost 22 shots to eight.
It was then left to the combination of Rob Morris, John Flisher, Peter Chadderton and Shane Laing (s) to ‘‘bring home the bacon’’, and they duly delivered with a hard-fought 18-13 victory.
Echuca took the overall win 58-42, but the locals had done enough to retain their top four spot and will host Rich River on Saturday.
Division 2 were thumped by Moama, 79 shots to 40, but still have a finals chance. They have the chance to atone when they take on the same team on Saturday, at Rich River.
Division 3 scored a comfortable 73-45 win against Echuca, but just missed out on finals action.
Glenn Thomson’s rink took control late to prevail 24 shots to 16, and Lee Hillier’s side just failed in going down 19-18.
The final group of Mike Donohue, Kevin Keane, Alan Hardcastle and Lee Pattinson (s) led 20 shots to three after 10 ends, and continued on their merry way to score a thumping win, 31 shots to 10.
Division 4B just prevailed against Mathoura Blue 39-36, but also missed the finals.
Col Knuckey’s side lost 21-18, but Ian Chessells, Mick Atley, Keith Hay and Mark Law finished strongly to win 21-15.
All are reminded that both Division 1 semi finals are at Deniliquin on Saturday, with two top class matches in the offing.
The club’s B grade singles championship was recently decided, with Kevin Keane just edging out Stuart Treble in a thriller.
Keane charged out of the blocks to lead 14-2, and then not long after by 19 shots to seven.
Treble rallied magnificently from there, and looked set for victory while leading 24 shots to 21.
Keane trailed the jack through beautifully on the final end however, to pick up four shots and prevail by the barest of margins, 25 shots to 24.
