RACECOURSE have won arguably one of the most crucial matches of the season as they destroyed second-placed Kerang to keep their finals hopes in the inaugural Northern Valley Premier League burning.
In a victory rewarded with the maximum-available 12 points, Racecourse was by far the team in control as they won on all three rinks and had the most shots overall to win comfortably with 90 shots to Kerang’s 50 shots.
Now there is only three points in it between Racecourse on 67, fourth-placed Murray Downs on 68 and third-placed Barham on 70, setting up an exciting final two home-and-away rounds.
In what could be considered unfortunate timing, Racecourse will this weekend face Cohuna Golf, by far the team to beat this season.
However, the match-up presents an opportunity for the finals aspirants to pull off a significant upset on the top side’s home green.
Elsewhere at the weekend, Murray Downs went on the road to face Barham.
After what was considered as a very even match, Murray Downs just barely managed to defeat Barham on points, as they had the most shots overall with 58 while Barham was just behind with 56.
In terms of rinks, Barham won two out of the three, as both teams were pushing to the limit to get the edge in the race for finals.
Barham will this weekend host last-placed Kerang Golf, which appears to give Barham a chance to win the most points available and maintain their grip on finals.
Murray Downs will be on the road again to face Kerang, and the Rams will be hoping to have a strong performance like Racecourse so they can hold onto fourth place.
In the weekend’s other match, Cohuna Golf smashed Kerang Golf to continue their immaculate season with 12 straight wins.
The victors claimed another 10 points on the ladder by winning two rinks and having the most shots available with 92 points, while Kerang Golf only had 52 points.
With more and more wins coming in, Cohuna Golf are by far the favourite to win the competition.
