Premier League Catup Week 2 plus Rounds 20 and 21
Catch Up Week 2
With the state team still away it was a week of catch up fixtures with 6 of the 12 players in action. For the first time this season a player registered an overall average for the evening of over 100, well done Damon 100.30 for the night having played 3 matches, 23 legs in total. Averages of 103, 99.63 and 96.97 against Lewis, Peter and Joe respectively, great form. The pick of the evening’s games was between Damo (103.0) and Lewis (96.02), 6-4 to Damo with 2 180’s each, 121 peg from Damo and 103 for Lewis. Two draws for Graham, the first with Peter in the battle for
Averages of 103, 99.63 and 96.97 against Lewis, Peter and Joe respectively, great form. The pick of the evening’s games was between Damo (103.0) and Lewis (96.02), 6-4 to Damo with 2 180’s each, 121 peg from Damo and 103 for Lewis. Two draws for Graham, the first with Peter in the battle for 8th spot and a place in the finals up for grabs. Pete led 4-2 only for Graham to win the next 3 to go 5-4 up, Pete winning the final leg in 5 shots to share the points. Nothing separating the two players in the averages with both 82+ and a 180 each.
Week 20
Well done to the WA State Team on their win at the Australian Championships, three of the four premier league representatives were back in action on week 20 Tim, Mick and Kimmy, with Brad staying over in Townsville for a bit of extra sun. Onto the games with some outstanding individual game performances on the night, the highlight being Damon’s 107.36 in 6-0 win against Tim, 7 180’s shared between the two of them, Damo 4 and Timmy 3.
Kim Lewis wasn’t far behind with a thumping 104 average in a 6-2 win against Dave (88.15) including 2 180’s for Kim and the top peg of the night a tremendous 160 out. Kim followed that up with two more wins, 6-1 against Graham and a 6-4 win against the in form Damon Heta. Pegs of 107 and 106 for Damo and a 116 for Kim in a high quality match. Tim Pusey registered a 6-2 win over Lewis with a 93.02 average and other ton plus finishes for Lewis 105, Dave 114 and Kim 120.
A total of 18 180’s on the night a good return from the 9 players in action, Kim leading the way with 6 closely followed by Damo with 5.
Week 21
Work commitments and holidays resulted in only three competitive fixtures in week 21 as the season draws to a close and the battle for ladder position hots up. Lewis won his game against Steve, 6-3 which included 3 180’s from Lewis. Kim beat Matt 6-1 and Peter beat Steve in the final game of this week, with some good pegs of 106 and 114.
With players returning for the final game week (22) next week, normal service will be resumed. There will be two further catch up weeks for players to play their remaining fixtures before the grand final line up is announced following completion of the matches on September 06th. The top 8 players will qualify for the Grand Finals to be played on 13th September, 7.30 start, so get down and watch the action and see who will be crowned the inaugural FDDA Premier League Champion for 2017.
| Name | Played | Highest Peg | 180’s | Average | W | D | L | Points |
| Kim Lewis | 41 | 160 | 42 | 83.23 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 66 |
| Damon Heta | 34 | 160 | 48 | 92.19 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 61 |
| Brad Austen | 34 | 142 | 26 | 83.69 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 59 |
| Tim Pusey | 39 | 126 | 47 | 87.37 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 55 |
| Dave Charnock | 41 | 156 | 29 | 79.20 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 52 |
| Lewis Kirk | 43 | 156 | 36 | 78.83 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 43 |
| Mick Zdun | 41 | 155 | 19 | 76.43 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 41 |
| Peter Sutton | 43 | 143 | 21 | 76.44 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 33 |
| Matt Brown | 41 | 156 | 13 | 71.20 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 26 |
| Graham Parker | 35 | 156 | 16 | 74.50 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 25 |
| Steve Doherty | 41 | 164 | 10 | 65.37 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 8 |
| Joe Salter | 41 | 117 | 9 | 64.26 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 5 |