{"id":528172,"date":"2026-03-09T05:19:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T05:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/528172\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T05:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T05:19:22","slug":"redlegs-pip-golf-in-gripping-gvpa-division-one-decider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/528172\/","title":{"rendered":"Redlegs pip Golf in gripping GVPA division one decider"},"content":{"rendered":"

The grand final remained undecided until the closing ends after the Redlegs had to withstand a determined Golf comeback that had spectators on the edge of their seats.<\/p>\n

It was Tally, however, who rose to the occasion in the thrilling finale after scores were level with five ends remaining, with the Mitch Sidebottom-skipped rink of Rod Still, David Turkovic, and Derek Anderson putting the icing on the cake of a famous 86-78 victory.<\/p>\n

In claiming the 2025-26 Shield, Tallygaroopna also put the heartbreak of last year\u2019s defeat behind them, and proud Redlegs\u2019 skip Mark Ryan said it was a \u201cperfect\u201d way to end the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a really good feeling,\u201d Ryan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a good year and finished on top, and to get the job done on the last day of the year was perfect.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey gave it a real good surge and late in the game they just got their head in front of us.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could have been one of those ones where you just throw the flag up and say we did our best, but we went the complete opposite.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe dug right in when it counted.\u201d<\/p>\n

With strong contingents behind the two competing clubs, the on green action didn\u2019t disappoint.<\/p>\n

Shepparton Golf\u2019s Brent Reiner and Tallygaroopna\u2019s David Daws engaged in an entertaining first rink, with Reiner\u2019s four escaping with a one-shot victory.<\/p>\n

John Gribble overturned a five-shot deficit to claim the only other winning rink for Golf 22-13, but Mark Ryan kept the Redlegs ticking along with a 23-17 triumph over Kris Ferguson.<\/p>\n

Still, Golf kept coming.<\/p>\n

Sidebottom and Orr remained the final rink to play, going blow-for-blow before the latter helped retake the lead by a single shot on the 80th end of the game.<\/p>\n

The Redlegs\u2019 quartet kept their cool \u2013 Sidebottom clinched nine shots to none on the final four ends to claim the rink 28-16 and, more importantly, the premiership for Tallygaroopna.<\/p>\n

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\n Shepparton Golf’s Wayne Doger.
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\n Shepparton Golf’s Wayne Gribble gets his shot away.
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\n Shepparton Golf’s Malcolm Williams lines up his path to the jack.
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\n Tallygaroopna’s Brandon Baldwin locks on.
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\n Tallygaroopna’s Tom Goodwin.
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\n Tallygaroopna’s Peter O’Dwyer gets down low.
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\n Shepparton Golf’s Neville Manton.
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\n Tallygaroopna’s Derek Anderson.
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\n Shepparton Golf’s Peter Fairgrieve.
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\u201cWe were all square with four ends to go in the Mitch Sidebottom rink against arguably the best bowler in the state Brad Orr,\u201d Ryan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor that rink to perform as well as they did, Derek Anderson and David Turkovic were unbelievable in the last four ends.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a fantastic finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryan also paid tribute to the green travelling support, saying a \u201cunited\u201d supporter base helped the side get across the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really united,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a strong fanbase on Saturday which was huge. It really pushed our team over the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cCouldn\u2019t have been prouder of the club.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once again the premiers of the Goulburn Valley Playing Area, the club\u2019s attention now turns to Wednesday evening and a showdown against Numurkah Golf in the Goulburn Murray Bowls Region pennant championship.<\/p>\n

The winner will progress to the state pennant championship against premiers from across the state, with the clash set to take place at Cobram Bowls Club on Wednesday, March 11 from 6pm.<\/p>\n

Division weekend pennant grand final<\/p>\n

Tallygaroopna 14-86 def Shepparton Golf 4-78<\/p>\n

Rink 1: David Daws 22 lt Brent Reiner 23<\/p>\n

Rink 2: Guy Madigan 13 lt John Gribble 22<\/p>\n

Rink 3: Mitch Sidebottom 28 def Brad Orr 16<\/p>\n

Rink 4: Mark Ryan 23 def Kris Ferguson 17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The grand final remained undecided until the closing ends after the Redlegs had to withstand a determined Golf…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-528172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}