THE BRAIDWOOD SERVICEMENS CLUB BEARS DOWN 20-12 HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF STORMED HOME TO DEFEAT THE BUNGENDORE TIGERS 30 -20 AT THE REC ON SATURDAY ARVO. SPURRED ON BY A HUGE VOCAL CROWD THE BEARS RECORDED THEIR BEST WIN TO DATE AND HAVE ALL BUT WRAPPED UP THIRD POSITION WITH STILL TWO GAMES REMAINING PRIOR TO THE SEMI-FINALS. THE BEARS SCORED 5 TRIES TO BUNGENDORES 4 AND LED 12-10 AT HALF TIME.
COACH STEVE PIPER WAS VERY HAPPY WITH RACKING UP A WIN AGAINST THE TIGERS WHO UNTIL SATURDAY HAD ONLY LOST ONE GAME THIS SEASON AND THAT WAS TO WEST-BELCONNEN , WHO THE BEARS COMPREHENSIVELY BEAT THE SATUR DAY BEFORE .
DANIEL BACKHOUSE SCORED FIRST AFTER HE BACKED UP A STEVE NEWSOME BREAK BOUNGENDORE REPLIED WITH TWO TRIES ,THEN 5/8 JAMES EVANS TOOK AN INTERCEPT AND RACED AWAY TO SCORE UNDER THE POSTS. THE SECOND HALF SAW THE TIGERS CROSS FOR ANOTHER TWOTRIES AND IT LOOKED FAIRLY SAD FOR THE BEARS AND THEIER SUPPORTERS BUT ADAM DIXON -TWICE- BURST THROUGH THE TIGERS CENTRES TO SCORE TO GRAB BACK THE LEAD AND THEN WITH 3 MINUTES REMAINING DANIEL BACKHOUSE LATCHED ONTO A JIMMY EVANS FLICKPASS AND CRASHED OVER FOR HIS SECOND FOUR POINTER AFTER THE BEARS BACKS PUT ON A GRAET ATTACKING RAID FROM 30METRES OUT. BACKHOUSE WAS KNOCKED OUT FROM A LATE HIT AFTER HE GROUNDED THE BALL AND THE REFEREE AWARDED AN PENALTY AFTER THE CONVERSION WHICH GAVE THE BEARS THEIR 30-20 WINNING SCORELINE.
THE BEST AND FAIREST JUDGE HAD A TOUGH JOB AFTER SUCH A GREAT TEAM EFFORT IN KNOCKING OFF THE COMP LEADERS . THE BENDIGO BANKS BEST & FAIREST WENT TO ADAM DIXON [3] FOR HIS DOUBLE , HIS OUSTANDING DEFENSIVE EFFORT AND THE YARDAGE HE GAINED EVERY TIME HE TOUCHED THE BALL. DICKO ALSO [PICKED UP THE PLAYERS PLAYER AWARD WITH AN AMAZING 13 VOTES FOR HIS INSPIRATIONAL GAME. JAMES GREEN DEFENSIVE EFFOERT IN THE BACKROW AND HIS INSPIRATIONAL CHARGES CLOSE TO THE RUCK EARNED HIM 2POINTS WITH JIMMY EVANS OUTSTANDING GAME AT 5/8 SETTING UP HIS OUTSIDE MEN , HIS PINPOINT KICKING GAME AND SOLIDDEFENSIVE GAVE HIM 1POINT. BIG STEVE CLARKE WAS THE COACHES CHIOCE FOR HIS AWARD . CLARKIE MADE NEARLY 200 METRES IN HIT UPS AND TACKLED HIMSELF TO A STANDSTILL. CAPTAIN STEVE NEWSOME SAID AFTER THE MATCH THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST GUTSIEST TEAM EFFORTS HE HAD EVER BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH AND IT HELD THE BEARS IN GOOD STED WITH THE SEMIS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
IT WAS THEN GREAT TO SEE THE BEARS CLAP THE REDBACKS ONTO THE PADDOCK AND THEN FOR THEM TO MAKE IT A GREAT DOUBLE WITH A TOP WIN OVER THE SHARKS. WELL DONE BOYS. THE ROOSTER GRANT WOOD RAFFLE WAS WON BY BOB JONAS AND THE PICK-A-BEAR DIDN`T GO OFF AND NOW JACKPOTS TO $200.00
THE BRUCE STUART BUILDING SCOREBOARD BEARS 30 [ DIXON 2 TRIES, BACKHOUSE 2, EVANS 1AND McCARTHY 5 GOALS] TIGERS 20.
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