Geraldton
CONGRATULATIONS
To Geraldton for winning the 1st Division tournament.
To Geraldton for winning the 8th Division tournament.
To Geraldton for winning the 9th Division tournament.
Geraldton has a relatively small population of 19054 - most of them were away in May competing at Country Week in Perth. In 2009, Geraldton nominated a massive 10 teams to compete throughout each of the 9 divisions - and those teams didn't go home unrewarded, securing wins in divisions 1, 8 and 9. Not only that - but 12 of the Geraldton players managed to secure third place or higher in their individual points. There must simply be something in the water at Geraldton !!! Click on the links below to see Geraldton's results for each division.
Division 1 - 1st place
Jason Doyle, Luke Foster, Mathew Franceschini, Adrian Lancaster and Michael Scarpuzza.
Congratulations to Jason Doyle who scored the highest individual % (80) for Division 1.
Congratulations to Mathew Franceschini who scored the equal second highest individual % (73.33) for Division 1.
Division 2 - 4th place
Keith Bastion, Pino Faugno, Russell Hancock, Eddie McGuire and Graeme Tuffley.
Congratulations to Graeme Tuffley who scored the highest individual % (80) for Division 2.
Division 3 - 4th place
Alan Branch, Bradley Dawson, Francine Jackson, Aaron Steer and Nigel Sumner.
Division 4 - 3rd place
Peter Buck, Paul Cremin, John Nestoridis, Geoff Sherlock and Chris Simmons.
Congratulations to Peter Buck who scored the equal second highest individual % (66.67) for Division 4.
Division 5 - 3rd place
Ray Butler, Stephen Chalk, Frank Fondacaro, Bruce Hancock and Scott Maluish.
Congratulations to Bruce Hancock who scored the second highest individual % (80) for Division 5.
Division 6 - 3rd place
Frank Franceschini, Jayson Kelly, Barry Walker, Des Walker and Carl Wilton.
Congratulations to Carl Wilton who scored the equal highest individual % (73.33) for Division 6.
Division 7 - 2nd place
Ron Bertelsen, Steven Broadbent, Paul Bursik, Billi Dimovska and Wayne Stacey.
Congratulations to Ron Bertelsen who scored the equal second highest individual % (73.33) for Division 7.
Division 8 - 1st place
Dean Kariers, Kenneth Ryder, Hayden Scanlon, Hannu Tuoma and Troy White.
Congratulations to Kenneth Ryder who scored the highest individual % (86.67) for Division 8.
Division 9 (Gold) - 1st place
Marc Gilmour, Jemma Hinge, Troy Hutchinson, Ron Kipps and Adele Mills.
Congratulations to Mark Gilmour who scored the highest individual % (80) for Division 9.
Congratulations to Ron Kipps who scored the equal second highest individual % (73.33) for Division 9.
Congratulations to Jemma Hinge who scored the equal third highest individual % (66.67) for Division 9.
Division 9 (Black) - 3rd place
Sandra Currie, Martin Elks, Rudi Geibl, Craig Thompson and Di Wynhorst.
Congratulations to Martin Elks who scored the equal third highest individual & (66.67) for Division 9.
Playing Pool in Geraldton
The Geraldton Italian Club, located on 8th Street is hosts a range of major and minor pool competitions (phone 9964 1486).
If you'd like to know more about playing pool in Geraldton, speak with Adrian Lancaster on 0400 180 130 or email adrian@com.au
About Geraldton
Located 424 km north of Perth (via the Brand Highway), Geraldton is the largest town in the Central West region and one of the most attractive centres in Western Australia. It has the double advantage of being the seaside resort for the wheat farmers from the dry hinterland and, with an average of 8 hours sunshine every day, being Western Australia's most popular winter resort. Equally, while small townships like Cervantes, Jurien and Port Gregory have lobster fleets, Geraldton has the largest lobster fleet on the west coast where they are harvested and exported world wide.
Geraldton is called 'Sun City' for good reason - known for its sunny days all year round which offers the perfect tourist destination for those looking for an offshore swell, kite and board surfing as well as windsurfing.
HMAS Memorial
Situated on Mount Scott, and overlooking the town, this unusual and impressive memorial consists of a large cast metal cupola cut into the form of thousands of birds in flight, with an anchor suspended from the middle, all resting upon a series of white pillars. It commemorates the deaths of the entire crew of the HMAS Sydney (645 men) on November 11, 1941, in an exchange with the German raider Kormoran. The confrontation occurred in the Indian Ocean. The German vessel initially identified herself falsely as a Dutch ship, then opened fire with guns and torpedo when asked to give a secret call sign. Return fire led to the Kormoran's crew abandoning ship. 78 of its 393 were also killed.
Today the Abrolhos are home to lobster fishermen and their families who sustain the island's multimillion dollar rock lobster industry. The islands are controlled by the WA Fisheries Department and CALM. There are tours which go out to the Abrolhos from Geraldton but no visitor is allowed to stay the night on any of the islands.
http://www.geraldtonau.com/
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