COMMONWEALTH
BANK
STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS
15 YEARS KINGAROY
28-31 MAY 1998
Carnival
convenor Tony Cush and Co. turned on ideal conditions at
Kingaroy, beautiful days and crisp nights setting the stage for a
memorable carnival at the T J O’Neill Oval. Could the new
Peninsula lineup rise to the challenge and claim their third
successive title?
Metro
North proved the party poopers and beat the reigning champions
out of contention in a semi final. North finished their carnival
debut in fine form, repeating their Opens effort as runners-up
after another cliff-hanger final which saw them go down to Grant
Bell’s Northern outfit.
Wooden
spooners last year in both 15s and Opens, North West provided an
undoubted highlight of the carnival when they beat fellow
battlers South West on day four, for their first carnival match
victory in three years.
The
championship finals produced an interesting twist, with the
defending Open and 15 Year champions Northern and Peninsula
trading their respective crowns and finishing fourth, after each
was beaten in a semi-final.
DAY 1 THURSDAY
Preliminary
Round
South Coast 26 (S Ennis 2, A Overend, S Law, T Mobbs
tries; K Kingston 2 goals) def Wide Bay 0. Half time: 22-0.
Player of match: Kevin Kingston, South Coast.
Peninsula
44 (D Gibson 3, E Simpson, N Oates, M Gulliver, M Horsford, M
Kidner tries; A Quagliata 2, W Enoch goals) def North West 0.
Half time: 18-0. Player of match: William Enoch, Peninsula.
Capricornia
42 (A Rothery 2, W Smith 2, E Ford, P Daly, D Pearson, B Murphy
tries; S Phillips 3, S Duncan 2 goals) def South West 8 (A
Garland 2 tries). Half time: 22-4. Player of match: Alan Rothery,
Capricornia.
Northern
22 (D Schoolderman, R Brunker, B Bowen, A Taylor, J Yasso tries;
J Nash 2 goals) def Darling Downs 8 (T Morris, R McElroy tries).
Half time: 12-4. Player of match: Michael Rose, Northern.
Sunshine
Coast 34 (A Zipf 2, D Shegog, S Bratby, L Coghill, C Ting, R
Carfantan tries;
L Coghill
2, M Hanlon goals) def Metro West 6 (B Heit try; A Simpson goal).
Half-time: 20-6. Player of match: Dale Newton, Sunshine Coast.
Metro
North 20 (J Webster 2, D Stagg, F Skeen tries; D Campbell 2
goals) d Metro East 10 (J Glendenning, L O'Reagan tries; C Smith,
J Glendenning goals). Half time: Metro North 8-4. Player of
match: Dane Campbell, Metro North.
Rankings
after preliminary round: Peninsula 1; Capricornia 2; Sunshine
Coast 3; South Coast 4; Northern 5; Metro North 6; Metro East 7;
Darling Downs 8; Wide Bay 9; Metro West 10; South West 11; North
West 12.