Narrogin eight-ball teams command to land A-grade and B-grade wins in Great Southern Classic
![A-grade victors Narrogin 1’s Mark Gooley, Scott Cochrane, David Shanks and Adam Symonds.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-14562358/4b9cf141cc709ba2ba2a24780a2a177bce069291-16x9-x0y1347w4284h2410.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
The Great Southern Classic came to a close at the Katanning Pool Hall at the weekend with Narrogin 1 winning both the A-grade and B-grade eight-ball competition.
In the A-grade comp Narrogin 1’s Mark Gooley, Scott Cochrane, David Shanks and Adam Symonds claimed victory on 24 points while B-grade honours went to Narrogin 1’s Stuart Budd, Charlie Hoskin, Jake Hiscock and Rodney Johnson on 23, one point ahead of joint runners-up Narrogin 2 and Katanning 1.
Things got under way on May 3 with a great evening of action at the ‘Dutch’ doubles.
![B-grade champs Narrogin1’s Stuart Budd, Charlie Hoskin, Jake Hiscock and Rodney Johnson.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-14562358/b0c9e89e081a7fd7f052d9526f460e321c8b30db.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
Plate winners were Kim Michaels and Amber Chilton, with Adam Symonds and Alan Arnolds finishing a close second.
Alby Michaels and Ben Smid claimed the doubles major ahead of runners-up Mark Gooley and Stuart Budd.
The final round of the Great Southern Classic kicked off on May 4 with Katanning, Albany and Narrogin fielding two teams each across both grades.
![A-grade venue winners Albany1's Ken Skinner finished on 75 in Katanning.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-14562358/4523555b1dcb417d36f53b71b07361e0c1b588c6.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
In the A-grade division, Albany took out the venue win on a solid 10 points, followed by Narrogin 1 on 8 points.
Albany’s Ken Skinner and Narrogin’s Mark Gooley finished on 75 per cent and Katanning’s Kim Michael and Aaron Parnell both finished with a percentage of 55.
In B-grade, Katanning 1 and Narrogin 1 shared the venue win on nine points each and Narrogin 2 were runners-up.
![B-grade Singles winner Narrogin’s Stephen Webb.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-14562358/78c4b859cb15653deeed92fb5f06b3f2f789c88c.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
Kade Maley finished on 80 per cent for Narrogin, Katanning’s Ben Smid came in with a percentage of 75 and best for Albany on 70 per cent was Bev Mableson.
The A-grade singles winner was Ken Skinner on 72 per cent with the B-grade taken out by Stephen Webb on 73 per cent.
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