HAMPTON PARK BOWLS
IT was a disappointing week all round for Hampton Park Bowls Club, with five out of the six pennant teams losing.
Despite a narrow three-shot loss to Keysborough on Tuesday, the division one team still sits on top of the ladder. The scores were level with three ends to go but Keysborough scored singles on each end to win.
The team of G. Ladner, A. Westwell, N. Hendrie and C. Hendrie had a hard day, not being able to hit the lead and losing 13-23. S. Collins, H. Naismith, A. Brandolin and E. Smith had a good early lead but slipped after lunch to win by one shot, 27-26. G. Ampt, P. Hayden, D. Eastick and H. Lambert were behind early but fought back, and only lost one end after lunch to win 17-11.
Hampton Park (1) 4-57 lost to Keysborough (1) 12-60
Division two travelled to Cardinia Waters for another very close loss, also by three shots.
The team of J. Slater, G. Clough, M. Battaglia and B. Nicol won 17-15; G. Graafsma, J. Damon, K. Goold and R. Woff won 23-17; but J. Sherry, I. Kitt, R. Wood and K. Damon went down 13-24.
Hampton Park (2) 4-53 lost to Cardinia Waters (2) 12-56.
Division two played at Narre Warren on Saturday, where two rinks were successful. G. Ampt, J. Nunan, S. Michallef and S. Collins led narrowly all day to win 20-14. S. Hardy, M. Paton, P. Hayden and Z. Storm scored five on the last two ends to win 18-15; I. Bartlett, N. Hendrie, S. Barnes and A. Brandolin lost the last four ends to lose 19-20; while G. Lander, C. Hendrie, L. Simpson and W. Hardy lost 30-15.
Hampton Park (1) 4-72 lost to Narre Warren (1) 14-79.
The winning team was the division four team against Noble Park (2) at Hampton Park.
The team of C. Barnes, M. Battaglia, S. McDonald and R. Woff lost 12-22. R. Pallett, E. Smith, J. Westwell and R. Beverly dropped a two on the last end to lose 16-17. Winning rinks were H. Naismith, J. Damon, D. Eastick and H. Lambert 24-12; and the biggest winner for the week was V. Kovacic, J. Van Hout, M. Smith and K. Cobden who won 32-10.
Hampton Park (2) 14-84 defeated Noble Park (2) 4-61.
Also at home was division six against Berwick (6).
The team of L. Unwin, L. Soligo, K. Goold and J. Collins lost 13-25; G. Cox, T. Harbright, B. Nicol and I. Kitt lost 14-17; A. Ottaway, G. Clough, J. Wright and R. Wood were just downed 21-23; and J. Sherry, K. Damon, B. Holden and B. Webb lost 12-24.
With the help of substitute players to fill the team, division eight had their closest game to date, losing by just four shots at Narre Warren.
L. O’Brien (sub), W. Grimsey, R. Oost and C. Richards won 24-17, but H. McCarthy (sub), J. Slater, B. Pointon and G. Wilson lost 12-23. Their first win is closer than ever.
Hampton Park (4) 2-36 lost to Narre Warren (4) 12-40.
On Friday, the third round of the Casey Bowls District over-60s was played at Cranbourne RSL where Neville Hendrie and Geoff Ampt were playing for spots in the semi-finals.
Hendrie lost 7-21, but Ampt ramped things up and won 21-8 to advance to Sunday’s semi-final.
Sunday was semi-final day for both singles and pairs.
Hampton Park was represented in both with Ian Bartlett and John Nunan in the pairs and Geoff Ampt in the singles.
Ampt had an excellent semi-final, scoring double figures before his opponent was on the scoreboard. In the final, scores were fairly even until mid-game and Geoff was able to surge to the front and win 21-13.
In the morning semi-final, Bartlett and Nunan had a convincing win. This set up another Hampton Park v Narre Warren clash. The pairs were a great game. Needing three on the last end, Bartlett and Nunan could only manage two. In the extra end the Narre pair scored a two to win 15-13.
