HAMPTON Park played host to Keysborough in Saturday’s Royal Victorian Bowls Association Division 4 Section 6 Pennant competition, with all rinks recording a win.
The biggest margin for the day was scored by Jim Westwell, Jeff Crozier, Andrew Brandolin and skip Geoff Ladner, 37-8.
Les Unwin, Ken Cobden, Robert Naismith and skip Graham Slight stayed in control to win by 12 shots, 32-20.
It took 24 ends for Sean McDonald, Larry Simpson, Zac Storm and skip Neville Hendrie to get one shot in front with the game decided on the skip drawing his last bowl, 20-18.
A high 72 shots was scored on rink four with Pat Moevasa, Lance Davis, Geoff Ampt and skip Bob Woodfield accounting for 50 of them with a 50-22 win.
Score: Hampton Park 18/139 d Keysborough 0/68.
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The trip to Boronia was not a good one as all Hampton Park rinks failed to record a win.
Jos Van Hout, Paul Barna, Allan March and skip Rob Woff played catch-up all day missing 21-18.
Being 19 shots down after nine ends was too much for Lino Da Pos, Mark Paton, Bernie Bruggeman and skip Alan Wilcock to make up, going down 30-24.
Gerry Cox, Ray Wood, Keith Damon and skip Robert Nicol had the daunting task of trying to make up 23 shots in last nine ends, but fell 30-21.
Winning only eight ends left Ray Leggett, Greg Pentland, Rob Meany and skip Fred McBrian shellshocked with their 19-shot loss, 34-15.
Score: Boronia 18/115 d Hampton Park 0/78.
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Mentone d Hampton Park 2/102 to 0/93 at Mentone.
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A win for Hampton Park on two rinks was not enough to prevent Mulgrave CC getting the overall points.
Bruce Pointon, Jim Westwell, Lance Davis and skip Geoff Ladner got off to a poor start and were unable to come back, losing 23-11.
A good fightback had Keith McCarthy, Keith Damon, Ann Westwell and skip Geoff Ampt getting over the line by two shots, 23-21.
Ray Wood, Sean McDonald, Andrew Brandolin and skip Graham Slight got their noses in front and stayed there, winning 21-18.
Score: Mulgrave CC 8/62 d Hampton Park 4/55.
