HAMPTON Park Bowls Club’s division-four side was outclassed when it played on grass for the first time this season at Berwick.
Andrew Brandolin, Lance Davis, Geoff Ampt and skip Bob Woodfield gave Berwick an 11 shot start and were unable to bridge the gap (18-30).
After a shaky start, Les Unwin, Ken Cobden, Robert Naismith and skip Graham Slight settled down to score the only win for the day (30-20).
As the game progressed, Pat Moevasa, Bernie Bruggeman, Larry Simpson and skip Neville Hendrie slowly slipped further behind (16-27).
Losing the first four and the last seven ends of the game made it hard for Jeff Crozier, Zac Storm, Lionel Williams and skip Geoff Ladner to beat their opponents (16-33).
Scores: Hampton Park 2-80 lost to Berwick 16-110.
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The division seven side played at home against Pakenham for a far better result.
Keith McCarthy, Ray Wood, Mark Paton and skip Alan Wilcock set the wheels in motion with a solid 20-shot win (39-19).
With a loss of only six ends, Wally Waterman, Allan Unwin, Keith Damon and skip Robert Nicol powered to a 34-shot win (45-11).
Gerry Cox, Greg Pentland, Rob Meany and skip Fred McBrian chipped away at the opposition’s lead to go down on the last end by two shots (21-23).
A good start and a steady finish set up a big win for Vince Kovacic, Paul Barna, Allan March and skip Rob Woff (40-13).
Scores: Hampton Park 16-145 d Pakenham 2-66.
