WITH the RVBA home-and-away games finished for the year, Hampton Park Bowls Club is preparing for the finals.
Its Division 3 side finished on top and will play fourth-placed Mordialloc at home in a must-win game for the Parkers.
The Division 5 side finished third and will play Coatsville on its home turf in another must-win game.
Promotion for both sides depends on this one game on Saturday.
Division 3 played away at Edithvale, going down by just four shots to the home side.
In a hotly contested game, Ron Beverly, Neville Hendrie, Mark Paton and skip Geoff Ladner stuck to a slim lead to win by three shots.
Sixteen shots down at the tea break was too much for Sean McDonald, Ken Cobden, Zac Storm and skip Ian Bartlett to make, going down by 12 shots.
Tom Kirkpatrick, Jeff Crozier, Geoff Ampt and skip Lionel Williams were just five shots short of a win.
A couple of really good ends shot Jim Westwell, Lance Davis, Andrew Brandolin and skip Graham Slight to a 10-shot win.
Hampton Park 4-93 was defeated by Edithvale 14-97.
Division 5 played its last game at home against Dandenong Club and snuck in for a win by eight shots.
Russell Stannard, Pat Moevasa, Ray Wood and skip Rob Woff fought off a late challenge to win by one shot.
A late slump by Keith McCarthy, Fred McBrian, Alan Wilcock and skip Bill Webb left them nine shots short.
With 25 shots to three in the second half, Vince Kovacic, Allan March, Ray Leggett and skip Paul Barna bolted away to a 23-shot win.
Les Unwin, Keith Damon, Bob Nicol and skip Bob Naismith lost a six on the last end to go down by seven shots.
Hampton Park 14-105 defeated Dandenong Club 4-97.
The Electric Light game played at Dandenong City ended in a draw.
Sean McDonald, Ray Wood, Christine Hendrie and skip Geoff Ladner got up by two shots, while Len Bell, Ann Westwell, Neville Hendrie and skip Geoff Ampt drew.
Bob Naismith, Ray Leggett, Jim Westwell and skip Lance Davis went down by two shots.
Hampton Park 6-59 drew with Dandenong City 6-59.
Parkers set for finals
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