Lawn regains top spot

BY ABBY WALTER

Horsham Lawn is sitting on top of the pennant ladder after a convincing win against Central Park in round 14 of Central Wimmera Tennis Association action at the weekend.

While Central Park put pressure on each set and each game was closely fought, Horsham Lawn’s nine set wins saw them overpower the previous ladder leader.

Horsham Lawn’s Graeme Wood and Thalia Thompson won all three of their sets for the round.

Central Park’s Justin Slade and Reece Harman battled hard to defeat Lachlan Punchard and Patrick Hall in a tiebreak.

Wood and Punchard then won doubles in a tiebreak against Slade and Brendan Nitschke.

The majority of sets were close contests, won by two or three games, but Horsham Lawn proved too strong in the end.

Kalkee and Drung South fought hard on Saturday, winning six sets each and the result came down to games won.

Kalkee won by six games with a mixed bag of results and some comfortable set wins from both teams. Drung South’s KateLyn Perkin and Kalkee’s Steve Schultz won all their sets for the day.

Benn Molineaux had a good contest against Kalkee’s Jordan Friberg, winning by two games.

Kalkee’s Emily Polack also had a good performance with a twogame win against Marli Pymer. If Drung South performs well again, it could present a challenge for Horsham Lawn in round 15, however, it will take everything they have to shake-up the confidence of the Lawn side. Central Park will look to regain its standing as one of the strongest teams this year when it faces St Michaels.

Kalkee has the bye in round 15.

In A Special, Natimuk remains strong at the top of the ladder after a 10-4 win against Homers.

The competition is tight for third and fourth ladder positions with two rounds remaining and only one game separating Telangatuk East in third and Central Park in seventh.

The top-four places in A Grade have been secured after Central Park defeated Horsham Lawn Bardell to rise to third position.

Central Park outplayed Lawn, with Rod Shurdington and Roger Kotz winning three sets each to boost the winning margin.

Drung South and Homers had a close contest with one game separating them at the end and Drung South taking the win.

Ladder leader Haven won by four sets against Horsham Lawn O’Connor.

Lawn Gold 3-28 d Central Park 3-26; Natimuk Blue 5-34 d Horsham Lawn Green 1-19; Homers 5-35 d Natimuk Yellow 1-25.

Section 1 Boys: Natimuk 5-35 d Haven 1-12; Central Park 4-31 d Quantong 2-25.

Section 1 Girls: Horsham Lawn 6-36 d Homers 0-19; Haven Red 4-28 d Haven Purple 2-25.

Section 2 Boys: Horsham Lawn White 4-29 d Horsham Lawn Green 2-28; Central Park 6-36 d Homers Red 0-9; Homers White 5-34 d Haven 1-22.

Section 2 Girls: Haven 6-36 d Homers 0-11; Horsham Lawn Gold 5-34 d Horsham Lawn Green 1-14; Central Park 3-31 d Horsham Lawn White 3-27.

Section 3 Boys: Horsham Lawn Gold 5-33 d Haven 1-14; Horsham Lawn Green 4-29 d Horsham Lawn White 2-29.

Section 3 Girls: Horsham Lawn Gold 6-36 d Natimuk