It was a glorious day for midweek ladies this week for round 12.
With finals looming, things are hotting up, especially in Section 3, where only six points separated the top four teams, who had to face each other this week.
While Grovedale sat the week out with a bye, Aireys Inlet consolidated its place atop the ladder with a 4-2 win over second placed Anglesea.
Aireys led from the start with Michelle Noe and Robyn Lyons fighting through in a tie-break in the first set, and Janette and Debbie Dangerfield taking the second 6-2.
Michelle and Janette then teamed up in the third to take it 6-4, but Anglesea wasn’t going to let Aireys have everything its own way, when Christine Gray and Kathy Clarke got up 6-3 in the fourth.
Anglesea almost snatched the win with Kathy Hose and Kathy Clarke taking the fifth 6-1 putting it one game ahead but a set down with the final set still in play, but Robyn Lyons and Pam Groeger managed to pull through for Aireys in a tie break, taking the win four sets to two but even on games.
Barwon Heads moved itself into second this week with a 4-2 win over fourth placed Drysdale.
The first two sets went to the Heads with Jenny Inkster teaming up with Shelley Sutton and Emma Webb with Alice Morgan winning the first two sets 6-2.
Kate Lockhart and Sally Brown hit back in the third with a 6-4 win for Drysdale, while the Heads kept itself in front with a 6-3 win in the fourth.
The final two sets were split with each team winning one 6-3.
Shelley Sutton was the stand out for the day winning her three sets for Barwon Heads.
In the final match of the day, Surfcoast Bellbrae had its first win for the season over Highton Blue.
Sarah Hall and Sue Pickering started the day for Highton with a 6-4 win in the first, while Judy Harvey and Nyree Baker took the second for Bellbrae 6-3.
The third and fourth sets went a similar way with Highton taking one 6-3 while Bellbrae got the other 6-1.
Going into the final two sets Bellbrae was ahead by three games, but the team must have sensed that this was its week, as Lynda McPhee and Nyree Baker had a convincing 6-0 win in the fifth, while Kerryn Viner and Judy Harvey sealed the win for Bellbrae with a 6-3 win in the last.
