It was round 13 in Junior Pennant and with two weeks to go, teams are getting closer each week, and the race for finals and positions are still up for grabs.
Barwon Heads held their position in third with an away win against Geelong Lawn.
The win closed the gap at the top of the table to four points.
Dex Taylor battled with Roy Savage in their first set before Taylor went ahead to take it 7-5.
From there Taylor took command, winning the second 6-1, putting the Heads on the board. Lawn’s Josh Severin-Harvey came out of the blocks strong winning his first set against Max Creati 6-0, but had a tougher time in the second, getting up 6-4.
The match would be decided by the doubles and the Heads pairing proved to be the better combination taking it 8-3, putting them ahead by a set and four games.
Wandana Heights White cracked their first win in three outings against Grovedale with the result important to both teams. Before the match the teams were tied on points in fourth and fifth with only percentage separating them. The Heights’ Hamish McNaughton showed good form in his singles against Lachie Smith winning 6-3, 6-0 while teammate Tom Smith had his work cut out for him against Oli Plunkett. Smith took the first set 6-2 before Plunkett fought back to take the second 6-4, with the match eventually decided 10-4 in a super tie-break to Smith.
In the doubles, Grovedale’s Jaylen Sach and Lachie Smith proved a great pairing, taking the win 8-1 against McNaughton and Tom Smith, but the win went to Wandana along with third spot with a three-point buffer to Grovedale.
It was first vs second in the third match of the morning with Hamlyn Park hosting ladder leaders Wandana Heights Blue. Denzel Ludowyk and Alric Wong kicked off the match with a win for Wandana in the doubles 8-3, but Axel Potter-Ayres and Xavier Willoughby weren’t going to let that distract them in the singles.
In matches that were hard fought and played with great sportsmanship, the match took more than three hours. In the end, Potter-Ayres got over Ludowyk 7-5, 7-5, and Willoughby over Wong 6-4, 6-3. Hamlyn Park posted their first win over Wandana, and reduced Wandana’s lead to only two points with two matches left to play.
