	{"id":91254,"date":"2023-02-24T04:43:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T17:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=91254"},"modified":"2023-02-24T11:47:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T00:47:24","slug":"hawks-flying-high-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/hawks-flying-high-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks flying high this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAST Saturday, City Oval&#8217;s Division 3 side hosted Invermay and had a comfortable twenty-one shot win in Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region Weekend Pennant action.<\/p>\n<p>Ron Coxall&#8217;s foursome lead the way with 11 shots up and together with the winning rinks of John Peddlesden and Gary O&#8217;Neil, the home side added 16 points to secure the second position on the ladder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The club&#8217;s in a good position leading into the finals and it looks likely we will have seven of our Saturday and Tuesday pennant teams playing finals,&#8221; said City Oval&#8217;s Ian Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>The win puts the Hawks Division 3 side behind Sebastopol and with the likelihood of a double chance in the post-season.<\/p>\n<p>City Oval&#8217;s top team is in Division 2 and is similarly secure, just one point behind ladder leaders Midlands.<\/p>\n<p>In what is a tight contest Smeaton and Ballarat North round out the four top positions and are likely to remain unless Clunes who travel to Central Wendouree record a strong win to displace either one of the teams if they are unable to get at least a couple of winning rinks.<\/p>\n<p>Playing at home, City Oval&#8217;s Division 5 side had a comfortable win against Daylesford and again retained the second spot on the ladder with only James Grant&#8217;s rink giving the visitors 2 points and leaving them sixth on the ladder.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91257\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91257\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/02\/IMG_5228-scaled-e1677045920161-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/02\/IMG_5228-scaled-e1677045920161-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/02\/IMG_5228-scaled-e1677045920161-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/02\/IMG_5228-scaled-e1677045920161-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/02\/IMG_5228-scaled-e1677045920161.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">City Oval&#8217;s John Hoffman leading for Gary O&#8217;Neil&#8217;s rink in their victory over Invermay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Hawk\u2019s Division 8 side had a loss at Sebastopol last weekend, but should retain its position within the four and play finals if it performs well at Webbcona this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Tuesday Pennant competition sees City Oval sides set for finals action with their Division 1 and 2 squads sitting pretty.<\/p>\n<p>As the regular home and away season draws to a close, the final Weekend Pennant round kicks off on Friday night with Division 1 side Ballarat Bowling Club hosting BMS under lights.<\/p>\n<p>The visiting BMS side need to keep on with their winning form under lights to retain their double chance in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday night BMS hosted Sebastopol in a tightly fought battle with each side having two rinks up with the home side coming in with a narrow four shot victory.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Webbcona in fifth place could challenge for a finals berth if they command a strong win at home this Saturday against Mt Xavier and the sides currently in the four perform badly in the last round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; BY ANTHONY McCABE\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAST Saturday, City Oval&#8217;s Division 3 side hosted Invermay and had a comfortable twenty-one shot win in Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region Weekend Pennant action. 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