Clark Pettigrew, Dean Pritchett and Evan Cooknell came to play again on Saturday, winning their first three rubbers in commanding fashion.
Lynette Gibbs and Kerry Walker grabbed important points for the visitors with a 6-2 win in the first women’s doubles event, but there was no stopping the North onslaught, with the ladder-leader securing the next four rubbers to clinch the win.
Karramomus welcomed Central Park to give the pennant’s third-placed side a real run for its money on the Bloods’ home turf.
Central Park took the upper-hand with wins from its first three men’s doubles matches, before the Karramomus women dragged it back to even the playing field with wins from their three rubbers.
Lisa Bell and Marie Levett-Hall combined for a supreme performance in their 6-0 blowout.
Narrow wins to Scott Durling and Janelle Pottenger in the mixed doubles, followed by Dylan Butcher and Elizabeth Pottenger would be enough to get Central Park over the line, 6-43 to 3-37.
Old Students came to play in the third pennant match of the day, cruising past a hapless St Brendan’s 8-51 to 1-27.
The weather gods weren’t smiling on the A1 division, with two of the three matches washed out.
McEwen Reserve Green got on the court to secure a strong win over Bunbartha on its home turf, running away with a 7-46 to 2-20 win.
Some Kellie Crosier and Megan Carr heroics kept Bunbartha in the fight, after a lethal combination of Brock O’Hara and Geoff and Murray Akers cruised through their opening three matches in resounding fashion.
O’Hara combined with Meredith Chillman for a blowout in the final doubles rubber to put the icing on the cake in their team’s win.
A full complement of games went ahead in the A2 division, with McEwen Reserve and Shepparton North going toe-to-toe in a nail-biting contest on North’s home turf.
It was a neck-and-neck contest for the entire match, with early momentum swinging the way of McEwen Reserve through wins to James Cocca and Henry Reith in their doubles contests.
John and Chris Kriesfeld, along with Kate Taylor and Maya Clarke, rallied in the following two doubles rubbers to put North back in contention with 6-2 victories.
A win in the final set to Reith and Carley Catalano allowed Reserve to escape with the narrowest of wins, the last set the difference after it couldn't be separated on games, 5-42 to 4-42 the final score.
A solid victory to first-placed Karramomus and a slight upset which went the way of Central Park over St Andrew’s rounded out the results.
