Hoppers is hoping to continue the momentum in the Bowls Victoria weekend pennant, division 3, section 1 competition this season.
After a number of tough seasons, the Hawks claimed the division 4,section 1 title along with the overall division 4 title last season.
With the addition of some new players across all its sides and work off field about to start, things are looking up for the club.
Hoppers coach Stephen Macklin said everything is tracking really well.
“In the first round we played pretty well and won all 18 points,” he said. “We’ve got nine teams this season.
“We’ve introduced one new team on Saturdays to make sure as many people get a game.
“There’s a really good feel around the club at the moment.”
The division 3 team started with a perfect start continuing on from where it left off last season.
For the side, it’s already had more wins than it had last time it was in division 3 in the space of two weeks.
“We got promoted last year and we will hopefully get promoted again this year would be lovely,” Macklin said.
“We’re looking good. We got 18 points against the team we beat in the sectional grand final last year.
“We’ve recruited three or four new players who have come into the team. They bring experience.
“The back bone is similar to last year and we’ve been working really hard on how we approach the game as a team.
“We’ve been working on a solid game plan which is nice.”
The Hawks faced Newport on Saturday and came away with an 81 (14)-71 (4) win.
Andrew Doyle and Albert Wu were the winning skips for Hoppers.
Off the green, things are really starting to click as well.
Macklin said they were looking to build social bowls and barefoot bowl and are really focused on the community side of things.
The club is set to be part of a Bowls Australia initiative which provides extra support to the club to focus on connecting with the multicultural local community.
“There’s a high level of new immigrants and we want to develop more programs to get immigrants from different backgrounds involved.
“We want to help them get that community connection.”
The first stage of renovations at the bowling club are also set to get underway with the club hoping for some big developments in the coming years.
Meanwhile, in division 2, section 1 on Saturday, Werribee lost to Craigieburn, 81 (16)-63 (2).
Ian Milledge was the winning skip for the Bees, who sit 1-1 after the first two rounds.
