Last time: Eaglehawk 101 d Golden Square 84.

Since 2005: Eaglehawk 12; Golden Square 7.

GOLDEN Square will be striving to pick up from where it left off last week when it travels to Eaglehawk.

Square last week defeated the in-form Bendigo by 17 shots and now takes on the ladder-leading Hawks.

The win kept alive Square’s hopes of a making a late charge towards the double chance, with the challenge now to back up their performance.

Eaglehawk - now 28 points clear at the top - is coming off a brutal performance last week when it crushed Inglewood by 68 shots in the most one-sided game of the season so far.

Prediction: Eaglehawk by 14.

BENDIGO v BENDIGO EAST - 1.30pm Saturday at Bendigo.

Last time: Bendigo 88 d Bendigo East 75.

Since 2005: Bendigo East 12; Bendigo 10.

MASSIVE game in the battle for the coveted double chance between Bendigo and Bendigo East.

Just five points separates second-placed Bendigo from East in third, with the winner of this game to go a long way towards locking up an all-important top-two finish.

Bendigo will be determined to avoid two defeats in a row after last week losing to Golden Square by 17 shots.

East has had an up-and-down past two weeks, beating Kangaroo Flat by 28 shots, while also losing to Castlemaine by 38.

Prediction: Bendigo by 3.

CASTLEMAINE v INGLEWOOD - 1.30pm Saturday at Castlemaine.

Last time: Castlemaine 99 d Inglewood 90.

Since 2005: Castlemaine 9; Inglewood 3.

CASTLEMAINE and Inglewood will be both aiming to put disastrous performances last week behind them when they lock horns.

The two sides were beaten by a combined 122 shots last week - Castlemaine going down by 54 to South Bendigo and Inglewood losing to Eaglehawk by 68.

Having sat sixth for much of the season, Inglewood is back in danger of claiming a second-straight wooden spoon, with the side now on the bottom of the ladder.

Castlemaine to win at home.

Prediction: Castlemaine by 18.

KANGAROO FLAT v SOUTH BENDIGO - 1.30pm Saturday at Kangaroo Flat.

Last time: South Bendigo 88 d Kangaroo Flat 85.

Since 2005: Kangaroo Flat 7; South Bendigo 2.

SOUTH Bendigo will chase back-to-back victories when it travels to take on Kangaroo Flat.

South climbed from the bottom of the ladder to sixth last week with a thumping 54-shot annihilation of Castlemaine.

Not only will the side have gained plenty of confidence out of last week’s impressive win, but South also defeated Kangaroo Flat by three shots in a thriller when they met in round five.

The Flat have lost their past three games, during which they’ve had just one winning rink in each match.

Prediction: South Bendigo by 4.

LADDER:

POS. TEAM W L D PTS FOR AGST SHOTS

1 Eaglehawk 9 2 0 155 1130 875 255

2 Bendigo 8 3 0 127 1051 948 103

3 Bendigo East 7 4 0 122 1029 959 70

4 Golden Square 6 5 0 114 1081 986 95

5 Castlemaine 5 6 0 80 941 1102 -161

6 South Bendigo 3 8 0 65 958 1070 -112

7 Kangaroo Flat 3 8 0 64 957 1084 -127

8 Inglewood 3 8 0 63 962 1085 -123

SKIPPERS LADDER:

POS. SKIPPER W L D PTS FOR AGST SHOTS

1 Tony Ellis (Eh) 11 0 0 22 285 183 102

2 Brad Holland (East) 10 1 0 20 288 207 81

3 Simon Carter (Eh) 10 1 0 20 290 224 66

4 Marc Smith (GS) 9 1 1 19 330 219 111

5 Ian Ross (Bgo) 9 1 1 19 302 196 106

6 Phil Godkin (Eh) 7 4 0 14 276 231 45

7 David Keenan (East) 7 4 0 14 266 249 17

8 Graham Edwards (GS) 6 3 2 14 255 238 17

9 Gary Carberry (Bgo) 6 4 1 13 275 246 29

10 Paul Moller (East) 6 5 0 12 264 238 26

11 Dean Carter (KF) 5 4 2 12 269 253 16

12 Daryl Rowley (Iwood) 6 5 0 12 245 247 -2

13 Luke Hoskin (KF) 6 5 0 12 253 262 -9

14 Ray McCumber (SB) 6 5 0 12 254 269 -15

15 Gary Beckham (GS) 5 5 1 11 246 261 -15

16 Rod Phillips (Cas) 4 5 2 10 248 256 -8

17 Tas Wallis (GS) 5 6 0 10 250 268 -18

18 Lindsay Kelly (Iwood) 5 6 0 10 249 270 -21

19 Ken Rusbridge (Eh) 4 6 1 9 279 237 42

20 Greg Sherman (SB) 4 6 1 9 234 247 -13

21 Peter Brain (Cas) 4 6 1 9 231 246 -15

22 Andrew Brown (Bgo) 4 7 0 8 229 254 -25

23 John Dixon (SB) 4 7 0 8 231 271 -40

24 Barry Anset (Bgo) 3 7 1 7 245 252 -7

25 Frank Carbone (Iwood) 3 7 1 7 234 294 -60

26 Damien Mason (SB) 3 8 0 6 239 283 -44

27 Liam Crapper (East) 3 8 0 6 211 265 -54

28 Brad Marron (KF) 3 8 0 6 211 279 -68

29 Rick Parr (Cas) 3 8 0 6 229 321 -92

30 Geoff Walsh (Cas) 2 8 1 5 233 279 -46

31 Malcolm McLean (Iwood) 2 9 0 4 234 274 -40

32 Geoff Boyd (KF) 2 9 0 4 224 290 -66