Four weeks later the club is out of the top four going into the Christmas break.

South Bendigo slumped to its fourth-straight defeat on Saturday when it lost to Kangaroo Flat by three shots.

John Berry's five-shot win over South Bendigo star Mitch Sidebottom proved to be decisive as the Roos jumped into fourth place.

Eaglehawk skipper Darren Burgess showed his class against Golden Square.

Burgess' rink demolished Malcolm Finch 42-16 to set up the Borough's 16-106 to 2-75 win.

The big win stretched Burgess' lead at the top of the BBD skip ladder to 15 shots.

Brayden Byrne continued his good form for the Borough by defeating Tas Wallis 23-18, while Dean Carter scored an 11-shot win over Daryl Cheesman.

Geoff Walsh was the only Golden Square skip to taste victory. Walsh proved too strong for Simon Carter 26-15.

Top of the table Bendigo East swept Castlemaine.

Brad Marron's four-shot win over Greg Podesta was the cloest result of the match.

Aaron Tomkins edged out Rodney Phillips 21-16, Marc Smith proved too strong for Darren Taylor 30-21 and Less Schraner outlasted Peter Brain 24-12.

East's 18-101 to 0-71 victory came one week after it suffered its first loss of the season to Eaglehawk.

Bendigo goes into the break in third place after disposing of bottom side Inglewood by 17 shots.

The shock result was the defeat of Bendigo's previousy in-form skipper Torie Babitsch.

Inglewood's Ian Chamberlain got the better of Babitsch 23-16.

The key result for Bendigo was Damian Broderick's 26-19 win over leading Inglewood skipper Lindsay Kelly.

The other rinks went to script with Andrew Brown defeating Daryl Rowley 23-16 and Mitch Hocking too strong for Robert Day 27-17.

Division one pennant resumes on January 12. Castlemaine is at home to Bendigo, Eaglehawk hosts Kangaroo Flat in the match of the round, Bendigo East travels to Inglewood and South Bendigo tackles Golden Square.

Division one ladder after eight rounds:

Bendigo East 114 points

Eagehawk 110 points

Bendigo 87 points

Kangaroo Flat 76 points

South Bendigo 74 points

Golden Square 50 points

Castlemaine 37 points

Inlgewood 28 points

BBD pennant results:

Division 1 

Kangaroo Flat 14-79 d South Bendigo 4-76

John Berry 20 d Mitchell Sidebottom 15

Cameron Wilson 20 d Bradley Holland 13

Barry Anset 22 lt Liam Crapper 25

Paul Moller 17 lt Jason Turley 23

Bendigo 16-92 d Inglewood 2-75

Torie Babitsch 16 lt Ian Chamberlain 23

Andrew Brown 23 d Daryl Rowley 16

Damian Broderick 26 d Lindsay Kelly 19

Mitchell Hocking 27 d Robert Day 17

Golden Square 2-75 lt Eaglehawk 16-106

Geoff Walsh 26 d Simon Carter 15

Tasman Wallis 18 lt Brayden Byrne 23

Malcolm Finch 16 lt Darren Burgess 42

Daryl Cheeseman 15 lt Dean Carter 26

Bendigo East 18-101 d Castlemaine 0-71

Brad Marron 26 d Greg Podesta 22

Aaron Tomkins 21 d Rodney Phillips 16

Marc Smith 30 d Darren Taylor 21

Lee Schraner 24 d Peter Brain 12

Division 2 

South Bendigo 2-84 lt Kangaroo Flat 16-85

Tony Marsili 27 d Eric White 17

Arthur Kendall 19 lt Phillip Jennings 22

Raymond McCumber 18 lt Allan Densley 24

Leslie Wilkinson 20 lt Barry Coutanche 22

Marong 12-89 d Bendigo East 6-87 

John Jennings 22 lt Barry Edwards 24

Darren Marshall 27 d Peter Judd 20

Paul Mylon 19 lt Maurice Houghton 20

Mark Dickins 21 lt John Knott 23

Eaglehawk 16-99 d Strathfieldsaye 2-78

Neville Bowland  30 d Kevin Probert  12

Stephen Piercy  25 d Joshua Moloney  20

Jim Weymouth  21 lt Geoffrey Dixon  25

Frank Carbone  23 d Tom Phelan  21

White Hills 14-93 d Bendigo 4-91

Neil Patten  22 lt Peter Dumont  27

Steven Arbuckle  12 lt Colin Runnalls  20

Phil Brown  31 d Craig Adams  19

Hank Jansen  28 d Peter O'Neil  25

Division 3 

Castlemaine 17-127 d Serpentine 1-70

Raymond Noble  39 d Adrian Canfield  9

Patricia O'Shea  26 d Russell Gladman  24

William Jury  22 dr Jack Stuart  22

Rodney Fletcher  40 d Laurence Cadzow  15

Kangaroo Flat 3-81 lt Harcourt 15-100

Andrew Dawson  22 dr Danny Pettingill  22

Jeff Friswell  26  d Tony Olsson  24

Graeme Dickie  16 lt Leo Moloney  24

Athol Mills  17 lt Gary Maddern  30

Bendigo 18-92 d Heathcote 0-72

Bill Morrison  20 d Deryl Binney  19

Barry Craig  22 d Gregory Speirs  15

John Moore  20 d Lyle (John) McGillivray  17

John Trickey  30 d William Gardiner  21

Bendigo East 15-99 d Golden Square 3-71

David Coles 25 d Steve Egan 18

Noel Kilby  32 d George Cronk  10

Barry Perryman  22 lt Jeffery Frost  23

Ian Vlaeminck  20 dr Peter Bush  20

Division 4 

South Bendigo 6-84 lt Kangaroo Flat 12-85

Ted Gretgrix  23 d Ian Martin  20

Ken Presley  21 d Kenneth Packer  19

John Hayes  13 lt Peter Fasoli  30

Roy Parks  27 d David Martin  16

Bendigo East 1-69 lt Woodbury 17-99

Peter Michell  15 lt Leonard Handley  33

Rod Mcdonald  16 lt Danny Tuck  24

Graham Hall  20 lt Graeme Poulton  24

Samuel Ayson  18 dr Heather Cozens  18

Strathfieldsaye 14-102 d Eaglehawk 4-67

Ian Cail  41 d John MacDonald  7

Shane Smith  30 d Craig Evans  13

Graham Etherton  13 lt Keith Barnes  25

James Sonego  18 lt Gilbert Pickering  22

North Bendigo 16-132 d Calivil 2-58

Graeme Lee  17 lt Warren Miles  20

Daniel Taig  47 d John Pickles  21

Nathan Morley  29 d Allan Leech  11

Michael Kelly  39 d Barry Meighan  6

Division 5 

Golden Square 2-74 lt Bridgewater 16-108

Kenneth Connaughton  15 lt Vicky Tierney  25

Gilbert Tipple  15 lt Robert Smith  39

Hartley Hendy  16 lt Allan Harrison  26

Walter Stammers  28 d Peter Williams  18

Dingee 18-123 d Castlemaine 0-57

Neil Lister  29 d Don Ross  17

Des Fiedler  31 d Malcolm Stevens  14

Ron Thompson  45 d John Bassett  9

John Jackman  18 d Michael O'Shea  17

Inglewood 9-0 dr White Hills 9-0

Harcourt 14-101 d Marong 4-83

John Starbuck  18 lt Allen Corry  26

Ronald Douglas  17 lt Andrew Whatley  22

Russell Maltby  30 d John Rathbone  27

Ken Tribe  36 d David Keanelly  8

Division 6

Eaglehawk 0-72 lt Kangaroo Flat 18-88

Max Hatters  20 lt Raymond Berry  24

Frank Lynch  17 lt Ron Tonkin  20

Kevin White  14 lt Ivan Vogele  19

Max Volk  21 lt Barry Duncan  25

Woodbury 4-77 lt Bendigo East 14-85

Brendan Hickey  21 d William Schmidt  19

Peter Edwards  17 lt Leon Robertson  27

Barry Shay  20 d Yvonne Rutherford  19

Jill Grainger  19 lt Robert Hoffman  20

Heathcote 14-107 d Bendigo 4-95

Eileen O'Brien  28 d Ronald Flanagan  27

Sharyn Vowles  34 d Joseph Lydiate  17

Denise Anderson  23 lt Donald Waight  25

Rae Craig  22 lt Kevin Nemeth  26

Division 7

White Hills 17-77 d Marong 1-50

Luigi Basile  22 d John Tate  15

Glenda Jones  28 d Bob Williams  21

Elaine Hood  27 d Robert Keily  14

Kangaroo Flat 15-63 d South Bendigo 3-60

Brian Scollary  18 d Duncan Campbell  17

Graeme Veale  32 d Valerie Lisle  12

Norm Wild  13 lt Ann Howe  31

Eaglehawk 1 45 lt Golden Square 17 91 

Ken Merrett  10 lt Terence Cope  36

William Kelly  16 lt Reginald McCamish  26

Greg Johnston  19 lt Carl Blaufuhs  29

Bendigo VRI 15-72 d Lockwood South 3-57

Peter Simmons  29 d Alfred Manallack  11

Maurice McMahon  28 d Allen Archer  21

Shirley Huggard  15 lt George Manallack  25

Division 8 

Harcourt 9-45 dr Strathfieldsaye 9-45

Robert Egan  19 lt Roger Clemson  23

Russell Timmins  26 d Mark Filan  22

White Hills 2-42 lt Woodbury 16-55

Janette Stiles  23 lt Carol Edwards  35

Ron Franzi  19 lt John Fraser  20

Dingee 14-57 d Bendigo VRI 4-36

Kylie Roberts  39 d Mike Derham  12

Andy Hay  18 lt John Dullard  24

Castlemaine 4-45 lt North Bendigo 14 46

Kevin Earl  20 lt Ben Hartland  23

Yvonne Podesta  25 d James Wells  23

Campbells Creek 16-59 d Marong 2-38

Ian Trevena  26 d Donald Penfold  17

Roy Wallin  33 d Pauline Williams  21