Among the winning Castlemaine rinks was that of Mal Darroch, his son Paul Darroch and grandsons Lachy Darroch and Luke Hoskin.

Hoskin skippered the rink, which defeated Aaron Tomkins 22-20.

Castlemaine has become Bendigo East’s bogey side over the past two seasons.

Saturday’s 92-79 victory was the fourth-consecutive win by the Maine – which is on the bottom of the ladder – over Bendigo East.

In those four victories in a row the Maine has outscored the Beasties 459 to 310, with their four winning margins 43, 28, 65 and 13 shots.

As well as Hoskin’s rink winning, the Maine also had Darren Taylor (+12) and Kevin Shuttleworth (+2) as winning skippers.

The loss means Bendigo East still isn’t secure in the top four heading into its final round game against South Bendigo this Friday night.

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• South Bendigo proved just how damaging a combination it can be when it dished out a 29-shot hiding to ladder-leader Eaglehawk.

In a potential qualifying final preview in a fortnight, South crushed the Hawks on their home green 107-78.

Among South’s winning skippers was Ryan Tainton, which inflicted the first loss of the season on Dean Carter’s rink, 25-13.

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• Kangaroo Flat has locked up its return to the finals for the first time in seven years – and can still finish as high as second and earn the double chance.

The Flat – which last played finals in 2010-11 – won all four rinks in disposing of Inglewood 103-63 to move 24 points clear inside the top four.

Inglewood’s score of 63 was the competition’s lowest of the season

• Bendigo is going to be left pondering what could have been after its late-season surge continued.

Having earlier won just one of its first eight matches, Bendigo won its third game in a row with a 108-94 victory over Golden Square.

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LADDER:

Eaglehawk – 167

South Bendigo – 137

Kangaroo Flat – 128

Bendigo East – 114

Inglewood – 104

Golden Square – 104

Bendigo – 96

Castlemaine – 86