INGLEWOOD celebrated its first victory of the BBD weekend pennant season with a win by the barest of margins against Kangaroo Flat on Saturday.

The Woods prevailed in a one-shot thriller at Kangaroo Flat, 90-89, in a result that lifted them off the bottom of the ladder.

Inglewood won the game despite having only one rink up – that of skipper Lindsay Kelly.

Kelly’s rink defeated Mitch Cole 33-16, with that result enough to cover the damage caused by Kangaroo Flat in the other three contests.

Kelly’s 16-shot victory continued what has been a strong season in which his rink is now 4-2.

While it was Inglewood’s first win of the season, the Woods had been knocking on the door given their five lead-up losses had included a pair of narrow defeats to Golden Square (five) and reigning premier Eaglehawk (four).

The defeat cost the Flat its position in the top four.

• A contest that promised plenty turned into a fizzer on Friday night as Bendigo East flexed its muscle at home against South Bendigo.

Even without coach Lee Schraner in the side, the Beasties destroyed South 112-75 under lights to improve to 6-0 and build a 16-point buffer at the top of the ladder.

The Beasties’ rinks of Robert Clough (32-17), Aaron Tomkins (31-18) and Chris Randell (29-16) all won by triple-figure margins and combined for 92 shots.

The only points from the game for South was Brad Holland’s 24-20 victory over Brad Marron.

South Bendigo has lost its past two games to slip from top to third.

READ MORE – BBD pennant round six results

• Bendigo ended its three-game losing streak with a 99-85 victory at home over Golden Square.

Bendigo had three rinks up as Damian Broderick (+14), Andrew Brown (+6) and Torie Babitsch (+7) were all victorious, while Geoff Walsh’s combination impressed for Golden Square in a 36-23 victory over Mitch Hocking.

• Reigning premier Eaglehawk won its fifth game in a row.

The Hawks sent Castlemaine back to the bottom of the ladder with a 105-82 away victory.

The Hawks won three of the rinks and scored more than 100 for the fourth time in their winning streak.

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LADDER:

1. Bendigo East – 94

2. Eaglehawk – 78

3. South Bendigo – 68

4. Bendigo – 55

5. Kangaroo Flat – 48

6. Golden Square – 44

7. Inglewood – 26

8. Castlemaine – 19

MONDAY’S games in round seven of Bendigo Bowls Division midweek pennant:

Bendigo v South Bendigo

Golden Square v Eaglehawk

Inglewood v Bendigo East

Kangaroo Flat v Castlemaine

Games start at 10am.

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LADDER:

1. Bendigo East – 88

2. Bendigo – 65

3. Castlemaine – 54

4. Golden Square – 49

5. Eaglehawk – 39

6. Kangaroo Flat – 35

7. Inglewood – 28

8. South Bendigo – 26

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