MORE BOWLS – Golden Square v Bendigo | PHOTOS

GOLDEN Square lifted itself off the bottom of the ladder, while continuing Bendigo’s rut in BBD weekend pennant on Saturday.

Square snapped a six-game losing streak with its 102-79 victory at home that elevated it from eighth to sixth on the ladder.

As for Bendigo, it remains in third position, but has now lost its past three games by a combined 110 shots.

The big result for Square was the strong performance of Daryl Cheeseman’s rink in comfortably accounting for Torie Babitsch 30-16.

The contest featured two match-ups that went right down to the wire, with Square’s Tas Wallis tieing 21-all with Mitch Hocking.

And there was just one shot the difference as Square’s Garri Conforti beat Andrew Brown 27-26.

• A 14-shot loss doesn’t do justice to the competitive performance of Castlemaine against Eaglehawk.

The Hawks made it 11-straight wins with their 100-86 victory at home.

However, the Maine had three rinks up, with skippers Greg Podesta (+2), Rod Phillips (+5) and Peter Brain (+1) all prevailing.

What saved Eaglehawk from being on the end of a massive upset was the continued return to form of Simon Carter’s rink, which belted Darren Taylor 35-13.

• Kangaroo Flat will head into next weekend’s final round sitting in the top four.

Facing a massive danger game away against Inglewood, the Flat gained 15 points with its 96-83 win that broke its three-game losing streak.

Despite the loss that sent Inglewood back to the bottom, there was a highlight for the Woodies with the rink of Daryl Rowley finally breaking through for its first win of the season, 25-20, against John Berry.

• South Bendigo lost its third game in a row – and its position in the top four – with a 98-70 defeat at home to Bendigo East.

The unbeaten Lee Schraner (+11), resurgent Brad Marron (+15) and Aaron Tomkins (+11) all had double-figure wins for East, whose score of 98 was only the fourth time in its 12 matches this season it hasn’t cracked 100.

BENDIGO East, Eaglehawk, Bendigo and Kangaroo Flat will all be tuning up for finals in BBD midweek pennant on Monday.

Heading into the last home and away round, the four teams to play finals are set and the following week’s match-ups locked in – four-time defending premier Bendigo East v Eaglehawk in the qualifying final and Bendigo v Kangaroo Flat in the elimination final.

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Monday’s games:

Bendigo East v Inglewood

Last time – Bendigo East 72 d Inglewood 53.

Castlemaine v Kangaroo Flat

Last time – Kangaroo Flat 89 d Castlemaine 65.

Eaglehawk v Golden Square

Last time – Eaglehawk 66 d Golden Square 59.

South Bendigo v Bendigo

Last time – Bendigo 79 d South Bendigo 57.

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Ladder:

1. BENDIGO EAST

Points: 161 Shots: +256

2. EAGLEHAWK

Points: 135 Shots: +47

3. BENDIGO

Points: 117 Shots: +72

4. KANGAROO FLAT

Points: 117 Shots: +33

5. GOLDEN SQUARE

Points: 99 Shots: -40

6. CASTLEMAINE

Points: 88 Shots: -110

7. INGLEWOOD

Points: 78 Shots: -42

8. SOUTH BENDIGO

Points: 37 Shots: -216

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