EAGLEHAWK ended its three-game slide by the barest of margins in a BBD pennant thriller against Golden Square on Saturday.

The Hawks were in danger of losing an ultra-rare fourth game in a row when they trailed Golden Square by one shot heading into the final end between Eaglehawk's Darren Burgess and Square's Daryl Cheeseman.

But Burgess was able to pick up two shots on the last end to propel the Hawks to a gripping 86-85 victory and open up a 16-point buffer on the fifth-placed Square at the mid-season break.

"We just had to get the 10 points today to give us that bit of a break," Hawks' skipper Dean Carter said.

"We knew it was going to be tough with Square having been in handy form. We'll now reassess where we're at over the break and work on what we need to do to get back to where we've been the past couple of years."

The Hawks were victorious despite having just one winning rink, with Burgess defeating Cheeseman 26-14.

There was a 26-all tie between the Hawks' Simon Carter and Square's Garri Conforti, while the Golden Square rinks of Steve Drummond (+3) and Trevor Schill (+8) were both up.

* South Bendigo continued its solid form, overcoming Kangaroo Flat by nine shots in the match of the round.

The 102-93 victory was South's fourth in a row and gives it a 15-point gap in second position at the break.

The match-up included a clash between former Bendigo East premiership skipper team-mates David Keenan (Flat) and Brad Holland (South).

Holland's rink proved too strong in winning 24-18.

The major surprise in the match was the hiding dished out by the South Bendigo rink of Luke Hoskin to the Flat's Barry Anset.

Anset had gone into the game with four wins in a row by double figures, but was on the end of a 36-18 belting.

* Castlemaine won its third game of the season, defeating Bendigo at home.

The Maine won 99-89, and in doing so leaped over Bendigo, which slipped to seventh after losing its fifth game in a row, all of which have been by at least 10 shots.

Castlemaine had three rinks up, while the damage would have been far worse for Bendigo had Andrew Brown's rink not won by 21.

* Just like their round one encounter Bendigo East collected all 18 points in a 114-74 belting of Inglewood spearheaded by big wins to coach Lee Schraner (+16), who has moved to No.1 in the skipper rankings, and Ian Ross (+14).

Kangaroo Flat 4/93 l South Bendigo 14/102

P. Moller 28 d L. Crapper 20

C. Wilson 29 d M. Sidebottom 22

B. Anset 18 l L. Hoskin 36

D. Keenan 18 l B. Holland 24

Golden Square 5/85 l Eaglehawk 13/86

G. Conforti 23 t S. Carter 23

D. Cheeseman 14 l D. Burgess 26

S. Drummond 22 d D. Carter 19

T. Schill 26 d P. Godkin 18

Inglewood 0/74 l Bendigo East 18/114

I. Chamberlain 16 l L. Schraner 32

C. Kelly 19 l B. Marron 23

M. Rowley 21 l A. Tomkins 27

R. Day 18 l I. Ross 32

Castlemaine 16/99 d Bendigo 2/89

R. Parr 26 d Brooks 22

G. Podesta 13 l A. Brown 34

R. Phillips 26 d J. Oliver 16

D. Taylor 34 d M. Hocking 17

Bendigo 2/85 l Marong 16/106

G. Briggs 14 l M. Dickins 27

L. Harris 24 l D. Marshall 28

J. Cassidy 21 l G. Fawcett 27

C. Runnalls 26 d P. Mylon 24

Bendigo East 16/94 d Strathfieldsaye 2/80

P. Judd 30 d G. Dixon 19

J. Knott 14 l T. Phelan 21

T. Fuller 27 d J. Moloney 18

A. Cullen 23 d I. Cail 22

Eaglehawk 18/124 d White Hills 0/81

F. Carbone 34 d R. Jardine 23

R. Evans 26 d S. O'Bree 18

J. Weymouth 33 d N. Patten 13

S. Piercy 31 d S. Arbuckle 27

South Bendigo 18/120 d Kangaroo Flat 0/82

G. Downie 33 d E. White 15

A. Kendall 29 d J. Schultz 27

L. Wilkinson 29 d C. Rowe 17

J. Dixon 29 d G. Hegarty 23

Harcourt 14/96 d Bendigo 4/81

G. Maddern 26 d D. Franklin 15

L. Moloney 22 l J. Trickey 26

T. Olsson 21 l J. Beecham 24

S. Douglas 27 d V. Greenwood 16

Heathcote 2/79 l Bendigo East 16/103

C. Morcom 20 l N. Kilby 25

B. Gardiner 24 d I. Vlaeminck 18

J. McGillivray21 l B. Perryman 31

G. Speirs 14 l B. Fuller 29

Kangaroo Flat 14/91 d Golden Square 4/84

A.Dawson 21 l P. Gooch 29

A. Densley 23 d P. Bush 10

B. Waegeli 25 d D. Condon 19

D. Nicholls 22 l J. Frost 26

South Bendigo 18/129 d Kangaroo Flat 0/71

D. Conley 35 d D. Martin 16

J. Hayes 27 d W. Bramley 19

G. Moore 33 d B. Duncan 14

S. McMurray 34 d A. Mills 22

Marong 18/107 d Castlemaine 0/81

D. Bird 27 d G. Maddams 23

K. Nemeth 24 d W. Jury 23

D. Keanelly 21 d M. Fletcher 19

J. Rathbone 35 d R. Fletcher 16

Strathfieldsaye 14/104 d North Bendigo 4/101

T. Cole 33 d G. Todeschini 26

T. Probert 20 l G. Haigh 27

S. Smith 26 d D. Taig 21

D. Huggard 25 l M. Kelly 27

Bendigo East 0/58 l Eaglehawk 18/123

R. Schintler 11 l G. Skinner 37

K. Gloster 19 l G. Pickering 22

G. Hall 9 l C. Evans 35

B. Paley 19 l R. Smith 29

Calivil 14/107 d Harcourt 4/90

J. Pickles 20 l B. Leech 24

G. Maxted 19 l J. Starbuck 26

W. Miles 36 d K. Tribe 24

A. Leech 32 d R. Douglas 16

Inglewood 15/99 d Dingee 3/96

L. Rowley 10 l N. Lister 39

I. Bradley 33 d D. Fiedler 17

V. Tierney 21 t C. Koch 21

D. Whitehead 35 d R. Thompson 19

White Hills 14/97 d Castlemaine 4/87

J. O'Bree 23 d K. Parsons 16

T. Lamb 37 d B. Miller 24

J. McCurry 21 l J. Bassett 28

I. McCarrey 16 l R. Leavy 19

Campbell's Creek 12/103 d Golden Square 6/93

D. Bothe 24 l B. Taylor 25

B. Ross 18 l G. Tipple 29

G. Cooper 22 l D. Kent 28

I. Brooks 39 d L. Power 11

Marong 16/103 d Kangaroo Flat 2/74

J. Tate 27 d W. Conboy 16

J. Lindrea 30 d K. Lawler 16

G. Cumming 19 l J. Ritchie 20

B. Williams 27 d I. Vogele 22

Eaglehawk 16/83 d South Bendigo 2/76

G. Johnston 15 l T. Gastin 22

M. Volk 22 d B. Mott 19

F. Lynch 20 d R. Spedding 19

B. Rogers 26 d T. Doolan 16

Bendigo East 18/141 d Heathcote 0/59

Y. Rutherford 26 d F. Cutajar 15

S. Ayson 48 d B. Cail 16

W. Schmidt 33 d B. Mathieson 14

J. Hoffman 34 d A. Perry 14

Golden Square 12/62 d Eaglehawk 4/61

J. Chapman 23 l L. Morgan 25

T. Cope 23 d K. Merrett 17

B. Marshall 16 l B. Kelly 19

Kangaroo Flat 14/75 d Strathfieldsaye 2/51

D. Johnson 19 d S. Hendy 18

C. Madgin 36 d R. Clemson 10

N. Wild 20 l M. Filan 23

Woodbury 14/74 d White Hills 2/62

D. Tuck 24 d E. Hood 17

P. Luke 25 l M. Bree 28

B. Shay 25 d R. Crothers 17

Woodbury 16/99 d Campbell's Creek 0/63

R. Craig 29 d J. Leech 26

P. Gould 40 d C. Bull 23

D. Anderson 30 d I. Trevena 14

South Bendigo 2/61 l Marong 14/71

M. Runnalls 25 d L. Harding 14

D. Campbell 19 l N. Hill 26

V. Lisle 17 l W. Cason 31

White Hills 0/54 l Kangaroo Flat 16/101

L. Basile 13 l J. Berry 31

C. Lightburn 22 l K. Skinner 30

K. Churchill 19 l P. Beveridge 40

North Bendigo 0/-15 forfeited to Bendigo 14/15

Bendigo VRI 1/37 l Harcourt 13/52

J. Dullard 15 l R. Maltby 30

B. Rosewall 22 t D. Jeffries 22

White Hills 13/48 d Woodbury 1/40

J. Trickey 24 d W. Waldron 16

H. Walklate 24 t C. Edwards 24

Castlemaine 0/35 l Dingee 14/49

V. Podesta 21 l K. Pollock 26

P. Roache 14 l L. Demeo 23

Monday's division one games:

Golden Square v Woodbury

Eaglehawk v Bendigo East

Bendigo v Castlemaine

Inglewood v Kangaroo Flat

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