THE Bendigo Bowls Division's weekend pennant top four teams all exerted their authority on Saturday with victories on the first day back from the Christmas/New Year break.

With Saturday's round nine results all going to script according to ladder positions it means there's now a 28-point gap between fourth and the rest of the competition with five rounds left.

Saturday's matches featured three results decided by more than 20 shots, with the closest of the contests the eight shots Kangaroo Flat defeated Bendigo by.

Cameron Wilson (+8), Paul Moller (+2) and Barry Anset (+1) were all winning skippers for Kangaroo Flat in its 92-84 victory, which avenged its four-shot defeat to Bendigo earlier in the season.

That win over Kangaroo Flat back in round two was the last for Bendigo, which now has six losses and a washed out draw from its past seven games.

* The Bendigo East rink of skipper Brad Marron notched the season's highest rink score in the Beasties' 113-89 win at home over Golden Square.

Marron, who from 5pm Tuesday will embark on a 24-hour bowl-a-thon to raise bushfire relief funds, moved to the top of the skipper's ladder after his rink's dominant 45-21 win over Wayne Robins.

Coach Lee Schraner (+12) also had a double-figure win for Bendigo East, while Golden Square took out the other two rinks with wins to Daryl Cheeseman (+7) and Steve Drummond (+5).

* While Marron's rink recorded the season's highest score, the South Bendigo rink of Luke Hoskin won by the season's greatest margin so far.

Hoskin's rink put on a clinic as South Bendigo's hot form continued against Castlemaine.

Hoskin demolished Darren Taylor 44-9, with the 35-shot margin also proving to be the overall difference as South prevailed 113-78 to win its fifth game in a row and set up an enthralling 1^st v 2^nd clash under lights at home against Bendigo East on Friday night.

* Eaglehawk had three rinks up in its 107-78 victory over Inglewood.

The Hawks welcomed back skipper Brayden Byrne from a broken wrist, with his rink scoring a nine-shot victory.

South Bendigo 14/113 d Castlemaine 4/78

L. Crapper 16 lt R. Phillips 22

M. Sidebottom 36 d G. Podesta 18

L. Hoskin 44 d D. Taylor 9

B. Holland 17 lt R. Parr 29

Eaglehawk 16/107 d Inglewood 2/78

S. Carter 29 d C. Kelly 22

T. Ellis 21 lt R. Day 23

B. Byrne 27 d G. Jackson 18

D. Carter 30 d M. Rowley 15

Bendigo East 14/113 d Golden Square 4/89

L. Schraner 30 d G. Conforti 18

B. Marron 45 d W. Robins 21

A. Tomkins 18 lt D. Cheeseman 25

I. Ross 20 lt S. Drummond 25

Bendigo 2/84 lt Kangaroo Flat 16/92

L. Brooks 20 lt P. Moller 22

A. Brown 19 d D. Keenan16

J. Oliver 23 lt B. Anset 24

M. Hocking 22 lt C. Wilson 30

Marong 2/77 lt South Bendigo 16/105

M. Dickins 16 lt G. Downie 34

D. Marshall 19 lt L. Wilkinson 28

G. Fawcett 23 d A. Kendall 21

P. Mylon 19 lt J. Dixon 22

Strathfieldsaye 2/88 lt Eaglehawk 16/101

I. Cail 25 lt F. Carbone 30

J. Moloney 14 lt R. Evans 24

G. Dixon 34 d J. Weymouth 21

T. Phelan 15 lt S. Piercy 26

White Hills v Bendigo East

No Results Received

Kangaroo Flat 15/91 d Bendigo 3/88

E. White 29 d L. Harris 20

J. Schultz 24 d P. O'Neil 21

A. Densley 21 lt M. Manning 30

G. Hegarty 17 t J. Cassidy 17

Woodbury 16/104 d Heathcote 2/100

L Handley 13 lt P. Zander 38

H Cozens 30 d B. Gardner 17

G Poulton 33 d C. Morcom 20

D. Tuck 28 d J. McGillivray 25

Bendigo 14/87 d Kangaroo Flat 4/85

D. Franklin 17 lt B. Waegeli 21

J. Trickey 21 d D. Nicholls 20

J. Beecham 27 d M. Balnaves 20

P. Dumont 22 lt A. Dawson 24

Bendigo East 18/113 d Serpentine 0/76

N. Kilby 33 d L. Cadzow 16

I. Vlaeminck 24 d R. Gladman 16

B. Perryman 27 d N. Tonkin 22

B. Fuller 29 d D. Anset 22

Golden Square 2/89 lt Harcourt 16/97

P. Gooch 20 lt L. Moloney 29

P. Bush 20 lt G. Maddam 26

D. Condon 20 lt B. Smith 25

J. Frost 29 d S. Douglas 17

Kangaroo Flat 5/90 lt Marong 13/98

G. Bysouth 15 lt J. Rathbone 34

W. Bramley 29 d W. Honeyman 21

M. Molle 24 d D. Bird 21

A. Mills 22 t D. Keanelly 22

Castlemaine 16/96 d South Bendigo 2/95

G. Maddams 26 d S. McMurray 18

W. Jury 26 d J. Hayes 25

C. Madgin 14 lt D. Conley 30

R. Fletcher 30 d G. Moore 22

North Bendigo 14/100 d Bendigo East 4/83

G. Todeschini 21 lt K. Gloster 24

J. Turley 31 d R. McDonald 16

D. Taig 20 lt G. Hall 22

M. Kelly 28 d R. Schintler 21

Eaglehawk 4/87 lt Strathfieldsaye 14/95

B. Brackley 20 lt T. Cole 30

G. Pickering 21 lt D. Huggard 29

C. Evans 22 d S. Smith 17

K. Barnes 24 d T. Probert 19

Harcourt 2/81 lt Campbell's Creek 16/101

B. Leech 28 d D. Bothe 21

J. Starbuck 14 lt I. Brooks 29

K. Tribe 23 lt G. Cooper 25

R. Douglas 16 lt B. Ross 26

Dingee 18/108 d White Hills 0/94

N. Lister 30 d J. O'Bree 27

D. Fiedler 27 d J. McCurry 20

C. Koch 26 d T. Lamb 25

D. Demeo 25 d I. McCarry 22

Castlemaine 16/97 d Inglewood 2/75

K. Parsons 17 d K. Rowley 16

B. Miller 25 d A. Harrison 17

J. Bassett 32 d I. Bradley 13

B. Leavy 23 lt D. Whitehead 29

Golden Square 14/98 d Calivil 4/87

G. Taylor 23 d J. Gledhill 20

G. Tipple 20 lt G. Maxted 25

D. Kent 35 d W. Miles 18

L. Power 20 lt J. Pickles 24

Bridgewater 4/85 lt Marong 14/87

N. Saunders 19 lt R. Keily 20

R. Smith 26 d J. Lindrea 20

R. Broadbent 28 d J. Tate 14

A. Harrison 12 lt G. Place 33

Kangaroo Flat 16/103 d Bendigo 2/74

W. Hegarty 22 lt R. Flanagan 25

W. Conboy 25 d W. Hopley 18

J. Ritchie 28 d B. Benbow 16

I. Vogele 28 d B. Greenwood 15

South Bendigo 18/118 d Bendigo East 0/54

T. Gastin 40 d L. Robertson 6

B. Mott 23 d C. Rutherfrd 20

T. Bradley 32 d Y. Rutherford 11

T. Doolan 23 d W. Schmidt 17

Heathcote 2/83 lt Eaglehawk 16/108

F. Cutajar 27 lt G. Gibbs 28

B. Kapoulitsa 12 lt G. Johnston 31

B. Taylor 21 lt F. Lynch 30

E. O'Brien 23 d B. Rogers 19

Eaglehawk 0/55 lt Woodbury 16/90

S. Doull 17 lt P. Gould 23

K. Merrett 16 lt P. Luke 31

B. Kelly 22 lt K. Geyer 36

Bendigo VRI 16/92 d Kangaroo Flat 0/51

M.McMahon 35 d D. Johnson 13

P. Simmons 30 d N. Wild 22

P. Milburn 27 d C. Madden 16

White Hills v Golden Square

No Results Received

Campbell's Creek 14/78 d Lockwood South 2/73

M. Holland 32 d P. Williams 14

C. Bull 34 d B. Ede 19

I. Trevena 12 lt A. Manallack 40

Marong 2/67 lt White Hills 14/75

R. Reilly 16 lt J. Fitzpatrick 25

W. Cason 21 lt J. Tynan 28

N. Hill 30 d L. Basile 22

Kangaroo Flat 2/61 lt South Bendigo 14/75

J. Berry 19 lt K. Presley 29

D. Wiegard 15 lt M. Runnalls 34

P. Beveridge 27 d T. Bullow 12

Bendigo 12/48 d Castlemaine 2/38

L. Aiello 24 d M. Tucker 13

J. Wells 24 lt V. Podesta 25

Harcourt 12/47 d White Hills 2/46

D. Gale 30 d I. Walklate 18

D. Jeffries 17 lt H. Walklate 28

Woodbury 14/72 d Bendigo VRI 0/38

M. MacDonald 42 d J. Dullard 16

C. Edwards 30 d B. Rosewall 22

Dingee 14/15 forfeit by North Bendigo 0/-15

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