SOUTH Bendigo will be striving to dethrone Bendigo East and capture its first BBD weekend pennant division one premiership for 26 years in Sunday's grand final at Golden Square.

The Beasties are gunning for back-to-back premierships, while the Diggers haven't won a division one flag since 1994.

South Bendigo will be hoping it's a case of history repeating at Golden Square from 1pm on Sunday given the Diggers' last premiership triumph was against Bendigo East by four shots.

The two sides - who trained side-by-side at Golden Square on Thursday afternoon - have met just once this season in what was a gripping encounter under lights at South Bendigo in round 10 that wasn't decided until the final bowl of the night delivered by East's Ian Ross.

The Beasties prevailed 93-88, but the two sides have different looks about them on Sunday given each has made skipper changes since their last meeting, with Marc Smith taking over from Ross and Gary Downie now skipping what had been Mitch Sidebottom's rink.

The Beasties are spearheaded by superstar coach Lee Schraner, whose rink again has the BBD's best record this season, while adding some extra spice to the contest is South Bendigo coach Brad Holland's long history at Bendigo East, where he is a former coach of seven years and four-time premiership skipper.

Between them the Bendigo East quartet of Marc Smith (five), Aaron Tomkins (three), Brad Marron (two) and Schraner (one) have skipped 11 BBD flags.

BRAD MARRON

Points: 21 Shots: +71

Record: 10-4-1

Average for: 25.3

Average against: 20.2

Past 4: L1, W3, L10, W7

Grand final rank: 4th

The team - Martin Lord, Graham Murphy, Graham Edwards, Brad Marron (s).

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GARY DOWNIE

Points: 20 Shots: +104

Record: 9-5-2

Average for: 27.1

Average against: 20.2

Past 4: W10, W16, L5, L5

Grand final rank: 5th

The team - Trevor Zimmer, David White, Ben Gould, Gary Downie (s).

AARON TOMKINS

Points: 21 Shots: +92

Record: 10-4-1

Average for: 27.4

Average against: 20.8

Past 4: W2, W17, W26, W7

Grand final rank: 3rd

The team - Taylah Marron, Gary Ryan, Paul Vlaeminck, Aaron Tomkins (s).

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BRAD HOLLAND

Points: 25 Shots: +69

Record: 12-3-1

Average for: 24.6

Average against: 20.0

Past 4: W2, W1, L7, W12

Grand final rank: 2nd

The team - Steven Zsigmond, Don Sherman, Greg Page, Brad Holland (s).

LEE SCHRANER

Points: 25 Shots: +114

Record: 12-2-1

Average for: 26.9

Average against: 18.8

Past 4: W7, W4, L2, W4

Grand final rank: 1st

The team - Rod Pearce, Peter Huggard, Rob Clough, Lee Schraner (s).

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LIAM CRAPPER

Points: 17 Shots: -19

Record: 7-6-3

Average for: 23.0

Average against: 24.3

Past 4: W12, L2, W4, L11

Grand final rank: 6th

The team - Dale Oddy, Josh Wiffen, Mitch Sidebottom, Liam Crapper (s).

MARC SMITH

Points: 13 Shots: -15

Record: 6-8-1

Average for: 22.9

Average against: 23.9

Past 4: L3, W1, L15, L18

Grand final rank: 8th

The team - Barry Edwards, Brian Griffin, Ian Ross, Marc Smith (s).

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LUKE HOSKIN

Points: 16 Shots: +24

Record: 7-7-2

Average for: 23.7

Average against: 22.1

Past 4: L16, W13, W12, TIE

Grand final rank: 7th

The team - Wayne Marwood, Aaron Taylor, Frank Byrne, Luke Hoskin (s).

ROUND 3

Washed out

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ROUND 10

Bendigo East 93 def South Bendigo 88.

Brad Marron 18 lt Liam Crapper 24.

Ian Ross 24 def Mitch Sidebottom 18.

Lee Schraner 33 def Luke Hoskin 16.

Aaron Tomkins 18 lt Brad Holland 30.

1. Lee Schraner (East)

2. Brad Holland (SB)

3. Aaron Tomkins (East)

4. Brad Marron (East)

5. Gary Downie (SB)

6. Liam Crapper (SB)

7. Luke Hoskin (SB)

8. Marc Smith (East)

Brad Marron over Gary Downie by 2.

Brad Holland over Aaron Tomkins by 3.

Lee Schraner over Liam Crapper by 6.

Marc Smith over Luke Hoskin by 1.

Overall - Bendigo East by 6.

DIVISION 2

Eaglehawk v Kangaroo Flat at Bendigo East.

Last time - Eaglehawk 108 def Kangaroo Flat 89.

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DIVISION 3

Harcourt v Golden Square at South Bendigo.

Last time - Harcourt 97 def Golden Square 89.

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DIVISION 4

South Bendigo v Strathfieldsaye at Bendigo.

Last time - South Bendigo 110 def Strathfieldsaye 69.

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DIVISION 5

Campbell's Creek v Golden Square at South Bendigo.

Last time - Campbell's Creek 103 def Golden Square 93.

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DIVISION 6

Kangaroo Flat v South Bendigo at Bendigo East.

Last time - South Bendigo 104 def Kangaroo Flat 75.

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DIVISION 7

Woodbury v White Hills at Bendigo.

Last time - Woodbury 74 def White Hills 62.

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DIVISION 8

South Bendigo v Woodbury at Bendigo.

Last time - Woodbury 78 def South Bendigo 71.

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DIVISION 9

Harcourt v Bendigo at South Bendigo.

Last time - Harcourt 48 def Bendigo 39.

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