Big guns fire in one-sided return of Bendigo premier lawn bowls

Saturday's four games were decided by a combined 140 shots, with the closest of the contests being the 16 shots South Bendigo defeated Bendigo by in a battle between two clubs that have been impacted by COVID cases.

The Diggers won 86-70 at home with three rinks up, with Bendigo able to avoid a whitewash thanks to Grant Woodward's 23-16 win over Tom Lester.

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Moama inflicted a fourth heavy loss in a row on Castlemaine, with the ladder-leaders impressing in a commanding 103-57 victory.

Moama won all four rinks for the first time this season in what was a strong tune-up ahead of its keenly-anticipated clash with South Bendigo the following day.

In other round eight games on Saturday, Eaglehawk hit back from consecutive losses before the break to easily account for Inglewood 94-56 at home.

The Hawks' thumping win was led by dominant performances from the rinks of Marc Smith (+21) and Dean Carter (+15).

And Bendigo East handed a 100-60 hiding to Golden Square to make it four wins from its past five games following a 0-3 start to the season.

South Bendigo 86 def Bendigo 70.

Luke Hoskin 23 def Mark Anderson 15; Tom Lester 16 lt Grant Woodward 23; Brad Holland 22 def Lee Harris 16; Greg Sherman 25 def Frank Byrne 16.

Bendigo East 100 def Golden Square 60.

Greg Podesta 18 lt Lachlan Bowland 20; Josh Moloney 30 def Wayne Robins 16; Aaron Tomkins 25 def Garri Conforti 13; Ian Ross 27 def John Berry 11.

Eaglehawk 94 def Inglewood 56.

Brayden Byrne 17 dr Mal McLean 17; Dean Carter 23 def Lindsay Kelly 8; Darren Burgess 22 def Rob Day 20; Marc Smith 32 def Grant Jackson 11.

Moama 103 def Castlemaine 57.

Barry Brennan 25 def Greg Brain 22; Brad Campbell 25 def Darren Taylor 7; Paul Newcombe 33 def Rod Phillips 11; Kevin Brennan 20 def Peter Brain 12.

Meanwhile, in Sunday's round nine games, Moama emerged victorious from its marquee match-up at home against South Bendigo.

Moama retained its unbeaten record with a 75-67 victory over the Diggers.

Both teams won two rinks apiece, with two of the contests decided by just three shots - South Bendigo's Tom Lester beating Paul Newcombe 19-16, while Moama's Brad Campbell defeated Luke Hoskin 20-17.

It was a superb performance by the rink of Campbell given Hoskin had gone into Sunday as the No.1-ranked skipper.

Eaglehawk recorded another big win for the weekend when it kept Bendigo winless.

In a game that was switched to Eaglehawk due to the closure of the Bendigo clubhouse, the Hawks prevailed 90-51 to cap a dominant weekend in which they won their two games by a combined 77 shots and earned 35 of a possible 36 points.

In Sunday's other games, Kangaroo Flat beat Castlemaine 94-79 and Golden Square bounced back to defeat Inglewood 84-75.

Eaglehawk 90 def Bendigo 51.

Brayden Byrne 15 def Mark Anderson 10; Dean Carter 25 def Frank Byrne 13; Darren Burgess 27 def Lee Harris 17; Marc Smith 23 def Grant Woodward 11.

Moama 75 def South Bendigo 67.

Barry Brennan 15 lt Brad Holland 24; Kevin Brennan 24 def Greg Sherman 7; Paul Newcombe 16 lt Tom Lester 19; Brad Campbell 20 def Luke Hoskin 17.

Kangaroo Flat 94 def Castlemaine 79.

David Keenan 32 def Peter Brain 20; Barry Anset 19 lt Greg Brain 24; Cameron Wilson 28 def Rod Phillips 20; Cameron Keenan 15 tied Darren Taylor 15.

Golden Square 84 def Inglewood 75.

Lachlan Bowland 24 def Mal McLean 22; Wayne Robins 19 def Grant Jackson 15; Garri Conforti 26 def Lindsay Kelly 15; John Berry 15 lt Rob Day 23.

Bendigo's midweek pennant competition resumes from its Christmas-New Year break on Monday.

The season restarts with Eaglehawk as the division one competition pace-setter sitting four points clear at the top of the ladder after six rounds.

Monday's games - Inglewood v White Hills, Bendigo v Golden Square, Castlemaine v Eaglehawk, Kangaroo Flat v Bendigo East.

Ladder - Eaglehawk (62), Kangaroo Flat (58), Golden Square (56), Bendigo (54), White Hills (50), Bendigo East (44), Inglewood (36), Castlemaine (24).

ROUND 1:

Kangaroo Flat 65 def White Hills 44

Castlemaine 68 def Bendigo 48

Eaglehawk 51 def Bendigo East 43

Golden Square 53 def Inglewood 46

ROUND 2:

Eaglehawk 81 def Kangaroo Flat 44

Bendigo East 71 def White Hills 47

Bendigo 63 def Inglewood 51

Golden Square 54 def Castlemaine 51

ROUND 3:

Bendigo 75 def Eaglehawk 50

Kangaroo Flat 63 def Castlemaine 44

White Hills 65 def Golden Square 58

Inglewood 63 def Bendigo East 60

ROUND 4:

Eaglehawk 71 def Golden Square 47

White Hills 76 def Castlemaine 53

Bendigo East 55 def Bendigo 46

Kangaroo Flat 65 def Inglewood 64

ROUND 5:

White Hills 63 def Eaglehawk 37

Golden Square 58 def Bendigo East 47

Kangaroo Flat 63 def Bendigo 53

Inglewood 59 def Castlemaine 50

ROUND 6:

Bendigo East 64 def Castlemaine 42

Bendigo 80 def White Hills 62

Golden Square 57 def Kangaroo Flat 42

Eaglehawk 67 def Inglewood 55

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