A week after being stunned by bottom side Buninyong, Victoria has bounced back to form in the Saturday Pennant premier division bowls.
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The Vics remain in third place on the ladder after the weekend's triumph over Ballarat, which it defeated by three shots overall.
A strong 23-13 rink success from Brett Harrison, Marc Oswin, Sunni Haynes and Shaun Clark was a major reason behind the triumph, with Noel Verlinden also skippering Victoria to a one-shot victory.
Skipper Greg Brown secured Ballarat's only rink win, but it wasn't enough as the home side held strong for a 55-52 result.
Victoria is now locked together with second-placed Sebastopol on 76 points.
Elsewhere on Saturday afternoon, Ballarat Memorial Sports extended its winning streak to seven games with a big success over Linton.
BMS now holds a 24-point lead on the rest of the competition at the half-way mark of the home and away season. Just seven rounds of matches remain until finals get underway in mid-March.
The Kookaburras got the share of the points in their battle with Webbcona on Saturday, winning 60-57.
Ian Warner and Murray Gannon both skippered rink wins for the reigning premiers, while Barry McArthur's team won by eight shots to pick up two points for Webbcona.
In Saturday's other showdowns, Creswick was too good for Buninyong and Learmonth did it easily in the game against Mt Xavier.
The victory was a big one for the Wickers, which have closed the gap on the top four from 15 points to just three.
RESULTS
PREMIER DIVISION
Victoria 55 (14) d Ballarat 52 (2)
Brett Harrison, Marc Oswin, Sunni Haynes, Shaun Clark 23 d Taylor Stewart, Lindsay Annear, Andrew Dalgleish, Anthony Wood 13
Kane Silbereisen, Darren Britt, Barry Clark, Noel Verlinden 17 d Matthew Cornish, Greg Stewart, Zachary Stewart, Aaron Wood 16
Shaun O'Loughlin, Stephen Britt, Craig Ford, Wayne Lynch 15 lt Mark Fothergill, Corey Fothergill, Wes Lennecke, Gregory Brown 23
Webbcona 57 (2) lt Sebastopol 60 (14)
Francis Clarke, Harold Worsley, Nathan Mahoney, Leah McArthur 16 lt William Matthews, Bruce Carter, Paul Lovell, Ian Warner 23
Wayne Pattie, Matthew Collins, Gary Johnson, Anthony Lange 17 lt Stephen Topp, Noel Sutherland, John Garvin, Murray Gannon 21
Ross Brown, Alistair Van der Ploeg, Chris Steenhuis, Barry McArthur 24 d Fred Reus, Shayne Bottrell, Alan Jones, Glenn Sargent 16
Creswick 77 (14) d Buninyong 54 (2)
Dusty Taylor-Irwin, Michael Booth, Alan Annear, Travis Hedger 25 d Ian McGregor, Kenneth Sergeant, Graeme Simpson, Peter Aldred 16
Trevor Booth, Dean Cooper, Jarrod Matthews, Gerry Flapper 21 lt John Beames, Keith Chapman, Ian Voigt, Graeme Nicholson 24
Rebecca Cooper, Geoff Antonio, Todd Blackburn, Stephen Hepworth 31 d Manfred Weil, Stephen Gollan, Wayne Morgan, Brian Wilcock 14
Mt Xavier 42 (2) lt Learmonth 71 (14) d
Stacey Forrest, Neil Dart, Robert Ockwell, Chris McDonald 24 d Gary Moy, Gregory Ross, Michael Casey, Ross Powell 13
Joshua Sargent, Lynden Henderson, Paul Forrest, Phillip McGrath 7 lt Jake Mullane, David Pike, Friedrich Lennecke, Brendan Pym 29
Pat Moran, Malcolm Sargent, Peter Morris, Daryl Lamb 11 lt Paul Beechey, Timothy Griffin, Craig Findlay, William Rowe 29
BMS 76 (14) d Linton 40 (2)
Adam McLean, Keith Urch, Cameron Bryce, Philip Clamp 12 lt Ray Wilson, Nick Pearce, Rodney Hetherington, Peter Wilson 22
Daniel Vagg, Lindsay Trounce, David Berry, Ryan Bedggood 33 d Edward Williams, Danny Pridham, Craig Williams, Brendan Williams 7
David Schreenan, Robert Dickinson, Beau Traill, Michael Storey 31 d Glenn Landers, Timothy Wilson, Brendan Vandenberg, Craig Grenfell 11
LADDER
BMS +106 shots, 100 points
SEBASTOPOL +50, 76
VICTORIA +45, 76
BALLARAT +58, 64
Creswick +8, 61
Learmonth -17, 51
Linton -36, 48
Webbcona -4, 38
Mt Xavier -50, 27
Buninyong -160, 19
PLAYER LADDER
Lindsay Trounce (BMS) +67, 165.05
Ryan Bedggood (BMS) +67, 165.05
David Berry (BMS) +67, 165.05
Paul Lovell (Sebastopol) +60, 153.10
Ian Warner (Sebastopol) +60, 153.10
John Garvin (Sebastopol) +57, 150.00
