Victoria and Ballarat have wrapped up round 12 of the Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region Saturday Pennant in dominant fashion.
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The top two sides both enjoyed clean sweep triumphs on Saturday to extend their lead over the rest of the competition.
Victoria went head-to-head with a fellow top-four side in Mt Xavier, coming away with a 107 (18) to 49 (0) victory.
Ballarat clinched its seventh win of the season with a gorgeous performance against sixth-placed Sebastopol, winning 92 (18) to 56 (0).
The win saw Ballarat increase the margin between itself and third-placed BMS, which overcame a valiant Buninyong 78 (12) to 66 (6).
Webbcona missed out a golden opportunity to sneak into the top four with a 67 (4) to 81 (14) defeat against Creswick, with the win lifting Creswick out of 10th place on the ladder.
Linton and Learmonth, who sit in the bottom half of the standings, put together one of the games of the season as Linton held on for a 74 (13) to 73 (5) nail-biting victory.
LINTON 74 (13) DEF LEARMONTH 73 (5)
Sydney Walters, Stewart Williams, Nick Pearce, Rodney Hetherington (s) 16 def by Timothy Griffin, Kenneth Johnson, Gregory Ross, Ross Powell (s) 20
Glenn Landers, Danny Pridham, Brendan Vandenberg, Craig Williams (s) 19 drew with Addy Ryan, Ron Verlin, David Ryan, David Kelly (s) 19
Malcolm Worthy, Eugene Grigg, Stan Meale, Craig Grenfell (s) 21 def William Rowe, Liz Bourke, Chris Powell, Brendan Pym (s) 14
Ray Wilson, Martin Drinkwater, James Fraaser, Brendan Williams (s) 16 def by Jake Mullane, Gary Moy, Mark Powell, Mick Casey (s) 20
MT XAVIER 49 (0) DEF BY VICTORIA 107 (18)
Robert Storey, Joshua Sargent, Neil Dart, Phillip McGrath (s) 15 def by John Jackson, Shaun O'Loughlin, Barry Clark, Brenton Coad (s) 29
Stacey Forrest, Lynden Henderson, John Duggan, Chris McDonald (s) 15 def by Kevin Coad, Stephen Britt, Marc Oswin, Wayne Lynch (s) 20
Darryl Boyd, Darren Beattie, Frank Duggan, Paul Forrest (s) 11 def by Michael Curtis, Debbie Gorin, Sunni Haynes, Noel Verlinden (s) 24
Pat Moran, Jack McDonald, Daryl Lamb, Ray Bellingham (s) 8 def by Donna Leeson, David Leeson, Craig Ford, Haig Varcoe (s) 34
WEBBCONA 67 (4) DEF BY CRESWICK 81 (14)
Sarah Braybrook, Colin Young, Nathan Mahoney, Gary Johnson (s) 14 def by Robert Ohlsen, Peter Fontana, Gerry Flapper, Michael Booth (s) 26
Ross Brown, Alistair Van der Ploeg, Greg Blackburn, Matthew Collins (s) 10 def by Trevor Booth, Dale Chalmers, Harley Taylor-Irwin, Alan Annear (s) 27
Chris Steenhuis, Harold Worsley, Leah McArthur, Zakk Stewart (s) 21 def Rebecca Irwin, John Matusik, Dean Cooper, Travis Hedger (s) 16
Brett Collins, Wayne Pattie, Todd Blackburn Ben McArthur (s) 22 def Greg Peel, Rebecca Cooper, Geoff Antonio, Stephen Hepworth (s) 12
SEBASTOPOL 56 (0) DEF BY BALLARAT 92 (18)
Gary Shepherd, Neil Morris, Alan Jones, Murray Gannon (s) 15 def by Matthew Cornish, Robert Sidebottom, Corey Fothergill, Wes Lennecke (s) 24
Kevin Lynch, Ian Hedger, Rob Baker, Will Matthews (s) 14 def by John Cameron, Greg Stewart, Grant Bourke, Taylor Stewart (s) 28
Noel Sutherland, Craig Meade, John Hofstra, Ian Warner (s) 15 def by Rhiannon Williams, Mark Fothergill, Nathanial Campbell, Luke Whitehead (s) 20
Fred Reus, Darren Meade, John Garvin, Paul Lovell (s) 12 def by Dale McGregor, Paul Ryan, Colin Johnson, Gregory Brown (s) 20
BUNINYONG 66 (6) DEF BY BMS 78 (12)
Leonie Donnelly, Yvonne Clark, Ian Voight, Keith Chapman 19 d Jeff Ryan, Craig Hurdsfield, Michael Jose, Phillip Clamp 13
Kevin Lee, John Nunn, Ian McGregor, Graeme Nicholson (s) 11 def by David Andrews, Daniel Vagg, Robert Dickinson, Ryan Bedggood (s) 31
Terrance Jordan, Stephen Dargaville, Norman Hand, Peter Aldred (s) 18 d Adam McLean, Keith Urch, David Schreenan, Michael Storey (s) 17
Brian Johnson, Stephen Falconer, Wayne Morgan, Graeme Simpson (s) 18 def Stephen Byron, Travis Preston, Lindsay Trounce, David Berry (s) 17
LADDER
VICTORIA +329 shots, 185pts; BALLARAT +155, 138; BMS +32, 118; MT XAVIER -72, 118; Webbcona -33, 114; Sebastopol -14, 111; Linton -136, 85; Learmonth -34, 75; Creswick -116, 69; Buninyong -111, 67
Edward Holland
Covering the Ballarat Football Netball League and other sports throughout the region. Get in touch at: edward.holland@austcommunitymedia.com.au or 0429 203 083. Linktree: linktr.ee/bearbearbear
Covering the Ballarat Football Netball League and other sports throughout the region. Get in touch at: edward.holland@austcommunitymedia.com.au or 0429 203 083. Linktree: linktr.ee/bearbearbear
