Bacchus Marsh maintained its 13-point cushion in the Central Highlands Bowls division 1 top four with a 26-shot win against Trentham on Saturday.
Bacchus Marsh (91) is within touching distance of third-placed Kyneton Golf (94), and it kept Kyneton (78) at arm’s length with the 14-106 to 4-81 win.
Alan Maher’s big 36-13 win against Trentham’s Bob Dobinson was the equal- biggest for any skip in the round.
Amy Gloury was also a double-figure winner with a 30-18 margin against Trentham’s Bernie Halpin.
The Marsh’s other two rinks were beaten, with Barry Mahar beating Justin Webster 24-21 and Paul Ulrik downing Dylan Filuk 26-19.
Kyneton Golf inflicted a first loss on Lancefield, 12-92 to 6-87.
Lancefield’s loss and Woodend’s 17-117 to 1-92 win against Gisborne means the Tigers lead the division by just seven points, 114 to Woodend’s 107.
Kyneton beat Romsey 14-112 to 4-86 in the weekend’s other match.
In division 2, Mt Cottrell’s revival continued with a 16-108 to 2-73 win against Bacchus Marsh.
In the battle for top four, only 19 points separate third and seventh with Macedon (77 points) leading Kyneton Golf (73), Diggers Rest (63), Mt Cottrell (58) and Bacchus Marsh (56).
Top pair Kyneton (101) and Woodend (98) posted weekend wins, with Woodend up 16-98 to 2-86 against Gisborne and Kyneton 18-121 to 0-68 against Macedon.
Kyneton Golf beat Diggers Rest 14-92 to 4-89.
In Bowls Victoria Saturday pennant, Melton pushed back into the top four of division 1, section 2 with a win against Fitzroy Victoria.
