Round nine of the Gippsland Bowls Region premier weekend pennant competition saw minimal changes to the composition of the ladder.
Top of the table Lakes Entrance was a 21-shot winner over the fourth-placed Cockies at the Lindenow Bowling Club, claiming two of the three rinks.
Stephen Smith, Jim Northe, Kevin Brown and Bradley Lancaster opened up a huge early advantage on the way to a 28-17 victory.
Eric Spence, Margaret Brandhoj, Darren Martin and Joanne Martin played consistently all afternoon on the way to their 22-11 win.
For the second consecutive week, both division one sides were victorious and now occupy the top two spots on the ladder.
Top rung Lakes Entrance 2 clean swept Howitt Park at home 82-41.
The stars of the show were Mike McKay, Ray Ricca, Clement Hochkins and Harley Johnson, victors 36-9.
They were well supported by Michael Bratt, Jeffrey Wilson, Johannes Kool, Barry Roberts (22-14) and Boyd McPhee, Kevin Watson, Kenneth Melville and Wallace Mason (24-18), who continued on where they left off last week.
Lakes Entrance 3 won the battle for second spot with Orbost, victorious at home 59-55 in a thriller, despite winning just one rink.
Ian Morris, Adrian Culph, Tom Rowe and Sharon Hall again led the way, successful 24-13.
In division two, the match of the round was the clash between ladder leader Lakes Entrance 4 and second-placed Paynesville. It ended in a 38-38 draw at the Paynesville Bowling Club.
Only one shot separated either rink, with the winning team for Lakes 4 being Ryan Dobson, Christine Piatek, Peter Alves-Veira and Tony Spink 20-19.
Third ranked Lakes 5 was a disappointing loser to Bairnsdale 50-32 at the Bairnsdale Bowling Club.
Lakes Entrance 6 was the winner in division three in its away fixture against Lindenow, 48-42.
The victory was set up by the effort of Kerrie Darby, Margaret Simpson, Mervyn Pratt and Rhonda O’Neill, who etched out a 28-21 rink win.
THIS WEEK
Round 10, Saturday December 20
Premier: Lakes Entrance v Maffra.
Division one east: Orbost v Lakes Entrance 2; Bairnsdale 3 v Lakes Entrance 3.
Division two east: Lakes Entrance 4 v Bairnsdale Golf.
Division three east: Lakes Entrance v Bairnsdale Golf.
