THE grudge match against Calivil in Bendigo Division 4 went Dingee’s way, with all four rinks winning narrowly on Saturday.
The final score was 81 shots (18 points) to 71 shots (0 points), with the points tally not truly reflective of such a close contest.
One rink (Bradley Duncan, Rodney Ellis, Lewis Hocking and Bruce Lawry) won by five shots, but the other games were won by two, one and two shots.
Dingee’s win was against the odds, with the home side having won just once this season before Saturday.
The result sees Calivil in third place on the ladder, with Dingee rising to fifth and climbing ahead of Marong.
Hot weather resulted in the cancellation of Monday’s matches in all competitions.
BRIDGEWATER
For the  first time this season both of Bridgewater’s sides played together at home, with the rare sight of full rinks.
In an impressive result, the Division 5 team played the top side in the Bendigo Playing Area, Campbells Creek, and ended with a draw.
It was a very tight tussle all day, with all rinks being close contests.  
The only winning rink was Geoff Papworth, Glenn Catto, Tyler Estrada and Glenn Mangan, who prevailed 19-15. Allan Harrison’s and John Fagan’s rinks both salvaged draws in their respective rinks, with the overall score being all tied up with 64 shots each.
The Division 2 Goldfields side played the Maryborough Highlands Society team and fell to a ninth defeat from 11 matches, losing 35 shots (0 points) to 101 shots (16 points).  Ron Brown’s rink was the best performed on the day, losing 11-26.
INGLEWOOD
The Division 5 team fought on strongly and ended the day with a draw against South Bendigo, and now sit in sixth place on the ladder, one place ahead on Bridgewater.
The best rink on the day was the team of Bill Concol, Doug Shay, Ian Chamberlain and Christine McEwan (skip) with a nine-shot win.
The final result was Inglewood 80 shots (10 points) versus South Bendigo 80 shots (8 points). Division 1 had a disappointing 11-shot loss to North Bendigo, and now faces a must-win clash with White Hills, who are last on the ladder, in the first match after the Christmas break.
Best rink on the day was the team of Bruce McClymont, Robert Stranger, Denis Wilson and Geoff Wilson, with a 14-shot win.
Inglewood is sixth on the ladder after the loss, 74 shots (2 points) to North Bendigo 85 shots (16 points), but just five points behind fourth-placed Kangaroo Flat.
Serpentine
In the last game before the Christmas break, Serpentine played Eaglehawk at home going down by eight shots in a close contest which could have gone either way when the last bowl was delivered.
Serp eventually went down 4 pts 73 shots to 14 pts 81 shots.
Brian Gladman and his team got up to win 26 to 19 and rRck Hasty’s team won 20 to 16. Bowlers were dressed in bright colours for our charity day game ,