	{"id":102277,"date":"2025-02-14T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=102277"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:52:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T23:52:45","slug":"diggers-ready-to-rumble-with-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/sport\/diggers-ready-to-rumble-with-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Diggers ready to rumble with Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOUTH Bendigo Diggers take on Bendigo&#8217;s Royals in this Saturday&#8217;s 13th round of premier division matches in Bendigo Campaspe Goldfields weekend pennant bowls.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s third against second with two rounds to go in the home-and-away series.<\/p>\n<p>The Diggers have home-green advantage when the match starts at 1.30pm on the Palmerston Street greens in Quarry Hill.<\/p>\n<p>South Bendigo won its latest hit-out at home against Golden Square by 13 shots.<\/p>\n<p>Victory put the Diggers in third place in the premiership race on 131 points behind Bendigo (149) and Moama (162).<\/p>\n<p>The Royals will be keen to bounce back from a 2-78 to 16-82 loss at home to Moama.<\/p>\n<p>The best result for Bendigo was the 34-19 win by Luke Hoskin against Kevin Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>Moama will be back home against Eaglehawk.<\/p>\n<p>The Steamers won three of four rinks against Bendigo.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Keenan&#8217;s rink won 22-9 as the Matt Robertson and Alex Marshall-skipped rinks won by two and four shots respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Eaglehawk is on the rebound from a 14-shot loss at Bendigo East.<\/p>\n<p>The Magpies outplayed the Hawks 16-84 to 2-70.<\/p>\n<p>Golden Square is back at home against Marong.<\/p>\n<p>Best for the Bulldogs at South Bendigo was Travis Berry&#8217;s rink, which claimed a 15-13 win.<\/p>\n<p>Marong&#8217;s tally of four wins in its debut premier division season includes beating Moama by three shots in round four and an 80-73 victory at South Bendigo in round six.<\/p>\n<p>Kangaroo Flat will be desperate to end its season &#8216;duck&#8217; when it hosts Bendigo East on the Station Street greens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOUTH Bendigo Diggers take on Bendigo&#8217;s Royals in this Saturday&#8217;s 13th round of premier division matches in Bendigo Campaspe Goldfields weekend pennant bowls. 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