The Goulburn Valley Playing Area Edna Harling Shield completed its penultimate fixture Tuesday as midweek bowls steamed on towards next week’s grand final.
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Shepparton Golf took all it could handle from Kyabram in a fiercely-fought preliminary final affair.
The Golfers rode a single-shot victory by Carla Miles’ rink and a handy result from John Stokes’ quartet to scrape out the result necessary to make the 2023-24 decider, prevailing 14-74 to 2-68.
Golf travels to face Seymour on its home rink in a rematch of last week’s semi-final on March 5.
There was better news for Kyabram in division two, staving off Mooroopna by a single shot to meet Tallygaroopna in the decider.
Avenel fell to a straight-sets finals exit in division three after Mooroopna Golf triumphed to book a date with Seymour VRI.
One huge rink win was not enough for Euroa, which fell out of division four contention after a tough loss to East Shepparton, now set to take on Eildon for the title.
The same misfortune would befall Violet Town, which crashed out to Tatura-Hill Top and missed out on a division five grand final berth against Merrigum.
As expected, an all-Mooroopna clash decides the division six title next week after Mooroopna Blue blitzed Rushworth to lock in a rematch with Mooroopna White.
Megan Fisher patrolled Tatura Bowls Club to capture the Golf-Kyabram pennant contest.