West Gippsland wins shield
West Gippsland defeated South Gippsland to retain the Strzelecki Shield.
Following the round robin, the team to play in the state region championships to be played in Traralgon in April, was selected. Team: V McIlwain (Traralgon), T T Whielaw (Mirboo North), W Lynch (Morwell Club), N Brown (Traralgon, skip)
S Jones (Trafalgar), J Scullin (Traralgon), M Ferrari (Traralgon), I Kirkup (Traralgon, skip)
S O’Loughlin (Korumburra), R May (Phillip Island), D Major (Phillip Island), J Hall (Leongatha, skip) Emergency: Ron Witton. Manager: Ian Park (Foster).
Semi-final venues
West Gippsland Bowls Division pennant semifinals will be played on Saturday.
Division 1 semi finals at Yallourn: 2nd semifinal: Traralgon v Trafalgar; 1st semi-final Morwell Club v Drouin.
Division 2 semi finals at Trafalgar: 2nd semifinal: Moe v Neerim District; 1st semi-final: Traralgon 2 v Warragul 2.
Division 3: 2nd semi-final at Warragul: Longwarry v Drouin 2; 1st semi-final at Morwell: Traralgon RSL 2 v Yinnar.
Division four semi-finals at Drouin: 2nd semifinal (on grass): Thorpdale v Traralgon 4; 1st semi-final (synthetic): Trafalgar v Yarragon.
Division 6 West at Yallourn (winner to play Longwarry 2): Garfield 3 v Trafalgar 3.
Division 6 East at Trafalgar (winner to play Churchill): Yinnar 2 v Morwell Club 3.