Those three games could offer Moora a possible 24 points and if even close to that, see them rocket to the top because the opposition do not have such an easy run.

Dally Green and Dally White will ruin one of the other's chances with their impending derby.

White will have to win this encounter to offset their last game visit to Kalannie and if Green were to lose they have a chance to recoup with their last game against Wongan Blue.

It is not easy for either side and White at least could find themselves out of the four.

Ballidu look a little easier if they can reverse their first round defeat by Calingiri as Wongan Blue offers a chance for a last game win.

Kalannie have not got it easy with a visit to Moora and their last game against Dally White could shape up to determine fourth spot.

Although equal on points with Moora, it is hard to accept Calingiri has an outside chance of the four considering their home run fixtures but they and the unpredictable Wongan Red have the ability to ruin others' aspirations.

It is now a giant struggle for five in the league and the home ground finals, a decided advantage for the flag, very much in doubt.

Bombed

As "lawn" bowls has moved into the 21st century, the battle between grass and synthetic or carpet preference has lop-sided the competition and the availability of numbers further compounds.

Further evidence of this came last weekend when the reigning premiers Moora were bombed, bashed, be-headed and bewildered by Ballidu's slower grass.

Without a rink win and 83 shots the difference in the aggregate was far from digestible for the visitors.

But then we are reminded Moora won the aggregate by 57 shots against Ballidu in the first round, not such a bigger margin, but Moora remain undefeated at home with 60 against Calingiri, 73 over Wongan Blue and 42 over Buntine and all of those games with just one rink losing.

Of their six away games, Moora have won one and if that doesn't make their competition lop-sided, nothing does.

But it was Ballidu's day last weekend and their surface and they made the most of it with some hard-to-believe differences - Wayne Sermon's 26 over Mick Rodan, Chris Leahy's 35 over Bruce Manning and new skipper Daryl Sermon's 17 over a formidable Geoff Gill with Bill Hobdon's capitulation to Graham Lehmann by five, the only bright light for the visitors.

No fat lady

The adage of it's not over until the fat lady sings came to the fore in the Dally White vs Calingiri encounter.

Little chance of making the four, Calingiri hadn't heard her and Dally thought they heard her but came to realise she had sung when they went down, albeit closely (four shots in the aggregate), 1/7 to the visitors.

And with this Dally White find themselves relegated from a comfortable second on the ladder to a precarious fourth.

Perhaps expecting a similar outcome from their previous week's 7/1 over Wongan Red, Dally quickly found Calingiri a different proposition although the two could easily be presumed of the same calibre, both sitting sixth and seventh on the ladder.

The catalyst to Calingiri's tight aggregate win came from the Harry Hawkins vs Joe Thomas' rink.

Over his sojourn with Calingiri, Hawkins has had what is best described as an up-and-down run and Thomas could be measured the same up until this season where he has performed well but for this battle Hawkins' biorhythms were on the "up" to the tune of 11 shots to add to Nigel Marshall's six over Gordon McNeill and Ian Woods' two over Phil Moore to cover Dally's Glen Jones' 15 over Aubrey King.

Upset upon upsets

In a weekend of upsets it was the Wongan Hills club that was favoured with perhaps the biggest upset of all the upsets.

Nobody would have picked seventh on the ladder Wongan Red to bundle top of the ladder Dalwallinu Green 7/1 and 11 shots in the aggregate.

Perhaps Wongan's Bernie Driscoll could have justified the win with his four shots of league leading skipper Willy Lines despite having started the battle holding 20 shots over Lines' one.

Similarly Gary McCagh could also justify with 11 over Laurie Donnes as also Don Macpherson's seven over Kingsley Toster but it was not all plain sailing with the aggregate and all rinks in doubt throughout.

With Dally's Noel Whyte mastering Don Dellar by 11, the result was only determined in the last few ends.

Wrong fruit for orchard

As Kalannie's 6/2 over Wongan Blue could slip into the ho-hum category in the measure of the competition, it is however notable for the recording of Kalannie's Vic Orchard's unbeaten run as coming to an end.

And worst of all, in a blow to the male ego, two "fill-in" ladies claim responsibility.

Wongan, finding themselves light on the ground, enlisted Leslie Muir (lead) and Sheryl Driscoll (third) to fill the gaps in Don Jones' rink.

Going into the final end, square, the previously invincible Orchard combination dropped three and the Muir-Driscoll combination continues to remind.

Always the gentleman, Vic Orchard, on this occasion was too much so as gallantry took over.

Despite this hiccup, Kalannie's Joe Angel reaped seven over Bill Cook and Kingsley Roach and crew went overboard to glean 25 over Peter Breen to cover Kim Jeffries’ 10 loss to Norm Wass.

Results

Kalannie 6/105 def Wongan Blue 2/86: Vic Orchard 22 lost to Don Jones 25. Kim Jeffries 16 lost to Norm Wass 26. Kingsley Roach 38 def Peter Breen 13. Joe Angel 29 def Bill Cook 22.

Ballidu 8/141 def Moora 0/58: Wayne Sermon 37 def Mick Rodan 11. Graham Lehmann 28 def Bill Hobdon 23. Chris Leahy 41 def Bruce Manning 6. Daryl Sermon 35 def Geoff Gill 18.

Calingiri 7/95 def Dalwallinu White 1/91: Nigel Marshall 28 def Gordon McNeill 22. Aubrey King 17 lost to Glen Jones 32. Harry Hawkins 29 def Joe Thomas 18. Ian Woods 21 def Phil Moore 19.

Wongan Red 7/104 def Dalwallinu Green 1/93: Don Macpherson 28 def Kingsley Toster 21. Gary McCagh 25 def Laurie Donnes 14. Bernie Driscoll 31 Willy Lines 27. Don Dellar 20 lost to Noel Whyte 31.

Leading skippers

Kalannie's Vic Orchard's run as an unbeaten skipper has come to an end but with one loss out of nine games still remains the leader with 86.5 shots up.

With six wins and two draws out of 11 games, Dally Green's Willy Lines follows with 59 shots to spare.

But that position could be shared with Ballidu's Chris Leahy who has recorded seven out of 10 with 80 shots up.

Deserving of a mention is Wongan Red's Gary McCagh's seven out of nine with 59.5 up and Dally White's Glen Jones also seven out of nine but with 38 up.