TITLE-holders Linlithgowshire continued their recent run of good form as they moved into a two-point lead at the top of the East section in the Counties Bowls Championship, crushing Midlothian 154-96 at Uphall Station.
For the second successive week, Linlithgowshire finished ahead on five of the six rinks, with only Ronnie Erskine losing, 23-21 to internationalist Willie Galloway.
The Logan brothers, Eric and Raymond, both recorded wins, with Eric beating Willie Rankin 27-9 while Raymond added a 23-14 win over Colin Walker.
George Sneddon beat David Peacock 26-18, John Aitken beat Willie Peacock 25-17, and Grant Knox coasted to a 32-15 victory over Doug Walkingshaw.
Highland took over top spot in the North section, beating Northern Counties 134-110 at Hopeman, while the previous leaders, Buchan, lost out by 124-113 to Perthshire at Ellon.
Perthshire join Highland on the eight-point mark but had to settle for second place with a shot aggregate of plus 40 against Highland's plus 54.
Lanarkshire South stretched their winning run in the South section to five, remaining the only unbeaten side in the championship after a comprehensive 132-95 win over Dunbartonshire East at Shotts, with victories for Ian Campbell, Stuart Simpson, George Prosser, and Jim Conway.
Lanarkshire West moved into top spot in the West section on shots aggregate ahead of Argyll & Bute, Renfrewshire West, and Dunbartonshire West after beating Clacikmannan and Kinross 115-88 at Tillicoultry. Details:
North section - Aberdeen and Kincardine 112, Bon Accord 128 (I Beattie 25, G Brown 15; I Bruce 26, S Henry 20; R Bruce 10, A Pirie 27; W Bruce 16, L Donald 19; A Ingram 19, K Pirie 26; D Keith 16, W McGregor 21)
Angus 125, Dundee 100 (W Burnett 11, V Stewart 25; A Baillie 28, I Bell 11; R Grant 25, M Watson 12; G Leith 28, J Aimer 14; D Burnett 16, J Minto 14; D Strachan 17, R Collie 24)
Buchan 113, Perthshire 124 (J J Robertson 21, D Longmuir 22; I A Milne 14, T Clark 19; D Murray 16, J Watson 32; S Davidson 16, P Adams 25; M Stephen 13, D Copland 15; A J Will 33, D Lambert 11)
Highland 134, Northern Counties 110 (P Gray 16, K Mackintosh 15; F Stevenson 23, I Penwright 17; W Beaton 17, W Duff 23; I Murray 33, K MacKay 23; I Milne 27, C Docherty 13; I McLean 18, R Henderson 19).
East section - Stirlingshire East 110, Borders 127 (M Dick 28, N Amos 15; G Rowan 9, R Crawford 29; G Flynn 19, R White 18; I Todd 18, T Calder 13; J Phillips 18, A White 28; S Thomson 18, J Black 24)
Fife 119, West Fife 118 (T Ford 16, B Lawson 18; B McCall 14, M Allison 23; C Falconer 19, J Roxburgh 20; G Mackie 29, A Syme 17; M Stenhouse 22, A Allison 22; J Forbes 19, S Pagan 18)
Linlithgowshire 154, Midlothian 96 (R Logan 23, C Walker 14; R Erskine 21, W Galloway 23; G Sneddon 26, D Peacock 18; J Aitken 25, W Peacock 17; G Knox 32, D Walkingshaw 15; E Logan 27, W Rankin 9)
Edinburgh & Leith 114, East Lothian 125 (K Rice 14, G Robertson 19; G Archer 26, I Bell 19; A Poole 32, G Cowan 10; A Marshall 19, WW Wood 22; A Brown 14, S Greenwood 27; R Marshall 9, S Dodds 28).
West section - Argyll & Bute 123, Stirlingshire West 95 (W Hay 24, J Frickelton 15; I McIntyre 31, K Murdoch 10; S Scott 15, A Deans 17; K Campbell 23, P Black 14; N McCormick 12, D Mathieson 19; D McKellar 18, B Stillie 20)
Clackmannan & Kinross 88, Lanarkshire West 115 (D Rattray 13, S Harrison 15; I Sneddon 17, R Murphy 17; I Inglis 8, B Latkowsky 24; D McCormick 12, F Scobie 20; A Murray 25, J Purvis 15; G Bennett 13, S Forrest 24)
Dunbartonshire West 118, Glasgow North 100 (J Hardie 27, D Barr 13; S Banks 22, T Simpson 17; A Rae 23, J Harvey 19; J McLeish 15, G McKain 14; A McGrandle 15, G McKenzie 22; J Filshie 16, W Wade 15).
South section - Dumfriesshire 130, Wigtownshire 98 (L Moffat 17, J Arnott 23; H Thomson 25, J Kelly 14; S McKenzie 21, A Cairney 12; W Haining 24, D Kiltie 15; R Graham 23, D Gardiner 16; N Currie 20, R Higgins 18)
Lanarkshire South 132, Dunbartonshire East 95 (R Provan 16, W Black 19; I Campbell 28, R Caldwell 8; S Simpson 25, R Barr 14; J McIntyre 14, J McGinlay 23; G Prosser 27, R McAthie 11; J Conway 22, G McCartney 20
Glasgow South 111, Stewartry 111 (C Boyle 17, M Brown 25; E Colligan 21, G Haining 14; M Ponsonby 15, A Green 20; J Montgomery 18, K Harper 19; R Phillips 20, W True 14; D Campbell 20, S Conchar 19)
Ayrshire 160, Renfrewshire South 91 (G Campbell 28, R Thomson 14; D Conway 28, G Finnigan 13; J Seaton 40, A Thomson 15; G Adrain 22, S Murphy 19; T Woods 18, G Carr 14; D McClue 24, C McLaughlan 16).
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