Gallery | Shepparton Park and Seymour VRI contest heavyweight midweek division two grand final as champions are crowned across region

It was a clash between the two clear-cut standard bearers in second-tier Tuesday bowls, and it delivered in spades.

It hardly looked poised to provide a nail-biter, with the first two completed rinks seemingly allowing Park to put one hand on the pennant.

Skips Noel Halden and Allan Jones had crafted out handy rink wins — 24-17 and 28-17 respectively — and things looked like every chance of petering out.

However, the VRI quartet led by Michael Szczykulski had something to say about that.

Szczykulski’s four was making slow and steady inroads for most of its outing, the eyes of everyone else in attendance eventually turning to this singular green as Park’s big margin dwindled end by end.

The good early shift had seen Park through, though, prevailing and being proclaimed champions in a 14-65 to 2-63 victory despite the southern outfit rattling off several ends straight at the end to keep it nervy.

Across town at Shepparton Park, Nagambie claimed the division three title in similarly thrilling circumstances courtesy of a 14-63 to 2-60 win over minor premier Avenel, while Euroa also proved ladder position was irrelevant on the big stage by winning the division four flag 14-68 to 2-49 over Shepparton Golf.

Back at Shepparton Golf, the third and final decider in the north end of town saw Kyabram put an almighty scoreboard beating on Tatura-Hill Top in division five, claiming the day’s most lopsided result with a 16-82 to 0-25 hammering.

In the division six finale at Shepparton Park, Mooroopna Golf and Colbinabbin embarked on a meeting between two sides which had actually finished dead level on points in the regular season.

The outfits did fittingly split the two rinks, but Mooroopna Golf did enough to handle the business and claim premiership glory with a 12-37 to 2-32 triumph.