PENGUIN moved to the top of the ladder in the premier league when they scored a convincing 57-shot win over Turners Beach.
In a scoreline that is hard to believe, the Penguin combination of Ricky Richardson, Ben Cornick, Trevor Docking and Greg Perry won 44-4 against the usually reliable Barry Hill.
Wayne Manson had 11 up his sleeve against Colin Willcox and Russell Cornwall got over Tim Dwyer by six.
Wayne Willcox and Ken Hamilton played a 21-shot draw.
Latrobe relegated Burnie from top to third with its 95-88 shot defeat of the Tigers. Greg Douce won 27-22 over Sam McLean, Nick Smith defeated Paul Harman 24-20 and Colin Griffiths salvaged a 23-shot draw with Mark Nitz.
Tony Simpson scored two points for Burnie with his 23-21 margin over Chris Bannon.
Devonport moved to within one game of being in the four when it defeated Ulverstone by 18 shots after sharing the rinks.
Tim Douce well supported by Ben Fidler, Gus Kingston and Mike Wicks easily accounted for Matthew Clarke 33-13 to set up the win.
Garry Courtney finished 12 in front of Kim Redshaw but that win was negated by Ron Sherlock who defeated Leon Webb by 12.
Rodney Horton made it two rink wins for the Robins by defeating state skip Adam White by two.
In the final game in this division Wynyard managed to break its losing streak by getting the better of East Devonport 108-94.
David Gamble, Ian Hering, Peter Hoiberg and Matthew Watts had the biggest win 34-20 over Michael Webb.
In division 1 ladder leader Latrobe had to dig deep to defeat Burnie by a solitary shot, 96 to 95.
Burnie was victorious on three rinks but its wins could not cover the resounding 34-15 shot margin Eddie Bugg had over Wayne Denny.
The other three rinks were relatively close with Ken Willie finishing nine up on Darrel Butler, Grant Wyllie was four to the good of Paul Wilson and Gavin Smith won by five over Darrel Clarke.
Port Sorell also had a close one winning by three shots after sharing the rinks with South Burnie.
Wynyard proved to be the better team than Smithton winning on three rinks by 12 shots.
In another close game in this division, second-placed Railton snuck in by five shots over a gallant Devonport combination with Eric Fidler, Laurie Ryan, Tony Bartlett and Darby Ryan almost pulling off the win for the Pies with their 33-12 demolition of Ray Wells.
Penguin continues to dominate the division 2 roster with its three-rink 22-shot defeat of Turners Beach.
Spreyton retained second position with its 17-shot disposal of Ridgley while Latrobe had to pull out all stops to defeat Burnie by three.
Ulverstone had all rinks firing in its game against South Burnie winning by 22 and gaining maximum points in the process.
Division 3 saw Sheffield go from third to first by virtue of their massive 52-shot defeat of Ridgley.
Wynyard also moved up a place when it proved itself too strong for Penguin.
Port Sorell held its ground by winning on three rinks over South Burnie and Devonport dropped from first to fourth when they went down to Ulverstone.
Division 4 saw Spreyton and Wynyard play a 95-shot draw, Port Sorell took advantage of the Wynyard draw when it moved ahead of them into third place with its 16-shot win over South Burnie.
Burnie fielded a full team and defeated Latrobe by 16 while Turners Beach continued its dominance of this division by gaining all the points on offer in its game against Devonport.
Turners Beach held onto second spot in division 5 East by defeating East Devonport by 14 sharing the rinks.
Ulverstone, as expected finished, much to hard for Port Sorell and Spreyton replaced Sheffield in the four by defeating the Mountaineers by seven.
In division 5 West Wynyard caused somewhat of a surprise by gaining maximum points against Penguin.
Smithton shared the rinks with Ulverstone but defeated it by eight shots and Ridgley moved off the bottom of the ladder by overcoming South Burnie.
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