The Gippsland Geckos, the Gippsland Bowls Region junior team, last week played in Bowls Victoria Junior Provincial Shield at the Sebastopol Bowling Club.
The competition saw 14 sides take to greens: Bendigo Dragons, Eastern Eagles, Geelong Giants Blue, Goulburn Murray Devils Red, Northern Flyers, Ballarat Gold Diggers, Western Warriors, Goulburn Murray Devils Blue, West Coast Wizards, Central Mustangs, Northern Flyers Blue, Geelong Giants Gold, Murray Valley Blue and the Geckos.
Each side played three preliminary rounds, with the top qualifiers going through to the semi finals.
Geelong Giants Blue defeated the Gippsland Geckos in round one, with the Geckos winning one of the three rinks, Damika Gronow, Noah Fuller and Blaik Campbell victorious 15-4.
In round two the Northern Flyers defeated the Geckos, 38-22, with Ayla Romanin, Ella and Lacey Kiss winning their rink 10-9.
Round three saw the Bendigo Dragons eclipse the Geckos, 56-20.
The Shield was taken out by Geelong Giants Gold who defeated the Bendigo Dragons in the grand final.