Strong performances from Ruatangata and the Northland Club teams saw them both win all their games in the third round of the Discovery Settlers Interclub series.
A count back of ends was required to separate the two with Ruatangata, led by the Agnew brothers Alan and Charlie with Ben Foster and Arthur Brown completing the team, winning over the Northland Club team of Eilean Rawson, John Rawson, Allyson Hayward and Tui Slade.
The A division was won with another top performance by the Marist/Hora Hora team of husband and wife Kia and Graeme Ward, Connon Walker and John Colman.
With two further rounds to be played, the leading clubs overall are Marist/Hora Hora and Ruatangata.
The Centre New Zealand Mixed Fours is a competition for teams of two men and two women played over four qualifying rounds of ten ends, followed by semifinals and finals making for a very full day, especially for those players travelling from out of town.