Hammered 18-2 in the second round of the recent double-knockout district championships in Brampton, Milton's lawn bowling ladies trio was the clear-cut underdog for a do-or-die rematch with the same Port Credit squad in the finals.

Only thing is, someone forgot to tell them that.

Making the round two loss look like a complete fluke, the Nicola Austinsmith-skipped team staved off elimination with an 18-8 decision and then took a winner-takes-all game 18-10.

"Our game just came together on Sunday," said Austinsmith, whose triples team is rounded out by vice Silvia Linder and lead Lynda Miller. "We just said 'Let's go for it' and all played well. We didn't make any huge shots, we just played really consistent.

"They (Port Credit) had a good game on the Saturday, though. I wouldn't want to take anything away from them and say we played that bad."

The local ladies had a bit of a scare thrown into them in the final contest, as Port Credit scored four points down the stretch.

"It made things a little more exciting at the end," said Austinsmith, who played vice for a Milton team that was beat out in the district semifinals last summer.

The ladies recorded 24-8 and 21-7 decisions over two other Port Credit squads earlier in the tournament.

With its overall win, the team advanced to this coming weekend's provincial championships in Sarnia.

Milton's men's entry -- led by last year's district champion vice John Chow -- made it to Sunday play before getting put out by a Port Credit team.

Meanwhile, fellow Milton Lawn Bowling members Helen Kret and Christine Wild brought home bronze from the recent Ontario Senior Games in London.

Representing Halton Region, the duo grabbed third-place honours among an overall field of 32 teams.