Tintenbar-East Ballina (TEB) and Bangalow cricket clubs have each had two senior teams qualify for the finals this weekend, while Goonellabah Workers were the minor premiers in the LJ Hooker league.
TEB’s second-grade team has finished in second place on the ladder after beating Pottsville on the weekend.
Pottsville were rolled for 116 with Noah Hill top scoring with 34. The TEB bowlers shared the spoils as Riley Green took 3/8 off seven overs, well supported by David Dirou (3/24 off eight) and Brett Crawford (3/25 off six).
TEB reeled in the total in under 30 overs.
TEB will play Cudgen in the semi-final this weekend.
TEB third-grade will also play in a semi-final against Mullumbimby-Brunswick after they claimed the minor premiership, beating Bangalow on the weekend.
Both the TEB senior semis will be played in Ballina.
Bangalow
Bangalow third-grade has finished in third place on the ladder behind TEB and Byron Bay after falling to TEB on the weekend.
Craig Thomas top the batting for Bangalow, scoring 43 of their 183-run total. Joseph Elphick was the pick of the TEB bowlers collecting 4/38 off eight overs.
In reply TEB wobbled to 5/66 before Nathan Fryer (43 not out) and Ben Crawford (69) got the team within reach. They achieved the total in 32 overs.
Bangalow will take on Byron Bay in the other third-grade semi-final that will be played at the Recreation Grounds this Saturday.
Bangalow fourth-grade will also contest a semi-final this weekend against Lennox Head, while Alstonville take on the Ballina Bears in the other fourth-grade semi.
Goonellabah
Goonellabah Workers claimed the Minor Premiership in the LJ Hooker league the weekend before last, after losing only one game in the regular season.
This is only the Club’s second year in the Far North Coast Cricket’s premier grade competition.