Double-headers scheduled for all Tiers of the Coalfields Cup T20 competition were widely-affected by rain at the weekend.

Defending premiers PCH/Glendon finished top of the table by defeating Creeks by 50 runs in the round four match at Carmichael Park No. 2.

Gleights posted 6-156 batting first, with Kyle Bailey (54) leading the way with a well-made half century.

Skipper Jackson Cox (30), Karl Bowd (26) and Anthony Bailey (15no) were all productive while, for Creeks, Adam Bartholomew (2-32 off 4) and skipper Nathan Hudson (2-20 off 4) took a brace of wickets each.

The latter was all out for 106 in reply, with Hudson completing a fine all-round match with 27.

Chad Solman (22) and Daniel Wojcikewycz (14) were the other batsmen to make a start.

Hayden Moorcroft (3-23 off 4) and Barton Jones (3-21 off 4) kept a lid on things for PCH/Glendon.

Just up on top of the hill at Carmichael 1, Piranhas/Bellbird snuck home in a tight one by five runs over Greta-Branxton.

The home side posted 154 after being bowled out in the penultimate over.

Former skipper Joey Main was unlucky not to post a century when he holed out for 94 opening the batting in an entertaining innings in which he faced just 50 balls.

Partner Matt Hopley made 24, with Ben Fairlie (15) the other one to make an impression.

Will Regan bowled beautifully for Greta-Branxton with 4-3 off 2.5, with Connor Thomson (3-19 off 4) and Jamie Moore (2-29 off 4) supporting well.

The Blues looked on track to take the match on the back of return-to-form half centuries by Thomson (54) and skipper Joey Butler (53).

However, their departures saw the Bellfish close out the match with some tight bowling and fielding.

Jamie Moore was the other Blues batsman in double figures with 18.

Bellfish new-baller Mark White’s hand grenades proved difficult to handle, bagging 3-10 off his four overs.

Main completed an excellent all-round game with 2-21 off four.

The fixture between Valley/JPC and Wine Country at Allandale was abandoned.

Round five of matches started after a short interval at Carmichael Park, with Piranhas/Bellbird at 0-12 chasing PCH/Glendon’s total of 8-154 when play was abandoned due to rain.

For Gleights, it was the Bailey connection of Cooper (52) and Anthony (38no) who were the main contributors, while for the Bellfish Zane White (2-27 off 4), Ben Fairlie (2-24 off 4) and Joey Main (2-8 off 2) shared the wickets.

Valley/JPC booked a spot in the semi-final with a 117-run thrashing of Greta-Branxton at Carmichael 2 to put them out of the premiership race.

Fresh off the abandonment earlier in the day at Allandale, Valley/JPC amassed 6-235 from its 20 overs after being sent into bat.

In-form all-rounder Tristan Muir proved his half century last week was no fluke.

He took full toll of the short boundary in the second half of the innings to blast 89 from just 33 balls in an innings that included an incredible eleven maximums.

Most other batsmen also cashed in with Dan Storey unhampered by his steel capped boot with 34, while Isaac Barry (33), Ross Parker (29) and skipper Alex Stafa (28) contributed to the healthy total.

David Condran took 2-44 off four in a trying day for the Greta-Branxton bowlers.

The Blues got off to a bit of a flyer in reply.

But, the run out of skipper Butler (18) in the most unfortunate way pretty much summed up their day, and they were eventually all out for 118.

Connor Thomson (30), Reuben Andrews (22) and Chris Murray (16) were among their best, however the mammoth task was always going to be difficult to accomplish.

Brandon Carman was the pick of the Valley/JPC attack with 4-24 off 4.

Muir could do no wrong in a memorable day with 3-15 off 3.3, with Siaan Carman bowling tidily in her top grade debut with 1-13 off 3.

The Wine Country v Creeks match scheduled for Allandale was also abandoned. 

• Mark Bercini

Tier 2

Round three

• Valley/JPC 7/130 (Preston Miller 40, Daniel Thrift 36, Gregory Thrift 17no, Matt Pearce 4-33 off 4) defeated PCH 3/81 (Luke Meyn 40no, Matt Pearce 21no, Ross Burden 2-19 off 3) match abandoned 13.4 overs into PCH innings. Valley/JPC won by 2 runs via DLS at Howe Park
• Piranhas 3/118 (Matt Brodie 76no, Mike Gates 14, Chris Unicomb 3-19 off 4) defeated Creeks 9/117 (Adam Gehrig 32, Chris Unicomb 31, Ash Borg 17, Adam Sable 3-16 off 4, Ben Read 2-22 off 4, Noah Perrin 2-17 off 3) at Cook 5
• Greta-Branxton 7/113 (Adam Kerry 66no, Nigel Charnock 19, Pat Cagney 3-22 off 4, Jake Riley 2-18 off 4, Shannon Attewell 2-16 off 4) defeated Bellbird 9/112 (Shannon Attewell 23, Will Burgess 19, Cameron Martin 17, Pat Cagney 15, Noah McNamara 2-23 off 4) at Cook 1

Round four

• Creeks 7/181 (Adam Gehrig 47, Macauley Johnsson 44, Chris Unicomb 26 ret, Brendan Leach 22no, Ganesh Kumar 13, Callan Hungerford 3-32 off 4, Tom Pearce 2-50 off 4) at Cook 5
• Piranhas v Greta-Branxton abandoned at Cook 1
• Valley/JPC v Bellbird abandoned at Howe Park

Tier 3

Round two

• Piranhas 1/69 (Damon Besoff 33no, Sam Apthorpe 18, Taj Vesper 1-10 off 3) defeated Glendon 68 (Jack Land 27, TJ Roe 3-9 off 3, Oliver Spruce 2-6 off 2, Harvey Neville 2-12 off 1.4) at East End
• Valley/JPC vs Hotel Cessnock abandoned at Baddeley 2

Round three

• Piranhas 5/29 (Byron Whyburn 16no, Rod Willoughby 3-7 off 3, James Shoulders 2-22 off 4) v Valley/JPC match abandoned at East End
• Hotel Cessnock v Glendon abandoned at Baddeley 2

Fourth grade (40 Over competition)

• Hotel Cessnock 6/101 (Jack Walder 26, Dan Field 18, Declan Pearce 4-27 off 5) defeated Greta-Branxton Blue 100 (Sean Wright 48no, David Pearce 17, Jamie Spence 3-16 off 7, Trenten Mascord 2-8 off 4, Ben Smith 2-5 off 4, Dan Field 2-20 off 6) at Miller 1
• Greta-Branxton White 7/99 (Cobia Hampton 47no, Michael Shipley 14, Brian Smith 5-23 off 5) defeated Bellbird 108 (Mark Fullbrook 53 ret, Matt Murphy 20, John Cleary 14, Jasper Wright 2-39 off 5, Cobia Hampton 2-34 off 5, Scott Duncan 2-17 off 5, Logan Heald 2-15 off 4.4) match abandoned 23 overs into Greta-Branxton innings. Greta-Branxton won by 3 wickets via DLS at Miller 2
• Wine Country 4/138 (Brodey Saunders 50 ret, Adam Elbourne 38, Jonathan Holt 21, Adam Williams 3-23 off 8) vs Piranhas 1/15 (Dean Campbell 10no, Stuart Matheson 1-10 off 3) match abandoned at Turner Park
• Supporters v Denman abandoned at Baddeley 1
• Bye: Valley/JPC

Points tables

• Tier 1: PCH/Glendon 27, Creeks 20, Piranhas/Bellbird 20, Valley/JPC 19, Greta-Branxton 14, Wine Country 12
• Tier 2: Creeks 20, Greta-Branxton 17, Piranhas 17, Bellbird 13, Valley/JPC 13, PCH 12
• Tier 3: Piranhas 15, Glendon 11, Valley/JPC 8, Hotel Cessnock 8
• Fourth grade: Hotel Cessnock 61*, Denman 49**, Piranhas 48*, Supporters 44**, Valley/JPC 42**, Wine Country 38*, Greta-Branxton White 37*, Bellbird 36*, Greta-Branxton Blue 29**

* bye received, no points awarded

T20 FINALS

Tier 1: Howe Park Singleton, Saturday 31 January

Semi-Final 1 (1pm)

• PCH/Glendon (1st) v Valley/JPC (4th)

Semi-Final 2 (4pm)

• Creeks (2nd) v Piranhas/Bellbird (3rd)

Final (7.30pm)

• Winner (S/F 1) v Winner (S/F 2)

Tier 2: Howe Park, Friday 30 January

Round five (7pm)

• Creeks v Valley/JPC

Tier 2: Miller Park, Saturday 31 January

Round five (Miller 1, noon)

• Greta-Branxton v PCH

Round five (Miller 2, noon)

• Bellbird v Piranhas

Final (Miller 1, 3.30pm)

• First place v second place

Tier 3: Miller Park, Saturday 31 January

Final (Miller 2, 3.30pm)

• Piranhas (1st) v Glendon (2nd) 

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