After only sneaking into the final, Halpin’s chased down Steggles’ 7-109 with an over and two balls to spare. 

Craig Baker glanced for two for the win after Halpin’s had had a bit of a mid-innings stumble. He finished unbeaten on 31.

 Earlier, Simon Tooyer had anchored Steggles’ innings with 53.

In the  play-off for third, Adam Jones put on a masterclass. 

The Tamworth Plaster Works skipper unloaded against a 10-man McDonald’s outfit.

It was a knock  straight out of the Twenty20 playbook, with Jones smashing an unbeaten 89 to ignite the Tigers to 5-168. 

There was nowhere to hide for the Maccas fielders as Jones took the aerial route, plundering seven sixes and three fours in his 44-ball stay.

“We left our best to last,” Jones said.

Bowling, fielding and batting.

“We just batted a bit smarter,” he said.

Aaron Follington (20) and Harrison Kelly (14) made good headway early, putting on 29 for the first wicket.

They then lost 2-8 but roared back with a 106-run stand between the skipper and Richie O’Halloran.

They took them to 3-69 at the half-way point and through to 151 when Halloran was bowled by Brad Redshaw for 23.

“We just tried to bat normally,” Jones said.

“That short boundary helped us out.”

It was his best knock for a while.

“I hit a few all right,” he said.

“It was just nice to get some time in the middle.

“It was nice to hit the ball again. I’ve missed out the last few weeks.”

Redshaw was the pick of the bowlers with 2-33.

Lachie Betts also chimed in with 2-37.

Chasing what they were, Maccas needed to get off to a flying start.

Things didn’t start well, with Brendan Chaffey trapped in front off Greg Kellett in the first over.

But with skipper Michael Rixon peeling off the runs, they crept their way to 2-39 after five and 3-71 after 10.

While he was out there, you got the sense that Maccas were still in it, even though they needed about 100 off the last 10 but, when he was run out for 49 after some sharp work from Mitch Newman, they lost their way.

The wickets tumbled from there and they were all out for 89 in the 16th over.

Kellett was good for the Tigers early and bowled his four overs out, as has been the custom.

“I usually open with Kel,” Jones said.

“He bowls at that speed where it’s hard at the start.”

He finished with 2-31.

Kelly also picked up two and finished off well against some of the more inexperienced Maccas batsmen to return a very tidy 2-21.

AJ Langenbaker then chimed in with 2-8.

The bowlers were well backed up in the field.

There was Newman’s run out, which came from a direct hit, and an AFL-style mark from Matt Hughes.

It looked spectacular, two-handed over his head leaning back, but not that foreign for him with his AFL background.

Their fielding has generally been good.

“The blokes who play lower grades (like Newman and Langenbaker) have been really good in the field,” Jones said.

He said it was really good way to finish off.

“It’s really nice, especially for Tim (sponsor Simmonds) to finish off with a win,” he said.