Ben Middlebrook led from the front with the bat before the young brigade finished off the job with the ball as Tamworth Blue reclaimed the MA Connolly Cup silverware at No.1 Oval on Sunday.
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The Blues skipper made Narrabri pay for the lives they gave him, underpinning Tamworth's 9-223 with 105.
Brody Blackett-Gregg then led the charge with his second four wicket-haul in as many games, as Tamworth dismissed Narrabri for 155.
He picked up three in his first spell to have Narrabri on the back foot and came back on to wrap the game up and cap off an undefeated campaign for the Baby Blues, as they have been dubbed.
Josh Attard and Nathan Mann also chipped in with two wickets, and Landan Price, backing up from the recent under-15s nationals, and Kilian Apen one.
"The young kids really stood up," Middlebrook said, Callum Henry also springing to his mind.
The wicket-keeper/batsmen, who was part of the ACT/NSW Country side alongside Price, made 27 and provided crucial support for his skipper as did Josh Attard later in the innings.
More noted as a bowler, Attard smacked 18 off 16 and put on 53 with Middlebrook for the eighth wicket to push Tamworth beyond 200.
Returning to the rep scene this season, Middlebrook has thoroughly enjoyed playing with the youngsters, so much so that when asked by one of the parents whether he would be going around again he replied - "if the kids are playing I'll play".
On Sunday they were in a bit of early trouble at 2-26 but the middle order got them on track. Old Boys team-mates Adam Lole (16) and Aaron Hazlewood (27) taking them to 60 before Middlebrook and Henry combined for an 86 run partnership.
It could have been a different story, or at least a more comfortable chase, had Narrabri taken their chances.
Narrabri skipper Craig Gleeson said they dropped Middlebrook four times including twice in successive balls before he was 10 - four and six to be exact.
That came back to haunt them as the Old Boys skipper followed two earlier half-centuries in the competition with his first century for the season.
He was very happy with 223 having thought at one stage that 150 would be a good score.
"We were struggling. We were 50 at first drinks and 100 at second drinks," Middlebrook said.
He upped the ante in the final session taking "on the short boundary a bit" until Henry was dismissed and he thought he had better "pull my head in and try and bat through."
"I was lucky to bat until the last over," he said. Along the way he dispatched four sixes and seven fours.
Jarrett Tough claimed four wickets for the visitors and Justin Knight and Dylan Smith two, the latter again impressing his skipper.
"He was again outstanding for a young kid. He could be anything he wants to be," Gleeson said, adding that the 16-year old has a "great attitude".
Knight too was his usual "freakish" self.
The hero of their semi-final win over Glen Innes, he was their second top-scorer with 32 and picked up the key wickets of Lole and Hazlewood - both caught and bowled.
He should have had Middlebrook too.
"He had two dropped catches off Benny. That could have really swung the game in our favour," Gleeson said.
He paid credit to the Tamworth youngsters but "couldn't be prouder" of his sides effort in the field.
"The boys had a good attitude all day," he said.
They then got a "couple of unlucky ones" early, one a chop-on, and never really recovered, Cooper Brayshaw top-scoring with 36.
Still it was a fantastic effort to make the final in their first year back in the competition for a number of seasons. Gleeson is hoping their success will encourage a few more players to get involved.
