The Moree and District Cricket Association twenty20 competition is past the halfway mark, and with four rounds remaining, it remains wide open.
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Golfies, Soapy Rowe, Boars and Colts currently sit in the top four with two wins apiece, while Amaroo Tavern Vikings, Camurra Crows, SHAE and Pally Pub Bulls have one win. Balcony Boys are still searching for their first victory.
Boars were forced to forfeit to Golfies on Saturday but there were still three games to be played.
Colts were handed their first loss of the season, going down by five wickets to Soapy Rowe.
Batting first, Colts managed 8-107, Christopher Sim top scoring with 36. Grady Sinclair (25) and Jack Montgomery (22) were the only other batsmen to reach double figures.
Alf Newman led the way with the ball for Soapy Rowe, taking 3-7 off his four overs, while Brett Wright (2-23) and Victor Johnson (2-8) were next best.
Opening batsman Adam French (35) got the run chase off to a good start for Soapy Rowe, while Wright's 31 in the middle order led his side the rest of the way, as they reached 5-108 in 19 overs.
Mick Davison (2-22) was the pick of the bowlers for Colts while Montgomery (1-25), Sim (1-15) and Tom Barnes (1-17) were the other wicket takers.
SHAE got their first win of the competition against the Vikings, thanks to another strong performance by Jason Poutawa with the bat.
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Poutawa made 61 off 43 balls as SHAE made 7-131 batting first, supported well by Brad Swan (30) and James Smith (17).
Jayme Dempster (2-15) was best with ball in hand for the Vikings.
Jem Nash top scored with 45 for the Vikings in the run chase, while Daniel West got them off to a strong start with 23 at the top of the order, but it wasn't enough as they fell 24 runs short, finishing at 9-107.
Swan (3-8) and Poutawa (3-29) did the damage with the ball for SHAE while Jeff Annis-Brown (2-22) and Colin Tighe (1-17) rounded out the wicket takers.
In the final game of the round, Pally Pub Bulls also snagged their first win, proving too strong for Camurra Crows.
Crows batted first but could only manage 8-105. Sam Woods top scored with 30 with Nick Marshall (26) and Sam Boland (15) the other main run scorers.
Dannan Sweeney was the best of the bowlers, taking 3-14, supported by Sam Brown (2-26), Ben Colley (1-11) and Angus Smith (1-11).
Brown backed up his two wickets with 41 runs with the bat, as the Bulls chased down their target in the 18th over.
Daniel Brown (3-16) was the pick of the bowlers for Crows, but ultimately it wasn't enough as the Bulls won by five wickets.
