Wee Waa has booked a spot at the State Fours Final playoffs in Ettalong later this year.
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The team of Kevin Baker, Todd Cowan, Ty Baker and Justin Knight beat South Tamworth's team - Michael Tarbert, Philip O'Reilly, Kenneth Trow, Mathew McIntyre - to be named Zone 3 State Fours champions.
Wee Waa started the final at the Armidale City Bowling Club with a bang and went on to win 26-12.
"They got a lead early on that we struggled to minimise during the day," South Tamworth's O'Reilly said after the loss.
"They were a very solid team. They played very well and deserved to win it."
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Wee Waa beat Lightning Ridge 29-21 and Gunnedah Services 24-16 before knocking over South Tamworth.
They will now take on other zone champions in November.
It will be a return to Ettalong for Wee Waa's Knight who played in the State Champions of Champions there last week.
Knight missed out on the finals at that tournament after going down in his three matches.
Meanwhile, the Zone 3 State Fours playoffs were the first time the South Tamworth team had played together.
O'Reilly said they were happy to make the final and they may just keep the side together for next year.
"Well, we'll see what happens in 12 months," O'Reilly said if the side would stick together.
"I think we enjoyed playing together and I'd be happy to play together in the future."
There were two other finals played at Armidale on the weekend with Gunnedah winning in the state president's reserve while Inverell Sporties took out the seniors title.
FINAL RESULTS
State fours
Wee Waa (Kevin Baker, Todd Cowan, Ty Baker, Justin Knight) 26 d South Tamworth (Michael Tarbert, Philip O'Reilly, Kenneth Trow, Mathew McIntyre) 12
State president's reserve fours
Gunnedah (Joanne Briggs, Ella Cameron, John Pryor, Caleb Cameron) 24 d Moree Services (Donny Taylor, David Briggs, Mervyn Tighe, Keith Kaufalis) 10
Senior fours
Inverell Sporties (Col Paton, John Edwards, Dennis Williams, Dave Morgan) 20 d Moree Services (Paul Raveneau, Terrence Duncan, Leslie Tighe, Raymond Dennison) 11