SATURDAY was the inaugural cricketers against cancer day at Culburra Oval between Culburra and Ulladulla United Blues.
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The hosts sported pink shirts and raised money for local cancer charity Shoalhaven Wig Library, which both teams hope will turn into an annual event.
The hosts won the toss and elected to bat, which skipper Rodney Carpenter took advantage of.
Carpenter (22) was one of only three batsmen to make it into double figures, as the hosts were all out for 98 after 28 overs.
Ulladulla duo Mitchell Clark (3/20) and Adam Sargood (3/21) did most of the damage with the ball.
The visitors only lost three wickets, as they passed the total in the 24th over, led by Andrew Eggins and his 42 not out.
League leader Susses Inlet suffered their first loss of the season against Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens at Lyrebird Sports Park.
The hosts won the toss, chose to bat and put 8/188 on the board after their allocated 40 overs at the crease.
Ben Guyer (49) fell just short of a half-century for Ex-Servo’s while both Stephen Jones and Jason Hornitzky got three wickets for Sussex. The visitors were never in the chase, with the constant loss of wickets being their achilles heal. Both Geoff Webber and Jake Westley scored 17 for Sussex while Matthew Isackson and Bradley Melvaine got three wickets for Ex-Servo’s in the win.
Second-placed Bomaderry closed the gap to Sussex, with a 34-run win against North Nowra-Cambewarra. Buoyed by Kealen Blattner’s 49 runs, Bomaderry posted 9/196 in their innings at Artie Smith Oval. Robert Haigh was the star for North’s with 4/43 while Thomas Shackleton took 3/30. Brett Mark (62) and Jack Carter’s (46) 100-run partnership had North’s on the front foot in their innings at 2/119. But North’s lost their remaining eight wickets for just 43 runs, to be all out for 162, as Bomaderry’s William Patterson took 4/32.
Elsewhere, Ulladulla United Golds moved into third place on the back of a tough win against Nowra. Sent in to bat, Glenn Midson top scored with 26, as Nowra were bowled out for 74. Ulladulla’s Bailey Tooth and Chad Lavington took 3/4 and 3/9 respectively. Ulladulla reached the target (3/77) after 35 overs, with Glen Cameron top-scoring with 29 not out.
The final match of the grade was won by Batemans Bay against Berry-Shoalhaven Head at Hanging Rock. Batting first, Berry posted 96 runs, as Pat Griffin took 4/0 from three overs, before 59 not out to Jamie Dufield secured victory for hosts in the 23rd over.
