Berry took on the gun Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemen's side in the grand final at Hayden Drexel Oval and took the trophy home after a close encounter.

Ex-Servos won the toss, elected to bat and managed to put 95 runs on the scoreboard.

The Berry Magpies got the runs needed to win but lost seven wickets in the process.

The Twenty20 champs produced what was a strong effort with the ball and managed to take wickets consistently.

Berry’s Tom Gibbs was the star with the ball and he caused the opposition all sorts of trouble.

Gibbs took four vital wickets from his economical four-over spell, which only cost 12 runs.

The Berry strike bowler was the obvious choice for the man of the match honours.

Berry’s Lloyd Herron chipped in with two lower-order wickets and he only gave away three runs.

The highlight of the innings for Ex-Servos was the aggressive 38 runs made by captain Daniel Gleeson.

Gleeson only faced 21 balls in what was a classic Twenty20 innings.

The aggressive Ex-Servicemen's opening batsman and leader, before being bowled by Aaron McElhinney, hit two sixes and four boundaries.

Mathew Ganderton, 14 runs, Nathan Tyrrell, 11 runs, and Brandon Booth, 10 runs, also reached double figures for the Ex-Men.

Ex-Servos needed to take early wickets and things went to plan when they picked up Berry captain Glenn Brandon with only seven runs on the scoreboard.

However, Andrew Wright and Daniel Troy stabilised the innings with a 30 run partnership for the second wicket.

Troy smashed four boundaries in his 21 runs and Wright found the fence three times on the way to making 16 runs.

Wright was run out after Trevor Thomason and wicketkeeper Paul Maiolo produced some slick work.

McElhinney top-scored for Berry with an unbeaten 29 runs and Dale Lovatt chipped in with 11 runs.

Thomason toiled hard with the ball and was the leading Ex-Servos bowler with two wickets.

All the first grade teams are now getting ready for a series of two-day matches which start on Saturday.