Having commend the Bay, Manawatu coach Michael Mason rued his bowlers gifting 32 wides.
"You can't really expect to win games with that sort of performance," Mason lamented, perplexed as to why considering it was a superb day with wind barely a factor.
"I don't know. You'll have to ask them," he said, believing Manawatu had a better line up than the Bay.
"They [Bay] rely on CD players, basically, to do their job for them," Mason said, adding his men's heads went down too quickly for some odd reason.
The Bay amassed 314-9 with Graeme Tryon top scoring with 94 runs from 123 balls, including eight boundaries and three sixes.
No 4 Mathew Sinclair, returning from club duties for NOBM with an unbeaten century on Saturday, added a quickfire 74 from 55 balls while New Zealand A allrounder Carl Cachopa added 46 at No 3. The visitors' Christmas cheer of 32 wides and a no ball boosted the tally.
"Skippy [Sinclair] had work commitments ... and we agreed to that before tournament so we were happy to live with that," coach Lincoln Doull said yesterday.
Seamer Ben Jackett was also out with a groin injury yesterday with Herrick, bagging his second prem club five-wicket bag on Saturday, replacing him in the final.
Manawatu allrounder Tim Richards was the pick of the bowlers, claiming 2-39 from 10 overs.
Ex-Bay rep Tarun Nethula took 1-50 from 10 overs while CD squad member Bevan Small was even more expensive with 2-80 from as many overs although Mason clarified the seamer was injured.
In the run chase, Manawatu kept their cool, losing one scalp for 100 at the 20-over mark.
The Bay stifled them to 305 runs with Jamie How scoring 84 runs, Dave Meiring adding 63 and Mitchell Renwick 58.
While it wasn't surprising for veteran How, Mason was proud of Meiring and Renwick's steely resolve.
Mathieson and Noema Barnett took two wickets each.
In Saturday's round two matches for the Chapple Cup, the Bay again made short work of Nelson with a six-wicket victory on the heels of a comfortable win over Wairarapa on Friday.
The hosts skittled Nelson for a paltry 161 in 44.4 overs with opener Daniel Cooper retired hurt on 28 runs while the next highest total went to 20 extras the Bay gifted, including 14 wides.
Bay wicketkeeper Seb Langridge gloved five catches behind the stumps.
Spinner Ajaz Patel took 3-31 from 9.4 overs and Mathieson took 2-31 from seven overs while Jackett had 2-43 runs from nine overs, including two maidens. Smidt was the most frugal with 1-12 from seven overs, including two maidens.
In reply, the Bay eclipsed the total with 165-4 in 30.2 overs.
Cachopa set the platform with a quickfire 75 runs from 53 balls, including 11 boundaries and two sixes.
Langridge scored 47 runs while CD wicketkeeper Kruger van Wyk was unbeaten on 27.
CD A rep Joe O'Connor, playing for Cornwall prems, was the most frugal for Nelson with 1-15 from four overs, including a maiden, while CD squad member Marty Kain took 1-29 from 7.2 overs, including a maiden.
Marlborough won the Cave Cup, beating Wairarapa in a 40-over affair to enable teams to travel home earlier.
