Tauranga Boys College bowed out of the Gillette Cup when they were beaten by one of the heavyweights of secondary schools cricket in recent years.
They needed to defeat Hamilton Boys High in the Northern Districts' final, to progress to the finals next month.
After losing the toss, Tauranga bowled first and
dismissed Hamilton for 229. Josh Dwight was the best of the Tauranga bowlers, finishing with three for 41.
Tauranga got away to a flyer in reply, reaching 91 without loss. Sean McCarthy (44) and Elliott Timoti (43) gave their side an outstanding start.
However the Hamilton bowlers grabbed the ascendancy, with their three off-spinners strangling the Tauranga batting and their finals dream ended at 147.
Owen Delany Park in Taupo was a sea of white last Sunday, when the annual Bay of Plenty age group battle for the Pongokawa Cup was held.
Coastlands emerged victorious in the Senior Secondary School game and the two Junior Secondary fixtures, while Lakeland took out both primary matches.
Gillette Cup
Hamilton BHS 229 (Josh Dwight 3-41) beat Tauranga Boys College 147 (Shaun McCarthy 44, Elliott Timoti 43)
BOP Coastland v BOP Lakeland Results
Senior Secondary School
Coastland 341-4 (Cameron Neal 70, Jordan Shaw 70 ret, Shaun McCarthy 65, Francios Poiteiger 49, Josh Dwight 34 ret) beat Lakeland 186 (Cameron Payne 39; Matt Hill 4-34, Tom Clout 2-31, Chris Atkinson 2-34)
Junior Secondary School
Coastland Blue 268 (Logan Dench 63no, Ryan Balsom 47, Ben Musgrave 30; Shannon McSkimming 3-38, Robbie Hammond 2-36) beat Lakeland White 231-9 (Johnny Barrow 47no, R Hammond 27, S McSkimming 23; Gareth Wallace 2-17, Brodie Gilroy 2-30)
Coastland Gold 199-7 (Chris Charlton 61 ret; ; Jonty Keaney 2-19) beat Lakeland Blue 178-7 (J Keaney 71 ret, Miles Timoti 3-17, Jonty Rhodes 3-19)
Primary
Coastland Gold 129 (Jamie Oakley 36; Jamie Gayle 3-10, Rohan Gosai 2-26, Ethan Martin 2-27) lost to Lakeland White 130-7 (Tim Berry 30; Cayne Dew 4-16)
Lakeland Blue 220 (Liam Kelly 56, Joseph Renata 28, Reece McDonald 28; Jared Tutty 3-29, Kieran Hitchcock 2-13, Jack Preston 2-20, Lucian Clark 2-28) beat Coastland Blue 214 (Jack Preston 71, Denyn Clark 43; R McDonald 2-27)
