It was a double dose of glory during the Cricket Shepparton junior grand final day for Nagambie on Sunday.
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The Lakers walked away with the under-16B and under-14B premiership flags after dominant performances at Vibert Reserve.
Nagambie president Steve Brook congratulated the talented juniors while highlighting the efforts of the club's volunteers.
“Absolutely, it was a great performance by the two teams and a great reward for effort for everyone involved,” Brook said.
“It has been a long process, it's taken a while to build our junior structures and it's just a great result for everyone who has put in the effort.
“Our junior development officer Jason O'Brien organises everything for the junior teams. It's a big job and it's never easy, but he has done a terrific job.”
It was an emphatic performance from the under-14s — led by a spectacular 80-run knock from teenager Blake Ezard — against Northerners.
Ezard crunched eight boundaries and sent six over the rope in his 91-ball innings, while teammate Darby O'Brien contributed with a classy 43-run effort.
The Lakers saluted by 130 runs, after they successfully defended their 200-run total.
Ezard (3-18) and O'Brien (3-20) rounded off their big day with brilliant bowling performances.
And the under-16s’ win over Karramomus was orchestrated by a match-winning effort from Will Gladwin.
The Lakers youngster, who was celebrating his birthday, was delivered a great present as he steered his side to victory.
Gladwin collected 5-15 from seven overs and tore apart the Bloods’ batting line-up with glee.
Karramomus’ Craig Dhosi tried his hardest to get his side over the line with a brave 36-run knock.
But the day belonged to Gladwin, with his efforts restricting the Bloods to 103 — 24 runs shy of Nagambie's total.
“It's good for the club to have these exciting players coming through and the next thing now is to grow them into senior players,” Brook said.
“In both teams we have a number of players who are originally from Avenel.
“Their involvement has really boosted our talent and they've really helped out the club.
“And about six or seven players from the two sides will run out for our E-grade outfit this weekend in the finals.”
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