Katikati skippers Ben Warren won the toss and put the Sangha Raavi XI in to bat on Saturday in the WBOPCA Reserve Grade Championship Final.

The Katikati captain's decision looked to be paying dividends when his team's bowlers had the Sangha first team in some trouble at 90/7.

However, a gritty half century from Raavi number eight batsman Amandeep Tiwari, greatly assisted his team through to 171 all out in the 45th over.

Matt Earl grabbed four wickets for Katikati with Matt Harrison returning 2/12.

Katikati made a strong start and at 58/2 were right in the match.

However, the Katikati batting crumbled with the team from the extremities of the Western Bay of Plenty rolled for 112 in the 34th over.

Brody Gilroy top scored with 23, while R Yadav (4/28) and GS Mahal (2/22) did the damage with the ball for winners.

The Sangha victory, gave them their first trophy since coming into the Western Bay competitions five or six years ago.

The B Grade Final between defending champions Grasshoppers and Wanderers turned out to be a one sided encounter.

Hoppers batted first and were in real trouble with both their openers being dismissed for a duck.

At three down with just seven runs on the board, the defending titleholders had plenty of work to do.

Grasshoppers number five batsman Wayne Anderson steadied the ship, however, once he was dismissed for 25, the writing was on the wall.

A total of 93 runs weren't ever going to be enough.

Ivan Foord did plenty of damage with the ball grabbing three wickets at a cost of just five runs, with Lyndon Balmer and Chris Uden taking two wickets apiece.

The defending champions had a glimmer of hope when the first Wanderers batsmen was removed with just two runs in the book.

Fellow opener Dion Bartosh got his team through to 54/2 before being removed for 24.

It was left to Lyndon Balmer to take his side to victory in the B Grade title decider, posting an unbeaten 32 runs.

WBOPCA Finals Results 29 March 2014

Reserve Grade Final

Sangha Raavi XI 171 (Amandeep Tiwari 52, Vikas Tiwari 38; Matt Earl 4/38, Matt Harrison 2/12) defeated Katikati 112 (Brody Gilroy 23, Colin Chase 19; R Yadav 4/28, GS Mahal 2/22)

B Grade Final

Grasshoppers 93 (Wayne Anderson 25; Ivan Foord 3/5, Chris Uden 2/14, Lyndon Balmer 2/15) lost to Wanderers 97/3 (L Balmer 32no, Dion Bartosh 24)