Greerton's reserve grade team got their season underway in style over the weekend, racking up an impressive 150 run win over Te Puke.

The Tauranga side piled on the best winning score on the opening day of the Western Bay of Plenty Cricket Association reserve grade competition.

Greerton's reserve grade team got their campaign off to a flyer. Photo: File.

Batting first, Greerton put on 279/8, with master blaster Richie Earl scoring 106. He was helped by bowlers Sean Crotty, Vishal Mani and Murray Jarvis, who took three wickets apiece to limit Te Puke's response to 129.

Te Puke's only resistance with the bat was captain Chris Rowe, who top-scored with 32.

Cadets also posted a big victory over competition new comers Aquinas College. Led by a century from Chris Norton, Cadets posted 250/7. In reply, the students were dismissed for 83, to hand Cadets a 167-run victory.

Long-time Cadets Reserve bowler Josh Christensen took three wickets for just seven runs, with Morgan Bidois also taking three wickets.

Katikati had a shocker of a weekend, going down to Sangha XI for just 49 runs. Sangha got over the line with seven wickets to spare.

Mount Maunganui had an easy win against Tauranga Boys College. Tauranga batted first and were all out for 85, with veteran Mount bowler Steve Charman returning 4/11. Mount then cruised to a seven wicket victory.

Sikh Sports won a hard fought battle with Rotorua new comers Geyser City Sports, with the Western Bay side chasing down 196 for the loss of seven wickets.

In the Western Bay of Plenty Cricket Association B Grade division, Grasshoppers defeated Greerton in a high scoring encounter.

The Hoppers posted 224/7, with Bob Curran top scoring with 77, then bowled Greerton out for 172. Te Puke's Singh XI lost to Mount Maunganui after being removed for just 121, with Wanderers proving too strong for Albion.

WBOPCA Reserve Grade Results:

Cadets 250/7 (Chris Norton 101no) defeated Aquinas College 83 (Morgan Bidois 3/21, Josh Christensen 3/7)

Tauranga Boys College 85 (Steve Charman 4/11) lost to Mount Maunganui 88/3 (Hayden Brynes 30no)

Geyser City Sports 196/6 (Dilan Nanayakkara 52, Ollie Campbell 34, Gurman Singh 3/34) lost to Sikh XI 199/7 (Amritpal Singh 66, Sudeep Singh 33)

Katikati 49 (Jatinder Sehgal 3/18) lost to Sangha XI 52/3 (Jatinder Sehgal 30)

Greerton 279/8 (Richie Earl 106, G Singh 31) defeated Te Puke 129 (Chris Rowe 32, Sean Crotty 3/24, Vishal Mani 3/24, Murray Jarvis 3/30)

Whakatane United the bye.

Points Table (Provisional) Cadets (20) Mount Maunganui (20) Greerton (20) Sikh Sports XI (20) Sangha XI (20) Geyser City Sports 7, Te Puke 6, Aquinas College 4, Tauranga Boys College 2, Katikati 1, Whakatane United 0.

WBOPCA B Grade Results

Grasshoppers 224/7 (Bob Curran 77, Ray Body 44) defeated Greerton 172 (Daniel Pokai 77, Nitin Bindal 48, Dean O'Brien 3/26, Chris Savage 4/15)

Singh XI 121 (Amrit Singh 30, Matt Demler 5/20) lost to Mount Maunganui 124/9 (Joshua Jane 33, Jimmy Mail 30, Harpreet Singh 3/33, Parmbir Singh 3/35)

Wanderers 210/8 (Dion Bartosh 82, Michael Hoggard 62) defeated Albion 92 (Dylan Foord 5/15)

Cadets the bye.

Points Table (Provisional) Grasshoppers 6, Wanderers 6, Mount Maunganui 6, Albion 0, Singh XI 0, Greerton 0, Cadets 0.