THE business end of the season for the Grampians Cricket Association is finally upon us with two matches that promise big things scheduled for this weekend.
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The top four teams, which include Swifts/Great Western, Youth Club, Aradale and Buangor, will take part in cut throat finals both tomorrow and Sunday.
After finishing on top of the ladder Swifts/Great Western will take on fourth placed Bunagor on its home ground of Central Park.
The Combine are coming off a big loss at the hands of Aradale last week and will be wanting to play a bit better tomorrow.
Sam Cocks is one player at the top of the order that has been in good form with the bat and was the only player to make runs in their innings of 99.
Rick Peters was able to smash around a quick half century in the one day final against Buangor and will look to carry that form into this week.
Swifts/Great Western will welcome back Dale Hurley and Jacob Seeary into the premier team to make up some numbers, and with Jamie Bach still overseas, Marc Brilliant will have to step up and lead his charges with the ball.
For Buangor, the Ganley brothers will be looked upon to do plenty of the work, just as they have done all year.
Both Harry and Jack have been up there with the best performers this season and they have let their statistics do the talking.
Jack leads his younger brother in terms of batting average with 53 runs, while Harry is not far behind on 45.86.
The Combine's Craig Marrow had the best average during the season with 54.4.
In the second of the two finals Youth Club will meet Aradale at Alexandra Oval.
The Clubbers waited until the final round to find their first outright win of the season, which moved them into second place on the ladder.
Aradale's Tyler Cronin and Brent Tate have been in good form to date and were a contributing factor to their team's win over the Combine.
Cronin has shown he has what it takes to be rated one of the division's top all-rounders after performing well with the bat and the ball.
Fellow all-rounder Matt Stasse is also hitting form at the right time of the year.
Youth Club captain Jamie Solyom has led from the front throughout the season and will be hoping his side's younger stars can step up on the big stage.
This weekend's matches
A Grade
Swifts Great Western v Buangor - D Hey, S Hayter
Aradale v Youth Club - T McKinnis, G Goldsmith
B Grade
Navarre v Halls Gap - G Miller, D Taylor
St Andrews v Swifts/Great Western - A Farish, T Quick
C Grade
Chalambar v Youth Club - D Cosgriff, G Cosgriff
Aradale v Navarre - R Dean, A Dean