Cults won the Twenty20 Turriff Cup, and Crathie are promoted to Grade 1 following the completion of Saturday’s fixtures in the Aberdeenshire Grades.

In finals’ day of the Cup competition Cults put out previous holders Mannofield in the semi-final, before going on to beat St Ronald in the final, Javiad Masud taking three wickets and former Anchorians’ captain Chris Forbes two, as the Allan Park side defended a total of 128 from their twenty overs. Man of the match awarded to Richard Munro (Cults)

In the day’s outstanding Grade 2 fixture, postponed from May due to the unavailability of Crathie’s ground, the home side beat Academy to edge past Queens Cross/Stoneywood-Dyce in the race for the second promotion spot, captain Andy Shore steering his team home with an undefeated 36.  Academy’s 10-point haul was however sufficient to confirm their Grade 2 status for a further season and relegate Fraserburgh to Grade 3.

The remaining game at the top of Grade 3 between champions Knightriders and 2nd Methlick was again washed out; and will now hopefully be played next weekend.

The Surprising outcome of the weekend was in the final of the Aberdeenshire cup between Grade 1 Champions Bon Accord and bottom of the table Gordonians. Gordonians choosing to bat first set a target of 271 for 8 off their allocated 40 overs led by the powerful batting from Chandra Mouli (106) top scoring and support from Indika Yahathugoda (61), in response Bon Accord started well, but were soon behind the required run rate, despite a measured innings by Brian Veldsman (42) and some lusty blows from Tauqeer Malik (43) could only manage to reach 223 before being bowled out by the Gordonians side. Man of the Match awarded to Chandra Mouli.