It was a day of mixed results for Armidale's junior representative cricket teams on Sunday in their Northern Inland competitions.
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The under-12 team snared a win over Moree for round seven of the Ross Panton Cup.
Played in Moree, the home side won the toss and opted to bat first.
Tynan Bull was the first bowler to strike for the Armidale team with the opening wicket.
Tynan then removed another Moree batsman through a run out.
Archer Starr took the first of his two wickets for Moree to be 3-44.
The hosts got on a roll to hit the 100-run mark before Ethan Relf claimed the wicket of Moree's top run-scorer Sam Hall with 33.
Tynan had his second wicket shortly after before Will Hall chimed in to put the visitors on the front foot with the home side at 6-106.
Moree posted another 28 runs before Alex Harris added his name to the wicket-takers list with two in quick succession.
Archer then secured his second wicket before Ethan and Lachlan Taylor combined to run out the last batsman.
In their run chase, Armidale struggled early with Alex bowled for a duck and then fellow opening bat Sophie Parsons caught on two.
Charlie Foster and Will Hall then combined for a partnership to salvage their innings.
Will was the final wicket to fall when he was bowled on 29 as Armidale chased down the required runs.
Oliver Stubbs retired on 51 and Charlie managed 49 not out in the 27.2 overs.
In the under-14s, Armidale Blue also snared a win over Moree for round seven of the Tim Grosser Cup.
The visitors won the toss and sent Moree in to bat.
The first wicket came through Monty Schmude and Jack Lockyer combining for a run out of Moree's opening batsman, Lachlan Muggleton for 17.
The hosts kept adding runs at a steady rate until Will Friend snared the breakthrough wicket of Callum Cooper for 28 with Brodi Campbell taking the catch.
He then had another immediately after, cleaning the stumps up of Tom Barnes to put Moree at 3-79.
Jono Phelps took the next wicket thanks to Jack Hedges' catch.
Brodi Campbell then snared two, the first a leg-before-wicket of Moree's number three and then he bowled the number seven to leave the tail-enders exposed.
Lang Toakley then chimed in with a wicket, Mitch Northam taking the catch, before Monty Schmude secured another run out.
Jack Hedges dismissed the final two Moree batsmen with two caught and bowled to have the side out for 167.
Armidale's innings with the bat started strong with Will Friend and Angus Swales at the crease.
Will was the first to depart for 17.
Angus made 35 before he was caught.
Vanessa Simpson was run out for a duck and then Clancy McDermott was caught for 10.
Jack Hedges and Jack Lockyer then combined for a key partnership to give the visitors an advantage.
Jack made 27 and was the final wicket to fall with Jack finishing the innings on 43 not out and Brodi Campbell on 17 not out to claim the win.
Armidale Gold's clash in Narrabri was a tough outing.
Narrabri batted first to finish their 50 overs on 5-350.
Armidale's Toby Miller and Seb Brotherson were wicket-takers along with Cooper Collins running out the opening batsman and Stuart Parsons snaring a stumping.
Armidale were luckless in their run chase, not scoring a run before three wickets had fallen.
Stuart Parsons made 12, Caleb Baumgartner 28, and Preston Boyd 25 to be the top three Armidale run-scorers as they succumbed 9-114.