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Harry Holding bowls for Souths Magpies against Metropolitan-Easts Hearts in Stage Two blue Toowoomba Cricket junior competition at Anderson Park, Saturday, November 23, 2019. Picture: Kevin Farmer

Neers fall short in crossover fixture

BASKETBALL : The Toowoomba Mountaineers U18s boys have fallen agonisingly short in their bid to move up to the Premier League.

Competing in a crossover fixture against Brisbane Capitals Silver in the state's capital, the unbeaten Southern Cup ladder leaders fought gallantly but were edged out 90-88 in a thrilling contest.

Ngaakudzwe Ngorima led all scorers with a game-high 33 points, with Angus Scott scoring 17 and Ben Toohey adding 16 points.

The Mountaineers found themselves struggling early, as the Capitals opened up a commanding 27-15 lead through the first term.

Eventually they picked up the tempo and were able to work their way into the contest, cutting the defecit to just six at half-time.

Another strong quarter saw them tie things up with one quarter to play, however the division one side had too much in the end.

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Tennis wraps up

TENNIS : The Toowoomba Tennis red and orange ball seasons came to a conclusion this week, with finals played across both divisions.

Red Ball results

Charles le Roux - 8.16 point average per game played, Charlie Barwick 7, Lawson Plumbe 6.83, Angus le Roux 6, Aggie Rafter 5.83, Lucy Wade 5.66, Millicent Freeman 5.50, Harrison Palmer 4.

Final ladder standings

Charles le Roux 9.99, Charlie Barwick 8.41, Lawson Plumbe 7.74, Millicent Freeman 7, Angus le Roux 6.75, Lucy Wade 6.24, Harisson Palmer 6.16, Courtney Primus 6.06, Jack Martin 6.04, Aggie Rafter 5.83, Elle Middleton 5.33

Orange Ball:

Play-off for 1st & 2nd Place

Demolition defeated Warriors 11-10

Singles

Charlie Rafter df Peter Freeman 3-1, Will Ward df Daniel, Beit 3-2, Charlie Rafter df Will Ward 4-0, Peter df Daniel 4-0

Doubles

Peter and Will df Charlie and Daniel 3-1

Play-off for 3rd and 4th place

Aces defeated Federer 11-10

Singles

Will Comerford df Hugo Smith 4-0, Ruan Vosloo df Cindy Deng 3-1, Cindy df Hugo 3-1, Ruan df Will 3-1

Doubles

Ruan and Hugo df Will and Cindy 3-2

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