{"id":112608,"date":"2025-03-24T12:03:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T01:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/titans-celebrate-inaugural-top-grade-triumph\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T03:22:33","slug":"titans-celebrate-inaugural-top-grade-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/titans-celebrate-inaugural-top-grade-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans celebrate inaugural top-grade triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Armstrong Creek won its inaugural top-grade Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association premiership in thrilling fashion.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans posted 8-202 from 75 overs before restricting Barwon Heads to 189 from 72.5 overs in the A1 two-day grand final at Collendina Recreation Reserve on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Opener Clay Mulgrew was awarded player of the match for his 135 runs from 231 balls while Seagulls captain-coach Dan Donaldson starred with 4-70 and 51 not out.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong Creek also beat Barwon Heads in the C2 decider after keeping the Seagulls to 60 from 35 overs.<\/p>\n<p>For more coverage see this Friday&#8217;s editions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armstrong Creek won its inaugural top-grade Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association premiership in thrilling fashion. 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