Corowa Civic advanced to Saturday’s preliminary final with a 104-78 triumph against YMGCR, while the red-hot Matt Robertson steered Benalla to an automatic grand final berth by defeating Wodonga, 101-73, in the major semi-final.

Wodonga only claimed two rinks against Civic in their two meetings this season.

The Corowa outfit edged them out in round one, 93-87, with Josh Rudd a rink winner for Wodonga.

However, Civic dominated the return clash at Wodonga, 112-75, as Kylie Whitehead grabbed the hosts’ two points with a one-shot win against Tom Webb.

Meanwhile, the Ovens and Murray has planned a practice match to assist in the selection of the representative team to play in the Regional Sides Championships from April 13 to 15 at Traralgon, as well as the upcoming match against the Goulburn Valley on April 8.

The selected players are: Mason Bayliss, Rick Robinson (Beechworth), Chris Cooney, Dwight Goodman, Shawn McMahon (Benalla), Tom Hynes, Ryan Davies, Tom Webb (Corowa Civic), Wayne Lee (Corowa RSL), Chris Langdon (Rutherglen), Graeme Smith, Gary Brimblecombe, Ian Brimblecombe, Greg McDonald, Maurie Braden (Wangaratta), Josh Rudd, Paul Davies, Peter McLarty, Stephen Coulston, Ray Moon (Wodonga), Tim Cromie, Tyson Cromie (Yarrawonga), Jim Lefevre and Ray Irvine (YMGCR).