Albury hangs tough to defeat Raiders and secure semi-final spot

A classy doubles rubber by Sean Pillay and the unbeaten Graham Barned, along with a dominant singles by Rob Cabion, set up the win.

Sacred Heart Green scored a hard fought victory over SPD Black.

Brendan Hoffman, Zach Smith and Chris Mitchell were solid throughout.

Sacred Heart finished strongly in its 6-2 salute over Forrest Hill Diggers.

Michael Cheshire and Vlad Khodakivskyy remained undefeated for the winners.

A dominant Mark Neil, with support from Steve O'Connell, Josh Bear and Gusewak Singh, saw Wodonga Bushrangers account for SPD Yellow.

Top-of-the-table Forrest Hill Wombats snatched three tight rubbers, going on to record a relatively straightforward victory over Thurgoona Sharks.

The pick of the ladies' matches was SPD Green's narrow four-game win over Uiver Park.

Dionne Hartley, Shellie Graham, Claire D'Alessandro and Michelle Sutcliffe combined well in the closing two stanzas to claim the points.

Wodonga Rosellas were too strong for Forrest Hill and Wodonga Doves likewise over SPD Gold.

In section one, SPD Chill takes winning form into its semi-final after accounting for Forrest Hill Cats.

Two of three tight rubbers went the way of Forrest Hill Blues in their defeat of Forrest Hill Galahs.

In the only match in the ladies, Wodonga Larrikins accounted for Thurgoona Jade in an entertaining contest.

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There was several close matches in section three, the standout between Glenly Gold and Thurgoona Bears.

Glenly held the upper hand with two rubbers to play, but did enough to hold onto the three-game advantage at day's end.

Wodonga Pirates recovered from a mid-afternoon deficit to finish with an eight-game triumph over Forrest Hill Blues.

An all-round team effort from Rob Gilchrist, Garry Hughes, Col Shuemack and Neil Shannon gave Albury Gold some momentum heading into the semi-final next week, with a hard-fought win over SPD Blue.

After sets were even early, Wodonga Eagles ran away with a comfortable victory over Albury Blue, with SPD Tigers too strong for Forrest Hill Saints.

Scott Soulsby, Isaac Street and Ryan Jhonston all played a role in SPD Green's two-game defeat of Lavington Phoenix in section four.

Daniel Honeychurch remained unbeaten in Wodonga Lions' 4-2 victory over Lavington Dragons.

Ash Harrington was in great form in SPD Gold's defeat of SPD Yellow.

Wodonga Bears powered away with the final three rubbers and the win against Albury Blue.

The remaining match saw Albury Green easy winners over Scots Gold.

In section five, Forrest Hill Swans came up trumps after a good battle with SPD Blue.

SPD Crows defeated Scots Sapphires.