Bathurst District Cricket Association: ORC hunts for second grade crown before their step up to BOIDC

The Tigers take on St Pat's Old Boys White in this weekend's Bathurst District Cricket Association second grade grand final at Morse Park 1, looking to prove that they're more than ready to take the step up in competition come the end of the year.

And leading the charge for ORC are their lethal junior bowling triple threat of Justin Stephenson, Tait Borgstahl and Jacob Ryan.

The three bowlers have been long-time Kelso High School mates and are now forging a new devastating partnership with the minor premier ORC squad - one that's seen the Tigers drop just one match on their way to the decider.

Borgstahl leads the team in wickets with 22 at an average of just 7.55 while Ryan and Stephenson have 15 and 14 scalps for the season respectively.

"This is a good bunch of boys who competitive and fun to play with, so what more could you ask for?" Borgstahl said.

"It's great having the old boys in there to pass a bit of knowledge down to us younger fellas and that's stuff that we can hopefully pass on ourselves as the years go by.

"It's great bowling with these two guys and there's great competition between the three of us."

ORC's brilliant season with the ball extends to efforts from Joe Lemmich (14 wickets) and Alex Kinghorne (6.1 average).

Borgstahl has great memories of the last time ORC and SPOB White met this season.

His 4-16 was a highlight in the Tigers' 70-run success back in January.

He hopes this Saturday and Sunday's clash produces more good times.

"It'll be a great game and it's sure to be competitive. It'll likely come down to the wire," he said.

"We beat them last time we played and hopefully we can continue that on."

Following this weekend ORC will look ahead to the next BOIDC competition.

Stephenson, Borgstahl and Ryan have all indicated that they'll be keen to take the step up.

"We'll hopefully get some of the old fellas back who have left the club," Borgstahl said.

"It will be great to get that original ORC team back together."

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