Collendina gained a much-needed six points in A2 Grade when it defeated Newcomb at Ervin Reserve.
The Cobras are a game outside the top four, but stayed well in contention with an impressive seven-wicket win.
Newcomb won the toss and batted first, but found runs hard to come by.
Debutante Zach Muir bowled five tidy overs at the start and George Every conceded just eight runs from his opening spell of five overs.
Jason Clark played well for the Bulls with an unbeaten 43 to help get the total up to 9/131 from 40 overs.
Promising Under 16s quick Jackson De Jong, fresh from representing Geelong in the Dowling Shield last week, was superb with 3/12 from eight overs while debutante Oscar Orwin took three wickets with his right-arm seamers.
Jacob Gasior opened the innings and made a valuable 51 from 56 deliveries as Collendina achieved the target with seven wickets and 16 overs to spare. Stan Grazotis made a nice 43 not out from 46 balls after taking 2/32 from seven overs earlier in the afternoon.
Collendina defeated Portarlington in C2 Grade.
Port batted first and slumped to 5/34 before Jon McLaren resurrected the innings with 55 from 44 balls while Connor McDonald chipped in with 19 to get the score up to 125.
Three bowlers each took two wickets – Dave Treharne with his nagging left-arm seamers grabbed 2/12 from eight overs while Ben Wright and Jacob Irwin grabbed two apiece.
The Cobras hit the runs with four wickets and 22 balls up their sleeve. Chris Pitfield made 43 and Grant McIntosh 31 with Pankaj Vyas taking 2/20 for the Demons.
