A superb five-wicket haul from paceman Scott Grant helped Collendina to the D Grade Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association premiership.
The Cobras finished top of the ladder after the home-and-away season and demolished Drysdale in the final at Collendina in perfect conditions on Saturday 18 March.
Grant took 5/21 for the Snakes and bowled superbly to win the Petrie Medal awarded to the best player on the day.
Collendina batted first and made 6/206 from its 40 overs.
Regular partnerships were the key to the very competitive total. Ryan Jones (29) and Eddie Ellwood (23) put on 47 for the first wicket and at 2/142, the Cobras were set for a mamoth total. Matt De Jong (58), Matt Davies (41) and Mark Fletcher (21 not out) made certain of it.
Drysdale needed just more than five runs an over to claim the title and needed a good start, but it never came.
The Hawks were 2/7 before a handy 40-run stand in which David Willis (29) had a major hand. At 5/56 only Russell Potter stood in the way of Collendina’s premiership. The left-hander played a subdued knock of 5 from 32 balls and when he was dismissed, Collendina knew it had the game won. Mark Walton (36 from 37 balls) played a cameo, but the Hawks were eventually dismissed for 116.
Dave Treharne took 2/12 from seven overs for the Snakes and formed a lethal combination with Grant.
