The fightback led by batsmen Jamie Solyom and Nic Baird, was a season defining effort for the Clubbers.

Chasing down St Andrews first innings total of 159 runs most considered Youth Club were facing an uphill battle when they finished at 4/77 after the opening day's play.

The Saints bowlers were on top and were looking to quickly finish off Youth Club on day two to guarantee themselves a finals spot.

Solyom led the charge, his match winning performance of 99 not out gave the Clubbers the upper hand.

Solyom had resumed on 0 not out, but soon showed he was in fine touch and was willing to patiently see his team across the line.

Nic Baird (31) added 10 runs to his resumed innings and when Brendan Pieters knock his stumps over and with the score at 5/85, the Saints would still have rated themselves a winning chance.

Todd Matthews (14) and Ajay Chavan (11) did add some support to Solyom, but when Andrew Dalgleish struck to dismiss Cam Kimber it was anyone's match with the score at 9/156.

Solyom with the support of Jack Kelly, who smashed three fours in his innings of 23, saw Youth Club across the line, finishing at 9/211 and grabbing the vital first innings points.

Veteran spinner Dalgleish was the best of the Saints bowlers with his 3/78.

Aradale with a close first innings win over Buangor, have kept their slim finals hopes alive.

Chasing down the Buangor total of 192, Aradale resumed at 3/80 and took their first innings score to 208, in 57 overs.

Batting a second time, Buangor cruised to 7/157 at the close of play to put an end to any hopes Aradale may have had of outright points from this match.

Jack Fraser after his big first innings was in the runs again with his 66 runs, while opener Jack Ganley contributed 61 runs.

Pomonal's finals hopes officially ended when they were almost on the receiving end of an outright result in the clash against Tatyoon.