Henry Shoemark lifts City Colts to to Royal Hotel Cup victory over Centennials Bulls

After whacking 96 in quick time on Saturday, the Colts big-hitter continued his red hot form on Sunday with his 86 helping the two blues to Twenty20 victory - the club's first Royal Hotel Cup win in 17 years.

Shoemark said it was a good all-round team performance.

"It was a good start with the bat, as Myles [Smith] and I put on a good partnership on up top," he said.

"We were able to get 159, which was tops. The opening bowlers - Hendo [Dave Henderson] and Rogo [David Rogerson - I reckon those first seven overs built it for us. We bowled tight."

Colts won the toss and opted to bat first, with Shoemark and Smith, Parkes' Western Zone Premier League star, opening the batting.

Colts' marque signing for the Royal Hotel Cup, Smith was ultimately dismissed for 27 runs.

While Shoemark and Smith impressed with the bat, only one more Colts player managed to score double-digit figures - Nicholas Babcock (12).

Tyler Horton was the pick amongst the Centennials bowlers with 3-14 off four overs.

Horton and Kurt Toole opened the batting for Bulls and they both achieved the top two scores for the team - 24 and 36 respectively.

But Babcock (4-27 off four) and Dan Casey (3-2 off 2.1) made the difference with the ball.

"We've got a bit of youth coming through and a few old heads here. I think we're in with a shot," Shoemark said.

"Hopefully we can make it to the next round, the finals. We'll give it a fair crack.

"Obviously we've got Myles from Parkes, who's our marquee. He'll come across and give us a hand when he can. He's a good pick-up. He bowled and batted really well."

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