Eden cricketers suffered successive losses in senior play on Saturday and unfortunately had to forfeit Sunday's opening round clash in the Far South Coast women's competition.
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The first division squad fell just 16 runs shy of the target when they took on Bermagui at Dickinson Oval on Saturday as both clubs held on to bat out their full innings.
The Breakers won the toss and went out to bat first where some quick catches had the hosts on the back foot early.
Liam Cooper and Julian Poulter were both caught for five to give Eden a boost, but Sean Lambert and Jack Allen quickly steadied the ship with a 50-run partnership scoring 23 and 29 respectively.
Jason Berry knocked a team best of 35 before the bottom order stood up some firm resistance with Thomas Walker and Casey Jack hitting 18 apiece to finish off a 7/160 innings.
Tyrone Thomas wreaked havoc with the ball for Eden, taking impressive figures of 3/12 including four maidens off eight overs with the ball.
In reply Eden came painfully close to the target.
Opener Rahul Mudaliar was dismissed for eight, but batting partner David Summers pressed on, batting to 31 runs.
Mark Spink added 10, while Xavier Bowes was returned to the sheds cheaply before the Eden order put on a commendable middle order stand.
Patrick Kearney and Jo Elton cleaned up 20 and 31 runs respectively to keep Eden in the hunt, but some steady wickets in the lower order and a slowing run rate kept the club short finishing 9/144.
In division two, Dalmeny dropped just two wickets on the way to the win after Eden had set a modest target of 8/106 in their innings.
Paul Preston had been the best with the bat for the visitors, knocking 27.
However, the Pirates rallied with 45 not-out from Marcus Cleary laying the foundation for the win in the 28th over.
On Sunday, the Eden club had to forfeit the women's clash, with the South Euro Pirates awarded walkover points for the day.
The Pambula Bluedogs were one club denied the result despite finishing with a solid innings of 9/165.
Rain delays impacted the reply innings from the Tathra Sea Eagles with the club finishing the day on 8/130 after just 25 overs at the crease.
Tom Hammond (54) and Jake Taylor (58) and provided a great foundation for the Bluedogs with the bat.
Jack Baker earned the best and fairest points for the host club.
In other senior play, the Merimbula Knights won their clash with Wolumla comprehensively, chasing down the target of 62 with to finish on 2/64 after 23 overs.
