Weston Creek Molonglo and Queanbeyan have booked their tickets to the grand final and are set to battle it out for the ACT one-day cricket title next week.
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Strong idividual efforts by Weston Creek's Robert Trickett (45 runs) and John Rogers (87 runs) against Tuggeranong secured the side its ticket to the decider on Sunday.
Weston Creek's bowlers also made Tuggeranong's job hard from the get-go, forcing the side to 3-32 as it chased the large run tally.
It proved too large a chase and the side won by 73 runs after setting a target of 217 for Tuggeranong to hunt at Chisholm Oval.
It was a shorter match over at Freebody Oval in the league's other semi-final.
Queanbeyan secured their grand final ticket after beating Ginninderra by five wickets in a low-scoring game.
The visitors set a low bar for Queanbeyan to chase after being skittled for 79 and the home side punished them for it, cruising home in 26 overs.
Queanbeyan had bowler Kai Brunker to thank for dismissing the most batters for the side, after he took four wickets on Sunday.
Ethan Fitzpatrick took the same amount of wickets for Ginninderra but the efforts of the batters in blue - Mickey McNamara (26 runs), Michael Curtale (22 runs) and Jordan Hedington (18 not out) - proved too great.
The Ginninderra batters fell fast as the side slumped to 4-33 early on but Sam Gaskin provide some hope at the crease, recording his side's highest total with an unbeaten 25.
Weston Creek and Queanbeyan will battle it out next Sunday to claim the first grade one-day title.
Queanbeyan will be confident heading into the fixture, having won by 44 runs when the two outfits met in the league's regular season last month.
Both sides will have one more chance to put the final touches on their game in the T20 Cup the day before.
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Isobel Cootes
Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.
Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.
