A COLD and blustery day with a few showers greeted supporters at Cummins for the all important clash between flag favourites Tumby Bay and United Yeelanna, a team of spirited youngsters, keen to have a crack at the top side.

Tumby Bay ran out comfortable winners and will await the outcome of the preliminary final this week between the Eagles and Ramblers to see who they will play in the grand final.

Tumby won the toss and kicked north giving them the first use of the wind.

Veteran Brian Coad and youngster Tate Secker for Yeelanna faced off in the ruck and after some scrappy play, Yeelanna worked the ball forward where Secker marked strongly on the goal line and converted for Yeelanna's first.

Tumby began getting more of the ball and prepared the goals but couldn't convert.

Yeelanna soon punished Tumby's inaccuracy with some good running play through the middle and Meaney finished off with Yeelanna's second goal.

The younger Yeelanna side threw out the challenge to Tumby, kicking two unanswered goals into the wind, but Tumby began to settle and two quick goals through Reid and Butler soon evened the ledger.

Prime and Coad kicked two more for the quarter for Tumby and at the break the Blues led 4-7 to 2-0.

Yeelanna did the attacking early in the second quarter but Tumby clogged up their forward line, making it difficult for Yeelanna to make use of the wind.

Tumby's experienced players in Coad and the Curtis brothers got support from younger players including Tyson Cross.

Holes began opening up in Yeelanna's backlines and Tumby players Jimmy Chard and David Butler were making full use of them.

Mail medallist Michael Curtis, playing at full forward, kicked Tumby's first for the quarter, then another. Yeelanna were trying hard but Tumby kept working the ball forward and Reid snapped a goal for Tumby late in the quarter after a good centering kick by Jefferson.