TWO excellent matches were the feature of the first week of finals of the Sunraysia Table Tennis Winter Pennant competition.

Mallee Bearings, following a 6-4 win over second-placed Cookes Pools & Spas, advanced to the grand final but needed to avoid a late scare to take the points.

In the first block of three singles matched Cookes took a 2-1 lead, however the Bearings pair of Joel Thomas an...