In a must win game, Bowling Club came out firing with the bat and forced the Raptors to chase an almost impossible total of 185.

A bowling attack, led by Ben Colby (5/18), then restricted the visitors to 102, giving Bowling Club much needed momentum heading into the finals.

Bowling Club captain Chris Day praised his side's efforts with both bat and ball.

"We knew we had to win to make finals so it was very pleasing," he said.

"The boys got the job done, set it up pretty well with the bat and then just went to strangle them with the ball."

After openers Mick Curtale and Mikey McNamara established the pace for the home side with a handy 24 and 23 respectively, Lachlan Morrison (44) and John Clarke (39) then enjoyed a lengthy partnership in the middle.

"Those two really set it up for us through the middle, took us from 140, 150 to that 180 target," Day said.

Day himself then started swinging for the fences, finishing with 33 not out.

When it was the Raptors' turn to take to the pitch, the bowling of Chris Howarth made light work of opener Corey Thompson (4), who was caught by Curtale.

Jimmy Kuntze was then dismissed for a duck after he was run out by Day.

The Raptors' middle order was ravaged by the bowling of Colby, with Day saying the game plan included a focus on spinners.

"Our strength is our spinners so we were always going to bowl a lot of spin through the middle overs," he said.

"Ben Colby took five... he's getting back into the groove of things which is good at this time of year leading into the finals.

"It was about setting the right fields for our spinners and strangling them out of the chase really, which is easier to do when you've got your target on the board."

Bowling Club have now set up a semi final showdown with the Cambridge Cats in Parkes next weekend.

"We knew before this week even that we would have to go over there and beat them over there," Day said.