Defending champions Penrith City has won the 2016 U17 State Championship.

8 teams played in the championship in a round robin format with Penrith City remaining undefeated and Macarthur only dropping 1 game made their way into the final. The competition proved very competitive with 4 teams finishing on 13 points and only separated by runs against.

Macarthur started strong and jumped out to a 3 – 0 lead but Penrith City fought back to level then went ahead and never looked back winning 7 – 5.

Final placings

1st Penrith City

2nd Macarthur

3rd Sutherland

4th Georges River

5th Southern Districts

6th Campbelltown

7th Newcastle

8th Orange

Thank you to all the coaches, manager, scorers and umpires who gave up their time to ensure that the players had a great weekend.