The team was presented with the Bing Harris Shield on Saturday after it convincingly won the title for the best side across all formats in the Dunedin senior club grade.
It is the seventh time in 10 years the club has won the shield. It scored 277 points, ahead of Albion on 218, which tied with Carisbrook Dunedin. North East Valley tallied 206 points, defending champion Kaikorai was on 167 and Taieri 132 points.
Green Island is a side of mostly veterans with just a few youngsters playing.
Green Island coach Alun Kennedy said the team’s experience was a vital component of their success.
"Whenever things get a bit tough and tight, then the guys have that experience to call on. They’ve been there before so know what to do," he said.
"We’ve got a group of guys who have probably 1000 caps between them and they really enjoy their cricket. We’re trying to bring in a few young guys from high school who can become key players when they guys do decide to move on."
He said veteran players such as Dion Lobb, Mark Joyce and Ant Harris were still enjoying it, so would most probably keep playing.
Batsman Harris indicated last year he was going to stop playing, but he had come back and been among the runs, scoring a century last week and recording a good score again on Saturday. Lobb has once again been to the fore in the bowling department, with more than 50 wickets to his name for the season.
The side also won the Challenge Cup for the season. It has one game left next Saturday when it takes on Albion in the final of the 50-over tournament at Sunnyvale.
On Saturday, Green Island had a 10-run win over Albion at Logan Park.Batting first, Green Island got through to 179 in the 39th over, mainly thanks to Harris, who hit 84.
Josh Cuttance took five wickets.In reply, Albion came up just short, dismissed in the 44th over for 169.
Albion was 96 for eight wickets but the tail wagged as Green Island ran out of bowling options. Mark Joyce took four wickets.
The other two games were over quickly. Kaikorai had only 10 players and was dismissed for 49 at the start of the 13th over in its match against Carisbrook-Dunedin at Tonga Park.
Kurt Johnston took five wickets and Richard Sillars four.
Carisbrook-Dunedin took four and a-half overs to reach the target.
At Mosgiel, Taieri batted first and was all out for 68 in 17 overs against North East Valley.
In reply, North East Valley got home by one wicket in a game in which there were six ducks.
