The victorious HMAS CAIRNS team with the inaugural 'Ship to Ship' trophy and BRISBANE team captain POPT Nick Davies looking on in despair.

The stakes were high when an eight-man team from HMAS CAIRNS took on the visiting HMAS BRISBANE team in a best of three games pool knockout on Monday, October 31 at the Trinity Tavern.

After a three-month 'up-top' deployment, HMAS BRISBANE showed signs of weariness early on, with the CAIRNS lads only suffering two defeats in the first round. The BRISBANE team was eventually worn down, leaving two CAIRNS personnel to battle it out in the final.

LS Warren Bath displayed some tactical plays to defeat former POPT Alec Payne to claim the grand final spoils.

HMAS CAIRNS also won the overall challenge to take the inaugural 'Ship to Ship' pool competition trophy, and now look forward to future competition against visiting naval ships.