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  • Homegrown

      With more than a quarter of the current Blackcaps international team, Wairarapa boasts a proud tradition.
    Ross Taylor – raised in Masterton
    Jesse Ryder – left Wairarapa during his secondary school years
    Doug Bracewell – four years at Rathkeale College
    Elizabeth Perry – attended Chanel College and a White Fern for 4 years including 2011 Player of the Series in England. Double International having also played 5 games for the Black Sticks.

    Local first class players include Greg Todd who is the current Wairarapa captain and Seth Rance, another making great strides in the Central Districts first class ranks.

Latest Local Cricket News

  • Survey Results Official Wairarapa Cricket Association LogoThanks to all players who completed the survey that was posted onto the website by our Development Officer, Sammy Curtis. Sam has put the result together which make for interesting reading. RESULTS OF SENIOR GRADE SURVEY  34 players completed the senior survey When should the season start and fin...
  • Chris Kilfords Hawke Cup & Umpires Cup Photos Available Two Weeks Only Wairarapa Cricket Association was fortunate to have Chris Kilford who was willing to spend many hours on the boundary taking photos. Chris was present as a volunteer at the Taranaki vs Wairarapa game, the Umpires Cup Final between Red Star and Lansdowne and the Hawke Cup Challenge match between Wair...
  • Calling for Coaches/Managers The Wairarapa Cricket Association are calling for the position of selectors, managers and/or coaches for all Wairarapa Representative Cricket teams for the 2012-13 season.  If you know of someone or you yourself have something to offer, put a nomination in. The teams are: Hawke Cup/Chapple Cu...
  • 2011/12 Season Prizes Cup Winners 2011-2012 Season: Left to right:  Choi Jackson (with the Umpires Cup), Jared Watt (DK Logan cup for senior bowling),  Marcus Howie (Times Age Cup, Chairman’s Cup, Peter Walker Cup for Open Grade bowler),                             (More FM T20 Open grade championship, Ben Iveson Cup) Darren Dingle (John Gray cup for open grade batting), Greg Todd (Dermot Payton Cup for senior batting), Paul Lyttle (More FM T20 Championship, Thursday Cup for best and fairest team, Bidwell Challenge Cup), Joe Hull (Bidwell Championship Cup) The Annual JCB Prize giving dinner was held on the 5th April 2012 at the Copthorne Resort and Hotel Solway Park.  Our development officer, Sammy Curtis put a huge amount of time into organising the event.  This year it was decided by the management committee that the Senior Representative team w...
  • Girls Mid week Super 8 As the school term comes to an end so does the Girls midweek competition.  Sammy Curtis, the Wairarapa Cricket Development Officer, says this competition, "was one of the highlights of the season".  We are lucky to have a number of people involved in this competition who are passionate and it is env...

Wairarapa Cricket Association is one of the smallest cricket districts in New Zealand. But it is one with a proud history. Formed in 1894-95, Wairarapa Cricket currently has three active clubs – Lansdowne, Red Star and Greytown (which is the second oldest cricket club in New Zealand). The competitions are complimented with the inclusion of teams from Wairarapa College, Rathkeale College and Kuranui College.

Locally we run four levels of competition, Senior where teams battle it out in Two Day and One Day competitions on Saturdays and the T20 competition on Thursday evenings, Open Grade where there is a One Day competition which splits into two sections after a full round of competition and also a T20 competition.  At secondary schools level we run a Saturday morning competition.  A number of our secondary school teams play in our senior and open grade competition.  Junior Cricket (JCB)  is played at three levels, Kiwi and Incrediball on Fridays and Hardball on Saturdays.

As well as local competitions we are proud of the success our small district produces in the representative arena with teams competing at Senior Hawke Cup and Chapple Cup level down through development sides, under age teams and junior.  Wairarapa has had three periods of holding the prestigious Hawke Cup – the main trophy for district cricket. Firstly from 1920-21 to 1921-22, then again in 1950-51, and finally from 1976-77 to 1978-79, withstanding seven challenges.

Our new restructured website has been put together as a central point for all Wairarapa cricket clubs, schools and social players to be able to check draws, send in results, view competition points and read news reports about rep matches, club games, inter-schools, special fixtures, our sponsors, coaching and development and any other information related to cricket in the Wairarapa.

We also hope that the website will be useful for visitors from outside the district wishing to find out cricket information from the Wairarapa District, whether it be history, contact details, or seeing who is performing in the local club and representative teams.

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