Winter training commences August 6th at the Graeme Blanchard Centre, with a minimum of eight 1.5 – 2 hour sessions in the following age groups; U19 U16 Yr 9 Primary A Primary Development Yr 5 & 6 Junior Development Women As their are only limited spaces (16) available, each group will be selected from the [...]

While many of the players might be taking part in winter sports, a dozen coaches were being put through their paces as they undertake the Level One Coaching Course being held at the Graeme Blanchard Centre this weekend and next. It was good to see a mixed group of faces (some older, some younger) at [...]

  Glen Drake’s tour of Sri Lanka with the Willows cricket team has started well with the team scoring 3 wins from 3 matches so far. Glen has enjoyed his chances too. He top-scoring in the first match with 43 and took a wicket. Game 2 he only got to bat in the last two overs [...]

A good turnout the this season’s Friday evening prizegiving for South Canterbury cricket was pleasing for the organisers. The guest speaker was Lee Germon, CEO of Canterbury Cricket and a former Black Caps captain. Three special presentations were also made to John Threlkeld, Graeme Lowrie and Richard Davidson for their services to cricket in this [...]

Celtic overcame a spirited Waimate by 111 runs to claim the senior one-day cricket trophy at Aorangi Oval on Saturday. The win ensured Craig Davies’ team would secure a clean sweep of senior trophies this season after convincingly taking the two-day and Twenty20 titles earlier in the season. The final margin of victory appeared comfortable, [...]

Waimate prepared for their senior one-day cricket final against Celtic this weekend with a nervous two-wicket win over Timaru at Ashbury Park 4 on Saturday. With the two finalists already confirmed before the final round of matches on Saturday, several teams were playing for pride. A nine-man Temuka side ended Star’s miserable season with a [...]

In the final rep match before the winter break, the South Canterbury Primary Development side came up against a strong Christchurch Metro side. The boys enjoyed the opportunity to play on Aorangi Oval, and after Metro won the toss, South Canterbury were asked to field first. South Canterbury kept a tight rein on Metro through [...]

South Canterbury Primary A took on North Otago on Sunday 11th March. South Canterbury won the toss and put North Otago in, the bowlers again performed well bowling North Otago out for just 101. Matt Cochrane-Bennett 3-9 off 8 overs and Gabriel Evans 2-18 off 10 overs were the best bowlers and well supported by [...]

Waimate and Celtic will meet in the 45-over senior cricket final in a fortnight after both sides cruised to victories with a round to spare. In a surprise, Roncalli beat Timaru to extinguish their chances of making the final, as they chased down 225 to win at Ashbury Park. It was another day of several [...]

Timaru Girls High School made it three titles in a row when they comfortably took out the senior women’s cricket final against Ashburton College. A big six from Hannah Struthers wrapped up the victory for the hosts at Ashbury Park and ensured they went through the season unbeaten. Ashburton batted first and made only 86 [...]