By STU PIDDINGTON Timaru’s former international cricketer John Ward was honoured at Christchurch’s AMI Stadium last night when his ‘Pillar of Pride’ was unveiled. Ward, his wife Shirley and family attended a brief but poignant unveiling, carried out by Canterbury Cricket chairman Peter Sharp, with several life members in attendance. Ward becomes the 10th Canterbury [...]

The South Canterbury 2008-2009 season is scheduled to begin with a round of Senior matches starting on October 11th. Although most things have stayed the same, captains will need to ensure fielders and bowlers don’t muck around between overs with a daily rate of 100 overs (up from 90) to be completed by 6.30pm Check [...]

Harvey King & Denis Aberhart were elected to the Canterbury Cricket Board of Directors. Denis Aberhart was an incumbent director seeking re-election, while Harvey King is new to the Board, replacing Trevor Luke, who retired by rotation but was not seeking re-election. King is the current Chairman of South Canterbury Cricket, a position he has [...]

South Canterbury Cricket is interested in hearing from persons interested in being involved in coaching for the coming season. There are several positions available. …..read here for more details

By Richard Davidson – Women’s Coach. Women’s cricket in South Canterbury has maintained its playing levels with six sides including one team from Ashburton. An increase in teams entered in the Milo Shield primary competition (up by 4 teams on the previous year), hopefully this will see more numbers interested in the game over the [...]

By Graeme Broker Executive Officer The 2007/08 season was an interesting and enjoyable one for South Canterbury Cricket. Representative teams had mixed success with some notable performances. GRAEME BLANCHARD INDOOR TRAINING CENTRE This centre was officially opened in March 2005 and contains three lanes and a bowling machine. Representative sides, club sides, schools and individuals [...]

Harvey King Chairman South Canterbury Cricket It is my pleasure to present the Chairman’s report for the 2007/08 season With a solid foundation the association continues to administer cricket in South Canterbury in a positive fashion. It was a pleasure to chair such a positive solid all round board and my thanks go to all [...]

By Richard Davidson South Canterbury Community Cricket Officer HAG Centres Fairlie, Craighead (y7), Craighead (y8),  St Joes,  Holiday (20) Kiwi Centre Craighead, Grantlea, Temuka, Bluestone, Timaru Christian, St Andrews, Highfield. Milo Cup and Shield 20 Cup sides 10 Shield sides Again, running the Kiwi and HAG programmes through the school system was very successful as [...]

  There was another good turnout of players, administrators and supporters to hear Justin Vaughan (NZ Cricket CEO) speak at the end of year prize giving held on the 9th of April. There were many deserving trophy winners, as well  as  thought provoking speeches. You can read more  about the night and see all the [...]

Senior Reserve Celtic – Batted first and scored 250 and then dismissed Timaru for about 70 to retain their hold on the SCCA Trophy. Top performers for Celtic were M De Joux with 91 and D Galbraith with 5-31. Second Grade Waimate – Celtic batted first and were all out for 134, and then Waimate [...]