Senior Rep Coach rallies for support

South Canterbury cricket coach Richard Davidson is asking South Canterbury cricket clubs to help him give the representative team the best chance of winning the Hawke Cup this season. He said South Canterbury had a good chance of getting a Hawke Cup challenge this...

Life membership for Harvey King

A lifetime of commitment to New Zealand’s summer game has been recognised by South Canterbury Cricket. One of the game’s stalwarts, Harvey King, has been recognised for his contribution to cricket in the region, with a life membership at the South...

Ex-All Black hits ton to extinguish Sth Canty hopes

The South Canterbury men’s cricket side suffered a loss at the hands of a former All Black to start off their pre-season campaign. Former All Black lock James Ryan led his Canterbury Country side to a three-wicket win in Ashburton. The former Otago lock hit 133,...

South Canterbury Cricket Development Trust Golf Gallery

Below you can see some photos of various people involved in the South Canterbury Cricket Development Trust Fundraising Golf Tournament held at Levels on Sept 5th. Overall winners were the Ritchies Coachlines team with members Merv Corfield, John Davies, Murray &...

Law Changes for 2010-2011 Season

The MCC has made several changes to the laws that will affect all grades of cricketers in the coming season, including changes to the No Ball, Toss, Light and Practice before a match laws. A summary of the key changes and explanations as to the new interpretations can...

Coaches 2010 -2011 Season

The Board of South Canterbury Cricket is interested in hearing from persons interested in coaching or managing representative teams for games and tournaments in the coming season. There are mens, women’s and age group teams. For further information please...

Cricket Coaching Courses

South Canterbury Cricket is Presenting Two Coaching Courses that will be available during October. One Course is aimed at the Coach or Parent coaching intermediate and secondary students and the other is aimed at the Parent or Teacher coaching 7-10 year olds You can...

Cricket whites may return

South Canterbury cricket may see the return of the white clothing if domestic cricket returns to Aorangi Oval next summer. At the South Canterbury Cricket awards night on Thursday,  South Canterbury Cricket president Andrew McRae said the option of a four-day match at...

Season’s Batting Averages Dominated by Celtic

The cricket season has just finished with the Celtic senior team winning the Tweedy Cup two day, the Daily Freightways one day and the inaugural Twenty20 competitions, while Temuka grabbed the runner-up spots in the both the main competitions and Star were runners-up...

Tweedy Cup win gives Celtic treble

Celtic captain Dan Laming led his team to victory over Temuka in the final of the Tweedy Cup after he backed up a superb innings of 174 by taking 3-44 with the ball. This capped off a fine season for Celtic after having already won the Twenty20 and One Day...

John Threlkeld still hanging about

After more than 30 years in club cricket, John Threlkeld still loves to be in the middle of the action. Previously involved in cricket in North Canterbury, Threlkeld moved to South Canterbury in 1980, and since has held a multitude of roles within the game. Describing...