by Scoop | Friday, April 3, 2009 | General News
end of season 2008/2009 Prizegiving will be held at the Speights Ale House. Wednesday April 8th – 7.00pm Guest Speaker: Sarah Tsukigawa (White Fern)
by Scoop | Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | Coaching, General News, Senior Competition Reports
For two young English cricketers, their stay in South Canterbury went to script. Chris Esh and Matthew Barnes arrived in the country in October to help bolster a Geraldine side struggling for numbers and left yesterday with a championship under their belts. On Sunday,...
by Scoop | Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | Senior Competition Reports
In a fitting end to the season, the final of the Tweedy Cup Senior Two Day cricket competition came down to a nerve wracking last hour and a half before Geraldine were eventually able to begin celebrating their first win since the 1999/00 season. Guy Metcalf will be...
by Scoop | Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | JAB News, Rep Cricket News
South Canterbury JAB cricket teams played Christchurch Metro in three matches at Geraldine Oval on Sunday. Two of these were lost, but the SC Primary A team pulled off a rare win in a tight game. Batting first, SC reached 123 for 9 off 50 overs on an outfield more...
by Scoop | Sunday, March 22, 2009 | General News
Although this is not yet official (I may be revved up Monday), at this stage the various cricket competition grade winners for the 2008/2009 season appear to be as follows: Senior: Geraldine (story coming later) Senior Reserve: Celtic Second Grade: Waimate Presidents:...
by Scoop | Sunday, March 22, 2009 | Senior Competition Reports
This weekend Star will take on the top qualifiers Geraldine in a two day match for the Tweedy Cup where it is hard to predict the outcome. In their previous encounters, Geraldine took outright points in the two day match after successfully chasing down 141 runs in...
by Scoop | Thursday, March 19, 2009 | JAB News
SOUTH Canterbury JAB rep cricket finally got under way with both teams recording wins against North Otago in games on Sunday. North Otago won the toss and elected to bat first in the A game played on an Aorangi Oval wicket that looked full of runs. A solid bowling and...
by Scoop | Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | General News, Rep Cricket News
The Mark Parker Memorial Trophy was played between holders Dunedin Metro and a South Canterbury Invitation side in beautiful sunny conditions on a good wicket at the Rectory and was a fitting tribute to Mark’s memory. The South Canterbury side featured several...
by Scoop | Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | Senior Competition Reports
Star supporters had visions of last season’s last minute demise as their team stuttered and gasped in their chase for first innings points and the right to play top qualifiers Geraldine in the final of the Tweedy Cup next weekend. Zane Sanders was doing his best...
by Scoop | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Senior Competition Reports
10 wickets for the day including a hat-trick for Chris Esh alongside a powerful 95 by Hamish Drennan has taken Geraldine to the top of the table with one day’s play left to find the finalists in the Tweedy Cup. At the start of the day Star appeared safe in top...
by Scoop | Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | Senior Competition Reports
THE loss of play on the first day of the penultimate round of senior cricket meant matches were played under new rules on the second day, with teams chasing first innings and bonus points only. These rules were put in place to stop teams manipulating the controls, as...
by Scoop | Friday, February 20, 2009 | General News
An Invitation South Canterbury cricket side will take on their Otago equivalent for the Mark Parker Memorial Trophy on Sunday 22nd February. It is only the second time the trophy has been up for grabs. In 2003 it was played for between Christchurch Suburban, South...
by Scoop | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | Senior Competition Reports
Dan Laming led his team to victory in the Daily Freightways Cup One Day Final with a solid 75 after earlier bowling tightly and only conceding 26 runs with the ball. He was backed up by a solid team performance after Celtic had earlier restricted Star to 223, a score...
by Scoop | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | Senior Competition Reports
Last week it was Craig Hinton who cleaned Celtic up, but this week it was a triumphant return from injury for Todd Elliotte as he mesmerized the Celtic batsmen and made the most of a deteriorating ‘home’ pitch. Elliotte took 4-16 off his 15 overs including 12...
by Scoop | Monday, February 9, 2009 | Senior Competition Reports
Craig Hinton bowled his most inspired and timely spell of the season as he took 8-32 against Celtic allowing Star to enforce the follow on with Celtic still 197 runs in arrears. He should have had nine wickets, but his captain decided to share the spoils around after...
