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Marlborough Cricket Association (MCA) today announces that General Manager Ed Gilhooly will step down from his role after nearly two decades of service. Ed first signalled his intention to transition out of the role some time ago, and following a recent family...

The Ultraquip Marlborough Senior Men’s team retained the Scanlon-Stretch trophy on Saturday with a 3 wicket win in Westport. Buller made 195 for 8 from their 45 overs led by 73 from Luke Henderson while Zariab Karkaria (2-42) and Griffin Carter (2-30) were the main...

It was honours even after the first two rounds of the Hiwa-i-te-rangi trophy series played at Horton Park last Sunday. After losing the first T20 game by 7 wickets the PakNSave Marlborough Women bounced back in style to win the 2nd game by 6 wickets. Chasing 115 runs...

Tasman Premier League semi-final aspirations for our two local sides were ended by heavy defeats in Nelson last Saturday. At Jubilee Park Falcons were dismissed for 104, Joel Lavender top scoring with 35 before WTTU knocked the runs off for the loss of only 3 wickets,...

Falcons returned to winning ways in the latest round of Tasman Premier League games with a 31 run victory over Nelson College. Andrew McCaa top scored with 54 and Sam Boyce added a crucial 30no from number 9 in the order to get his team to 173 all out. Joel Lavender...

The Ultraquip Marlborough Men’s team failed in their bid to reclaim the Newman Shield last Sunday, going down by 6 wickets to Nelson. Batting first all the Marlborough batters made starts but none could go on to make a significant score, Andrew McCaa the top scorer...

The Ultraquip Marlborough Men’s side are in action this Sunday at Horton Park as they take on Nelson in a Newman Shield Challenge match. The team is coached this year by James Bell with Kirk Nicholas taking on the manager role and a new captain with Joel Lavender...

Falcons enjoyed a 5 wicket win over Wakatu in round 2 of the Tasman Premier League played at Horton Park last weekend. Tight bowling restricted Wakatu to 156 all out from 48.1 overs with Matthew Stretch taking 3-23 from 8 overs and Will Anderson 2-19 from 6 overs...

Our Women’s Social Cricket competition returns this week, re-launched as Women’s Smash. Supported once again by Churchill Private Hospital this format uses a softer ball so no need for protective gear such as helmets, gloves and batting pads making it suitable for...

The 2025-26 summer of Cricket launched in fine weather with the annual “Mud Cup” tournament involving Christchurch club sides St Albans, Burnside and Sydenham along with a Marlborough men’s Representative team played over 3 days from 26-28 Sept. Burnside defeated...