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Women’s Smash Cricket Starts
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...
2025-26 Cricket Season Underway
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...
Applications for Board of Directors being sought – closes 31 May 2025
Marlborough Cricket Association (MCA) is a forward thinking and innovative organisation responsible for delivering cricket in the District. The MCA Board consists of up to seven volunteer directors who are elected for a three-year term at the Annual General Meeting...
Horton Park Hosts Over 60 International Fixtures
The 2024-25 cricket season finished on a high last weekend with Horton Park hosting two Over 60 international fixtures between New Zealand and Australia while the local cricket scene celebrated its season with end of season awards. Australia were too strong for the...
Renwick Win SBS Bank 2nd Grade Challenge Cup
Renwick are the winners of the SBS Bank 2nd grade Challenge Cup after beating Wairau Valley in the final last Saturday. Put into bat the Renwick innings was built around opener Hayden Gaudin who batted through the full 40 overs for an unbeaten 67 made from 103 balls....
Final Games of the Season for WK 4th Grade and SBS Bank 2nd Grade
It was the final week of WK 4th grade games last Saturday at Oliver Park. Wairau comfortably chased down Renwick Raptors 126, Josh Abrahams leading the way with an unbeaten 48. Ollie Gaudin top scored with 29 for Renwick while Ryan Batty took 3-7. The Renwick Royals...
PaknSave Senior Rep Women Gain Valuable Experience at Central Districts T20 Weekend
Our PaknSave Senior Rep Women faced strong opposition at the Central Districts T20 weekend in Whanganui with most sides featuring CD Hinds squad members. Although a win proved elusive over the 5 games several players stood up and will have benefited from the...
Ultraquip Marlborough Senior Men Play Hard at Central Districts Chapple Cup
The Ultraquip Marlborough Senior Men’s side had a tough time at the Central Districts Chapple Cup tournament last weekend losing all 3 games. While the bowlers toiled in good batting conditions there were some batting highlights including Andrew McCaa (73) and Griffin...
SBS Bank 2nd Grade Finals Played Last Week
The finals of the SBS Bank 2nd grade T20 grades were played in glorious sunshine last Thursday. In the Section A final Celtic Green defeated last year’s winners UCVC by 8 wickets. Cleighton Cornelius top scored with 28 while Greg Knowles took 3-20 in UCVCs below par...
Cricket News: Wairau Win SBS Bank Senior Grade T20 Championship
Wairau are the SBS Bank Senior Grade T20 champions following a thrilling final on Friday evening played in front of an appreciative crowd at Horton Park. Batting first the Wairau batters struggled to 73 for 4 after 15 overs in the face of impressive Celtic bowling led...