Wellington U15 and U18 Girls' teams named
Congratulations to the players who have been selected in the Wellington U15 and U18 Girls' teams. The teams are as follows
Under 18 girls:
Rachel Chin (cpt)
Natasha Narasy (vc)
Penny Roy
Antonia Ward
Jess Bennett
Jess McFadyen
Whetu Charteris
Suzie McDonald
Frances Kean
Cherie McMeekin
Deanna Doughty
Katie Hoffman
Under 15 girls:
Rebbecca Burns (captain)
Courtney Sprott (vice captain)
Gemma Krebs
Hannah Tunley
Hannah Lee-Harwood
Vanessa Larsen
Charlotte Gordon
Megan Macrae
Umaya Ranaweera
Hayley Lorking
Jetal Patel
Kezia Munro
Wellington Girls' College recently beat Havelock North High School in the NZCT Cup National Girls Secondary Schools' tournament final at Owen Delaney Park in Taupo:
NZCT Cup Final: Havelock North High School v Wellington Girls College
Havelock North High School 119 for 8 (O. Gregory 44, S. Rangenkar 26; J. Ashley-Jones 2/21)
Wellington Girls College 121 for 3 in 36 overs (Rachel Chin 54)
Havelock North High School and Wellington Girls College performed extremely well throughout the tournament and both teams deserved to be in the final. This was going to be a tight tussle and it was played in beautiful conditions at Owen Delany Park’s number one ground in Taupo.
Wellington won the toss and decided to bowl first on a good looking wicket. Havelock North got off to a slow but a solid start, the opening pair puttin on 32 for the first wicket with Sunika Rangnekar being first to go scoring 26. Olivia Gregory batted well in the middle of the innings scoring 44. Havelock North may have thought they would have a chance when they posted a total 119/8 in their allotted 40 overs with their quality bowling attack.
Wellington started well and never really looked troubled, led courageously by their captain and opening batsman, Rachel Chin. Chin played immaculately as she got through the new ball and took the impetus away from Havelock North, Chin eventually fell for 54 but the hard work had been done and Wellington cruised to victory in 36 overs, ending on 121/3.
Wellington were deserved winners of the NZCT Cup, they played consistently well throughout the tournament, the team was captained well by Rachel Chin who really lead from the front, they had a quality bowling line-up and some talented batsmen. Congratulations must also go to the Wellington coach Glen Ward and the management team who did a great job preparing the team.
Wellington Girls’ College wins NZCT Girls Regional Final
On Thursday 5 November Wellington Girls’ College won entry in to the National Finals of the NZCT Cup by beating St Mary’s College at IanGallowayPark.
Wellington
Girls' College with the Gail Heather Trophy.
Wellington Girls were sent in to bat by St Mary’s, and were restricted to a slow start due to some economical bowling from Maddy Chapman in difficult, windy conditions. However Wellington Girls recovered well with excellent contributions from Hannah Austin-Smellie (33) and Kate Southorn (28*) and were well supported by some big hitting in the final overs by Whetu Charteris (29) including a couple of big sixes, one of which disappeared well out of the ground.
Wellington Girls posted 180 for 8 wickets at the end of their 40 overs.
St Marys' innings never really got going, though they did have some handy contributions from Rosemary Cockle and Tamara Gould. But some very tidy bowling from Penny Roy (3 for 12), Mikayla Symons (2 for 5) and Stephanie Bremner (2 for 9) ensured that St Mary’s lost regular wickets and never really threatened Wellington Girls’ target and eventually fell short and were bowled out for 74.
It was an excellent game of cricket with some outstanding skills on display, but Wellington Girls were the deserving victors on the day. Good luck to them as they head off to represent the Wellington region in the NZCT National Finals.