JUNIOR PARTICIPATION & PROGRAMMES

2024 – 2025 Community Programmes

We provide SmashPlay support to our junior club teams and coaches. Our Community Cricket Ambassadors can visit junior trainings to teach some new Smash Play games and offer coach development.

Primary School Festival Days

Primary School Festival Days are facilitated across the region for students in year 3 to 8 to provide participants and opportunity to engage in pairs and non-stop cricket in a fun an inclusive environment. To register your interest for your local Primary School Festival please get in touch with your Primary School Association Zone/Cluster Lead.​​​​​​​

If you want to know more about programmes offered or how to get involved in cricket this season, please contact:

Tom Pere - tom@cricketwellington.co.nz / 027 258 2352​​​​​​​

JUNIOR CLUB CRICKET

Find your local cricket club and register for the upcoming season click here

Cricket Wellington’s junior cricket accommodates the Different Ages and Stages format with the objective of providing accelerated skill development, making cricket action packed and fast paced with maximum involvement for participants. This means shorter pitch lengths, fewer player numbers, shortened boundaries and appropriately sized bats & balls, More action, more running, more balls in play, less wides & MORE FUN!

Competition Grades & Offerings

Cricket Wellington offers junior grades from school Year 2 - Year 11 in the below formats. For more detail on each age groups playing conditions click here 

The below table does not include the fortnightly traditional Sunday cricket offerings available to Year 6, 7 & 8 teams.

* = offering availability is subject to team entries​​​​​​​

For all junior competition enquires please contact Tom Kinley - tom.kinley@cricketwellington.co.nz