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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!
Junior Friendly Matches
Cricket Wellington is happy to set up friendly matches inside PlayHQ for clubs/teams who have organised them. It is important that all friendly matches have pitches/grounds booked directly with the local council first.
Once you have booked a pitch/ground send through all the match details to tom.kinley@cricketwellington.co.nz copying in both teams coaches & ensure the teams have been set up inside the clubs PlayHQ.
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
Year level | Format | Gender | Age of players as of July 1st | Day of Play |
Year 2 | Dual-Pitch | Mixed | 5 - 7 | Saturday |
Year 3 | Dual-Pitch | Mixed | 6 - 8 | Saturday |
Year 4 | Softball | Mixed | 7 - 9 | Saturday |
Year 5 | Hardball | Mixed | 8 - 10 | Saturday |
Year 6 | Hardball | Mixed | 9 - 11 | Saturday |
Year 7 | Hardball | Mixed | 10 - 12 | Saturday |
Year 8 | Hardball | Mixed | 11 - 13 | Saturday |
Year 5 - 8 | Softball | Boys Only | 8 - 13 | Sunday* |
Years 2 - 4 | Softball | Girls Only | 5 - 9 | Sunday* |
Year 5 - 8 | Softball | Girls Only | 8 - 13 | Sunday |
Year 7 - 11 | Hardball | Girls Only | 10 - 16 | Saturday |
Year 7 - 11 | Premier Hardball | Girls Only | 10 - 16 | Saturday |
For all junior competition enquires please contact Tom Kinley - tom.kinley@cricketwellington.co.nz