Hawkes Bay Cricket Camps

The Hawkes Bay Cricket Camps were established in 1979 and have been organised by Hawkes Bay Cricket Association since the 2001/2002 cricket season. They have been a very successful breeding ground for a number of first class and New Zealand cricketers with Shayne O'Connor, Chris Nevin, Jacob Oram and Matthew Sinclair to name a few.

The camps are held in the January school holidays with seven grades. High emphasis is on enjoyment and participation for the children but there is also a large element based on coaching and development. They are seen as a huge part of the growth of cricket in the North Island.

Karaka Cricket Club supports this concept and has been involved in sending numerous teams for many years. There are six games of cricket played over four days (that's half a season's club cricket in just four days!). Most players continue to return year after year.

Players, coaches and managers stay at Riverbend for under 10, 11, 12, 13 boys grades and under 14 Girls Grade.

The Under 14 and 16 Grades accommodation is at Napier Boys High School.

In 2010 Karaka Cricket Club was represented by two teams of very keen cricketers. Thank you to the managers, coaches and parents who supported and organised the teams.

For more information go towww.sportsground.co.nz/hbcricketcamps.

24/1/10 Message from Craig Findlay, Organiser:

Hi there,

I’d like to thank everyone for attending the Hawke’s Bay Cricket Camps. We had a lot more rain than we usually have in January and it sounds like it’s going to continue to be up and down for the next month or so.

Here is a brief summary of the cricket camps.

· 96 teams attended the cricket camps (included two Invitation XI’s)

· 231 games played over 17 days

· 6 x hattricks

· 41 x fifties

· 4 x hundreds

· There were 64 teams from outside the Napier/Hastings area.

· Over 600 families visited Hawke’s Bay to watch there children play cricket.

I will try and finalise dates for 2011 in the next few weeks as the Colgate Games are in Hawke’s Bay next year. I usually wait for Central Districts, Wellington and Northern Districts to give me there tournament dates but I won’t do this as I know accommodation will be hard to find during the Colgate Games.

Enjoy the rest of the Cricket season and any feedback about the Cricket Camps is much appreciated either positive or negative as I’m always trying to make them better for all involved.

Warm regards

Craig

2010 - Match Reports & Photos

The second team representing KCC at Hawkes Bay headed off in the team bus on Saturday 16 January. Many thanks to Terry Lines for supplying the bus and being the driver for the team.

Round One - 17 Jan

Upper Hutt 2 113/10 v Karaka 115/3

A great game with David Gibson taking 3 wickets and having a Captain's knock of 21 not out; Liam Fitzsimons 31 not out.

Round Two - 18 Jan

Collegians Red 100/0 v Karaka 96/10

Round Three

Whitby 140/9 v Karaka 150/6

Round Four - 19 Jan

Collegians Gold 123/10 v Karaka 68/10

Round Five

Karori 102/10 v Karaka 102/10

19-Jan Honours
Maxwell Rasmussen Karaka 3 dismissals
Connor Lines Karaka 5 for 9 (including a hattrick)

Round 6 - 20 Jan

Onslow 137/9 v Karaka 133/6

Boy’s U16: Monday 11th to Thursday 14th January

The U16 Boys struck some tough competition in their grade. Results as follows from Kevin Paul (Manager):

Day 1 vs Napier Tech
Napier Tech 248 for 8 Karaka bowling Josh Hare 4-38 Cory McKay 2-34
Karaka 27-2 before rain stopped play

Day 2 vs Taradale
Taradale 327-8 Karaka bowling William Furniss 2-22 Sean Hollands 2-22
Karaka 48 all out Cory McKay 13 Harry Fitzsimmons 11no

Day 3 vs Cornwall
Karaka 120-10 Andrew Mackenzie 27 Robbie Paul 19no
Cornwall 121-5 Stevie O'Callaghan 2-11

Day 4 vs CHB
CHB 200-5 Alex Rasmussen 2-20
Karaka 104-10 Harry Fitzsimmons 16 Sebastian Crewe 15

Day 4 vs Havelock Nth
Karaka 85-6 Sebastian Crewe 30no William Furniss 15
Havelock Nth 87-2