This section is designed to assist members locate and access useful information to hopefully make your life a bit easier during the Cricket season. This section contains the following information which you will find useful:
* Spirit of Cricket
* Local Cricket Grounds and Venues around Auckland
* Years 1, 2 & 3 Rules & Score sheets
* Year 4 Rules & Score sheets
* Year 5 Rules & Score sheets
* Coaches & Managers Manua
This section is designed to assist you to find your venue each week. It covers all local venues around Howick / Pakuranga as well as the other club fields around Auckland.
LOCAL GROUNDS
The Manukau City Council carries out all the preparation of all pitches. They are responsible for the quality of the pitches and the closures of grounds on wet days. If you have any queries on grounds or problems with availability please contact your Liaison Officer. If you need a ground fo an additional Sunday match that you wish to arrange, this should be booked through your Liaison Officer.
GROUND ALLOCATIONS
| Year 1, 2 & 3 |
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Lloyd Elsmore Park |
| Year 4 |
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Pigeon Mountain Reserve |
| Year 5 |
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Ti Rakau Drive No 2, Pigeon Mountain Primary, Sunninghills Primary & Farm Cove Intermediate |
| Year 6 |
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Lloyd Elsmore Park, Howick Domain & Ti Rakau No1 plus away games |
| Year 7 |
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Lloyd Elsmore Park, Howick Domain & Ti Rakau No1 plus away games |
| Year 8 |
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Lloyd Elsmore Park, Howick Domain, Ti Rakau No1 & Collages in the Area plus away games |
| Year 15 |
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Lloyd Elsmore Park, Howick Domain, Ti Rakau No1 & Collages in the Area plus away games |
| Year18 |
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Lloyd Elsmore Park, Howick Domain, Ti Rakau No1 & Collages in the Area plus away games |
| Girls |
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Lloyd Elsmore Park, Howick Domain, Ti Rakau No1 & Collages in the Area plus away games |
There are also Astroturf pitches available at Howick Intermediate and Bucklands Beach Intermediate, which are used for games occasionally.
(Click Here for Local Ground Layouts)
GROUNDS & VENUES AROUND AUCKLAND
This area is designed to help Years 6 to U18 find out where they need to go no matter where they are playing each weekend. This is a link directly to the Auckland Cricket Association (ACA) Grounds Directly and should have directions to all grounds under the ACA’s control. Each ground is listed alphabetically, with the address and map reference beside. If you want to get driving instructions on how to get from your place to the street where the ground is, try www.wises.co.nz or www.maps.google.co.nz
(Click Here for Auckland Venues)
CARE OF GROUNDS
Grounds are expensive to prepare, so please ensure your players look after them.
Grass Pitches
These pitches have to last the full season, and need to be looked after. Please make sure the players: do not make trenches at the crease when marking their guard do not mark the pitches keep off when the pitches are soft or wet
Artificial Pitches
Spiked shoes are not allowed on artificial pitches
Outfields
Do not allow players to mark their bowling run up or fielding position by marking the ground with their shoes - 22 players on one ground doing this 4 times every week is a lot of unnecessary damage to the outfield
Practice net and open wicket facilities are available for club use at Lloyd Elsmore, Howick Domain, Ti Rakau Park and Macleans Collage. Other schools and parks are also available for teams. Coaches are to arrange times and places through their Liaison Officer who will ensure the relevant bookings are coordinated with the office staff.
These rules have been prepared to provide a framework in which all players in each team can have the opportunity to enjoy their cricket to the best of their ability. The emphasis at this level of cricket is on participation and enjoyment for the players, not on winning.
The role of the parent is to provide positive and constructive support of all children, in both teams, playing the game. If there is concern over who wins, ask whether this is a concern of the player or of the parents.
The “Fair Play” principles published by the Hillary Commission are considered fundamental to the running of Junior Cricket in the Howick Pakuranga Club.
Click Below on the Information you require:
Years 1, 2 & 3 Rules
Years 1, 2 & 3 Score sheets
Year 4 Rules
Year 4 Score sheets
Year 5 Rules
Year 5 Score sheets
Please Remember the Club Objective:
“to provide enjoyable cricket for children of all levels of ability”
This document has some useful information to assist the Coaches and Managers to run the teams a more efficiently and provide background as to how the club is run.
(Click Here to Download the Manual)
Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not only within its Laws but also within the Spirit of the Game. Any action which is seen to abuse this spirit causes injury to the game itself. The major responsibility for ensuring the spirit of fair play rests with the coache.
(Click Here to Download the Spirit of Cricket)