The Christchurch Junior Cricket Association would like to, with deep sadness, acknowledge the passing of Derek Cockburn who passed away on Monday the 6th of May 2024 at the age of 87. Derek was our current Patron and a Life Member and joined the Executive of Canterbury Cricket Association JAB in 1969/70. Derek attended every South Island Primary Tournament from 1963 to his last in 2020 in Westport. Dereks passion for Junior Cricket and its worth in both a sporting and social context was without peer and his involvement at grassroots level in the activities of the now CJCA was pivotal to the d ..read more

Over 115 boys from 11 clubs and Schools will be unleashed on the Polo Grounds and Burnside Park this Sunday for the start of the Cricket Express CJCA Summer Festival for 2024. These popular Festivals allows players from all over the city to be placed in even teams for three full days of Cricket.  The Festival is umpired by Youth Boys who have all played in the Festival in past years with twelve Year 9 Boys who completed their Umpire training last year as part of the CJCA Pre-Season Training Programme being in charge of the Year 7 Festival matches. For more details about the Festivals CL ..read more

Registrations are now being taken for the CJCA Summer Festival to be held on the 18th & 25th February and the 3rd of March 2024. Currently there are over 80 registrations so don’t miss out on this great chance to play more cricket before the season comes to an end!!!!! CURRENT REGISTRATION LIST as at 27th January REGISTRATIONS CLOSE WEDNESDAY 7TH FEBRUARY Noms as at 27th January Only NEW Year 7 and 8 players need to be assessed so they can be slotted into even teams.  Year 7 & 8 NEW players only will be assessed at 12noon on Sunday the 11th of February at the Sir Richard Hadlee C ..read more

The Community Cricket Awards are designed to celebrate those people and programmes within the Cricket Network, who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to uphold NZC’s values and principles. Please find the description of the Awards that are to be awards below Finalised Community Cricket Award Descriptions 2023-24 Nominations are now open for the NZC 2024 Community Cricket Awards. Get yours in before Tuesday 13th February 2024 to be considered! Nominations can be made at the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NZCAWARDS2024   ..read more

Over 200 boys from around the top of the South Island start festivals tommorrow at Burnside Park, Mandeville and the Swannanoa Domain. For Year 8 boys this will be their last Junior Festival before they head off to Youth Cricket in the New Year. At Burnside teams from Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury, Marlborough, Canterbury Country (2) and Christchurch (3) do battle from 2.30pm with a 20/20 and then two roudns of 20/20 on Tuesday preceding longer format games on Wednesday and Thursday. At Mandeville & Swannanoa 12 teams from Christchurch (4) Canterbury Country (4), Buller (2) West Coast ..read more

Canterbury Cricket are looking for 30x tamariki ages 5-10 for each of the below SuperSmash matches to participate in some Smash Play junior-tamariki games on Hagley Oval. Each participant will be provided with 1x child and 1x adult ticket, and a Smash Play tshirt to wear. Please ensure you are available at the times stated, we obviously encourage you to stay before/after to support our Canterbury Kings and Magicians! Sunday 7th Jan (Family Day) Activation likely to be around 3.30pm Thursday 11th Jan (Carnival Day) Activation likely to be around 5.10pm EOI form- https://forms.office ..read more

The CJCA is pleased to announce its confirmed teams for the Canterbury Festivals to be held in Christchurch and Mandeville (North Canterbury) between the 8th and 11th of January. These 7 teams and 71 players will join 13 other teams across the two events which feature a blend of 20/20 and 40 over cricket played mainly on grass wickets – the 12 teams in the Mandeveille based event exceeds that venues capacity so the artificial pitch at the nearby Swannanoa Domain will be the 6th pitch used. Joining the CJCA in these Festivals are teams from Canterbury Country, Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury ..read more

Wanting to learn more about some of the Laws of Cricket so that you can umpire your child’s game? For those umpiring games for junior club or school players in Year 5 – 6 (9-11-years-old) select the Foundation Umpire module below to register and complete the online learning module. If you are umpiring games for intermediate club, school and/or district players in Year 7-8 (11-13-years-old) select the Community Umpire module below to register and complete the online learning module. For those of you who have completed the Foundation Umpire module and would like to learn mor ..read more

Saturday 25th November 7.30am NO BLANKET CANCELLATION – – GO TO GROUNDS ACCESS CONDITIONS AND IF DANGEROUS- DISCUSS AND CANCEL IF NECESSARY – After the rain in the morning and then good clearance with wind yesterday we’ve only appeared to receive .6mm overnight (around 6am) so there is NO BLANKET CANCELLATION OF CJCA CRICKET THIS MORNING. FORECAST APPEARS COLD BUT WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF FURTHER SIGNIFICANT RAIN. Should some grounds be wetter than others please talk between teams and if necessary play can be stopped or not started. Cancellations will be posted here by 2pm for any Friday g ..read more

The CJCA has now opened registrations to be involved in Teams for the various Festivals that we are part of in January 2024. Players must register by the 9th of November (DATE EXTENDED) – teams will require Parent Coaches/Managers. Current registrations – Registrations as at 4 November Summary of Events (all based on 2023 School Year) Year 8 – Three 10 person teams to play in the Tier 1 Cantebrury Festival in CHRISTCHURCH – remaining players will be placed in teams for the Tier 2 Canterbury Festival to be played at Mandeville in North Canterbury. Both Festivals start at 2pm on the 8th of Janua ..read more