Cricket
TEACHER IN CHARGE: Mr Regan Cross [email protected]
Kia ora koutou
Welcome to cricket at Tauranga Boys’ College!
Tauranga Boys’ College Cricket aims to offer all students the opportunity to play cricket at a level that they will enjoy and/or that will challenge them. Tauranga Boys’ College has a history of excellent performance at 1st XI level. At the end of 2022 our 1st XI finished in 2nd place at the Gillette Cup National Secondary School tournament, an outstanding achievement! Prior to that we last won the Gillette Cup in 2005 and have placed third on four occasions since then. We have also made the final of the Super 8 Cricket tournament in four of the past six years, being crowned champions in 2022 and 2023.
High performance aside, cricket is a great medium for our boys to be physically active, develop their cricketing ability, learn social skills from being a part of a team, and to develop values such as integrity, commitment and perseverance. It is very important to us that we help to develop ‘good men’ as well as ‘good cricketers’.
To get a bit more of a feel for TBC Cricket, here are our social media platforms:
https://www.instagram.com/tbc_cricket/
https://www.facebook.com/TBCcricket/
FORMAT
The format of cricket for your son will depend on both his ability and/or his preference. So you are aware, there are two divisions of College Grade cricket:
WBOP College Grade (Division 5) (40 overs, 12.30pm start)
(Year 9-13) This is a competitive grade
WBOP College Grade (Division 6) (30 overs, 8.30am start)
This is a grade for either developing players or those who are newer to the game
We have two ‘3rd XI’ sides and a ‘4th XI’ side who play in the WBOP Senior Men’s Division 3 and 4 competitions respectively. Our 2nd XI plays in the WBOP Senior Men’s Division 2 competition this season and our 1st XI in the BOP Premier competition. However, all Year 9 students must play College Grade Cricket and dispensations also need to be sought for boys playing Senior Men’s Cricket if they are Year 10
REGISTRATION
To register to play cricket for Tauranga Boys’ College in College Grade formats for Term 1 2025, please use this link:
https://www.playhq.com/new-zealand-cricket/register/9b99e7
If you could please register by the evening of Tuesday February 4th that would be ideal so we have an accurate picture of who will be attending the Year 9 muster to help us with our organisation. With matches starting three days later on Saturday February 8th, it is really important that we can have everyone registered so that teams can be finalised, ready for the start of the competition.
YEAR 9 MUSTER (or new Year 10/11 players)
We will be holding a muster/training session for all Year 9 players (or NEW Year 10/11 players to the school) in the first week of school on Wednesday February 5th from 3.15pm - 4.45pm at the Indoor Facility at school.
There will be a gear bag of equipment available to be used if your son does not have his own.
The purpose of the session is to allow us to make immediate contact with the boys to assist us in the organisation of teams. The teams we put together for each grade will be of even ability with the primary focus of spreading ability/skill sets for maximum involvement and subsequent development.
Gear bags can be dropped off in the storage sheds below the staff room, near the school canteen between 8.30am-8.35am so the boys don’t have to carry them around school. The shed will then be reopened for gear bag collection after school.
CLOTHING
Playing and warmup shirts will be available for try-on and collection at both interval and lunchtime on Friday February 7th in Room 22 (Mr Williams room).
Approximate costs of shirts:
Playing shirt $55
Warm up shirt $40
Both the playing shirt and the warm up shirt will be used for the next two full calendar years (in-line with our sponsorship cycle). As such, your son might like to take this into account when collecting his shirt by choosing a size up. Either shirt can be used in PE lessons in place of the normal TBC PE top.
FEES
College Grade Fee: $105
Parental Assistance - Coaches/Managers/Scorers:
We are greatly appreciative of those who support our boys! We quite literally couldn’t do it without you. If you could support us by taking on one of the volunteer roles of ‘Coach’ or ‘Manager’ that would be fantastic. PlayHQ requires coaches/managers to also register. You can do this before or after you register your son using the link above, as there is a question on the homepage of the form that asks if you’d like to register yourself or someone else. You quite simply register yourself then select 'Coach' if you wish to coach or 'Manager' if you wish to manage a team. For anyone who would like to score using PlayHQ, please email me to let me know.
We're looking forward to the new season!
Please don’t hesitate to make contact if you have any queries at all.
Ngā mihi nui,
Regan Cross
Master in Charge of Cricket
