Tararua Shield starts this weekend

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Cricket Wellington Media Release
Wednesday 31st October

Tararua Shield starts this weekend

The Tararua Shield competition commences this Sunday with the Wellington City and Hutt Valley Representative teams travelling outside the region to play One Day games against Manuwatu and Wairarapa.

The Tararua Shield is a new quadrangular competition that sees each team play each other once in a series of One Day games, culminating in a finals weekend in Palmerston North in February. This programme has been developed to strengthen the pathway to Domestic Cricket, and provide additional games for players striving to push for higher honors. The players are picked out of club cricket, with Hutt Clubs contributing players to the Hutt Valley team and Porirua and Wellington clubs providing players to the Wellington City team.

This weekend sees the Hutt Valley team travel to Masterton to play Wairapara at Rathekeale College, while the Wellington City team will take on Manuwatu in Palmertston North. Both Wairarapa and Manuwatu will make a return trip to Wellington on Sunday 25 November.

Teams for this Sunday are:

Wellington City team to play Manawatu
Manawaroa Park
Palmerston North
10:30am

Lance Dry (Eastern Suburbs) – captain
Tom Blundell (Karori)
Andrew Fletcher (Onslow)
Tipene Friday (North City)
Chamika Gajanayaka (Eastern Suburbs)
Scott Kuggeleijn (Wellington Collegians)
Ricky Joseph (Eastern Suburbs)
Illi Tugagai (Wellington Collegians)
Niranjan Naguleswaran (Eastern Suburbs)
Ben Orton (Eastern Suburbs)
Barry Rhodes (Onslow)
Harry Wright (Karori)

Coach: Lance Dry
Manager: Doug Pollock

Hutt Valley team to play Wairarapa
Rathkearle College
Masterton
11:00am

Mark Houghton (Taita) – captain
Matthew Taylor (Upper Hutt)
Daniel Van Der Heyden (Upper Hutt)
Fraser Colson(Hutt District)
Phil Tunnicliffe (Taita)
Henry Walsh (Taita)
Darren Cudby (Hutt District)
Adam Williams (Naenae Old Boys)
Ollie Newton (Upper Hutt)
Iain McPeake (Hutt District)
Sunnie Chan (Wainuiomata)

ENDS

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