The objectives of these Festivals are to provide ALL Boys and 6, 7 and 8 Boys the opportunity to have fun and develop their skills at a higher level of cricket than they may get access to via Saturday cricket – all current ability levels are welcome to enrol.

ASSESSMENT FOR ALL YEAR 6 (2024) PLAYERS AND NEW YEAR 7 AND 8 PLAYERS WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY THE 20TH OF OCTOBER.  These assessments are an opportunity for grade convenors and others to create even teams for the festival and ensure all teams have sufficient wicket keepers and a variety of bowling types in each team.

The venue for these assessments will be the Sir Richard Hadlee Centre at Hagley Oval and will run between 12noon and 3pm – Players may register from mid August and choose a ONE HOUR slot where they will be do some batting and bowling.

BOYS – The 2025 Boys Spring Festival dates are currently being decided with these to be confirmed in early May 2025 –

CJCA Spring Festival Information 2024 Draw and Playing Conditions as at 7th November V2

REGISTRATIONS FOR THE SPRING FESTIVAL WILL OPEN ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST 2025

PLAYING VENUES for the Festivals are

Year 6 Polo Grounds (Sth Hagley Park)

Year 6 Festival Teams – will be placed here

Year 6 Draw – will be placed here

Year 7 – Warren Park

Year 7 Festival Teams – will be placed here

Year 7 Draw – will be placed here

Year 8 Burnside Park (Grass)

Year 8 Festival Teams – will be placed here

Year 8 Draw – will be placed here

Late Registrations may be considered – email [email protected]

CURRENT REGISTRATIONS 

The 2025 Boys Festival Information Sheet for the event will be available in July 2025.

LINK TO JANUARY FESTIVAL INFORMATION

CLICK HERE

Those not selected for the Tier 1 teams who will play in Timaru in 2026 are still able to participate in Festivals to be held on the same dates (5-8 January 2026) at either Christchurch (Year 8) or TBC (additional year 8 or Year 7)  – these Festivals attracted a total of 16 teams in 2021, 22 teams in 2022, 14 teams in 2023, 18 teams in 2024 and 20 teams in 2025  so there is still some great cricket to be part of – players will be able to register for consideration in these January Festivals from the 9th of September and will need to indicate if they wish to participate by the middle day of the Spring Festival (3rd November).

Year 7 players (2025) will be able to participate in the 3rd Tier Festivals as Year 7 teams  in a Festival for CJCA players in January 2026 at a venue still to be confirmed.

Current Year 6 players will have a Festival at Mandeville (Ohoka, North Canterbury) from the 12-14 January 2026 (TBC) – nominations for this will open in September and close on the 3rd of November.  This will be on 18m pitches with a blend of grace-period and non-grace period matches – teams are 9 a-side.

The 2026 Boys Summer Festival will be held on the 21st & 28th of February and the 8th of March 2026 from 10am.

This Summer Festival will only feature matches for the Year 7 and 8 players (school year 2026) – the year 6 Programme will commence with the CJCA Pre-season programme leading into the 2025/26 season and be followed by the SPRING FESTIVAL for all three year groups.

REGISTRATIONS WILL OPEN IN EARLY JANAURY 2026

2026 Boys Summer Festival Information Sheet

WILL BE AVAIABLE IN EARLY JANUARY

2025 Year 7 teams – CJCA Yr 7 Summer Festival teams as at 20th February

2025 Year 7 Draw, Scores and Results – CLICK HERE

2025 Year 8 teams – CJCA Yr 8 Summer Festival teams as at 21st February

2025 Year 8 Draw , Scores and Results – CLICK HERE

Tournament Venues

Year 7 Polo Grounds (Sth Hagley Park)

Year 8 Burnside Park

Girls – TBC

When available Draws for the 2025 event can be found here CLICK HERE

BOYS Assessments Venues and Available Times

Sunday 15 February 2026 

Boys will be assessed over an hour to assist in the construction of even teams or where Year Groups determine that splitting into graded teams these judgements need to be made.

Only brand new players are required to be assessed – existing players may be invited to provide enough bowling for any new players – these sessions will take place at A VENUE STILL TO BE CONFIRMED On Sunday the 15th of February between 12noon and 1pm for BOTH Year 7 players and Year 8 players.

ONCE TEAMS ARE ANNOUNCED THE FESTIVAL FEE OF $75 IS PAYABLE BEFORE THE START OF THE EVENT –  Please do not pay any fee until teams are confirmed.  For Players not playing all 3 days the fee will be $25 per day.

Girls

The CJCA will announce details of its 2023 Girls Summer Festival late in 2022 – a new 3 tier approach is being trialled this year to attract as many girls from a wide of range current playing abilities to get together in a girls-only environment.

Games will be organised in March.

It is hoped that skills developed at this  Festival will provide players with added confidence to regularly compete at a high standard in their respective age groups and so increase their levels of enjoyment and commitment.

CJCA’s primary objective for these festivals is to provide all players with opportunities to further develop their skills further and enjoy playing with and against their normal teammates.

We will have three levels of competition in this festival,

• Incrediball Year 5/6s including new year 5s that may be coming out of Year 3-4 Cricket)
• Novice Hardball Year 7/8 can also include confident Year 6s.
• Competitive Hardball Year 7/8, including the new Year 9s.

Registrations should be made via alink that will be placed HERE

THE COST WILL BE $15 PER DAY – WE WILL CHARGE THIS AFTER THE EVENT BASED ON ATTENDANCE AS WE SOMETIME GET WEATHER AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

This festivals continues with the use of artificial wickets as we feel this is the best surface to enable their skills to develop. Many thanks to all the volunteers that offer their help. We simply could not run these festivals without you.

The CJCA Executive is extremely grateful for all the hard work put in by the many volunteers who help make these festivals take place. These include team managers, selectors, CJCA Executive members and umpires. Please remember that, as is the case in all sports, the Umpires decision is final and must not be debated or challenged.

Enjoy the Festival!