Festivals
Spring and Summer Festivals
2024 Cricket Express CJCA Spring Festival
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 2024 Boys Spring Festival will be held on the 27th October, 3rd and 10th of November 2024 –
CJCA Spring Festival Information 2024 Draw and Playing Conditions as at 7th November V2
REGISTRATIONS FOR THE SPRING FESTIVAL ARE NOW CLOSED – IF YOU WISH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A LATE SPACE OR TO BE ON A WAIT LIST PLEASE EMAIL – [email protected]
PLAYING VENUES for the Festivals are
Year 6 Polo Grounds (Sth Hagley Park)
Year 6 Festival Teams – CJCA Yr 6 Spring Festival Teams
Year 6 Draw – CLICK HERE
Year 7 – Warren Park
Year 7 Festival Teams – CJCA Yr 7 Spring Festival Teams
Year 7 Draw – CLICK HERE
Year 8 Burnside Park (Grass)
Year 8 Festival Teams – CJCA Yr 8 Spring Festival Teams
Year 8 Draw – CLICK HERE
Girls St Albans Park TBC –
Late Registrations may be considered – email [email protected]
CURRENT REGISTRATIONS
GIRLS – The 2024 Girls Spring Festival is currently planned to take place on Sunday the 24th of November and 1st of December at St Albans Park.
Further details on the Girls Festival will be available in due course.
The 2024 Boys Festival Information Sheet for the event will be available in July 2023.
Any issues regarding teams or unavailability should now be directed directly to your year convenors
Year 6 – Dwayne McCormick [email protected] 027 2354411
Year 7 – Rob Dixon 027 8177882
Year 8- Matt Shore 027 2364314
Girls – Cat Quinn – 027 2981031
LINK TO JANUARY FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Those not selected for the Tier 1 teams who will play in Blenheim in 2025 are still able to participate in Festivals to be held on the same dates (5-8 January 2025) at either Westport (Year 8) or Ashburton additional year 8 or Year 7) – these Festivals attracted a total of 16 teams in 2021, 22 teams in 2022, 14 teams in 2023 and 18 teams in 2024 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 (2024) will be able to participate in the 3rd Tier Festivals as Year 7 teams in a Festival for CJCA players in January 2025 to be hosted at Ashburton – in 2024 this was combined with teams from Canterbury Country and other Districts and was held just outside Christchurch at Mandeville in Ohoka in Mid January.
Current Year 6 players will have a Festival at Mandeville (Ohoka, North Canterbury) from the 13-15 January 2025 – 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.
2025 Cricket Express CJCA Summer Festival
The 2025 Boys Summer Festival will be held on the 23rd of February and the 2nd & 9th of March 2024 from 10am.
This Summer Festival will only feature matches for the new crop of Year 7 and 8 players – 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.
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 the Sir Richard Hadlee Centre on Sunday the 16th of February at 12noon 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.
Details of the 2024 CJCA Girls Summer Festival will be advised late in 2023
2024 Boys Summer Festival
2024 Boys Summer Festival Information Sheet
CLICK HERE –
2024 Year 7 teams – Year 7 Summer Teams as at 23 February 2024
2024 Year 7 Draw – CLICK HERE
2024 Year 8 teams – Year 8 Summer Teams as at 13 February 2024
2024 Year 8 Draw – 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 16 February 2025 (TBC)
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.
Year 7 – 12 noon Sir Richard Hadlee Centre Hagley Oval – NEW PLAYERS ONLY
Even teams will be constructed after these assessments
Year 8 – 12 Noon Sir Richard Hadlee Centre Hagley Oval – NEW PLAYERS ONLY
Even teams will be constructed after these assessments
CURRENT REGISTRATION LIST
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ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
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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!