Eves Realty Greeton To Represent ND at the National Club Championships

Posted: Wednesday, 27 March 2019

Event Takes Place 2-7 April

The Eves Realty Greerton Cricket Club, have earned the right to represent Northern Districts at the current season National Cricket Club Championships, to be played at Cornwall Park in Auckland 2-7 April 2019.

Hosted by the ACA Cornwall Cricket Club since inception in the 1994/95 season, the National Club Championships brings together the six NZ Cricket Major Association premier club champions, in weeklong battles to find the top dog of New Zealand club cricket.

Otumoetai Cadets were the first of nine previous Bay of Plenty sides, who have represented Northern Districts, at the National Club Champs. In the autumn of 2004, Cadets became the first (and only) ND club to take out the prestigious club tournament title.

Greerton’s road to the National Club Championships, began, when they annexed the 2018 Baywide Cup competition, played in the first half of the current season. The Pemberton Park based side won an absolute cliffhanger with Cadets, chasing down 167 for the loss of nine wickets.

A hard fought ND Club Champs semi-final victory over Hamilton Old Boys, set up a ND title-decider with Northland’s Kamo Cricket Club at Pemberton Park in February 2019. Greerton batted first and were bowled out for 198. Tom Renouf top scored with 61 runs with Nick Hendrie posting a half-century.

Kamo were in good shape with 52 runs on the board for the lost of two wickets. Greerton then tightened the screws and removed their opponents for 135, to claim the Eric Petrie Cup, for the second time in four seasons. Josh Bates was the best of the Greerton bowling attack returning 3/17 with Umesh Ranaraja and Dan Spencer taking two wickets apiece.

Eves Realty Greerton Team @ National Club Championships, Cornwall Park 2/7 April 2019

Brett Hampton (C) Shane Wineti (V-C) Nicholas Hendrie, Henry Collier, Tom Renouf, Pip Thickpenny, Lee Watkins, Umesh Ranaraja, Josh Ormrod, Jared Tutty, James Boyd, Patrick Davenport, Daniel Spencer, Michael Rowland.

Greerton’s Road to the 2019 National Club Championships

ND Club Championships Final 24 February 2019 @ Pemberton Park

Eves Realty Greerton 198 (Tom Renouf 61, Nick Hendrie 54) defeated Kamo 135 (Josh Bates 3/17, Umesh Ranaraja 2/15, Dan Spencer 2/19)

ND Club Championships Semi-Finals 27 January 2019

Eves Realty Greerton 179 (Nick Hendrie 68, Shane Wineti 35, Campbell Thomas 21) defeated Hamilton Old Boys 166 (Henry Collier 3/24, Umesh Ranaraja 2/21, Shane Wineti 2/23)

BOPCA Clubs @ National Club Championships

1998/99 Otumoetai Cadets 2003/04 Otumoetai Cadets 2005/06 Otumoetai Cadets 2008/09 Otumoetai Cadets 2009/10 Mount Maunganui 2010/11 Mount Maunganui 2011/12 Otumoetai Cadets 2014/15 Greerton 2016/17 Mount Maunganui.

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