FROM THE BOUNDARY OCT 13

Season Opening Edition – 13 October 2021

Welcome to the new Western Bay of Plenty Cricket season that kicks off this Saturday with the first two rounds of the Classic Builders Reserve and B Grade T20 title race (see draws below).

The big story at the start of the 2021-22 season, is that Classic Builders has come on board as the first Western Bay of Plenty Cricket major sponsor (See Media Release below).

The second big piece of news, is the new WBOPCA website to accompany the WBOPCA facebook page. The website https://wbopcricket.co.nz/ is the place to go to find out what’s happening in Western Bay Cricket. CriqHQ draws and results and playing conditions are a prime source of information, which is sure to attract heavy-duty attention and use during the season.

Good luck to all 27 Western Bay of Plenty Cricket teams – enjoy your cricket and don’t forget to live score your games on CriqHQ.

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CLASSIC BUILDERS JOIN FORCES WITH WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY CRICKET

Western Bay of Plenty Cricket and Classic Builders have joined forces to advance the game of cricket in the Western Bay region, with the WBOPCA first major sponsorship agreement. 

The Western Bay of Plenty Cricket Association was constituted in the spring of 2010, when the Te Puke/Mount Maunganui and Tauranga Cricket Association's, were joined by the local junior cricket bodies to form a new regional cricket organisation. 

The partnership between the Western Bay of Plenty Cricket Association and Classic Builders brings together two organisations that share similar philosophies on the pursuit of excellence.

WBOPCA Vision is "To be seen as the leading, best organized and most successful grass roots sporting organisation within the Western Bay of Plenty region". Classic Builders Tauranga website simply says "Building Dreams - Creating Futures." 

Today, the WBOPCA is in the top three of NZ Cricket minor association participation numbers in the country. Western Bay Cricket enters the 2021/22 season with a record 27 senior teams and over two thousand age-group players.

Western Bay of Plenty Cricket Chair Rana Collett said "This partnership with Classic Builders is very exciting. It is going to enable us to provide more opportunities across all the platforms we manage at Western Bay Cricket”.

Classic Builders is the leading new home builder in the country who have been has been bringing Kiwi's dreams to life for more than 25 years.

Nathan Watkins, Regional Manager for Classic Builders BOP said, “We are very excited about partnering with Western Bay of Plenty Cricket to support grass roots cricket in our community. Classic Builders enjoy actively being involved in local initiatives and organisations that support family, health, and gathering people (and communities) together”                                                                            

WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY CRICKET DRAWS – 16 OCTOBER 2021

Classic Builders Reserve Grade T20 (All Games Gordon Spratt Reserve)

Round One - Pool 1: Cadets v Papamoa, Te Puke V Hawks, Mount Maunganui the bye – Pool 2: Katikati v United Indians, R&A Sangha v Tauranga Boys College, Greerton the bye.

Round Two – Pool 1: Papamoa v Te Puke, Mount Maunganui v Cadets, Hawks the bye – Pool 2: United Indians v R&A Sangha, Greerton v Katikati, Tauranga Boys College the bye.

Classic Builders B Grade T20 (Pool 1, Fergusson Park – Pool 2, Waipuna Park)

Round One – Pool 1: Mount Maunganui v Bay Blasters, PapaOMA’s v Hawks, Albion the bye – Pool 2: Cadets v Katikati Singh XI, Tauranga Boys College v Te Puke, R&A Sangha the bye.

Round Two – Pool 1: Bay Blasters v PapaOMA’s, Albion v Mount Maunganui, Hawks the bye – Katikati Singh v Tauranga Boys College, R&A Sangha v Cadets, Te Puke the bye.

Classic Builders Honours Board

2020/21

WBOPCA Reserve Grade                                                     

Runs                636      Yogesh Kumar (R&A Sangha)           HS 116 Kade Smit (Mt Maunganui)  

Wickets           37        Yogesh Kumar (R&A Sangha)           BB 7/36 Darcy Hoskin (Cadets)

WBOPCA B Grade   

Runs                521      Amrit Bopara Singh (Te Puke)           HS 115 Max Morton (Katikati)

Wickets           34        Rob Inglis (PapaOMA’s)                    BB 7/16 Rob Inglis (PapaOMA’s)    

BOPCA Baywide Premier 2020/21

Highest Score              202no  - Cameron Neal (Greerton v Mount Maunganui) 23 January 2021

Best Bowling              7/10 - Daniel Spencer (Greerton v Lake Taupo) 9 January 2021