Season Second-Half Opening Day – 11 January 2022
Western Bay of Plenty cricket kicks off on Saturday (15 January 2022) with the resumption of the last three rounds, of the WBOPCA Classic Builders Reserve Grade First Round competition. The first past the post First Round competition will then split into the Championship top six with the remaining five sides contesting the Plate trophy.
The WBOPCA Classic Builders B Grade Championship and Plate title races starts the following Saturday (22 January 2022).
The second half of the season start, is a good point to review the first part the 2021-22 season. Mount Maunganui, under the leadership of legendary Mountie Nick Smith, has made all the running in the Reserve Grade First Round stakes with six wins and one abandoned fixture from seven games.
Hawks B Grade team led throughout in the B Grade First round, also posting an unbeaten record. The First Round Final, between the top qualifiers from the two pools of play, resulted in Hawks cruising to an eight wicket victory against Te Puke Blue. The Te Puke representatives were rolled for just 72 with Hawks getting home for the loss of just two wickets in the 13th over.
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WBOPCA CLASSIC BUILDERS RESERVE GRADE Don Warner Challenge Trophy
Week Three United Indians 122/7 defeated Katikati 119/9
Week Four United Indians 174 lost to Aquinas College 176/8
Week Five Aquinas College the bye
Week Six Papamoa 239/9 defeated Aquinas College 135
Week Seven Papamoa the bye
Week Eight Papamoa 41 lost to United Indians 43/3
Week Nine United Indians 139 lost to Te Puke 141/2
Week Ten R&A Sangha 327/5 defeated Te Puke 175
Next Challenge
15 January 2022 R&A Sangha v Papamoa, Alice Johnson Oval
WBOPCA Draws 15 January 2022
Reserve Grade
Mount Maunganui v Katikati, Blake2; Cadets v United Indians, Tauranga Domain Papamoa v R&A Sangha, Alice Johnson Oval; Hawks v Te Puke, Fergusson1; Tauranga Boys College Aquinas College, Nicholson Field; Greerton the bye.
Points Table: Mount Maunganui 151, Cadets 127, United Indians 122, R&A Sangha 117, Katikati 116, Greerton 99, Papamoa 98, Hawks 96, Tauranga Boys College 83, Aquinas College 74, Te Puke 71.
B Grade: 22 January 2022 – WBOPCA B Grade Championship & Plate round one.
WBOPCA Classic Builders Season Honours Board
WBOPCA Season Best
Runs 161 Yogesh Kumar (Reserve Grade - R&A Sangha)
Wickets 6/18 Tejveer Singh (B Grade - Te Puke Blue)
Reserve Grade First Round
Runs 363 Yogesh Kumar (R&A Sangha)
Wickets 15 Fynn Williamson (Tauranga Boys College)
Catches 10 Amritpal Singh (United Indians)
B Grade First Round (Final)
Runs 407 Jasvir (Jonty) Dhillon (Hawks)
Wickets 15 Adam Manners (Cadets) Harpreet (Happy) Singh (Te Puke Blue) Oliver Norwood (TBC)
Catches 9 Karandeep Singh (Te Puke Green)
Top Gun (Centuries and Six Wicket Bags)
Centuries
161 Yogesh Kumar (Reserve Grade - R&A Sangha v Te Puke) 18 December
139no Fergus Lellman (Baywide Premier – Cadets v Tauranga Boys College) 6 November
137 Peter Drysdale (Baywide Premier – Mount Maunganui v Lake Taupo CC) 27 November
136no Joe Carter (Baywide Premier T20 – Cadets v Geyser City) 16 October
119 Preet Singh (B Grade – Albion v Katikati Singh XI) 18 December
117 Iman Singh (Baywide Premier – Te Puke v Papamoa) 6 November
115no Mayank Saini (B Grade – Hawks v Greerton) 4 December
115 Yogesh Kumar (Reserve – R&A Sangha v Katikati) 11 December
113no Matt Earl (Reserve – Katikati v Te Puke) 20 November
106 Denym Clarke (Reserve Grade - Te Puke v Papamoa) 16 October
107no Amrit Singh (Reserve – United Indians v Tauranga Boys College) 20 November
107 Fergus Lellman (Baywide Premier v Cadets v Te Puke) 18 December
105 Jasvir Dhillon (B Grade – Hawks v Albion) 30 October
103 Kulwinder Singh (B Grade – Hawks v Albion 30 October
100 Danny Dixon (B Grade – Cadets v TBC 4th XI) 20 November
Six Wickets
8/28 Mayura Galappaththi (Baywide Premier – Cadets v Greerton) 20 November
7/21 Tim Pringle (Baywide Premier – Cadets v Tauranga Boys College) 6 November
6/18 Tejveer Singh (B Grade - Te Puke Blue)
6/25 Lakh Jattana (B Grade – Hawks v Katikati) 20 November
6/32 Ben Warren (Reserve – Katikati v Te Puke) 20 November
Hat-Tricks
6/25 Lakh Lattana (B Grade – Hawks v Katikati) 20 November
3/47 Pinakin Patel (B Grade – Katikati v Hawks) 20 November