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Junior Girls Cricket Pathway

New to cricket or already playing? Our Junior Girls programme offers a fun, inclusive, and empowering team environment.

With support from dedicated volunteer coaches and club leaders, we focus on developing skills, confidence, and teamwork so every girl feels valued. Teams are balanced by skill and school, and we do our best to honour friend requests—fostering connection as well as competition.

Weekly training alongside our Senior Women’s teams provides inspiration and mentorship. Saturday morning games offer a fun, structured space to learn, grow, and shine.

This page is designed to give U13 players, coaches, team managers, and parents a clear overview of how the format and structure works.

Grade Placement

Players are placed in grades based on their age as of 1 April each year. The grade assigned at the start of the season (Term 4) stays the same through Term 1, even if the player has moved up a school year.

Kookaburra Cup - Family Fun on a Friday at Onewa Domain

Our U11 Friday night programme provides a fun introduction to cricket and is focused on developing basic skills, confidence and enjoyment.

  • Term 4 starting Friday 6 November 2026 for 6 weeks

  • Term 1 starts back early February for 6 weeks

  • 5:30 – 7:00pm

  • $130 per player – includes free cap and t-shirt

  • Kookaburra Cup – Years 1–2: Skills-based learning and games

  • Kookaburra Cup – Years 3–5: 60–90 minute games, generally 8-a-side mixed teams

  • U11 Girls: 60–90 minute games with 8-a-side girls-only teams

Register here https://www.playhq.com/new-zealand-cricket/register/18611e

Saturday Morning Grades (Hardball Format) - U11, U13 and U16 Girls

These grades are ideal for players with a couple of seasons of experience at U11 or softball. However, we also welcome new players and for first year players, offer 'New to Hardball' sessions to support their transition. 

Training

  • Mondays starting first week of Term 4 (if not doing pre season)

  • 4.30 - 6pm 

  • Onewa Domain, Northcote 

Pre-season training opportunities are provided ahead of the start of the season. We appreciate that many of our girls play multiple sports and have other commitments during this period, so there is no expectation that players will attend every session. Coaches and managers will communicate specific pre-season arrangements directly with their teams​.​​​​​​

Season dates

Season begins Saturday 31 October 2026

  • Pre Xmas: 8 games (31 October - 19 December 2026)

  • Post Xmas: 7 games (6 February - 20 March 2027)

Game specifics

  • Saturday mornings

  • Game type - T20 (20 overs per innings) 

  • Approximately 2.5 hours

  • Draws are usually posted on PlayHQ by Wednesday (managers or coaches will share draw details via your teams WhatsApp group or team app. 

Uniform and Equipment

Our female players all wear the same uniform from juniors through to seniors. The playing uniform is not required for training, but must be worn for all games. 

The playing uniform consists of:

  • Takapuna Women's blue shirt

  • Takapuna Women's blue pants

  • Takapuna cap

  • Takapuna Women’s training top (senior squad compulsory)

All of our uniform items are available through Cricket Express. If your order is on pre order or not arrived yet, don’t worry. A suitable dark blue or black sports pants can be worn until the correct club pants are available. Second-hand uniforms are also a great option, so please feel free to ask.

U11 & U13 Girls

  • Team size: 8 on the field, but aim to have 10 per team to help with injuries, sickness etc

  • Cost: $160 per player, includes end of year team photo

  • Games: generally start at 8.30am, but may vary depending on ground availability - check the draw each week.

  • Locations: held at various Auckland grounds, with home games in the Takapuna catchment.

U16 Girls

  • Team size: 9 on the field, but aim to have 11 per team to help with injuries, sickness etc

  • $205 per player, includes end of year team photo

  • Games: usually played at Waikaraka Park on grass pitches (players may prefer to wear sprigged shoes for grip on grass)

Playing Conditions

For full rules and game formats, visit Auckland Cricket Playing Conditions

Register here https://www.playhq.com/new-zealand-cricket/register/1351ce