Senior Womens Pathway


Senior Women's Club Cricket 2025 / 2026 season

Takapuna fields two Senior Women's teams in the Auckland Cricket competition - Premier Women (Takapuna Ponies) and Premier Women Development (2XI). 

Coaching & Training Structure

  • Nick White – Premier Coach | 021 0225 0560
  • James Gibson – Premier Development Coach | 021 246 7079

The two teams will train together as a squad to strengthen our culture and ensure a smooth pathway between teams.

When: Monday evenings - all female teams train, starting with juniors from 4 - 6pm. 

Time: 6 - 7.30pm

Dates: Pre season 1st September - mid October, move to Onewa from mid October prior to first games.

Locations: Indoor cricket nets at Massey Recreation Centre, Albany and Onewa Domain, Northcote

U16 players: For U16 development players, the focus will be on integrating into the senior women’s environment while managing training load appropriately. We’ll continue to offer U16 training for new or non-development players, to ensure everyone receives suitable coaching and support.

Other: an additional Wednesday session (smaller group based on availability) will be held each week. There is no expectation on any school cricket players to attend due to clashes with College Sport day. 

Key dates

Season begins Saturday 1st November 2025

Premier Women – Pritchard Cup (40-over format)

  • Starts: 1 November 2025
  • Double weekend: 6–7 December
  • No games: 15 Nov, 29 Nov, 13 Dec, 20 Dec (Legends Weekend)
  • Finals Day: 21 March 2026

Premier Women – Pearl Dawson Trophy (T20 double-headers)

  • Starts: 17 January 2026
  • Finals Day: 22 February 2026

Premier Development (2XI)

  • Pre-Xmas (30-over format): 1 Nov – 20 Dec
  • No L30 games post-Xmas
  • Post-Xmas (T20 – 7 rounds): 7 Feb – 21 March 2026

Uniform and Equipment

To be purchased by the player but the same uniform for all grades can be worn over multiple seasons.

  • Blue Takapuna women shirt and pants, these are available to purchase at Cricket Express.
  • In 2024 we moved our U13 teams from white to blue pants. Due to this sometimes there is a  wait for smaller sizes 4 & 6 to come into store, if no blue pants yet, don’t stress and simply wear another form of dark or blue tights / sports pants. As long as you are wearing a Takapuna shirt and a cap if you have one.
  • The playing uniform is not required to be worn for training. There are female-fit TDCC training kits available via Cricket Express, however optional not mandatory.