Wainuiomata Cricket Club

10/05/2026

John Steven Foster ( “Potts” )

It is with deep sadness that we acknowledge the passing of John Foster, a much-loved and respected member of our club community.

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01.01.1950 - 04.05.2026

John was one of the originals of the club, Senior Team Playing Number 40, and a true clubman in every sense.

He was part of the group who helped build the current club at Bryan Heath Park from scratch, spending countless hours volunteering his time. Roofing was apparently his thing, or so he told me.

John served the club for decades, including as Assistant Club Captain in 1981–82, Vice President across several seasons, President in 1992–93, and a committee member throughout the 80s and 90s.

On the field, John was a talented all-round cricketer. He captained the 2C team in the late 80s and early 90s, scored over 500 runs in the 1979–80 season, and made 106 in 4A grade in 1982–83. He won trophies for fielding, batting, highest score, outstanding performance, two-day all-rounder, and many team awards throughout his playing years.

He was also heavily involved with the junior section, mentoring a generation of young players who went on to play senior cricket both here and throughout the Hutt Valley.

John was reliable, positive, and always willing to step up whether that meant helping around the club, sharing ideas, or even jumping into the kitchen when volunteers were short. He never missed Old Timers’ Days or AGMs, and he remained one of the club’s important links to the original group of players who formed the club in the late 40s.

He loved a beer, loved watching his son play cricket at Bryan Heath Park, and was partial to a brandy and dry.

After knowing John for 50 years, I will miss his infectious energy. Bryan Heath Park will seem quieter now.

Rest in peace, Potts.
Alan Broadhurst
Chairman, Wainuiomata Cricket Club

A memorial service for John will be held at 2.00pm, Friday 15 May, at the Wainuiomata Rugby Club, 2 Moohan Street, Wainuiomata. The family have been overwhelmed by the love and support shown over recent days. In lieu of flowers, donations to Te Omanga Hospice or Wellington Free Ambulance would be greatly appreciated.

Craig Foster. Richard Foster. Chrissy Powell. 🙏🥰

05/05/2026

All the best to our own Tom Apii Parima! Who has just arrived in Japan for the World Cup qualifiers 👊🏻

🇨🇰 TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT 🇨🇰
Cook Islands Men’s International Squad – East Asia Pacific T20 World Cup Qualifiers

The moment is here.

We’re proud to announce the Cook Islands Men’s squad set to represent our nation at the upcoming East Asia Pacific T20 World Cup Qualifiers in Japan.

This group represents commitment, resilience, and the pride of the Cook Islands. After months of preparation, sacrifice, and hard work they’re ready to step onto the international stage.

Tour Details:
📍 Location: Japan
📅 Tournament Dates: May 2026
🏏 Format: T20 International Qualifiers

This isn’t just a tournament, it’s an opportunity to showcase who we are, how we play, and what we stand for.

To our players:
Wear the badge with pride. Play with freedom. Compete with heart.

To our supporters:
We feel you with us every step of the way. Your support means everything.

Let’s go 🇨🇰🔥

24/04/2026

Best of luck to our very own Ryan Jackson, making his UK debut for Wadebridge Cricket Club on Sunday (Monday morning)

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The 1st team kick off their season on Sunday when they travel to Exmouth in the National Cup, 40 overs a side game starting at 1pm.

There is a bus going up to one of Devon’s most picturesque grounds, if any supporters would like to join the players on a Sunday Funday then please get in touch.

Best of luck for the season team.

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15/04/2026

🏏💚 Wainuiomata Cricket Club – End of Season Wrap-Up & Prizegiving🖤🏏 5014
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What an incredible season it’s been for the Wainuiomata Cricket Club! From outstanding individual performances to team success across the grades, we’re proud of what our club has achieved both on and off the field, creating an amazing culture for all 💚🖤 👏
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🏏 Team Success This Season 🏆
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Massive effort across all grades:
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• Premier Men’s – 2-Day Grade Winners 🏆
• Premier Men’s – Hazlett 1-Day Runners Up
• Premier Reserves – Overall Grade Winners (50-over & time cricket) and a promotion to the grade above 🏆
• T20 Maddogs – Grade Winners 🏆
• Design & Build Homes Ladies Super 8 – Grade Winners (2nd year running!) Back-to-back baby 🏆
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🏆 Cricket Wellington Award Achievements
Cricket Wellington New Zealand Over 40's Cricket, New Zealand Over-50s Cricket, Blackcaps, White Ferns, New Zealand Cricket
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A huge congratulations to our players recognised at the recent awards:
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• Ryan Jackson – Men’s Senior Club Cricketer of the Year 🥇
• Tom Apii Parima – Highest Premier Mens Score
• Loyis Edwin – Selected for Wellington Over 40’s
• Craig Foster – Veteran's Cricket MVP, Selected for Wellington Over 50’s, New Zealand Over 50’s World Cup squad & Trans-Tasman Series
• Carl Adams – Selected for Wellington Over 60’s & New Zealand Over 60’s
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🌟 Individual Club Milestones
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• Dan Hewitt – 200 Premier Games 👏
• Ryan Jackson – 1000 runs & 100 wickets 🔥
• Craig Foster - NZ Men's 50's World Cup in Sri Lanka
• Tom Parima - Cook Island Men's World Cup qualifier
• Gemma Krebs & Ryan Jackson – Representing New Zealand at the Women’s World Cup in Sri Lanka
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🌟 Premier Men's Debuts (Player #'s and Players)
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• 281 Roshan Sugathan
• 282 Tyson Thomas
• 283 Loyis Edwin
• 284 Philip Raju Mathew
• 285 Elvis Zac
• 287 James Riely
• 288 Danu Dominic
• 289 Tom Parima
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🙌 Special Shout Outs to:
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• Alan Joseph Broadhurst Christopher Armstrong and Carl Adams, between the three of them they have been on the Committee for about 40 years each, taking care of 80 years of player statistics, Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, Club Captain, Sponsorship Committee, Jubilee Committees etc. Alan and Carl have been on just about every position on the Committee, giving thousands of hours of time to their beloved club
• Our 3 Senior Coaches - Steve Dransfield, Jamie Wilson, Greg Wilks, who all put in copious amounts of hours, pre-season, mid-week, and on Saturdays, and the results were historical
• Krystle Iraia for managing two women's sides, the first time we've had two women's teams on over 40 years, guiding our premier super-8 side to back-to-back titles.
• Jason Logan for countless hours cleaning and preparing the club, and general maintenance around the club rooms
• Michael Macphail for keeping the bar and kitchen fully stocked and clean
• Craig Wheeler and Jamie Wilson, Junior Convenors, for managing and supporting all junior coaches and players throughout the season
• All the junior coaches - Chris Offord, Craig Wheeler, Dijo John Thottappally, Jason Taylor, Callum Urquhart, Jamie Wilson, and Steve McRoy
• Graham Watson, Craig Foster, Carl Adams, for their amazing work arranging and organising all types of sponsorship for the club
• Ingrid Sage our wonderful Premier Club Scorer, who has a wealth of talent and wisdom
• Gemma Krebs, Sarah Maree and Callum Mackaness for all the amazing social media work behind the scenes
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🙌 Club Acknowledgements
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We are proud to recognise and celebrate-
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• Old Timers Day
• All past and present Life Members
• Our Patron Melissa Foster
• Our Club Committee
• The generations of players and supporters who have built this club and continue to support the club on and off the field
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We also warmly welcome all the new players to the club, and welcome back our returning members. Thank you for representing the green and black with pride – for your team, your family, and your community 💚🖤
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👏 Special Mentions
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A huge thank you to our Sponsors:
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• Mark Solomon (LifeDirect) - Major Sponsor
• The Lockyer Family (Mitre 10 MEGA Wellington) - Junior Sponsor
• Design and Build Homes - Craig and Melissa Foster
• Ninox Construction - Dan Hewitt and Rajan Singh
• Paul Butcher - Team Butcher, Harcourts Chris Ingram
• ARL Lawyers - Jason Taylor
• Fine Touch Catering - Lance Hotton
• Paladin Sports - Richard Kane
• The Bottle-O Wainuiomata - Hayden Wilby
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A huge thank you to our Funding Partners:
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• Air Rescue and Community Services
• ONE Foundation
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Your continued support has helped make junior cricket free for our community – an incredible contribution that removes barriers and grows the game for our kids, and keeps the club running 🙌
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Also a big congratulations to:
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• Kellie N Kev Wakefield (ex Premier Mens Legend Opening Bowler) – Last Year's Groundsman of the Year (Hutt Recreation Ground) 🏅
• Wade Kernachan – Last Year's 2nd Place (Bryan Heath Park – “The Mighty Fortress”)
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We also would like to acknowledge and welcome the-
Kerala Firebirds
Established in January 2025 by a passionate group of cricket players from the Kerala community. What began as a close-knit community team quickly evolved into something much bigger.
Over time, Kerala Firebirds opened its doors to players from diverse backgrounds, bringing together talent from different communities and varying levels of cricketing experience. This inclusivity and commitment to excellence helped shape the team into one of the strongest and most competitive sides in the Wellington cricket scene.
In a short span, Kerala Firebirds has already made a significant mark by winning two of the biggest tournaments in the Greater Wellington region—an achievement that reflects the team’s dedication, unity, and skill.
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Craig Foster
President
Wainuiomata Cricket Club
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Here’s to another big season ahead! 💚🏏2026/27

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Wainuiomata Cricket Club (Inc) Senior Trophy Winners 2025/26
Team Awards
Hasbeens - MVP – Callum Urquhart
Hasbeens - Player of the Year – Adam Price
D&B – MVP -
D&B – Player of Year -
Odd Bunch - Players Player – Dhaval Patel
Odd Bunch - MVP – Manish Adhikari
Maddogs - Players Player – Shamsher Aulakh
Maddogs - MVP – Kane Krebs
Design and Build Ladies - Most Improved – Jacey Morgan
Design and Build Ladies - Players Player – Natasha Morgan
Life Direct Ladies - Most Improved – Brook-Lyn Buchanan
Life Direct Ladies - Players Player – Angela Porter
Thirds - MVP – Jordan Nevalangi
Thirds - Players Player – Jacob Renor
Reserves - MVP – Tim Wilson
Reserves - Players Player – Jordan Carr
Hazlet - Players Player – Callum Mackaness
Hazlet - Player of the Year – Ryan Jackson
Club Awards (Stats)
Most Runs – Abhishek Singh
Most Wickets – Ryan Jackson
Most Catches – Kevin Krebs
Highest Score – Tom Parima
2 Day Allrounder – Ryan Jackson
1 Day Allrounder – Abhishek Singh
20/20 Allrounder – Marina McCarthy
Outstanding Performance – Tom Parima
Ladies Player of the Year – Marina McCarthy
C**t – Logan Stoupe
Clubman – Jamie Wilson
Player of the Year – Ryan Jackson
No Trophies required
Team of the Year – Premier Reserves
Founders – Not Awarded
Representative players
Craig Foster – Wellington Over 50s, NZ Over 50s
Carl Adams – Wellington Over 60s, NZ Over 60s
Loyis Edwin – Wellington Over 40s

09/04/2026

The double champ! 🔫

Ryan Jackson from is our Men’s Club Cricketer of the Year!

29/03/2026

One of the clubs best seasons in a long time. Grade winners for the Prem Reserves, Intercity One Day Div 2 and our Women’s Design and Build T20 team. Our Premier Men’s winning their two day comp and making the one day final.

Congrats to all on a fantastic season. Bring on next year.

27/03/2026

Final week of club cricket and there’s some great action lined up this weekend.

Our Prem side heads into day two of their final against North City and an outright win here will secure promotion to the Pearce Cup.

The Reserves, who won their grade last weekend play their timed cricket final against Vic Uni, looking to finish their successful season on a high, they play alongside the Prems at the fortress.

The Thirds travel to Petone Rec to take on Naenae. Maddogs are in a grand final showdown out at Trentham Memorial Park, while the Hasbeens face Naenae at Delaney Park in their 3v4 playoff. The Oddbunch round things out at Richard Prouse Park against Taita.

Plenty of games worth getting along to this weekend - and don’t forget Prizegiving kicks off at 6!

We’d also like to give a special shoutout to our newest sponsor, Fine Touch Catering, for their support of the club. Great to have you on board. Be sure to check them out for catering your functions!

24/03/2026

Lots to celebrate this year 🏏

Join us this Saturday for the Wainuiomata Cricket Club Senior Prizegiving as we celebrate the players, moments, and memories from the 2025/26 season.

Both our Prems and Reserves are playing at home in grade defining matches - so get down early and show your support if you can!
🕥 Cricket starts from 10:30am

🎉 Prizegiving kicks off at 6pm
🏆 Presentations from 7:30pm

Come down for a great day and night with the club. See you there 💚🖤

21/03/2026

They've done it! Our women's Design & Build team have just gone and brought home back to back tropheys in the Women's Division 3 grade in such a close game with only 1 ball to go

Huge shoutout to the ladies - what a massive season they've had 🥂

20/03/2026

Big weekend ahead for cricket! 🏏

Huge shoutout to our Women’s Design & Build team, who are into their grade grand final for the second year running. Head down to Bryan Heath Park at 2pm to show your support - let’s see if they can go back to back!

They’ll be playing alongside our Premier Men, who are up against top of the table North City. A win here could put them in reach of a historic promotion to the Pearce Cup.

Our Seconds are also in a strong position, sitting top of their grade and pushing for promotion into Premier Reserve out at Karori Park.

Elsewhere, the Thirds are off to Grenada North, Maddogs are at Richard Prouse Park in Wainui, Hasbeens are heading out to Delaney Park, and Oddbunch are at Petone Rec.

Plenty of cricket happening this weekend - get along and support the green and black 💚🖤