Thames Junior Cricket Club

13/04/2026

The signs are back up!! 👏👏👏
After a run-in with some gusty winds 💨, they’re back where they belong.

Proud to have them up again recognising the amazing sponsors who helped bring these nets to life — and the nets are still holding strong after the recent weather 💪

17/03/2026

📣Special General Meeting📣
⏰25th March @ 6pm

Special General Meeting of the Thames Cricket Club will be held to consider and adopt updates to the Club Constitution in line with current requirements.

All members are encouraged to attend. A copy of the proposed constitutional updates will be made available prior to the meeting.

For any queries, please contact the committee.

Thames Cricket Club Committee

18/01/2026

🏏 It’s that time again! 🏏
Registrations are now OPEN for the 2026 Term 1 cricket season!

Whether you’re a returning player or a new cricketer keen to give it a go, we’d love to have you involved — so make sure you register today.

📅 Games will be getting underway early in Term 1, so don’t miss out!

👉 Sign up now and get ready for another great season of cricket!
https://www.playhq.com/new-zealand-cricket/register/816b00-ecacab9c

15/01/2026

Congratulations to the following players that made it onto the Honours Board at the Hawke’s Bay Cricket Camp!! You have done Thames Proud 👏🏏💙🖤
Year 8
-Blake Mackenzie
Year 7
-Braxton Collin’s
-Carter Mackenzie

08/12/2025

Ramper Year 5/6 team.
Last game for our Rampers team on Saturday.
What a way to finish off the season, going up against a great Matamata team, the boys had to put in the Mahi to get the treats.
With the hot weather making it hard for the team to get that final push, the boys dug in deep and won the game in the last over with Van hitting the winning runs for the team.

This term has been a great term for learning and growth, we look forward to seeing what the 2026 season brings for this team!
Thank you for all the parents, helpers and players, you have made this team work so well and we have been able to see throughout this term just the amazing development and progress that every one has made, congratulations to you!

Top Batters 🏏
🥇Jakob - 29 runs from 22 balls, 4 4’s, 2 6’s, strike rate 131.81
🥈Van - 17 runs from 18 balls, 1 4’s, 1 6's, strike rate 94.44
🥉Tobias - 15 runs from 14 balls, 3 4’s, strike rate 107.14
Top Bowlers ☄️
🥇Tobias - 3 wickets, off 2 overs, ECO 8.00
🥈Jakob - 2 wickets, off 3 overs, ECO 3.66
🥉Finn - 1 wicket, off 2 overs, ECO 6.00
Top Fielders 🙌
Jakob with 2 catches
Tobias with 2 catches
Van with 2 Run outs

08/12/2025

Exploders team Saturday game day.
Last game for 2025 on home soil for the Exploders on Saturday; with Cambridge making the travel over to Thames.
Thames Batted 1st and Cambridge brought the heat their whole bowling innings, with some great pace and spin it pinned out Batters down to a low strike rate and made the work hard for their runs with the fielding being very quick to get the ball in.
With the out field still not up to great standards the ball stuck in the grass which made for getting boundaries hard to come by, but still made a big enough total that we could pin them down to not get the win.
Unfortunately it wasn't enough runs on the board, even with some amazing wickets that were taken, Cambridge were able to get the win in the second to last over of the match.

With that being the 2025 season over now, we are thankful for the players that took the plunge and moved up to the Advanced Pool this term, it has pushed the team and tested the team but in the end has given them the platform to grow and strengthen their cricket.
Thank you to all the Parents who without them we wouldn't have Cricket, for sacrificing their time to get the players to the games and to help support by cheering them on, Scoring or umpiring.

Top Batters 🏏
🥇Blake 31* runs, 2 4’s, SR 77.50
🥈Carter 19 runs, 2 4’s, SR 63.33
🥉Zavier 18 runs, 4 4’s, SR 112.50
Top Bowlers ☄️
🥇Kade 3 wickets, 4 runs off 4 overs, 1 maiden ECO 1.00
🥈Charlie 2 wickets, 14 runs off 3 overs, ECO 4.66
🥉Blake 1 wicket, 17 runs off 3 overs, ECO 5.66
Fielder of the day 🙌
Jordan with 1 Catch

06/12/2025

A huge congratulations to these two outstanding young men from our Exploders Year 7/8 team!
Blake Mackenzie and Jordan Holmes have been selected for the Athlete Development Programme at Hamilton Boys’ High School for 2026.
This is an incredible achievement, with selection coming from a large and talented group of cricketers who trialled.
Not only have they earned a spot in this prestigious programme, but they will also be joining Hamilton Boys’ High School as boarding students in the Argyle Hostel.
As Blake and Jordan play their final game in Thames Blue, we want to wish them all the very best.
Go out there and show them what the Valley is made of — we’re all so proud of you! 💙🏏✨

02/12/2025

Congratulations to Hayden for taking 4 wickets on Sunday for the Valley Cricket Year 7 team 🙌🙌🙌

2nd warm up game for our Year 7 Valley team in Morrinsville on Sunday.
With high hopes that the sun would stay all day we were quickly reminded of how spring weather works only managing to get our bowling overs in.
But we are greatfull for that as we had amazing performances.
Another great day for the team to get some practice and team bonding in.

One more warm up game to go before January.

Player of the days go to;
🤩Best Bowler - Hayden Lee - 12 runs off 4 overs, taking 4 wickets
🤩Best Fielder - Shivam Patel Taking 2 wicket keeping stumping

02/12/2025

Exploders team Saturday game day.
1st game on home soil for the Exploders on Saturday; with Te Awamutu making the travel over to Thames.
Thames was bowling up 1st we went heads down and make good work with getting their team all out for 80runs!
With TA only bringing up 7 players they had an opportunity to re-bat a few players and made the most of it with us ending up needing to chase down 168 runs.
With massive improvement in our batting we had our 3 opening batters retire all making double digits. With some quick cameos coming in the back end, we managed to chase down the total in the 25th over.

1 more game to go for the 2025 cricket season next week on home soil again.

Top Batters 🏏
🥇Carter 26 runs from 24 balls, 3 4’s, 1 6’s SR 108.33
🥈Zavier 25* runs from 30 balls, 2 4’s, SR 83.33
🥉Blake 21 runs from 21 balls, 2 4’s, SR 100.00

Top Bowlers ☄️
🥇Braxton 2 wickets, 10 runs off 3 overs, ECO 3.33
🥈Zavier 2 wickets, 34 runs off 3 overs, ECO 11.33
🥉Charlie 1 wicket, 7 runs off 3.3 overs, ECO 2.00

Fielder of the day 🙌
Combind Blake and Charlie - 1 catche each as fielders

Player of the day:
🤩Braxton best bowler!
🤩Mikal best batter!

02/12/2025

Ramper Year 5/6 team.
From Coach Shane 😊
I just want to acknowledge all who participated in the great win on Saturday.
Thanks to a couple of fill in players, Caleb and River.
Also, the support team, parents, and Luca.
Nicole scoring, Matt and Luca umpiring👏
Great to see commitment from Luca, with his injury, even a bit of one handed fielding after River left.👏
All of our players played really well🏅, and well done to Jakob achieving his first 50+, and Cooper taking 5 wickets in 2 overs for a couple of runs.
Amazing effort guys.🏅🏅
And let's keep learning 💪

Top Batters 🏏
🥇Jakob - 57 runs from 20 balls, 6 4’s, 5 6’s, strike rate 285
🥈Tobias - 21 runs from 19 balls, 4 4’s, strike rate 110.52
🥉Theo - 20 runs from 17 balls, 3 4’s, strike rate 117.64

Top Bowlers ☄️
🥇Cooper - 5 wickets, 2 runs off 2 overs, ECO 1.00
🥈Theo - 2 wickets, 8 runs off 3 overs, ECO 2.66
🥉Tobias - 1 wicket, 4 runs off 2 overs, ECO 2.00

Top Fielders 🙌
Jakob with 1 catch
Van with 1 Run out assist
Theo with 1 Run out assist

23/11/2025

Thames/Tairua Year 5/6 team
Played at Rhodes park this past Saturday, amongst the hustle and bustle of the Rugby 7's tournament.
They had a great win against the Morrinsville team on home soil.
With some outstanding performances by the whole team.
This team is a mixture of players from Thames and Tairua Cricket club that have merged for another term to create one team. And they have made such a great team with these players.
Keep up the good work!!!

Top Batters 🏏
🥇Jakob 47 runs from 19 balls, 6 4’s, 2 6’s SR 194.73
🥈Luca 32 runs from 21 balls, 1 4’s, 4 6's SR 152.38
🥉Van 18 runs from 16 balls, 1 4’s, 1 6’s, SR 112.50

Top Bowlers ☄️
🥇Jakob 3 wickets, 9 runs off 3 overs, ECO 3.00
🥈Theo 3 wickets, 11 runs off 3 overs, ECO 3.66
🥉Luca 2 wickets, 8 runs off 3 overs, ECO 2.66

Fielder of the day 🙌
Combined Luca, Theo, Tobias and Van -All taking 1 catches each as fielders and van as Wicket keeper