DUNEDIN AGE-GROUP CRICKET

2024 - 2025

Costs & Financial Support

Dunedin Cricket understands that playing sport can come with its challenges and certainly one of those is the sheer cost of time and money for players and teams to participate in events, programmes and tournaments in other parts of New Zealand. We know it takes a lot of hard work and dedication to become a BLACKCAP and WHITEFERN and the pathway to reaching this pinnacle can be made even more difficult when cost of participation is a barrier. The Otago Cricket Fundraising Charitable Trust sets out to assist with the development of our young cricketers and coaches, to allow them to realise their aspirations through removal of some of the financial barriers that exist living in our region.

We are driven to provide opporunties for players and families to seek support to ensure that barriers to partipcation in our summer game are reduced. Should you wish to find our more information on how to do this or to apply please click here: https://www.otagocricket.co.nz/ABOUT-1/FUNDRAISING-CHARITABLE-TRUST/leading-edge-grants​​​​​​​


Dunedin Year 7 & 8 Boys

Dunedin Year 7 & 8 Boys:

Our Dunedin Year 7 & 8 Boys Programmes (run separately, year 7 Boys, year 8 Boys) aim to provide Boys additional playing opportunties outside of their club and schools playing commitments to futher develop and challenge themselves.

Dunedin Cricket runs a Development Programme in the lead up to and during the start of the regular cricket season which provides additional coaching and training opportunties focussing on foundational & skill development. 

Following this, all year 7 & 8 Boys have the opportunity to register to attend an Otago / South Island Cricket Festival for several days which give boys the exciting opportunity to play with and against players of simlar ability from around the greater Otago region.

Please note; players do not need to take part in the Development Programme to attend the Festival & vice versa.

2024 - 2025 Key Dates

Development Programme

Year 7 BoysYear 8 Boys
  • Sunday 03 November
  • Sunday 10 November
  • Sunday 17 November
  • Sunday 03 November
  • Sunday 10 November
  • Sunday 17 November


Festival Games

Year 7 BoysYear 8 Boys


  • Sunday 01 December
  • Sunday 15 December


  • Sunday 01 December 
  • Sunday 08 December 
  • Sunday 15 December 
  • Sunday 16 February 
  • Sunday 02 March 


Festival Dates

Year 7 Boys

Year 8 Boys

Fri 17 - Sun 19 January 2024 (Timaru)Wed 9 - Fri 11 January 2024 (Gore)   


Dunedin Year 7 & 8 Girls

Dunedin Year 7 & 8 Girls:

Our Dunedin Year 7 & 8 Girls Programmes (run as one age group) aim to provide Girls additional playing opporunties outside of thier club and schools playing commitments to futher develop and challenge themselves.

Dunedin Cricket runs a Development Programme in the lead up to and during the start of the regular cricket season which provides additional coaching and training opportunties focussing on foundational & skill development. 

Following this, all year 7 & 8 Girls have the opportunity to register to attend an Otago / South Island Cricket Festival for several days which give them the exciting opportunity to play with and against players of simlar ability from around the greater Otago region.

Please note; players do not need to take part in the Development Programme to attend the Festival & vice versa.

2024 - 2025 Key Dates

Development Programme

  • Sunday 03 November
  • Sunday 10 November
  • Sunday 17 November

​Pre/Post Festival Games 

  • Sunday 24 November
  • Sunday 08 December
  • Sunday 23 February
  • Sunday 08 March

Festival Dates

  • Wed 15 - Fri 17 January 2024 (Alexandra)

Dunedin Year 9 & 10 Boys

Dunedin Year 9 & 10 Boys:

Each year Dunedin sends either 2 or 3 year 9 & 10 Boys teams to Alexandra for the Otago Distrcits Festival in Alexandra.

Prior the District festival, Dunedin Cricket runs a Development Programme in the lead up to and during the start of the regular cricket season which provides additional coaching and training opportunties focussing on foundational & skill development. 

Please note; players do not need to take part in the Development Programme to attend the Festival & vice versa.​​​​​​​

2024 - 2025 Key Dates

Development Programme

  • Sunday 03 November
  • Sunday 10 November
  • Sunday 17 November

Pre/Post Festival Games

  • Sunday 24 November
  • Sunday 08 December
  • Sunday 23 February
  • Sunday 08 March

Festival Dates

  • Mon 16 - Wed 18 December 2024 (Alexandra)

Dunedin Year 9 & 10 Girls

Dunedin Year 9 & 10 Girls:

The Dunedin Year 9 &10 Girls team(s) head away to the South Island Sparks & Magicians Festival in Oamaru in December. 

​​​​​​​​Prior the District festival, Dunedin Cricket runs a Development Programme in the lead up to and during the start of the regular cricket season which provides additional coaching and training opportunties focussing on foundational & skill development. 

Please note; players do not need to take part in the Development Programme to attend the Festival & vice versa.

2024 - 2025 Key Dates

Development Programme

  • Sunday 03 November
  • Sunday 10 November
  • Sunday 17 November

Pre/post Festival Games

  • Sunday 24 November
  • Sunday 08 December
  • Sunday 23 February
  • Sunday 08 March

Festival Dates

  •  Sun 15 -  Tues 17 December 2024 (Oamaru)

Dunedin Year 11 & 12 Boys

Dunedin Year 11 & 12 Boys:

Dunedin selects one year 11 & 12 Boys team to attend the Otago District Tournament in Invercargill each December. These players are nominated by schools/clubs, invited to attend Emerging Players programme as wider squad squad selection before the final team is confirmed to attend the District Tournament.​​​​​​​

2024 - 2025 Key Dates

Pre-Tournament Fixtures

  • Sunday 10 November
  • Sunday 08 December

Tournament Dates

  • Thurs 19 - Sat 21 December 2024 (Invercargill)

Dunedin U19 Women

Dunedin U19 Women:

The Dunedin U19 Women squad comes together following nominations, Emerging Players programme and then a team is selected. The selected team attends the Otago/Canterbury District Festival held in Oamaru in October.

2024 Key Dates

Tournament Dates

  • Saturday 26 October - Sunday 28 October 2024 (Labour Day) (Oamaru)