Sport / December 2009
January 2010 | November 2009-
-
Blaze clinch thriller
- Cricket Wellington
- An outstanding display in the field has secured the narrowest of wins for the Wellington Blaze over the Otago Sparks in the Twenty20 match at Molyneux Park, Alexandra.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
HRV Cup Twenty20 competition starts Saturday
- Cricket Wellington
- The series will be launched at Blake Park, Mount Maunganui, on Saturday [2 January] as the Northern Knights host the Auckland Aces.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Blaze romp to nine wicket win
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Blaze have completely outclassed the Otago Sparks with a comprehensive nine wicket win at Molyneux Park, Alexandra.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Wellington U14 team for Vines Tournament
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington U14 team for Vines Tournament
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Red Hot Martin sets up win for Sparks
- Cricket Wellington
- The Otago Sparks have chased down 234 to beat the Wellington Blaze at Molyneux Park, Alexandra.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Wellington Blaze squad to play Otago Sparks in Alexandra
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Blaze meet the Otago Sparks in Alexandra this week in round three of the domestic Women's competition
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Wellington win rain affected match
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds have beaten the Northern Knights by 22 runs in a rain affected match at Seddon Park in Hamilton.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Hitchcock in Firebirds team to meet Kinghts
- Cricket Wellington
- All-rounder Paul Hitchcock will reunite with the Wellington Firebirds in Monday's One-Day clash against the Northern Knights
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
WCC propose removing the Mercer St motorcycle park
- Scoot NZ
- If you had heard of the recent proposal to change Manners Mall from it’s current pedestrian only status to being a glorified bus lane – and weren’t very interested, think again. Buried in the details are a proposal to remove the current Mercer St motorcycle parking area.
- Tagged as:
- motorcycling
- parking
- manners-mall-bus-lane
-
-
-
Aces cruise to 81 run win
- Cricket Wellington
- The Auckland Aces have trounced the Wellington Firebirds by 81 runs in the fourth round One-Day match at Colin Maiden Park.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Wellington U19s beat Northern in final match
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington U19s beat Northern in final match
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Firebirds team to meet Aces on Wednesday
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds travel to Auckland to meet the Aces in round four of the One-Day competition on Wednesday from 11am
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Twenty20 Summer begins January 6 at the Basin
- Cricket Wellington
- Twenty20 Summer: Its cricket plus so much more
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Two Wellington players in New Zealand U19 squad
- Cricket Wellington
- Two Wellington players in New Zealand U19 squad
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
The run merchant
- Cricket Wellington
- Appearing in his first season for the Firebirds, Australian Cameron Merchant has been making his mark on the run total for the Wellington team.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Strong finish for Wellington Women’s Development team
- Cricket Wellington
- Strong finish for Wellington Women’s Development team
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
O'Brien's last wicket
- Cricket Wellington
- Fittingly, Iain O'Brien took a wicket with his last ball in his last match for the Wellington Firebirds on Sunday.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Big win for Easts in Premier club cricket
- Cricket Wellington
- Defending Premier champions Eastern Suburbs enjoyed an innings and 118 run win over Onslow on Saturday in the first round of two-day cricket of the season to open up a 15-point lead on the points table to the rest of the field
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Martin on target as Canterbury beat Wellington
- Cricket Wellington
- Chris Martin backed up the great work of the batsmen to help Canterbury demolish the Wellington Firebirds by 140 runs in the One-Day match at the Basin Reserve.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
O'Brien in Firebirds to face Wizards
- Cricket Wellington
- Champion fast bowler Iain O'Brien plays his last game for the Wellington Firebirds against Canterbury on Sunday
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Master Katz Seminar
- International Taekwon-Do Foundation of New Zealand - Wellington Region
- Master Alberto Katz, 8th dan, is accompanying the ITF Technical Committee to New Zealand for the International Instructors Course, and has agreed to conduct a seminar in Wellington on Tuesday 9th March 2010.
- Tagged as:
- events
- self-defence
-
-
-
New HRV Cup uniforms break with tradition
- Cricket Wellington
- New Zealand Cricket today launched the new-look playing kit for the inaugural HRV Cup Twenty20 competition.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Woodcock delighted with double century
- Cricket Wellington
- Scoring a century can be hard enough, but for Firebirds batsman Luke Woodcock, 100 just wasn’t enough for him in the latest round of the Plunket Shield against the Stags.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Wellington U19s miss out to Auckland
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington U19s miss out to Auckland
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Firebirds chase down 217 to beat Stags
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds cantered to a 6-wicket over the Central Stags in their round two domestic One-Day competition match at the Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve on Thursday.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Photo Competition Winners in Gallery
- Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
- The 2009 Photo Competition winners are now located in the Gallery. Enjoy!
- Automatically tagged as:
- sport
- wcn-hosted
-
-
-
Franklin guides Firebirds to victory
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington all rounder James Franklin made a composed half century to guide his team to a comfortable six wicket win over the Central Stags at the Basin Reserve
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Personal best - Luke Woodcock
- Cricket Wellington
- Scoring a century can be hard enough, but for Firebirds batsman Luke Woodcock, 100 just wasn’t enough for him in the latest round of the Plunket Shield against the Central Stags.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Photo Competition Winners in Gallery
- Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
- The 2009 Photo Competition winners are now located in the Gallery. Enjoy!
- Automatically tagged as:
- sport
- wcn-hosted
-
-
-
Swim Camp Update
- Raumati Swimming Club
- Danyon Loader spent the day swimming with RSC swimmers today at Camp. They are having a great time by all accounts. Danyon did a fantastic turns class as well as some stroke correction.
- Tagged as:
- swimming
-
-
-
Weekly Report Sunday Dec 20
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone Well WOW!!!- what an AGM!! It had everything.
- Automatically tagged as:
- athletics
- wcn-hosted
-
-
-
Franklin in Firebirds for One-Dayer
- Cricket Wellington
- BLACKCAPS all-rounder James Franklin returns to the Wellington Firebirds for Thursday’s opening One-Day match at the Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve against the Central Stags.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
One Day cricket returns to the Basin
- Cricket Wellington
- One-Day cricket lights up the Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve this Thursday and Sunday when the Wellington Firebirds take on the Central Stags and the Canterbury Wizards
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Day 1: Two centuries dominate U19 opening day
- Cricket Wellington
- Auckland and Canterbury recorded comfortable wins in the opening round of the National Under 19 tournament in Auckland today, with two players scoring centuries.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Day 1: Women’s Development Tournament short scorecards and match reports
- Cricket Wellington
- Auckland and Central Districts recorded big wins with Canterbury coming out on top in a tight encounter in the first round of the Women’s Development Tournament at Ilam Fields, Christchurch.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Day 4: Record partnership sets up nine wicket win
- Cricket Wellington
- The Central Stags have completed a remarkable nine wicket win over Wellington at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
BLACKCAPS pay tribute to O’Brien
- Cricket Wellington
- Iain O’Brien’s BLACKCAPS team mates have paid tribute to the 33-year old medium pace bowler, who retired from international cricket today.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
50 million reasons to save the basin
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The decision to deface the Basin Reserve with a hugely expensive flyover is a slap in the face to Wellingtonians who have overwhelmingly opposed it, says the Save the Basin Reserve campaign.
- Tagged as:
- basin-reserve-flyover
Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
-
-
-
it's time to fight
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Yesterday Transport Minister Steven Joyce announced a massive roading project, running from Levin in the north to the Airport in the south, that will cost taxpayers more than $2.5 billion, disrupt communities, demolish homes, and destroy the Basin Reserve as a test cricket venue. Within the Wellington CBD It includes the construction of a flyover at the Basin, two tunnels at The Terrace and Mt Victoria, a four-lane expressway across the city, the four-laning of Ruahine Street, and much more.
- Tagged as:
- basin-reserve-flyover
Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
-
-
-
Wellington Girls College win NZCT Cup
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington Girls College became Wellington's newest national champions on Sunday by winning the NZCT Cup secondary schools girls' title
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Woodcock and Tugaga create history against the Stags
- Cricket Wellington
- More history was created at the Allied Nationwide Finance Basin on Sunday.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Blaze romp to 88 run win
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Blaze reversed the trend of their weekend with a solid win over the Auckland Hearts at Upper Hutt's Barton Oval.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Day 2: Central Stags trail the Wellington Firebirds by 304 runs with 8 wickets in hand
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds are in a strong position with a 304 run lead at the end of day two against the Central Stags.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Blaze beat Hearts in second one-dayer
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Blaze reversed two earlier losses in the weekend with a pumping 88-run win over the Auckland Hearts in Sunday’s second one-dayer at Barton Oval at Upper Hutt.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Hearts clinch eight run win
- Cricket Wellington
- It was a nail biting end, with the Auckland Hearts edging out Wellington Blaze by eight runs.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Day 1: Wellington Firebirds 265 for eight
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds have made 265 for eight on day one of the Plunket Shield match against the Central Stags at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Day 2: National Secondary School Girls’ short scorecards and match reports
- Cricket Wellington
- Match reports and short scorecards from the second day of the National Secondary School Girls’ NZCT Cup.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Gillette Cup day two results: PNBHS batsman hits 81 in comfortable win
- Cricket Wellington
- An aggressive 81 not out from Palmerston North Boys High batsman Dane Cleaver was the top score on day two of the Gillette Cup secondary schools national tournament, in fine, warm but increasingly overcast conditions.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Change in format for two-day club cricket this year
- Cricket Wellington
- Change in format and return of Cook Shield mark the start of two-day club cricket
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Hearts win with three balls to spare
- Cricket Wellington
- Lynch contributed 23 before and Perkins top scored with an unbeaten 43 with the winning runs coming with three balls to spare.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
My NewYork Journey
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- It was amazing being part of an estimated 43000 starters in the 40th New York marathon on the 1 November 2009. The conditions for running were ideal, the course was challenging, the pavement was unforgiving, the crowds were phenomenal and the whole New York experience for my self and Kathy was fantastic.
- Automatically tagged as:
- athletics
- wcn-hosted
-
-
-
Cricket Wellington capping ceremony for age grade sides
- Cricket Wellington
- Cricket Wellington held its capping ceremony for the U15, U17 and U19 age grade sides in the Long Room at the Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve on Wednesday.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Gillette Cup day one results: Christchurch and Palmerston North claim big wins
- Cricket Wellington
- Christchurch Boys High School, with a 143-run win, and Palmerston North Boys High, who romped to a nine-wicket victory in their game, were the big winners on day one of the 2009 Gillette Cup tournament.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Day 1: National Secondary School Girls’ short scorecards and match reports
- Cricket Wellington
- Match reports and short scorecards from the first day of the National Secondary School Girls’ NZCT Cup.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Wellington Women���s Development team for National Tournament
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington Women���s Development team for National Tournament
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Tawa Intermediate wins MILO Shield
- Cricket Wellington
- Tawa Intermediate are national champions, winning the MILO Shield Years 7 and 8 cricket tournament at Palmerston North this week.
- Tagged as:
- tawa
- cricket
Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
-
-
-
Wellington Aeroclub 80th Jubilee Flight Scholarship
- Wellington Aero Club
- In celebration of our Club’s 80th Anniversary, the Wellington Aero Club is offering the unique opportunity to win a flight scholarship. Buy a Scholarship Trial Flight today and you could be in to win!
- Tagged as:
- aviation
- airport
Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
-
-
-
Broom leads Otago to six wicket win
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds lost to the Otago Volts by six wickets in a rain affected match at the Queenstown Event Centre.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
News from Waikanae Women’s Golf – December 2009
- Waikanae Golf Club
- Closing and prize giving was held on 25 November with a good field of 9 hole and 18 hole women playing 9 holes, followed by lunch, Christmas cake made by Jennifer Small, a celebratory drink and then prize giving.
- Automatically tagged as:
- golf
- waikanae
97 Te Moana Rd, Waikanae Beach, Waikanae 5036, New Zealand
-
-
-
Weekly Report Dec 13
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone  AGM! AGM! AGM! And Turkey Trot Make sure you are at the Clinic this Sunday.
- Automatically tagged as:
- athletics
- wcn-hosted
-
-
-
Day 2: MILO Cup & Shield Results and Match Reports
- Cricket Wellington
- Match reports and short scorecards from the final day of the MILO Cup and Shield tournament in Palmerston North.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
2009 Winner Jarvis Cup
- Raumati Swimming Club
- Nine year old Boston Hunt wins the Jarvis Cup! He also took 4 seconds of his PB time. Shame the times are unofficial) Great work Boston.
- Tagged as:
- swimming
-
-
-
BLOG: Anthony Stuart
- Cricket Wellington
- My tip for coaches heading into a cricket season is to ensure your preparation is sharp and specific. You need to maximise the time you’ve got. Players need to work hard and be ready to go game one.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Club cricket round-up 5, 6 December
- Cricket Wellington
- Saturday saw two rounds of Twenty 20 cricket played, with Naenae Old Boys, North City and Onslow each recording two wins
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Day 1: MILO Cup & Shield Results and Match Reports
- Cricket Wellington
- Match reports and short scorecards from the first day of the MILO Cup and Shield tournament in Palmerston North.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Secondary schools battle for Gillette Cup honours
- Cricket Wellington
- New Zealand���s top eight secondary school cricket teams will vie for the prestigious Gillette Cup this week in Palmerston North.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
PREVIEW: Men's One-Day
- Cricket Wellington
- With the men's one-day kicking off around the country we take a look at how the domestic team stack up.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Cricket Wellington pays tribute to Iain O'Brien
- Cricket Wellington
- Cricket Wellington would like to acknowledge Iain O'Brien's superb contribution to cricket in Wellington.
- Tagged as:
- obituaries
- cricket
-
-
-
News for the Week Starting 7th December
- Raumati Swimming Club
- Oh and the point cup for most PBS went to Raumati this time! Well done guys.
- Automatically tagged as:
- swimming
- kapiti
-
-
-
Wellington Blaze red hot at Christchurch
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Blaze opened their domestic women’s season with a trifecta of wins against the Canterbury Magicians in Christchurch over the weekend.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Wellington Blaze win tight match
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Blaze completed back to back wins over defending champions the Canterbury Magicians in a repeat of last years one-day final.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Day 4: Comfortable nine wicket win for Otago
- Cricket Wellington
- The Otago Volts coasted to a nine wicket win over the Wellington Firebirds in the Plunket Shield match at the Queenstown Event Centre.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Day 3: Wellington Firebirds 190 for nine lead Otago by 110
- Cricket Wellington
- The Otago Volts declared after lunch after putting on 471 for nine and have the Wellington Firebirds on the ropes at 190 for nine at the end of day three.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Devine and Ruck dominate Canterbury
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington Blaze strike bowlers Sophie Devine and Sian Ruck ripped through the Canterbury Magicians line up to set up a dominant nine wicket win in their opening one-day match.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Summer Break
- International Taekwon-Do Foundation of New Zealand - Wellington Region
- Most clubs take a break over December/January. Here is a list of the known dates for 2009/10.
- Automatically tagged as:
- self-defence
- wcn-hosted
-
-
-
Wellington Blaze cruise to victory
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Blaze have crushed the Canterbury Magicians by eight wickets in the Twenty20 match at Redwood Park in Christchurch.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Day 2: Otago Volts 247 for six trail Wellington Firebirds by 144 runs
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds added 135 to their overnight score before declaring on 391 for six at lunch.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
New Zealand v Pakistan Test match Information
- Cricket Wellington
- New Zealand v Pakistan Test match Information
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
St. Pat’s Silverstream First XI set for Gillette Cup
- Cricket Wellington
- The St. Pat’s Silverstream first XI is representing the Wellington region in this year’s 20th running of the prestigious Gillette Cup competition in Palmerston North next week.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Wyvern Hunt to see 50th Test at the Basin
- Cricket Wellington
- The Basin Reserve plays host to its 50th Test match against Pakistan, starting Thursday at noon. Wyvern Hunt has seen them all.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Wellington parking update
- Scoot NZ
- from Jon Visser of WCC: “I have confirmed with our parking contractor that: “For parking restrictions indicated with a blue & white sign, these restrictions only apply between the hours of 8am and 6pm unless the sign specifies a different time period or ‘at all times’. While the law now allows this to be enforced seven [...]
- Tagged as:
- parking
- motorcycling
-
-
-
Day 1: Wellington Firebirds 256 for four
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds got off to the worst possible start losing captain Matthew Bell first ball after he decided to bat on day one of the Plunket Shield match against the Otago Volts.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Wellington Blaze team named for Women’s domestic season opener
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Blaze travel to Christchurch this weekend for a replay of last year's Women's domestic 1-Day and Twenty20 finals
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
50 Tests for the Basin Reserve
- Cricket Wellington
- This week the Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve hosts its 50th Test match when the Black Caps play Pakistan
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Weekly Report for Sunday Dec 6
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone Only one more regular Clinic Sunday run/walk for the year. So where has the year gone? I want it back!
- Automatically tagged as:
- athletics
- wcn-hosted
-
-
-
Wellington Firebirds squad to play Otago Volts in Plunket Shield
- Cricket Wellington
- The Firebirds travel to Queenstown today to take on the Otago Volts in round four of the Plunket Shield
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Bowlers take early lead in MVP
- Cricket Wellington
- After three rounds of the Plunket Shield the Mitre 10 MVP competition is starting to take shape.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Matthew Bell - Captain's Blog, 4th Edition
- Cricket Wellington
- The Captain's Blog will be updated regularly throughout the season so make sure you log on regularly to get all the latest updates and news from inside the changing rooms and out on the pitch.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
Club cricketer suspended
- Cricket Wellington
- Club cricketer suspended
- Tagged as:
- cricket
-
-
-
First class citizens at last
- The Wellingtonista
- If you're a pedestrian, sometimes it seems as though you're the last to be considered. Other modes of transport get all the big bucks while we get to stumble along on our own, catching our heels on the cobblestones and dodging the seemingly interminable earthworks. So it's nice to see that there's a dedicated Cycling and Walking journey planner from the Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Tagged as:
- transport
- cycling
-