Waitakere Cricket Club is a cricket club based in Waitakere City. Based at Te Atatu Park on the Te Atatu Peninsula

Te Atatu Peninsula

 - to the south-west  - to the west  - to the north-west Te Atatu South Lincoln Massey West Harbour Te Atatu Peninsula, formerly known as "Te Atatu North", is an Auckland suburb...

, the club has won the Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 club championship three times.

History

During the 1971-72 season the Te Atatu Cricket Club and Henderson Cricket Club amalgamated to form the Western Districts Cricket Club. The club has since been renamed three times, first to become the Waitemata Cricket Club, then the Waitemata Cricket Association Inc and finally to its present name of the Waitakere Cricket Club.

Originally based at McLeod Road Reserve, in 1989 the team moved to Te Atatu Park. The team also has training facilities at the Trusts Stadium

Trusts Stadium

Trusts Stadium is an indoor arena located in Waitakere City, Auckland, New Zealand. It is a multi-purpose stadium that primarily holds sports events and music concerts...

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The club has won the Auckland Cricket club championship three times, in 1989/90, 1994/5 and 1996/7.

Events and Awards

The club hosts an annual Auckland-wide 'Adapted Cricket Open Day' event.

In 2009 the club won the annual New Zealand Cricket

New Zealand Cricket

New Zealand Cricket, formerly the New Zealand Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional cricket in New Zealand. Cricket is the most popular and highest profile summer sport in New Zealand....

 'Best Club Cricket Initiative' Development award. This award was issued mainly for hosting the inaugural Adapted Cricket open day.

The club was also the first in New Zealand to achieve the Halberg Trusts

Halberg awards

The Westpac Halberg awards recognise New Zealand's top sporting achievements.The annual award was started in 1949 by NZ Sportsman magazine founder Jack Fairburn...

 SportAccess Gold status. The award was presented by Sir Murray Halberg in June 2008.

Notable players

Past players include New Zealand internationals; Adam Parore

Adam Parore

Adam Craig Parore is a former wicket-keeper and batsman for the New Zealand cricket team. He played 78 Test cricket matches for New Zealand and 179 One Day International cricket matches...

, Craig Spearman

Craig Spearman

Craig Murray Spearman played 19 Tests and 51 One Day Internationals for New Zealand from 1995 - 2001.A right-handed opening batsman, Spearman made his international debut for New Zealand in a Test Match in December 1995 against Pakistan at Christchurch...

, Trevor Franklin

Trevor Franklin

Trevor John Franklin has played 21 Tests and three One Day Internationals for New Zealand. He also play for Auckland cricket association...

 and Chris Lee, along with Auckland representatives

Auckland Aces

The Auckland domestic cricket team represent the Auckland region and are one of six New Zealand domestic first class cricket teams. Governed by the Auckland Cricket Association they are the most successful side having won 26 Plunket Shield titles, eight Domestic One Day Championships and the HRV...

; I.H. Laird, Steve Pearson, R Hira and Anaru Kitchen.