North Eastern Junior Cricket Association
North Eastern Junior Cricket Association is a Junior Cricket Association supporting 18 Cricket Clubs with over 100 junior cricket teams in the North and Eastern Suburbs of Adelaide providing a cricket program for all children to play and enjoy cricket in a structured competition.
The Association provides children with opportunities
NEJCA believes that junior sport should be safe, enjoyable, inclusive and maximise individual participation. We acknowledge that positive experiences in junior cricket will contribute to children developing a lifelong love of the sport.
Cricket players are given equal opportunities to bat, bowl, wicket keep and field in all positions to allow them to learn and develop skills in all aspects of the game, in a safe, inclusive and encouraging environment with the emphasis on participation. The Association encourages players to develop a spirit of cooperation and teamwork amongst their teammates and aims to provide the best cricketing experience for all children who want to play cricket.
NEJCA’s Rules and Playing Conditions are age appropriate to provide enjoyment and assist with the development of Junior Cricketers.
THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES COACHES WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
The Association provides coaches with opportunities to develop and increase their skills with accredited coaches’ courses provided.
Game Days
- U10 Games are mostly played on Sunday mornings from 8:30-11:00am, with some games scheduled on Friday evenings from 5:30-8:00pm.
- U12 & U14 Games are played on Sunday mornings from 8:30am – 12:00 noon.
- U16 games are played on Sunday afternoons starting at 12:30pm for one day games, and 1:00pm for two-day games
NEJCA and SACA have partnered together to provide a learning program for umpires to be paired with an experienced SACA Umpire in NEJCA’s U14’s competition on a rotational basis to allow for new umpires development as well as the U14 players having the experience of their games umpired by experienced SACA umpires.
- Some NEJCA Clubs enter girl’s teams into the Strikers Girls Cricket League played on Friday evenings.
THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES PLAYERS WITH REPRESENTATIVE OPPORTUNITIES
NEJCA may be offering a NEJCA Representative team opportunities to play team/s from overseas.
NEJCA enters a Representative Team into each of the U12 Boys, U14 Boys and U16 Boys SACA Community Competitions, offering selected players from NEJCA U12, U14 and U16 teams an opportunity to represent the Association.
NEJCA supports and enters an U16 Girls Representative team into the SACA Community Competition offering selected girls playing in NEJCA teams or Strikers Girls Cricket League for NEJCA Clubs an opportunity to represent the Association.
The SACA Community Competition is played early in January each year.
SEASON DATES
U10 Cricket Season Dates 2024/2025
Friday 11th October/Sunday 13th October 2024 – Sunday 15th December 2024
and
Friday 10thJanuary/Sunday 12th January 2025 – Sunday 9th March 2025
U12 and U14 Cricket Season Dates 2024/2025
Sunday 13th October 2024 – Sunday 15th December 2024
and
Sunday 12th January 2025 – Sunday 9th March 2025
U12 & U14 Semi-Finals Sunday 16th March 2025
U12 & U14 Grand Finals Sunday 23rd March, 2025
U16 Cricket Season 2024/2025
Sunday 13th October – Sunday 15th December 2024
and
Sunday 12th January – 23rd February 2025
Semi Final/s Sunday’s 2nd & 9th March 2025
U16 Grand Final/s Sunday’s 16th & 23rd March 2025
Please note: there will be no NEJCA games scheduled on the Adelaide Test Match Weekend (Sunday 8th December 2024) or the January 2025 (Sunday 26th January 2025) Long Weekend
THE COMPETITION
All U10 games are fixtured as one-day twenty overs/side games
All U12 & U14 Division Three games are fixtured as one-day 28 overs/side games
U14 Division One & Two games are fixtured as a combination of one-day 28 overs/side and two-day 50 overs/side games
U16 games are fixtured as a combination of one-day 40 overs/side and two-day 60 overs/side games
WOOLWORTHS CRICKET BLAST
NEJCA Clubs may support Woolworths Cricket Blast entry level cricket skills program.
These programs are designed to teach cricket skills in a fun fast paced program with emphasis on maximum participation and cricket skill development opportunities for young children
Children can progress from these programs into U10 junior Community Cricket Competitions at Community Cricket Clubs
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