Hamilton Star University CC

Training days confirmed for 2026/27

It’s the women’s turn! Muster Sunday 16th August. If you are looking for a club to join, we would love to welcome you. Mix of skills and ages, be part of a fun team! Email [email protected] for more info 🏏

We are dusting off the cricket gear on Sunday 9th August. Keen to join? Maybe you’ve recently moved to Hamilton or on the lookout to join a local club.
Whatever your cricket goals are this season, we’d love to welcome you to Star Uni. Meet the coach, team captains, and your future teammates.
We are building a strong community both on and off the pitch. For us, our values are UNITE, PLAY, EXCEL. We strive for Whanaungatana/Brotherhood. We have an inclusive club culture that fits players who want to play a game they love 🏏

Thumbs up for winter training!

Our Star Uni hardball juniors - Y6 and up - put bat to ball this weekend for their first pre-season workout.

New junior players always welcome, send us a DM if your child would like to play.

Living by our motto—Unite. Play. Excel.—we are building a strong, fun, and supportive squad for the upcoming season. We're on the lookout for batters and all-rounders ready to level up their game with our dedicated coaches.

🗓️ Winter Training: Thursdays at 5:30 PM
📩 Ready to join? Reach out at [email protected] or DM us directly!

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Kia ora e te whanau,

Hamilton Star University Cricket Club is very sad to announce the sudden passing earlier this week of our President, Dr Stuart Pilling.

Stuart had a long involvement with the club, dating back more than 30 years, including as a Premier player during his playing career.

He was a life member of Hamilton Star University Cricket Club.

Stu had been a constant presence on the club board for at least 20 of those years. In 2017 his service to the club was acknowledged and celebrated with a University of Waikato sports blazer.

Much of his contribution was strategic advice on management of the club’s affairs and growth. He was particularly focussed on development of women’s and junior cricket as ways to involve more people with our club and our great sport.

More recently Stuart had held key roles as treasurer and president, closely managing the club’s finances and affairs.

He was known for his intellect, attention to detail and willingness to challenge stakeholders around their decisions and management of the game locally.

We will share more details on a service for Stuart as they come to hand.

The Board is supporting Stuart's family as needed, and also filling the significant gap he has left in our club and the management of its ongoing affairs.

Kua whetūrangitia koe, Stu.

("You have become a star.")

We're working through some changes to how our nets at Waikato University are managed. The nets are currently unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. We'll share an update when we can.

We held our junior club prizegiving on Easter Friday, coinciding with our senior Premier men's team appearing in the three-day Howden Cup final at Seddon Park.

This summer we fielded five teams across the Hamilton Cricket Association junior softball and hardball competitions - three teams in competitive hardball leagues on Saturday mornings, and two teams in participation-focussed softball grades on Friday nights.

Our hardball teams had a particularly strong finish to the season, winning all but one match in Term 1 - and that single loss went right down to final delivery!

Our junior program has grown from five children four summers ago to nearly 50 kids this season! We're stoked to have so many families involved.

A special thanks to the parents who managed and coached our junior teams over the last seven months.

Our little cricketers take a break for a few months, and we expect to get organised winter training underway in June.

You can send a message to our page if you'd like to get a kid into cricket for next season - we're always welcoming more players.