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🏏🎉 KCC End of Season Awards – 2025/26 Season 🎉🏏

What a fantastic season it has been for Kensington Cricket Club!
🥇🏏 Winners – T20 Tournament 🏆🎉
🥇🏏 Winners – ODI Tournament 🏆👏
🥈💪 Runners Up – Declaration Cricket 🏏⭐

Thank you Ralph Correa (Chairman) and Sagar R Harhare (President) for all the work behind the scenes to make this happen. Your effort keeps us going on the pitch!!

A big thank you to all our players, supporters, volunteers, sponsors, and families who made this season successful both on and off the field.

This season, the JR SMAASH Hub has been a massive success for Kensington Cricket Club (KCC) 🎉👏 It has been great to see so many young players getting involved, learning new skills, building confidence, and most importantly enjoying the game of cricket 🧢🔥
A big thank you to all the coaches, parents, volunteers, and supporters who made this programme possible 🙌💙

Congratulations to all the award winners for their outstanding performances and contributions throughout the season:

Award Winners – 2025/26 Season
🥇 Batsman of the Year - Most Runs Nikunj Patel
🏏 Bowler of the Year - Most Wickets Satpal Singh Mahal
⭐ Players Choice Player of the Year: Minkal Patel
💪 Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the year : Heera Singh Sandhu
🎖️ Captain's Choice Player of the Year : @ Vikrant Raghuvanshi
🙌 KCC player of the year : Nikunj Patel

THANK YOU SPONSORS!!!
Fat Camel - Israeli Cafe
Ngunguru Foodmart
Northland Continental Grocers
The Outdoor Room Company

Thats a wrap for cricket this season 2025/26. See you next season. Some smiling faces below!!

It was a prevililage to know you Tank !! Our heartfelt condolences to family and friends and everyone who knew him.

Thank you for your love and passion for the game. You will be greatly missed by everyone and never forgotten.

𝗧𝗼𝗻𝘆 '𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗸' 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 🤍
𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟵 - 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

Tony “Tank” Edwards, a cherished figure in Northland cricket, passed away on Tuesday following a bravely fought battle with cancer.

His passing leaves a profound void in the cricketing community, where his dedication, humility, and tireless service shaped generations of players, volunteers, and administrators.

Born and raised in London, Tony attended school beside The Oval, where he worked on the scoreboard as a young man, watching greats such as Peter May and Ken Barrington. Those early experiences sparked a lifelong love of cricket. His work later took him around the world, playing the game in Italy, Greece, Holland and the Middle East before eventually settling in New Zealand with his wife, Kathy.

After arriving in Northland in 1991, Tony joined the Kamo Cricket Club, beginning more than three decades of extraordinary volunteer service. Junior cricket quickly became his passion. He coached thousands of young cricketers across Primary, Intermediate, Secondary School and club levels, guiding beginners through modified formats before supporting players as they progressed through representative pathways.

Tony served the Whangarei Junior Cricket Board for 20 years in numerous roles including delegate, Treasurer, Secretary and Chairman, and later became Secretary of the Northland Junior Cricket Board. He organised competitions, managed grounds and pitches, prepared draws and results, coordinated tournaments, and was instrumental in delivering opportunities for young cricketers throughout the region.

From the mid-1990s through the 2000s, Tony organised and managed Sub-Association tournaments involving teams from across the north, coordinated the successful Doug Thorpe Shield primary school tournament and the Whangarei Under-15 competition, and coached and managed numerous Northland junior representative teams. He also gave his time to coaching and managing junior and senior secondary teams at Whangarei Boys' High School, mentoring young players both on and off the field.

Equally significant was Tony’s contribution as an umpire. For more than 20 years he officiated senior cricket across Northland, always willing to step forward whenever a match needed an umpire. Whether it was a club fixture, school match, representative game or community competition, Tank was happy to stand in the middle to ensure cricket could go ahead. His fairness and calm presence earned the respect of players and officials alike.

Long after his own children finished playing, Tony’s commitment never slowed. He remained a constant presence at junior grounds — opening clubrooms early, setting up wickets and stumps, allocating teams, collecting results, answering questions from parents and coaches, and running the much-loved “Cricket Café,” with all proceeds returned to junior cricket. He was equally familiar running the scoreboard at Cobham Oval during domestic and international matches or stepping in as a coach, manager or organiser wherever needed.

Tony’s outstanding contribution was recognised with several prestigious honours. He received the Alan McBride Trophy at the Northern Districts Cricket Association Awards for services to junior cricket, acknowledging the immense volunteer hours he devoted to the game. In 2015/16 he was also awarded the Sir Jack Newman Award, recognising an outstanding junior cricket administrator in New Zealand for their exceptional service to the development of junior cricket.

Known affectionately as “Tank,” Tony embodied the true spirit of volunteerism. He worked tirelessly behind the scenes, never seeking recognition, simply wanting cricket to flourish and young people to feel welcome in the game.

Tony Edwards leaves behind an extraordinary legacy — seen in the thousands of players he coached, the matches he umpired, the competitions he helped run, and the vibrant junior cricket community he helped create across Northland.

He will be deeply missed, fondly remembered, and forever respected as one of Northland cricket’s true champions.

Our heartfelt condolences go to Kathy, his family, and all who were fortunate enough to know him

Following on a successful season for the team and also for individuals who won awards with NCA, its time to celebrate the achievements of the season now. Please consider this as a personal invite and do come along for the prize giving.

🏆 CHAMPIONS ONCE AGAIN🏆
Alongisde the T20 Glory KCC are now crowned Champions for One day grade as well!!

What a thrilling way to finish the season! In an incredible Final, KCC Reserves defeated Bream Bay Cricket Club by 1 wicket in a nail-biting finish. Chasing 154 in a high-pressure final is never easy but teamwork, and fighting spirit shown by the entire squad throughout. Congratulations to all players, supporters, and club members who stood behind the team. Winning the final in such dramatic fashion makes this one even more special.

Signature Homes BBCC 153/10 (37.3)
KCC Reserves 155/9 (39.4)

Yes, that’s how close it was.

Nikunj Patel Nikunjbhai Patel !!! Indeed the bhai of the final!!! 72 runs of the bat and 6/28 with the ball તોડી નાખું, ફોડી નાખું, અને ભૂક્કો કરી નાખું !!! Team mates say this is what he said to the captain Minkal Patel હાંવે આમ હેડ ના દેવા ની દે હાલ, ટ્રોફી અમારી જ છે !!

👏 Take a bow, Nikunj! Absolute champion performance.
As a result of this victory go shop at Northland Continental Grocers Ngunguru Foodmart Fat Camel - Israeli Cafe The Outdoor Room Company so they can sponsor us again next season 😄 😄 😄

We will see you all for the prize giving soooonnnn!!!

Congrats to Minkal Patel, Heera Singh and the whole team
Nikunj Patel
Deep Patel
Neville Pereira
Jitender Arora
Satpal Singh
Raj Kaler
Parsan Lohia
Udip Patel
Sumon
Vikrant Raghuvanshi
Chirag
Mike Puru
Sonnybhai
Vikram V
Pravin
Mayur B
Parin Chauhan
Sukhraj
Amish Patel

Some photogenic faces below as well!!

A huge thanks to our sponsors, families, and everyone behind the scenes who make it possible for us to perform week after week. This one is for you too! 💙💛
KCC – Champions 🔥🔥🔥

Ngunguru Foodmart
The Outdoor Room Company
Fat Camel - Israeli Cafe
Northland Continental Grocers
Ralph Correa

Thats a wrap for cricket this season 2025/26. See you next season.

NCA Reserve Grade, Round 20

🔥KCC REMAINS UNBEATEN!!!🔥

OCCC Reserves – 43/9 (37.3)
KCC Reserves – 44/5 (28.1)

KCC Reserves won by 5 wickets 🔥
Bowlers set the tone, and the boys held their nerve to chase it down.

Not pretty, but dominant where it mattered. Onto the next one! 💙🏏

And let’s talk about the bigger picture…The guy responsible for this scorecard Vikrant Raghuvanshi

28 wickets this season and counting!!! Some heroes wear capes… ours wears spikes and answers to the name Vikrant Raghuvanshi🐐🔥
This isn’t form. This isn’t luck. This is a bowler who has unlocked his potential. Vikrant hasn’t just improved — he has evolved. He’s no longer “promising” — he’s proven. The season is slowly becoming his season - Vikrant Raghuvanshi 💙🏏🔥

🔥 KCC RESERVES DO IT AGAIN! 🔥

🔴 In red-ball cricket, we grind you down.
⚪ In white-ball cricket, we hunt you down.

Different format. Same attitude. Same result.

KCC Reserves – 88/4 (17.3 overs)
Kerikeri Cricket Club(KKCC) – 87/8 (37 overs)
KCC Reserves won by 6 wickets.

🎯 Bowling Masterclass – closed at 87 🎯

Absolute team effort with the ball:
Vikrant Raghuvanshi – 3/13 🧨
Satpal Singh Mahal – 3/24 🔥
Heera Singh (VC) – 2/22 👏

Chasing 88 and Nikunj Patel– 36 and Neville Pereira – 40* (54) Calm head. Finished the job. On to next one!!!!

🌟 THE DARK HORSE – SATPAL SINGH MAHAL Ngunguru Foodmart🌟
Some players make noise.
Some players make headlines.
And then there’s Satpal Singh Mahal — the man who just quietly wins you games. 🐎🔥
He might not shout about it — but the scoreboard always tells the story. The ultimate team man. The true dark horse of KCC. 🖤🏏