The best Under 19 players in the Bay of Plenty will represent BOPCA Coastland and BOPCA Lakeland at the ND Emerging Rangatahi tournament in Gisborne this week, December 11-15.

The two regional sides will be chasing a Bay of Plenty trifecta after double success in the ND Youth tournaments.

Two Bay of Plenty players posted significant marks at the NZC Under 19 tournament played in Lincoln last week. Representing Northern Districts, Sebastian Heath posted 243 runs with a best of 126 against Otago. Fellow ND representative, Harry Burns, finished with eight wickets and best bowling figures of 4/33.

Bond & Co Mount Maunganui never relinquished the pressure they applied to Craigs Investment Partners Geyser City from the opening ball of the Bayleys Bay of Plenty Cup match, played at Blake Park on Saturday, December 9.

None of the Rotorua visitor’s batters got into double figures with their innings folding in the twenty-second over, with just 37 runs on the board.

Bay of Plenty representative bowler, Chris Atkinson, was the principle destroyer with four wickets for 19 runs. Carl Brungar also got into action with three wickets.

The Mount Maunganui winning reply lasted just nine overs with the outright victory coming with eight wickets in hand.

Flying Mullet Te Puke booked a place in the Bay of Plenty Cup final, with one round remaining in the qualifying competition, after taking the maximum points on offer against Generation Homes Lake Taupo.

Tasman Carsons returned the best Baywide bowling figures of the season, with seven wickets for 27 runs, as the Taupo side were removed for 93. Te Puke stalwart Tai Bridgman-Raison guided his side home to a seven wicket win with 44 runs.

Element IMF Cadets, stayed in the hunt to take the post-section slot against Te Puke after getting past a spirited challenge from Papamoa.

Cadets batsman, Blayne Fraser, took charge against Papamoa with a well constructed innings of 82 not out. The hosts set Papamoa a solid target when they were bowled out for 218.

At 102 for the loss of four wickets, the visitors were in with a chance, before the Cadets bowlers tightened the screws to dismiss them 69 runs short of their target. Isaac White and Spencer Wills took four wickets apiece.

The Baywide sides, preceded their Saturday assignments with a Venture Developments T20 round on Thursday afternoon.

The most dramatic finish of the T20 contests, came in the Cadets verses Te Puke encounter, where Te Puke's Tasman Carsons smashed a six of the last ball of the game to snatch a dramatic one run victory.

Bayleys Bay of Plenty Cup – December 9 2023

Eves Realty Greerton 175/9 dec (Anish Desai 45, Stephen Nicholls 4/37, Jake Rowe 3/31) defeated Sandford Wall Lawyers Central Indians 162/9 (Jeff Simmons 38, Ben Holt 34, James Boyd 3/59, Loughie Keaney 3/18) Result: Winning draw

Generation Homes Lake Taupo 93 (Tasman Carsons 7/27) lost to Flying Mullet Te Puke 94/3 (Tai Bridgman-Raison 44) Result: Outright victory

Element IMF Cadets 218 (Blayne Fraser 82no, Andrew Mascall 60, Matthew Rees 5/56, Allan Arora 4/71) defeated Papamoa 149 (Kade Smit 54, Spencer Wills 4/31, Isaac White 4/58) Result: Outright victory

Craigs Investment Partners Geyser City 37 (Chris Atkinson 4/19, Carl Brungar 3/6) lost to Bond & Co Mount Maunganui 41/2 Result: Outright victory

Tauranga Boys College the bye

Bayleys Bay of Plenty Cup Standings: Te Puke 108, Mount Maunganui 73. Cadets 70, Geyser City 65, Greerton 52, Central Indians 51, Papamoa 46, Lake Taupo 44, Tauranga Boys College 25.

Venture Developments Baywide T20 – Round Eight December 7 2023

Papamoa 168/4 (Keagan Bromilow 71no) lost to Craigs Invest Partners Tauranga Boys College (Scott Curtis 82no) 172/1, Craigs Invsetmant Partners Geyser City 134/4 lost to Generation Homes Lake Taupo 135/1(Nafis Shaikh 58no), Element IMF Cadets 119 lost to Flying Mullet Te Puke 120/8, Eves Realty Greerton 127 lost to Bond & Co Mount Maunganui 130/2 (Matt Golding 50no) Central Indians the bye.

Points Table: Lake Taupo 45, Mount Maunganui 38, Greerton 33, Cadets 33, Te Puke 27, Central Indians 22, Tauranga Boys College 21, Papamoa 13, Geyser City 11.

 ND Youth Rangatahi (Under 17) Boys Tournament @ Hamilton, December 4-8 2023

Bay of Plenty Coastland 28, Hamilton 20, Waikato Valley 20, Northland 20, Counties Manukau 8, ND Maori XI 8. Bay of Plenty Lakeland 4, Poverty Bay 0.

ND Emerging Rangatahi (Under 19) Men’s Tournament @ Gisborne, December 11-15