An amazing night at the Cricket Wellington Club Cricket Awards this week as Upper Hutt United Cricket Club took home a record number of trophies across Club, Team and Individual Awards.

This is not just a reflection of the hard work done this season, but a culmination of efforts across many seasons of so many across the club to achieve such an incredible result. Shout out to all of our Club Members; Committee, Life Members, Players, Coaches, Officials and Supporters – this is the result of all of your involvement in what we do.

Thanks also to our Premier Sponsor, NZCIS, for their ongoing and non-stop support of the club.

We are so proud of what we have achieved, and know there is so much more to come in the future.

List of awards:

• The Club won the Royal Visit Cup for being the Club with the Highest aggregate points across all teams.
• We also had 4 teams win silverware for their respect grades, with UHUCC Eagles winning Division 6, UHUCC Prem Reserves winning Div 3 One Day, UHUCC Womens 2nd XI winning the T30 comp and the overall Division 2 title, and the Prem Mens winning the Hazlett One Day and Pearce Cup Two Day grades.
• The Premier Mens also won and retained the Cook Shield, being the first club in the Hutt Valley to win the Shield, and won back the Graeme Brockelbank Cup against Petone-Riverside.
• Premier Womens player, Christine Blunden, won the Trish – McKelvey award for Best and Fairest Female Cricketer.
• Premier Womens player, Antonio Hamilton, was the Top Prem Womens Run Scorer in Wellington across the season.
• Premier Womens player, Sam Mackinder, won the Wellington Maori Womens Cricketer of the Year.
• Premier Mens player, Sam Morgan, won the Mens Premier Top Run Scorer, and also picked up the Highest Individual Innings award for his 226* vs Easts.
• Mens Prem Captain, Bhavik Patel, won Mens Premier Club Cricketer of the Year to take out one of the few top gongs on the evening.

Well done to everyone – a seriously impressive season for the club that we are so proud about.

Source: Upper Hutt United Cricket Club

17/04/25