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Kaipara Flats has been named the best overall premier club cricket team, receiving the Dargaville Shield at the Northland Cricket prizegiving on April 5.
The silverware cabinet is looking healthy with Kaipara retaining the Oxford Trust two-day championship, and the Karl Treiber Shield which is challenge-based and defended on home turf.
Kaipara Club captain Liam Jones puts their success down to having a good 14-man squad to pick from.
His only regret for the season was not winning the T20 one day final against City Cricket (Whangarei).
“I still think in those pressure situations the boys change their mindset too much, which is something we will look to build on.”
Jones says the goal for next year is to qualify for the Northern Districts tournament, with a view to compete in the NZCT National Club Cricket Championship, which Kaipara last contested in 2012.
Kaipara’s top batter for the season was Rory Christopherson for the second year running with 378 runs, and the top bowler was Andrew Beaven with 28 wickets.
