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Milo Cricket Milo Cup 2008/09 information>> Milo Shield 2008/09 information>> MILO CRICKET INITIATIVES The MILO INITIATIVES consist of the: The MILO initiatives are delivered by the MILO SUMMER SQUAD – a team of cricket development officers employed through the six major cricket associations – who conduct MILO holiday clinics and visit primary schools to run MILO CRICKET SKILLS AWARENESS LESSONS for years 1-6 and offer schools the opportunity to introduce the New Zealand Cricket Skills Challenge for their year 7 and 8 students. These provide the opportunity for the MILO Summer Squad to invite aspiring cricketers to join MILO Have-A-Go Cricket or MILO Kiwi Cricket centres, and to encourage their primary schools to enter their teams in the MILO Cup or MILO Shield competitions. The NEW ZEALAND CRICKET SKILLS CHALLENGE is a structured series of lessons which allows Year 7 and 8 students to test themselves in a number of fundamental cricket skill areas against a set of easily measurable standards and achieve a bronze, silver or gold skill award in recognition of their level of performance. The Challenge is an effective, fun way to promote the game of cricket in schools. The key focus of the programme is to increase the number of 6-10 year old boys and girls playing cricket, mainly through the introduction of MILO Have-A-Go Cricket and the revitalisation of MILO Kiwi Cricket. MILO HAVE-A-GO CRICKET is an introductory programme for 5-8 year old boys and girls entering the game for the first time. It comprises 12 ninety minute sessions in which beginner cricketers learn the rudiments of batting, bowling and fielding, with the emphasis on skill development, fun and participation. The programme also includes an array of giveaways to excite young cricketers such as a MILO Have-A-Go Cricket cap, posters, player cards, sipper bottle, ball, sticker, certificate and MILO sample. MILO Have-A-Go Cricket leads into MILO KIWI CRICKET, the already popular children’s version of cricket played by 7-10 year olds. MILO Kiwi Cricket is both a modified game and a skill development programme. It incorporates high participation with the first experience of competition, and provides an opportunity to have fun, learn and practice the essential skills of the game, and use them each week in a real game situation. Giveaways are also available for players including a MILO Kiwi Cricket cap, posters, pen, miniature autograph bat, sticker, certificate and MILO sample. Both the MILO Have-A-Go Cricket and MILO Kiwi Cricket programmes are designed to gain and train parents and teachers as coaches and provide them with the necessary resources to teach young cricketers the basic skills of the game. The MILO Summer Squad organise and run coach education courses for teachers and parents to become MILO Have-A-Go Cricket and MILO Kiwi Cricket coaches – the first two steps on the New Zealand Cricket coach pathway. To support the MILO Have-A-Go Cricket and MILO Kiwi Cricket initiatives coaching manuals and videos have been produced. The manuals are distributed free to primary schools visited by the MILO Summer Squad and to coaches trained by them. The videos are also free to MILO Have-A-Go Cricket and MILO Kiwi Cricket Centres set up in schools and clubs, along with starter kit of MILO Kiwi Cricket equipment. Recently, New Zealand Cricket has developed two CD-Roms ‘Cricket in the Classroom’ and ‘More Cricket in the Classroom’. Each CD-Rom comprises a series of carefully planned lessons on cricket covering all aspects of the curriculum. These are also available to primary schools visited by the MILO Summer Squad. Intermediate age cricketers are supported by the MILO sponsorship through the MILO national primary school MILO CUP [boys] and MILO SHIELD [girls] cricket championships. These were first contested in 2000. To encourage entry into these competitions and into conventional hardball cricket the New Zealand Cricket Skills Challenge has been designed. It is aimed at introducing year 7 and 8 students to the fundamental skills of cricket. The challenge tests the students skills and acknowledges their level of competence with appropriate gold, silver or bronze awards. At the same time it provides the opportunity for students to acquire an interest in the game and for schools to enter teams in the MILO Cup and Shield. The MILO competitions are contended on a knockout or round-robin basis within New Zealand's six major cricket associations. To reach the national finals, adjacent major cricket association winners playoff to find three of the four finalists. The other finalist is the winner of the association with the most entries. Draws for both contests are completed and distributed to schools in January and preliminary rounds are played throughout February and March. The association playoffs and inter-association matches occur in October and November, with the national finals being held in December.
2008/2009
SBHS v Verdon College - Win to SBHS James Hargest College Junior v Aurora College - Win to James Hargest College Junior James Hargest College Junior v SBHS - Win to SBHS Aurora College v Verdon College - Win to Aurora College Cromwell College v Wakatipu - Win to Cromwell College Blue Mountain College v Longford Intermeadiate - Win to Longford Intermeadiate Otautau Primary v Southland Country Combined - Win to Otautau Primary Longford Intermeadiate v Otautau Primary - Win to Longford Intermeadiate Southland Country Combined v Blue Mountain College - Win to Blue Mountain College SBHS v Longford Intermeadiate - Win to SBHS
SBHS v Cromwell College - to played in Cromwell on 2nd April The Winner will play the Dunedin winner in the Otago final on 3rd April. The final is to be played in Invercargill or Cromwell.
James Hargest College Junior v SGHS - Win to SGHS Blue Mountain College v St Peters College - Win to Blue Mountain College Longford Intermeadiate v Blue Mountain College - Win to Blue Mountain College Blue Mountain College v SGHS - Win to Blue Mountain College
Blue Mountain College are to play the Dunedin winner in the Otago final. The date and is to be confirmed.
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