North City Cricket Club Golden Oldies: The Tawa Turtles

The Tawa Turtles has been engaged in golden oldies and vintage cricket since 1987 when a group of players within the Tawa Cricket Club (renamed in 2007 to North City Cricket Club) of sufficient age and experience agreed to enter a team in the Golden Oldies festival held in Brisbane in late September 1988. Since that first festival the Tawa Turtles have played over a hundred matches in fifteen festivals around the world and with the regular local games and against visiting teams at home. This includes tournaments in Brisbane, Vancouver, Christchurch, Birmingham, Sydney, Capetown, Rotorua, Albury, Vancouver, Buenos Aires, Perth, Colombo, Barbados, Queenstown and Stratford upon Avon.

It may appear that the Turtles only exist to have a good time, well that is absolutely true. A large part of the philosophy of the Tawa Turtles is active involvement of wives and partners in all of the activities. The Turtles group now numbers over fifty members and we are constantly seeking to grow their numbers.

Tawa a suburb of Wellington City, New Zealand, is nestled in a valley north of Wellington and on the Porirua City Boundary. The North City Cricket club has been in existence since 1947 and has been a major contributor to junior and senior cricket for Wellington and the province. Our home ground, Linden Park has some of the best facilities for a small club in Wellington and all visitors will enjoy the tree lined ground and the convivial facilities in the club rooms. The Tawa Turtles ladies are renowned for the great lunches, afternoon teas and evening meals provided in the clubrooms as well as the strong support for their partners on and off the field.

Any team that comes to Wellington will thoroughly enjoy the friendship, fraternity and fun that is always a key part of the Vintage philosophy.