Fixtures for three of CDCA's key men's competitions have been inked in for the 2020/21 season.

CDCA has confirmed the Furlong Cup, Zone 3 Hawke Cup and Chapple Cup programmes that will begin with the opening round of the Furlong Cup on the weekend of 7th and 8th November, in Napier, Whanganui and Masterton.

The winner of CDCA’s Furlong Cup earns the right to make the Zone 2 challenge for the historic Hawke Cup later in the New Zealand season, while CDCA’s South Island districts Nelson and Marlborough compete in the Zone 3 Hawke Cup competition for the right to become the annual Zone 3 challenger.

Nelson and Marlborough will get their campaigns underway with respective away trips to Westport (Buller) and Rangiora, home of defending Zone 3 champion Canterbury Country, on the first weekend of December, before hosting their first home games a week later on the 12th and 13th.

The Chapple Cup meanwhile brings all eight CD District Association members together to compete for the silverware across three days of one-day knockout cricket (and T20s for the teams that drop out of the running for either the Chapple Cup or the consoling Cave Cup after the second day’s play).

The 2020 Chapple Cup tournament will take place from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 November, with matches in both Palmerston North and Levin.

The draw is to be revealed on CDCA social media channels in October.

Hawke’s Bay will head across to the annual tournament as the defending champion, and has claimed three titles from the past four seasons.

Hawke’s Bay will also begin the new season looking to keep the Furlong Cup locked away at their Nelson Park headquarters for 2020/21, with five rival teams out to break the black and white strangehold.

CHAPPLE CUP 2020

This year’s tournament will be played in Palmerston North and Levin

Tournament dates: Friday 20 to Sunday 22 November 2020

Draw will be announced in October 2020

FURLONG CUP 

ROUND ONE:

7 & 8 November 2020

• Hawke’s Bay v Horowhenua-Kāpiti in Napier

• Whanganui v Manawatū in Whanganui

• Wairarapa v Taranaki in Masterton

ROUND TWO

5 & 6 December 2020

• Hawke’s Bay v Whanganui in Napier

• Taranaki v Manawatū in New Plymouth

12 & 13 December 2020

• Wairarapa v Horowhenua-Kāpiti in Masterton

ROUND THREE

16 & 17 January 2021

• Whanganui v Wairarapa in Whanganui

• Horowhenua-Kāpiti v Taranaki in Levin

23 & 24 January 2021

• Manawatū v Hawke’s Bay in Palmerston North

ROUND FOUR

30 & 31 January 2021

• Hawke’s Bay v Wairarapa in Napier

• Horowhenua-Kāpiti v Manawatū in Levin

• Taranaki v Whanganui in New Plymouth

ROUND FIVE

13 & 14 February 2021

• Horowhenua-Kāpiti v Whanganui in Levin

• Manawatū v Wairarapa in Palmerston North

• Taranaki v Hawke’s Bay in New Plymouth

ZONE 3 HAWKE CUP

ROUND ONE

5 & 6 December 2020

• Canterbury Country v Marlborough in Rangiora

• Buller v Nelson in Westport

ROUND TWO

12 & 13 December 2020

• Marlborough v Buller in Blenheim

• Nelson v Canterbury Country in Nelson

ROUND THREE

23 & 24 January 2021

• Marlborough v Nelson in Blenheim

• Canterbury Country v Buller in Rangiora

Article added: Friday 18 September 2020