Northland Cricket is having a Christmas party with a difference, holding the Northland Cricket Christmas 6s festival next month at the Cobham Oval and Toll Stadium.
The six-a-side "tournament", which will have a social and competitive grade, is being used as a way for Northland Cricket to thank their players
and volunteers.
Northland Cricket competitions manager Neal Parlane said the sixes festival also served as an opportunity to reconnect with those who had moved away from the sport over the years.
The December 20 competition will mark the 20-year anniversary since the Whangarei Boys' High School team won the Gillette Cup.
"It's basically the Northland Cricket Association thanking the players and having a Christmas do with them," Parlane said, adding the festival type day would be held instead of club cricket that weekend. "We're also trying to drag people back into cricket."
