Wet weather

As at Friday night (5^th October) the Association has advised that all turf grounds are closed for Saturday due to wet weather – here

The games called off so far are:

• A1 (The Glade)
• A2 (Berowra Oval)
• D1 (Foxglove Oval)

For all other games what is likely is that it will be  a case by case decision at each ground so turn-up expecting to play unless you hear to the contrary.

Kanga (Junior Blasters) date changes

A couple of important dates changes to note:

Start date

We were going to start on Saturday 6^th October. It is now pushed back a week to Saturday 13^th October. This is due to the School holidays.

Kanga Coaches and Managers Meeting

Also due to the School holidays this has been moved back 1 week to Wednesday 10^th October at the WPH Sports Club starting at 7.30 pm.

Sreeni’s walk for the farmers

Sreeni Pillamarri (C2) is well on his walk to Canberra to raise a target of $250,000 for the drought affected Farmers. Sreeni started his walk from Parramatta Town Hall last Saturday and will arrive in Canberra on Monday 1^st October.

Check out a video of Sreeni walking through Picton in our Photo Gallery (Miscellaneous Photos – here and download the video.

It is not too late to make a tax deductible donation to this great cause. This can be made via: here

Blowfly Cricket

BlowFly Cricket starts up on Friday 12^th October – check out the website link to find more information – here

Blowfly Cricket gives young people aged between 5 and 25 years with autism, cerebral palsy and down syndrome the chance to play competitive sport. It also gives families the chance to be involved and enjoy seeing their children having fun and just enjoying life

If someone if your family is affected or if you know someone who would love to participate then please contact Bill Peterkin on here or 0488 110 942

The Academy starts in 2 weeks

The Academy is just a couple of weeks away from starting. There are still a few spots available but once we reach our cap of 18 players (coach / player ratio of 1:6) in each squad registrations go on a waiting list.

Current status is:

• Girls – 9 (capped at 10 players)
• U12s to U13s – 10
• U14s to U16s – 10
• Seniors – 6 (capped at 12 players)

Details on our Academy are on the following link – here

When

• Girls:
  • Monday’s – 5.30 pm to 7.00pm (starting 15^th October 2018)
• Junior Boys:
  • Wednesday’s – U14s to U16s – 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (starting 17^th October)
  • Friday’s – U12s to U13s – 4.00pm to 5.30 pm (starting 19^th October)
• Seniors:
  • Wednesday’s 5.30 pm to 7.00 pm (starting Wednesday 17^th October).

The Academy runs for 8 weeks between Monday 15^th October and Friday 7^th December 2018. We finish with the final 2 sessions on the 4^th and 11^th February 2019.

Cost

$225 for 10 weeks tuition – a ridiculously cheap price and a fraction of the cost of commercial operations and better quality.

Next steps

To register please contact the following people who will walk you through the next steps:

• Junior Boys – Rob Hanich (U12 to U16s) – here
• Junior Girls – Graham Chivers – here
• Seniors – Ross Anderson – here

Coaching

School Holiday Cricket Clinics

The Association Coaches’ Association is again running their highly successful School Holidays Clinics. We are fortunate to have a clinic in our own back-yard at George Thornton Reserve at View Street.

Details are:

• Where & When:
  • Mark Taylor Oval (Tuesday 2^nd & Wednesday 3^rd October)
  • George Thornton Reserve, View Street WPH (Thursday 4^th & Friday 5^th October)
  • Mark Taylor Oval (Wednesday 10^th & Thursday 11^th October)
• Who can be involved: Boys and Girls aged 6 to 14 years of age
• Time:
  • 30 am to 2.00 pm
• Cost:
  • $150 / Clinic (cost recovery) with family discounts

We thoroughly support these Clinics and they are run by our Association Coaches’ Association who have a passion for growing cricket and developing children. We recommend that you register promptly as places fill quickly.

You can register online via here

Junior Boys

The Boys have a break during the School holidays and start again on Saturday 13^th October. After just 2 Rounds our Team standings are:

U16s – Blue (1^st), White (4^th) – = 1^st on points

U15s – 4^th

U14s – Orange (2^nd), Red (4^th) – = 1^st on points; White (6^th)

U13s – Purple (3^rd), Red (5^th) – =1^st on points; Orange (7^th), Blue (8^th), Green (11^th)

U12s – Orange (1^st), Gold (3^rd) – = 1^st on points; Blue (9^th), Red (10^th), Green (14^th)

U11s – Green (9^th), Red (10^th), Blue (13^th), Gold (16^th)

U10s – non competition

U9s – non competition

U8s – non competition

Girls Cricket

Competition structure

Sixers Girls Cricket League – Stage 1 (U11-13) – Spring Season

• First Round:                 Saturday 20^th October
• Duration:                     7 weeks (of competition)
• Last Round:                 Saturday 1^st December (finals)
• When:                          Saturday 2pm
• Special Invite:              Week 8 – Saturday 8^th December – WBBL Opening Weekend at Nth Sydney Oval – on ground appearance, medal presentation
• Format:                                    Junior Format Stage 1

Sixers Girls Cricket League – Stage 2 (U13-15) – Spring Season

• First Round:                 Saturday 20^th October
• Duration:                     7 weeks (of competition)
• Last Round:                 Saturday 1^st December (finals)
• When:                          Saturday 2pm
• Special Invite:              Week 8 – Saturday 8^th December – WBBL Opening Weekend at Nth Sydney Oval – on ground appearance, medal presentation
• Format:                                    Junior Format Stage 2
• Players:                                   9 on the field

Sixers Girls Cricket League (proposed competition structure)

Summer Season – Stage 1 & 2

• First Round:                 Saturday 2^nd February
• Duration:                     6 weeks
• Last Round:                 Saturday 9^th March

Seniors

Standings after 2 Rounds are:

• A1 Grade – 2^nd (quotient)
• A2 – 1^st
• B1:
  • Blue (Rick) – 8^th
  • Red (Gunny) – 1^st
• B2 – 6^th
• C1 – 6^th
• C2:
  • Blue (Fieds) – 1^st
  • Red (Indranil) – 4^th
• C3 – 6^th
• D1 – 4^th
• D2 – 4^th

“Bistro WPH” Photo of the Month

The Photo of the Month Competition is on again this season with the best Photo of the month chosen to win a fabulous prize – a $50 dinner voucher at Bistro WPH – here

To is easy to enter:

• Just take a photo of anything to do with our Club – Kanga, Girls, Boys and Seniors
• The photo can be of our players batting, bowling or fielding
• Also, we are keen to get any ‘quirky’ photos that are a bit of fun.

Next steps

Just take a photo and send it to Ross Anderson (wisden@bigpond.com ) with some brief commentary and it is that easy.