Club News

Cricket Blast registrations

Cricket Blast (boys and girls aged 5 & 6 years) and All-Girls Blast (6 to 9 years) is open and registrations are open. We always keep registrations for Blast open so that the little ones can play at any time.

Now that the season has been running since October, registrations are at a reduced price to reflect the reduced season for those registering now. Details are:

• Registration cost – $75.00
• The season runs until Saturday 21^st December. After a break we start up again on 25^th January and go through until 15^th March 2025
• You can register via the following link – Register here

More details on the Blast program can be found on the Club website at – Blast Club information

Cricket Blast end-of-year celebration

CNSW is hosting an end of year celebration for all Girls registered in the Blast programs (Saturday, Tuesday Twilight & All-Girls). Details are:

• Friday 6^th December
• Time:     4.30 pm to 6.30 pm
• Where:   Thornleigh Oval

What to expect:

• End of year celebration for Female Cricket Blast participants
• A Cricket Blast session with all their favourite games and activities from the term
• A BBQ with drinks provided
• WBBL Player Q & A/ Photos and Signatures
• Watch the Stage 1 Fixture under lights

Who is invited?

• All-girls Hub participants
• Any female participant in a HKHDCA Club Cricket Blast program
• Friends and family of participants aged 5-9 (Female only)

How do I register?

Register here – Register here

Greenway Park update

Hornsby Council has advised the latest on the Greenway park upgrade to the lower level of the building. They have advised:

“In October, the walls went up which was very exciting and has really helped the undercroft space take shape. The extensive trenching for the plumbing and electrical upgrades to the site are now complete and we are just awaiting a few final details before these works are complete.

 In November, the focus has been painting, in anticipation of the partitions and fit out works commencing towards the end of November.

 The budget for the project has been progressing well, which is always good news! This has meant that a few weeks ago Council were able to give the formal go ahead for all the external works (concrete paths, ramps, terraced seating & changeroom conversion).

 The main focus is to finish off the building works, however in the coming weeks you may start to see some work commencing on the externals.

 Only once the building and the external works are complete and able to be used, work will commence on converting the existing changerooms into public toilets (we need to get the new changerooms online before we can convert the existing ones!)

 At this stage, we anticipate all works to be finished by March 2024. Please continue to visit the project page (see link above) for the most up to date status of the project.

Check out photos of the latest work on – Hornsby Shire Council – website

Girls Skills sessions

We are excited to announce a skills development session with Club coach Connor and team at John Purchase Oval on the following dates:

• Stage 2 Teams: Tuesday, December 10th – 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
• Stage 1 Teams: Wednesday, December 11th – 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

This is a fantastic opportunity organized by the club, and we encourage as many girls as possible to participate.

Details will follow shortly.

Junior Mind Enhancement program           

This is a really special initiative to look out for. After a great response last season we will running a follow-up session with Tim Affleck (Sports Psychologist). We will be offering, free of charge 2 programs in November. Details are:

When

Tuesday 26^th & Thursday 28^th November

Where:

WPH Sports Club

Workshop 1:

• How to change thinking from negative to positive
• How to be a leader
• How to goal-set properly and realistically

Workshop 2

Tailored for parents/coaches to focus on

• Encouraging positive reinforcement
• Creating a positive atmosphere within a team

These are special sessions and have tremendous value not just for the cricket development of our junior players and Coaches but also for development of life skills.

Stay tuned for more info on registration.

New website

Development work is proceeding with our new website. It is just about ready for a final test and will be operational very soon. There is lots of new functionality with the latest technology.

The website will have a new look, be quicker and have all the latest social media capability integrated into the front-end.

Stay tuned.

Association News

January Clinics

The Coaches’ Association highly regarded Clinics are coming around soon. Details will follow but for your early planning here goes:

• Mark Taylor Oval (MTO)  – Monday 6^th & Tuesday 7^th January 2025
• Greenway Park – Wednesday 15^th & Thursday 16^th January
• MTO – Monday 20^th & Tuesday 21^st January

Clinic details are available on the following link – HKHDCCA cricket clinics – January 2025 – Google Drive

• Age range – 6 to 14 years
• Cost – $155.00 and $290 if a sibling also registers

How do I register – Register here

The Coaches Association is a not-for-profit organisation that offers high quality coaching over the last 15 years and is highly recommended. We encourage you not to delay as these Clinics are always fully subscribed.

Draw and Competition tables

To follow the Draw and weekend results you can access the Association website via – Association website

Blowfly Cricket

Season arrangements

Blowfly Cricket started on (11^th October 2024). To find out more about Blowfy cricket for next season checkout the website – Blowfly cricket

Game details are:

• Where:                   James Henty Oval
• Day:                       Friday’s
• When:                    6.00 pm to 7.30 pm

What if I need more information?

Please contact Bill Peterkin at here

How do Register?

You can register and pay online through the following link – Register here

Channel 10 – The Project story

Check out the News report on Channel’s 10 ‘The Project’ –Blowfly TV item from about 1:43 secs.

Girls

Project Inspire

Cricket Australia (CA) has released its important – Women & Girls Action Plan= have a browse and be informed of the big plans CA has for female cricket.

Competition tables

Standings after Round 7 (16/11):

Stage 1:

• Gardner (=5^th) – 6 points

 All-Girls:

• Harris =7^th (4 points)
• Annetts =9^th (0 points)

Stage 2:

• Lanning (=2^nd ) – 30 points
• Clark (6^th) – 24 points
• Perry (=8^th) – 15 points

 

Pathway

Friday (HK&HDCA)

• All-Girls Blaster Hub (5 to 7 years + new to cricket / soft ball program) – Friday Twilight hub at Thornleigh Oval starting 18^th October 2024
• Stage 1 (7 to 11 years of age – no experience necessary) – Friday twilight Girls-only cricket (played in the Hornsby district)

Saturday (NSJCA)

• Cricket Blast (5 to 7 year olds for boys & girls);
• Stage 1 (a) – 7 to 11 years of age – new / a bit of experience. Saturday (played at local grounds and in the North Shore area
• Stage 1(b) – 10 to 11 years. Saturday afternoon home & away hardball
• Stage 2 & Stage 3 (ages 12 to 17 years of age) – Saturday afternoon Girls-only competitive cricket.

To learn more then checkout – Girls Playing information

Juniors (Mixed)

Competition table

Standings after Round 7 (16/11):

• U8 – no competition standings published
• U9 – no competition standings published
• U10 – no competition standings published
• U11 – no competition standings published
• U12 – Green (1^st); Gold (=4^th), Blue (7^th), Yellow (16^th), Purple (21^st)
• U13 – Gold (2^nd), Purple (=2^nd), Green (=4^th), Orange (=4^th), Blue 6^th), Red (=11^th), White (=13^th)
• U14 –Red (=5^th); Gold (=7^th); White (=13^th)
• U15 – Blue (=5^th); Red (8^th)
• U17 – Gold (=3^rd), Red (5^th)

Seniors

To follow the Draw and weekend results you can access the Association website via – Association website

Draw

You can check out the Draw and Match Results via the Association website: Association Draw and points table

Training

Now that Daylight training has started, training is underway. We train at:

• WPH Sports Club on Wednesday’s from 6.00 pm – our main day
• John Purchase Oval on Friday’s.

CNSW Community Cup

Our A1 Team played Lindfield in the CNSW Community Cup – a T20 competition that has Teams from Sydney Metropolitan & Regional NSW (e.g; Dubbo & Orange)/. We played the 1^st game on Sunday 10/11) against Lindfield Shires and went down on the last ball of a Super Over thriller:

WPHC 4/163 and 2/5 lost in Super over to Lindfield Shires 8/163 & 1/7

Highlights:

• Billy Gaunt 88, Harry Hando 33, Ashane De Silva 22
• Michael Richards 2/19 (4), Andy Meikle 2/26 (3), Tany Hira 2/34 (4), Jack Hando 1/30 (4)

The Photo Gallery (on the home page) has been updated with photos from 1^st Grade, 3^rd Grade (C1) & and D1. Also, Match Reports have been loaded for 1^st Grade & 3^rd Grade so have a browse of the Match Report tab when you get a chance.

Competition Table

The table after Round 6 (16/11) is:

• A1 (Cam #25) – 4^th (22 points)
• A2:
  • Blue (Ryan) – 5^th (20 points)
  • Red (Todd) – 6^th (6 points)
• B1:
  • Blue (Shomik) – 3^rd (20 points)
  • Red (Warren) – = 1^st (25 points)
• C1 (Indranil) – =3^rd (25 points)
• C2:
  • Blue (Hiresh) – =3^rd (20 points)
  • Red (Aniket) – =3^rd (20 points)
• C3 (Mick) – =4^th (20 points)
• C4:
  • Blue (Rob) – =1^st (28 points)
  • Red (Ross S) – 6^th (23 points)
  • White (Agniva) – =2^nd (26 points)
• D1:
  • Blue (Nirav) – =3^rd (26 points)
  • Red (Diggers) – 8^th (16 points)
• D2 (Roger) – =6^th (12 points)