Last season (2025/26) we registered a record 120 Girls, of all abilities, in all age Divisions from Blast (4 to 6 years) to Women’s All-Age.
There is a pathway for Girls of all abilities:
Our Girls celebrating International Women’s Day
Junior Girls pathway
Cricket Blast (Mixed 4 to 6-years old);
All-Girls Blast Hub (5 to 9 years + new to cricket / soft ball program) – Friday Twilight hub (4.30 pm to 5.30 pm) at Thornleigh Oval & commencing mid-October 2026
Stage 1 (7 to 11 years of age – new / a bit of experience) – 2 x playing options:
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai & Hills District CA – Friday twilight Girls-only cricket and;
North Shore JCA – Saturday morning (played at local grounds and in the North Shore area)
Stage 2 (ages 12 to 14 years of age) –2 x playing options:
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai & Hills District CA – Saturday morning (T30 format)
North Shore JCA – Saturday afternoon competition played on a home and away cycle (T20)
Stage 3 (ages 15 to 17 years of age) – 2 x playing options
North Shore JCA – Saturday afternoon home and away games (T20)
Parramatta DCA – Saturday afternoon home & away games (T30).
Stage 3 Girls – PDCA – Grand Final Vs Hills Barbarians @ George Thornton – 21032026
All-Age pathway
Last season (2025/26), CNSW launched the CNSW Women’s Metropolitan Competition – an exciting new female pathways initiative for females 16 years of age and over who want to play competitive, organised cricket.
The Women’s Metro Comp began in the 2025/26 season with a short, six-week competition played in February and March between five clubs.
For the 2026/27 season, the competition will be 11 a side, played in two separate seasons October to December, then again from January to March, with each season running for approximately for 8 weeks.
Women’s Metro Cup – 1st All Age Team – Vs Burwood @ Burwood – 01032026
Awards & Recognition
We are one of Australia’s most Awarded Cricket Club.
Since 2015, we have been awarded 17 major Cricket NSW, Cricket Australia, SportsNSW and McGrath Foundation awards. The most recent awards are:
Blast Awards – NSW & National
Cricket Blast Director of the Year – 2026’
CNSW awarded our Blast Director (Graham Chivers) with the prestigious ‘Cricket Blast Coordinator of the Year 2025/26’ Graham is now a National Finalist for the Cricket Australia recognition later in 2026.
National ‘Young Community Leader of the Year’
Dani Chivers, our current Blast Head Coach won this significant National Award in 2021.
Graham Chivers receiving his CNSW Blast Director of the Year Award for 2025-26
Dani Chivers – Young Community Leader of the Year with Daniel Anderson (CNSW) 2021/22
‘Inclusion & Diversity Initiative of the Year’
In 2023, Cricket Australia named us as the National winner of the prestigious ‘Inclusion & Diversity Initiative of the Year’. This is for:
“…outstanding delivery of diverse and inclusive experiences by finding clever ways to engage and grow offerings’.
Cricket Australia – Diversity & Inclusion Initiative Of The Year – Ruth Watson, Kirsty Newbury, & Danielle Chivers
‘Women and Girl’s Initiative of the Year’ – National winner
In May 2022, Cricket Australia awarded us this prestigious award that:
“…celebrate the amazing work of volunteers from across the country and provide an opportunity to recognise the best of the best from across the season.”
Playing formats and pathway
Snap shot guide to playing options:
Girls Aged 4 to 6 years
Program owner
West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook CC (Mixed program– boys & girls)
It is a requirement to wear a Club playing shirt and caps.
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We are excited to again offer our own Cricket Academy that has a structured Program with high quality coaches including many Premier 1st Grade, 1st Class and BBL cricketers.
The Academy runs for 10 weeks. No other Club offers anything like this and it will again be available exclusively to West Penno players.
What happens at the Academy
The Academy is run over 10 weeks with a Coach / Player ratio of around 1:4
Session details are:
U10 – U14 (Girls)
U10 – U14 (Junior Mixed):
Specialist expert Coaches /strength and conditioning experts ensure an elite experience for all Academy players
A1 Grade and Premier 1st Grade cricketers provide specialist 1:1 coaching on a needs basis.
Cost
$250 for a 10-week Program. This cost is well below any comparable Cricket Academy Program available – anywhere.
We can do it at this low price as we operate on a not-for-profit basis and our Club subsidises any cost shortfall so that our players can get the best coaching available at very low cost.
This season we start on Wednesday 14th October and run weekly until Friday 4th December. After the Christmas / New Year break we finish up with 2 sessions on the 1st and 8th February 2021.
Participant’s feedback
A comment from a participant last season (2024/25):
“The coaches are amazing! They are really good at helping improve cricket skills but they are really nice.”
How do I register?
Please contact the person for more information and details on next steps:
Coaching has a big focus in our Club. Apart from having over 30 active Level 1 Coaches, we have 3 level 2 coaches. We also have a professional coaching arrangement in place that provides high quality coaching to all our junior players at no cost by Level 1 and level 2 qualified coaches who have come through our playing pathway.
Child Safety & Protection
Our Club is a strong supporter of the Cricket Australia standards where children are involved.
Checkout our dedicated section of the website on Child Protection & Safety for a detailed explanation – Child Protection
Please contact:
Kapil Dev:
Girls email or on 0404 755 919 with any questions.
