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

Details will follow.

Draw and Competition tables

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

Club News

CNSW Community Cup – this Sunday (10/11)

This season we are competing in the CNSW Community Cup. This is a state-wide, Club based, T20 knockout and includes Teams from Regions that includes: HK&HDCA, Orange, Dubbo, Shires & Hawkesbury DCA

Our 1^st game details are:

• When:    Sunday 10^th November
• Where:   Lindfield Shires Soldiers Memorial Park
• Time:     2.00 pm

Pop on down to see some high quality cricket if you are around.

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.

Discounted use of Indoor nets

Hills indoor sports at Seven Hills has offered our Club a 10% discount on the indoor nets, run up lanes and bowling machines.

They are open 7 days and bookings can be done over the phone or online.

WPHCC is our code for the 10% discount. The website link is: Seven Hills Indoor Centre

New website

Development work is proceeding with our new website. Our next review is in mid-June and it will be operational for the start of the 2024/25 season. The website will have a new look, be quicker and have all the latest social media capability integrated into the front-end.

Stay tuned.

Blowfly Cricket

Season arrangements

Blowfly Cricket started on (12^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 5 (2/11):

Stage 1:

• Gardner (4^th) – 6 points

 All-Girls:

• Harris =7^th (2 points)
• Annetts =9^th (0 points)

Stage 2:

• Lanning (=1^st) – 24 points
• Clark (=4^th) – 18 points
• Perry (9^th) – 12 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 5 (2/11):

• U8 – no competition standings published
• U9 – no competition standings published
• U10 – no competition standings published
• U11 – no competition standings published
• U12 – Green (1^st); Blue (=3^rd); Gold (=6^th); Yellow (=14^th); Purple (=21^st)
• U13 – Purple (=1^st); Gold (=3^rd); Green (=3^rd); Orange (5^th); Blue (=6^th); Red (=10^th); White (=13^th)
• U14 –Red (6^th); Gold (=7^th); White (=12^th)
• U15 – Blue (=5^th); Red (7^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.

T20 Grand Finals

The T20 Grand Finals were played on Sunday 27^th October 2024. Congratulations to our Premiers & Runners-up:

1^st Grade

WPHC Red (Todd) 5/135 defeated Normanhurst-Warrawee 9/121

3^rd Grade

WPHC White (Indranil) 6/147 defeated WPHC Red (Aniket) 100

5^th Grade

WPHC Blue (Nirav) 8/110 lost to Castle Hill Green 4/112

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 3 (19/10) is:

• A1 (Cam #25) – 5^th (7points)
• A2:
  • Blue (Ryan) – 4^th (10 points)
  • Red (Todd) – 6^th (3 points)
• B1:
  • Blue (Shomik) – =3^rd (10 points)
  • Red (Warren) – = 1^st (15 points)
• C1 (Indranil) – 4^th (13 points)
• C2:
  • Blue (Hiresh) – =1^st (13 points)
  • Red (Aniket) – =1^st (13 points)
• C3 (Mick) – 7^th (8 points)
• C4:
  • Blue (Rob) – 2^nd (12 points)
  • Red (Ross S) – =5^th (10 points)
  • White (Agniva) – 1^st (18 points)
• D1:
  • Blue (Nirav) – =6^th (8 points)
  • Red (Diggers) – =4^th (13 points)
• D2 (Roger) – 7^th (3 points)