Grand Finals are now here with the Seniors & Girls on this weekend…..

Association News

Registrations are open for the renowned Coaches’ Association (HK&HDCCA) / Northern District CC school holiday junior cricket clinic for boys & Girls aged 6 to 14 years. Details are:

• When: Tues. 15 & Wed. 16 April 2025(8.30am – 2.00pm each day)
• Time: 8.30 am until 2.00 pm each day
• Where: Mark Taylor Oval, Waitara.

Link to flyer and other information regarding the HKHDCCA school holiday cricket clinics program – Information flyer.

Online registrations for April can be made via this link – Register here

These Clinics have been running for the past 15 years with 87 successful school holiday cricket clinics and are recommended by our Club. They cater for all standards from beginners to representative level players.

CNSW Opportunity

Following the dissolution of the District Cricket Association (DCA), CNSW is setting up an Advisory ‘Metro Cricket Council’.

CNSW are keen to see this Council as being a high powered, diverse group of people who have a mindset:

“…where there is a problem we need people who can see this as an opportunity and offer solutions. Where there is a barrier, work through what can be done rather than on what can’t be done”.

If you would like to be involved in this type of Advisory Committee then please feel free to discuss this with Daniel Anderson, Head of Clubs & Competitions – Metro at Daniel Anderson or Martin Gleeson (Chief Community Cricket Officer).

Club News

Junior Mixed Grand Finals

Congratulations to our Junior Mixed Teams that played in their Grand Finals on the weekend:

U12

• WPHC Gold (2^nd) 7/92 defeated WPHC Green (1^st) 8/69

Photo: U12 Gold – Premiers

U13

• WPHC Gold (2^nd) 1/89 defeated Castle Hill Blue (1^st) 8/86

Photo: U13 Gold – Premiers

Congratulations also, not just for making / winning the Grand Finals but for the way the games were played and from the fantastic and gracious support from our parents and supporters. A comment from the U13 Umpire and Association Life Member (Gavin) says it all:

“I had a great day again, it was an absolute pleasure and you should be proud of how the team conducted themselves, clearly influenced by excellent coaching.

It is so nice to see the young players enjoying the game and doing so in the right way. They were so polite and there are some outstanding players.

Many of them would already hold their own in D Grade.”

Congratulations and well done!

Girls

Refer to the section below

Seniors

Refer top the section below.

Welcome to our new Head Coach

Our Head Coach, Connor Hindmarch is pursuing a number of great opportunities in both study (Master of Education) and bigger coaching roles. Connor has done an outstanding job over the last 2 years and as one of our Coaching team before that. Well done Connor.

Congratulations to our new Head Coach, Ben Burrows, who, like Connor, has progressed through our Coaching ranks to take on this important role.

Our Head Coach runs our important Schools Clinics, the Academy and the Skills sessions for our younger players (147 children last season). The riole also works closely with the Association and CNSW and is one of our ‘critical’ roles.

Welcome Ben and thanks Connor for your wonderful legacy.

Photo: 1) Connor Hindmarch (left) & Will McLennan (right) with Andrew Miedler being presented with our ‘Presidents Award’ for Service to our Club at Presentation Night 3 May 2025; 2) Ben Burrows (left) with Dylan Bish on their A1 Debut 28 October 2025

PSSA Representatives

The Primary Schools Sports Association (PSSA) is the elite State Competition for all Primary Schools in NSW – Public, Private and Independent School). Last week the tournament was held at Maitland and we had an amazing 4 players from our U13s competing:

Congratulations to our young champions who play for our U13’s:

🏏 Gurjot Pawar (U13 Gold) – NSW Combined Independent Schools (CIS)
🏏 Aaryaveer Tangri (U13 Orange) – NSW CIS
🏏 Ishaan Sharma (U13 Gold) – NSW Sydney North

🏏 Sachin Narayanan (U13 Purple) – NSW Sydney North

To quote Raji Pawar:

“The boys had an incredible tournament, but the standout moment? Ishaan’s insane 6/14 in the quarter-final! 🎯👏

The grand final was an epic showdown between CIS and Sydney North, with CIS taking home the win! 🏆”

Well done boys, you have done us proud.

Photo: 1) Sacchin Narayanan (U13 Purple) -March 2025; 2) Aaryaveer Tangri (U13 Orange); 3) Ishaan Sharma (left) & Gurjot Pawar (right) (U13 Gold) playing in the PSSA – February / March 2025.

Campbell Park Upgrade

Now that the Greenway Park Community Centre is up and running the focus has now moved to upgrading Campbell Park. There is a $2.5m proposal that Julian Leeser (our Local member spoke to in Parliament during the week.

The funding proposal involves significant upgrades to the playing surface and lighting + much improved facilities along the lines of a ‘mini Greenway Park Community Centre’.

Check out the mention we got in Federal Parliament by our federal member – Julian Leeser – WPHC Facebook

Photos: Campbell Park after rain.

Clothing update – next stage

Work is well underway on developing a new Training shirt now that the transition to our new playing shirts is complete. This will be ready for the start of the new season.

We are also developing Club training shorts and these will also be ready for the start of next season.

More info will be available on both of these initiatives as we get closer to the new season start.

End of Season Presentations

Juniors Mixed and Junior Girls (combined)

The Juniors (Mixed & Girls Presentation is now locked in. Details are:

• When: Saturday 15^th March 2025
• Where: Greenway Park (Community Centre)
• Time:
  • U12 to U17 – 9.30 am to 10.45 am
  • U8 to U11 – 11.00 am to 11.30 am

More details to follow.

Seniors

The Seniors Presentation Night of Nights is now locked in. Details are:

• When: Friday 9^th May
• Where: Castle Hill RSL (Phoenix Room)
• Time: 7.30 pm
• Cost: to be advised

Details will follow but stay tuned for more info closer to the date.

Girls Festival of Cricket

A fantastic Festival was held last Friday / Saturday (14/2 & 15/2) at John Purchase Oval. Check out the photos in the Gallery to see how the day went.

Pink Stumps day

A great outcome from last weekend was that the Girls raised $1,004 for the McGrath Foundation bringing the total funds raised since 2010/11 to $66,399 with more to come when the Juniors Mixed hold their Presentation Day.

New Sponsor

We are proud to have Haven Property & Finance are one of our major Sponsors and have their name on our playing shirts.

Haven is our trusted partner that offers comprehensive mortgage broking and innovative property solutions. They specialise in solutions for:

• Home & Investment Loans
• Wealth strategies
• Refinancing expertise on Refinances & Pre-approvals
• Specialised Industry loans
• Property selection & wealth strategies

Check out the following fort more info and contact details:

• Website – Haven website
• Facebook: Haven Facebook
• Instagram: Haven Instagram
• Email: myteam@havenpf.com
• Phone: 0414 835 020

So if there is an opportunity to use Haven then feel free to reach out to their team for a friendly chat or expert advice and support the Team that supports our Club.

Cricket Blast

The Blast season finished on Saturday 15ht March and finished with a end of season presentation and BBQ kindly run by the WPH Sports Club.

Registrations for next season will open in early June so keep a lookout on the website for all the details about when and how to register.

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

Blowfly Cricket

Season arrangements

Blowfly Cricket has now finished for the season and we take a break until next season (2025/26).

To find out more about Blowfy cricket for next season checkout the website – Blowfly Home Page

Details

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’ –Channel 10 report from about 1:43 secs.

ABC News coverage

Also worth looking at is a great story that aird on the ABC News on Sunday 2^nd March 2025 – ABC News Report

Girls

Congratulations to our Grand Finalists:

Grand Finals (15 March 2025):

Stage 2

Grand Final

• WPHC Lanning (3^rd) Vs Lane Cove Haynes (1^st) @ The Pottery Green Oval @ 3.30pm

Cup Final

• WPHC Clark (6^th ) Vs Epping Bulls (5^th) @ John Purchase @ 3.30 pm

Plate Final

• WPHC Perry (10^th) Vs Lindfield Gardner (9^th) @ Warrimoo Oval @ 3.30 pm

Competition tables

Final Standings after Round 16 (1/3/2025):

Stage 1:

• Gardner (6^th) – 24 points

All-Girls (Friday Stage 1):

• Harris 6^th (22 points)
• Annetts 10^th (0 points)

Stage 2:

• Lanning (=2^nd ) – 72 points
• Clark (6^th ) – 54 points
• Perry (10^th) – 27 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)

Junior Mixed Grand Finals

Congratulations to our Junior Mixed Teams that played in their Grand Finals on the weekend:

U12

• WPHC Gold (2^nd) 7/92 defeated WPHC Green (1^st) 8/69

Photo: WPHC Gold & Green Teams playing in the Grand Final – 9 March 2025

Photo: U12 Gold – Premiers

U13

• WPHC Gold (2^nd) 1/89 defeated Castle Hill Blue (1^st) 8/86

Photo: U13 Gold Premiers

Congratulations also, not just for making / winning the Grand Finals but for the way the games were played and from the fantastic and gracious support from our parents and supporters. A comment from the U13 Umpire and Association Life Member (Gavin) says it all:

“I had a great day again, it was an absolute pleasure and you should be proud of how the team conducted themselves, clearly influenced by excellent coaching.

It is so nice to see the young players enjoying the game and doing so in the right way. They were so polite and there are some outstanding players.

Many of them would already hold their own in D Grade.”

Congratulations and well done!

Competition table

Standings after Round 17 (22/2/2025):

• 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 (=2^nd), Blue (=11^th), Yellow (18^th), Purple (20^th)
• U13 –Gold (=2^nd), Purple (=2^nd), Orange (4^th), Green (5^th), Blue (=8^th ), Red (=11^th), White (15^th)
• U14 –Red (5^th); Gold (10^th); White (15^th)
• U15 – Blue (4^th ); Red (9^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

Grand Finals

Congratulations to our 5 x Grand Finalists who play over 15^th & 16^th March 2025:

Team	Opponent	Ground	Start time
A1 (Cameron #25) 2nd	Berowra (1st)	Berowra Oval	11.00 am
B1 Red (Warren) 2nd	St Ives (1st)	Parklands Oval	11.00 am
C2 Red (Aniket) 4th	Hornsby Green (2nd)	Montview Oval East	12.00 noon
C4 White (Agniva) (1st)	Hornsby (2nd)	Greenway Park	12.00 noon
D1 (Nirav) 2nd	Hornsby (1st)	Montview Oval West	12.00 noon

Photo: Our A1 Grade who won their Semi Final on 8 March 2025.

Competition Table

The table after Round 14 (22/2/2025) is:

• A1 (Cam #25) – 2^nd (64 points)
• A2:
  • Blue (Ryan) – 4^th (52 points)
  • Red (Todd) – 6^th (26 points)
• B1:
  • Red (Warren) – 2^nd (58 points)
  • Blue (Shomik) – 5^th 3^rd (48 points)
• C1 (Indranil) – 2^nd (68 points)
• C2:
  • Red (Aniket) – 4^th (53 points)
  • Blue (Hiresh) – =5^th (51 points)
• C3 (Mick) – 4^th (59 points)
• C4:
  • White (Agniva) – 1^st (69 points)
  • Blue (Rob) – =2^nd (66 points)
  • Red (Ross S) – 6^th (53 points)
• D1:
  • Blue (Nirav) – 2^nd (64 points)
  • Red (Diggers) – =7^th (49 points)
• D2 (Roger) – 4^th (48 points)