Seniors Grand Finals

The Grand Finals are on this Saturday and Sunday and after the washouts last weekend our 4 Minor Premiers have made it through to the big one. Details of the games are:

• A2 (Simon) Vs Berowra @ Parklands Oval (Mt Ku-ring-gai backup if wet) – starting at 11.00 am
• B1 (Gunny) Vs Berowra @ Kenthurst Park (Les Shore backup) – 11.00 am
• C2 Blue (Fieds) Vs Galston-Glenorie @ The Glade (Caterson backup) – 12.00 noon
• C3 (Buzz) Vs Berowra @ Turramurra (Greenway 2) – 12.00 noon.

If you have some time then pop down and support the boys. Having supporters at games like this lifts the Team and it is what a Club is all about.

Survey Monkey

The Survey Monkey link has been sent out to all players across the Club. This gives us an opportunity to get your feedback and either build on what we are doing well or make changes where things need improving.

It would be great to get your feedback sop when you see it come though it would be great if you could spend 3 minutes to help us make a difference.

Club Award

Cricket NSW advised us recently that we have been selected by the Sydney Sixers Metro Community Cricket team for Community Cricket Club of the Year for the annual A Sport For All Awards held by Cricket Australia. They commented that:

“WPHCCC has been a great example of bringing people of the community together. The Club has proven that hard work and great volunteers can achieve fantastic outcomes for the cricketing community! The Club encompasses a number of attributes that we believe contribute to what is a great cricket Club.”

Next steps involve us being considered for Club of the Year against the nomination from the Sydney Thunder Metro Team and a Team from Regional NSW. The winner is then invited to the Cricket Australia Awards for Club of the Year in May.

Irrespective of the next stage results this is a great acknowledgement to everyone involved in our Club.

Association News

Rising Stars off-season coaching programs

The Association Coaches Association invites registrations for its two separate Rising Stars coaching programs, which will provide high quality coaching, covering batting, pace & spin bowling and wicket-keeping.

These off-season coaching programs have been successfully run since 2011 for Boys and Girls.

HKHDCCA is an approved provider for the Government’s Active Kids program and welcomes the use of the $100 discount vouchers, where eligible.

U9 to U11

The younger program is perfect for U9 – 11 boys & girls and will take place at Rosewood Oval, Barker College on 4 dates during Winter. Details are:

• When – Sundays 19 May; 26 May; 16 June; 21 July
• Where – Barker College (Rosewood Oval nets)
• Cost – $130 for 10 hours elite coaching

 More details and registration – here

U12 to U15

The older program is designed for U12 – 15 boys & girls and will take place at James Park, Hornsby over 4 dates during the off-season. Details are:

• When – Sundays 5 May; 2 June; 23 June; 28 July
• Where – James Park, Hornsby
• Cost – $130 for 10 hours elite coaching

More details and registration – here

Both Rising Stars programs sold out last year, so please register now to avoid disappointment

Pink Stumps / McGrath Foundation

Pink Stumps Day

Pink Stumps Day was held on Saturday at Campbell Park on Saturday 9^th March. It was run by Joseph Cooray and our U9s and was another great success with our 6 x U9s playing a series of double headers. The Team has raised almost $5,000 and since 2011/12, we have raised over $40,000.

Photos of the day are in the Photo Gallery and are under ‘Pink Stumps’.

It’s not too late to contribute and you can do this directly via our Fundraising page – here

Invitation Cricket game

In recognition of our of our great support of the McGrath Foundation since 2011/12 in raising over $40,000 the McGrath Foundation has invited us to play in the prestigious annual game against Army at the historic Victoria Barracks Oval – the site of the very first game of cricket played in NSW way back in 1854.

The game will be played on Saturday 30 March 2019.

This is a significant event. Apart from being an important fixture in the Army Cricket Club schedule, there is also a VIP Cocktail session after the game.

Stay tuned on this one with more information to follow.

Social Functions

We have a number of Functions coming up:

Presentation Days

Girls

Details to be confirmed but so far:

• When:              Saturday 16^th March
• Where:             WPH Sports Club
• Time:               Starting at 9.30 am

 Juniors Presentation

Details are:

• When:              Saturday 30^th March – a week later than normal due to the State election.
• Where:             Oakhill Drive Public School
• Time:               starting time 9.00 am

Seniors Presentation Night

One for the diary. We have now booked our ‘Night of Nights’. More details will follow but for the diary:

• When:              Friday 26th April 2019
• Where:             Castle Hill RSL – Sovereign Room
• Time:               7.30 pm

More details to follow.

Junior Boys

Season Program

Well done to all of our Teams who played this year. While we celebrate those Teams that are playing in the Finals we also celebrate every Team who took the field and gave their best.

Grand Finalists

Unfortunately after a day of rain, no matches got on so the higher placed Team who the Premiership.

Match results are:

U16

WPHC Blue (3^rd) drew with Hornsby (1^st) – Runner up

U14

WPHC Red (3^rd) drew with Castle Hill White (1^st) – Runner up

U13

WPHC Red (1^st) drew with WPHC Purple (3^rd) – Premier & Runner up

Congratulations also to our Teams that missed the Semis but played and put-in for the full season. Thanks also to our parents, family and friends who came along and volunteered or just supported.

Competition Tables

Team standing’s after the last Round (Round 10). Congratulations to our Teams who made it through to the Semi’s, they are highlighted below:

U16s – Blue 3^rd, White 4^th

U15s – 4^th

U14s – Red 3^rd, Orange 4^th, White 8^th

U13s – Red 1^st, Purple 3^rd, Blue 5^th Blue 7^th, Orange 9^th

U12s – Orange 5^th ,Gold 7^th, Green 9^th, Red 11^th, Blue 13^th

U11s – Green 6^th, Blue 7^th, Red 13^th, Gold 18^th

U10s – non competition

U9s – non competition

U8s – non competition

Girls Cricket

Major Award Winners

Congratulations to our Major Award winners:

• Charles Booth Memorial Award – Trinity Newbury

Trinity becomes our 1^st Girl player to win our longest standing Award (since 1969).

• Lisa Sthalekar Trophy (Player of the Year) – Ellen Hall
• Volunteer of the Year – Anthony Hale

Summer Competition

Round Results

Congratulations to our U15 Red’s who won the Minor Premiership in a close fought Competition. There is no Grand Final in the U15s with a 1^st past the post approach. The final game was the decider against Castle Hill who came 2^nd in a close fought contest.

Congratulations to the Blues also who finished 3^rd and just 6 points off 1^st place. Well done to both Teams and everyone involved.

U13s – Grand Final

WPHC 100 lost to Castle Hill 1/102 – well done to Trinity Newbury who top scored with 23 in just 46 deliveries. We just ran out of overs with Castle Hill scoring the runs in the last over of the 20.

Congratulations to the Season’s best performers:

• Batting – Trinity Newbury (116 runs with infinity average)
• Bowling – Shiloh David (11 wickets at 8.09)
• Team Award – Halle Newbury

U15s – 1^st past the post

WPHC Red 6/31 drew with Castle Hill – rain affected game

Congratulations to the Season’s best performers:

• Batting – Ellen Hall 155 runs @ 51.6
• Bowling – Andrea Bennett 9 wickets at 6.89
• Team Award – Jess Phillips

WPHC Blue 4/107 lost to Thornleigh 6/110 – best for us with the bat was Amy Hale with 21 from just 21 deliveries and Nidhi Kukubooru with 20 runs.

Congratulations to the Season’s best performers:

• Batting – Esha Tiwana 173 runs @ 86.5
• Bowling – Riya Pradeep 10 wickets at 8.3
• Team Award – Grace Keane and Aliya Colburt

Pathway

Our Girls Division is doing great things in developing the cricket pathway for Girls – take a bow Mr Chivers. Northern District CC has entered a Team in the new U15 Brewer Shield which is the Representative stream for Girls in the Sydney Grade Competition. We now have a record 10 Girls playing in the U15 Brewer or U18 Brewer this week plus two more on standby so 12 in all. How good is that!

Seniors

Seniors Grand Finals

The Grand Finals are on this Saturday and Sunday and after the washouts last weekend our 4 Minor Premiers have made it through to the big one. Details of the games are:

• A2 (Simon) Vs Berowra @ Parklands Oval (Mt Ku-ring-gai backup if wet) – starting at 11.00 am
• B1 (Gunny) Vs Berowra @ Kenthurst Park (Les Shore backup) – 11.00 am
• C2 Blue (Fieds) Vs Galston-Glenorie @ The Glade (Caterson backup) – 12.00 noon
• C3 (Buzz) Vs Berowra @ Turramurra (Greenway 2) – 12.00 noon.

If you have some time then pop down and support the boys. Having supporters at games like this lifts the Team and it is what a Club is all about.

Semi-Final highlights

Batting

• John Rose (C3) 93 Vs Thornleigh @ Campbell Park
• Dylan Bish (C3) 82* Vs Thornleigh
• Ian Paterson (C3) 53 Vs Thornleigh

Bowling

• Tim Scoular 4/- Vs Berowa @ Berowra Oval
• Michael Richards 3/- Vs Berowra

High achievers

Top 5 batsmen

1. Josh Banner (A2) – 558 runs @ 55.8
2. James Partridge (A2) – 438 runs @ 29.20
3. Asees Rajput (C1) – 411 runs @ 34.25
4. Brent Larkham (B1 Red) – 397 runs @ 33.08
5. Zac Morris (B2) – 357 runs @ 39.88
6. Matt Watts (B1 Red) – 397 runs @ 34.45

Top 5 Bowlers

1. Luke Herzog )A2) – 37 wickets @ 11.03
2. Amit Sen (D1) – 26 wickets @ 10.31
3. Ben Meikle (B1 Red) – 26 wickets @ 11.96
4. Tis Mistry (A2) – 25 wickets @ 11.44
5. Napier Gryst (C1) – 25 wickets @ 12.60

Top fielders

1. Brent Larkham (B1 Red) – 11 catches
2. Connor Mayoh (D1) – 10 catches
3. Riley Paton (C3) – 9 catches
4. Mitch Keetels (D1) – 8 catches
5. Nandu Ramesh (C1) – 8 catches

Top 3 wicket-keepers

1. Indranil Mukherjee (C2 Red) – 17 dismissals (12 catches + 5 stumpings)
2. Matt Schwartzel (C2 Blue) – 15 dismissals (13 + 2)
3. Alex Robertson (A1) – 14 dismissals (13 + 1)

Points Table

Final standings after Round 14 follows. The Semi Finalists have been highlighted:

• A1 Grade – 4^th
• A2 – 1^st
• B1:
  • Blue (Rick) – 8^th
  • Red (Gunny) – 1^st
• B2 – 3^rd
• C1 – 6^th
• C2:
  • Blue (Fieds) – 1^st
  • Red (Indranil) – 5^th
• C3 – 1^st
• D1 – 3^rd
• D2 – 6^th

“Bistro WPH” Photo of the Month

Congratulations to Ben Meikle (B1) who has won the Bistro WPH Photo of the Month prize. Ben has provided photos through the season but the ones he took of A2 were beauties. Check them out – here

Thanks to everyone who sent in photos throughout the season.