The 2024-25 Season is now over. Registrations for 2025/26 will be open in June. Stay tuned…..

Latest News

Coming up

Thanks to all our Volunteers and members for a great 2024/25.

Our website is updated regularly during the off-season so keep in touch to get the latest News and see what is coming up. For starters:

• Seniors Presentation Night – Friday 9^th May @ Castle Hill RSL
• Registrations for 2025/26 – OPEN early June (date to be advised)
• Annual General Meeting – Tuesday 24^th June (date to be confirmed)
• 1^st Pre-season Seniors training – Saturday 26^th July 2025
• Season start (Juniors Mixed, Girls & Seniors) – target date is Saturday 13^th September 2025 (date to be confirmed).

Seniors Grand Finals

Our Senior Teams played their Grand Finals on the weekend 15^th & 16^th March 2025.

Congratulations to our Premiers and Runners up – see the Seniors section below for more details:

Photo: A1 Premiers 2024-25

Photo: B1 Premiers 2024-25

Photo: C4 Premiers 2024-25

Juniors Mixed & Girls Major Awards

Our Juniors Mixed & Girls Presentation was held on 15^th March 2025. Congratulations to our Major Award winners:

1. Junior Player Of The Year ‘John Coulthard Trophy‘ – Hesandu Withanage with John Coulthard 2). Junior Girls Player Of The Year ‘Lisa Sthalekar Award‘ with Kapil Dev – Trisha Yadav 3) Junior Girls Player Of The Year ‘Tina Mcpherson Award‘ with Steve Burrows – Ellen Chen

1. Charles Booth Memorial Award – Gurjot Pawar with Steve Burrows 2). Ross Anderson Trophy – Cameron Palmer with Ross A 15032025 3) Junior Volunteer Award (U8 To U11) – Vicky Votoupal with Steve Burrows.

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

Association News

Coaches’ Association

Registrations are open for the renowned Coaches’ Association (HKHDCCA) / 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 link

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.

Club News

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

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.

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

Grand Finals (15 March 2025):

Congratulations to our Grand Finalists:

Stage 2

Grand Final

• WPHC Lanning (3^rd) 6/61 defeated by Lane Cove Haynes (1^st) 7/103

Photo: Stage 2 Lanning Team Runners-up

Cup Final

• WPHC Clark (6^th ) 4/83 defeated by Epping Bulls (5^th) 2/87

Plate Final

• WPHC Perry (10^th) lost on forfeit Lindfield Gardner (9^th)

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

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

Grand Finals

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

Photo: A1 Premiers 2024-25. WPHC 7/188 defeated Berowra 184

Photo: B1 Premiers 2024-25. WPHC 6/218 defeated St Ives-Wahroonga 214

Photo: C4 Premiers 2024-25. WPHC White 6/205 defeated Hornsby 204

End of Season Presentation

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.

Competition Table

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

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