Club News

Season start

The Association has confirmed the following season dates:

Season start

The Association has confirmed the following dates:

• Juniors (Mixed):
  • U12 to U17 – underway
  • U8 to U11 – underway
• Seniors – underway
• Girls – underway
• Blast (5 & 6 years) – starts 1^st weekend in October

Registrations status

Status is:

• Cricket Blast (5 & 6 years) – OPEN
• Juniors Mixed (U8 to U17):
  • U8 – Closed
  • U9 – Closed
  • U10 – Closed
  • U11 – Closed
  • U12 – Closed
  • U13 – Closed
  • U14 – Closed
  • U15 – Closed
  • U16/17 – Closed

Note: please direct any queries about playing Juniors (Mixed) to our Juniors Director (Steve) on Juniors Director 0478 965 255

• Girls:
  • HK&HDCA:
    • Stage 1 – Closed
    • Stage 2 – Closed
  • NSJCA (Stage1, 2 & 3) – Closed

Note: please direct any queries about playing Girls Cricket to our Girls Director (Kapil) on girls@wphccc.com.au

• Seniors (All Age) – Closed

Note: please direct any queries about playing Seniors (All-age) to our Seniors Director (James) on seniors@wphccc.com.au or 0459 699 393

Go to our registration Home page – Register here .

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: Hills Indoor Sports

Academy

Our very popular Academy, run over 10 weeks, is about to kick off. Last season it filled within 2 days – so get in quickly! Details are:

• Boys:
  • Ages 10 to 14 years
  • Day – Friday
  • Time – 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm (4.30 pm – 6.00 pm on 4^th & 11^th October due to daylight savings / school holidays)
  • Ground – George Thornton Reserve
  • Dates – starts 4^th October running every Wednesday up to 29^th Returning 31^st January 2025 for the final 2 weeks
  • Special appearance – Northern District 1^st Grade Captain (weeks 9 & 10)
• Girls:
  • Ages 10 to 14 years
  • Day – Thursday
  • Time – 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm (4.30 pm – 6.00 pm on 4^th & 11^th October due to daylight savings / school holidays)
  • Ground – George Thornton Reserve
  • Dates – starts 3^rd October running every Thursday up to 5^th Returning 1^st February 2025 for the final 2 weeks
  • Special appearances – Anika Learoy (WBBL) and Lauren Kua (NSW Breakers)
• Cost – just $250 for a 10 week program

How do I register?

Register here – Academy sign-up form

Skills session

The free skills sessions, 1 x session for each team in each Age Division, also starts up soon. Registration is open to all WPH Juniors (Mixed and Girls only). Details are:

• When – Tuesday’s each week
• Time: 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm (arrive please at 4.50 pm)
• Where: John Purchase Oval
• Cost: FREE
• Schedule: the sessions vary for each Age Group – U8 to U12s; Stage 1, 2 & 3 Girls only

How do I register?

Register via the following link – Skills session sign-up form

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:

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.

New Club Sponsor

Great news to share:

WPH Sports Club

Our great and long-term relationship with the Sports Club continues. Our relationship goes back over 50 years and we are proud to have their name on our playing shirts. Apart from contributing to the new rollout of the new playing shirts they provide exclusive use of the nets, access to meeting rooms and they also put on a regular BBQ for our Cricket Blast families on Saturday’s.

Haven Property & Finance

We have just concluded negotiations with Haven as major playing shirt sponsors and we welcome them to our cricketing family. More info will follow on the services that Haven provides. You can find out more about them via the following link – https://havenpf.com/ . More info will be provided on Haven with an official news release.

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.

Association News

Junior Cricket Clinics – October 2024 school holidays

Registrations are open for the following Coaches’ Association (HKHDCCA) / NDCC school holiday junior cricket clinics (8.30am – 2.00pm each day).

• Wed. 2 & Thurs. 3 October 2024 – Greenway No. 2 Oval, Cherrybrook
• Tues. 8 & Wed. 9 October 2024 – Mark Taylor Oval, Waitara

Link to (attached) flyer and other relevant information regarding these school holiday junior cricket clinics: Junior Cricket Clinic flier

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

Blowfly Cricket

Season arrangements

Blowfly Cricket is now finished for the season. To find out more about Blowfy cricket for next season checkout the website – https://wphccc.com.au/blowfly/

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 | PlayHQ

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

Rep Trials

North Shore is conducting trials for U13 & U15. Details below

U15 – Margaret Peden Shield

Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 5.30-8pm at Cricket Central Silverwater (with a second trial on Friday 18 October if needed)

U13 – Mollie Dive Shield

Sunday 20 October 2024 at 2pm-5pm at Koola Park Killara (with a second trial on Sunday 27 October if needed)

To register, please use the following links:

• U15: Peden Trial Registration
• U13: Dive Trial Registration

For more details please refer the NSJCA website NSJCA – Rep Trials

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.

Pathway

The Pathway for Girls this season is:

Friday (HK&HDCA)

• All-Girls Blaster Hub (5 to 7 years + new to cricket / soft ball program) – Friday Twilight hub at Thornleigh Oval
• 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)

Registrations are filling up fast. As we cap the numbers / team once we get to capacity Registrations close and a waiting list is started.

Numbers are filling up quickly so if you are keen to play then please don’t delay registering. Competition details are:

• First game – Saturday 14^th September 2024
• Teams finalised – by the end of August

Seniors

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

Team selections 2024-25 season

A message from our Seniors Director (James Makin) 

Below are the 2024/25 squads for the greatest Club in the universe. Your captain will be in touch with you very shortly – let me (James Makin) know if you don’t hear anything. His first question will be whether you’re available for the pre-season T20 comp on 14 and 21 September.

 The squads are listed according to the Grades that we’ll request, but this obviously depends on what the other clubs submit. So we’ll wait to see what the Association decide re our grades, and roll with whatever they choose. We may also shuffle players at that point, or after a few weeks if we think there’s a better fit.

 Best of luck for the first few games, and I’ll see you at the club soon.

 Cheers,

 James

 

A1 Grade

Captain & contact details	Squad
Cam McBrien #25 – A1 0405 801 303	Wurth, Phil; Gunn, Michael; Preedy, Jackson; Clarence, Sean; De Silva, Ashane;’ Gaunt, Billy; Wallace, Campbell; Hando, Harry; Richards, Michael; Hando, Tom; Herzog, Luke; Hando, Jack; Meikle, Andy; Mistry, Tisveer; Anderson, John

 

 A2 Blue

Captain & contact details	Squad
Ryan Loveridge – A2 Blue 0449 661 499	Bakshi, Shaan; Larkham, Brent; Northrop, Cameron; Carlin, Dean; Hando, Sam; Townsend, Kyle; Asija, Rohan; Hira, Riken; Hira, Tanay; Perera, Lakshan; Ramamurthi, Nakulan; Turner, Zachary

A2 Red

Captain & contact details	Squad
Todd Hutchinson – A2 Red 0409965385	Edwards, Lachlan; Turner, Rick; Makin, James; Makin, Oliver; Makin, Jack; Datar, Prathamesh; Williamson, Chris; Carlini, Aaron; Banner, Michael; Boyle, Jude; Hutchinson, Jack; Burrows, Benjamin

 

B1 Blue

Captain & contact details	Squad
Shomik Sengupta – B1 Blue 0421 390 317	Afzal, Mohsin; Datta, Sagnik; Ganeriwal, Harsh; Hegde, Pranay; Silins, Alec; Singh, Amit; Singh, Amit; Singh, Amanpreet; Shukla, Kapil; Kumar, Prashant; Watkins, Patrick; Marsden, Jack; Agarwal, Soham; Watkins Nathan

 

B1 Red

Captain & contact details	Squad
Warren Schwartzel – B1 Red 0417 906 980	Schwartzel, Daniel; Schwartzel, Matthew; Chidgey, Alex; Chidgey, Nathaniel; Digby, Matthew; Knapman, Rob; Duck, Nicholas; Bish, Cameron; van Saarloos, Adam; Khamis, Raymond; Keating, Rowan; Junkkari Eric

 

C1

Captain & contact details	Squad
Indranil Mukherjee – C1 0488 846 372	Vink, Paul; Ahmed, Reyhan; McLennan, Will; Hanich, Aden; Vink, Daniel; Bliss, Cameron; Linschoten, Oliver; Dunkerley, Ben; Ahmed, Inam; Raman, Vishnu; Shankar, Anuj; Vaidyanathan, Mihir; Waldron, Ben; Price, Nicholas

 

C2 Red

Captain  & contact details	Squad
Aniket Mahindre – C2 Red 0425 277 890	Kapoor, Saurabh; Sankar, Hari; Chandrasekhar, Chetan; Sharda, Brijesh; Sen, Amitava; Somasundaram, Mohan; Rao, Lakshya; Khan, Mustafa; Boyle, Eamon; Verma, Munish; Mistry, Shakeel; Bhalla, Rohit; Sarathjayan, Rahul

 

C2 Blue

Captain & contact details	Squad
Hiuresh De Silva – C2 Blue 0422 182 838	Krishnan, Renesh; Kumbam, Ratul; Polepalle, Sparsh; Vyas, Meet; Kambam, Kunal; Venkat Narayanan, Mukund; Koleth, John; Kurian, John; Vyas, Harshil; Iyer, Rishab; Iyer, Rudhra; Jain, Mayank; Ravi, Shankar

 

C3

Captain & contact details	Squad
Mick Wilkin – C3 0433 651 733	Wilkin, James; Whitehouse, Harry; Deverson, Nick; Deverson, Will; Ryan, Patrick; Ryan, Dominic; Erdmanis, Karl; Erdmanis, Kristian; Palmer, Luke; Palmer, Wilhelm; Palmer, Wilhelm; Day, James; Smith, Lennox; Fagg, Daniel

 

C4 Red

Captain & contact details	Squad
Ross Smith – C4 Red 0477 384 327	Howard, Raynaldo; Howard, Raymond; Kelly, Darren; Kelly, Henry; Higham, Paul; Higham, Alexander; Ramamurthy Brahadesh; Sadasivam, Anand Dixit; Smith, Jake; Das, Mridul; Phukan, Sandeep; Gunasekara, Muthindra; Thebuwanage, Gihan

 

C4 White

Captain & contact details	Squad
Agniva Chakraborty – C4 White 0488 171 712	Kumar, Vinod; Nair, Aditeya; Memon, Sufyan; Chaudhuri, Arunava; Chadha, Mridul; Ghatak, Anubhav; Shah, Chintan; Singh, Praneel; Dhamija, Pritam; Choudhury, Rohan; Basu, Sitabja; Sen, Sayantan; Domma Raju, Santhosh

 

C4 Blue

Captain & contact details	Squad
Rob Hanich – C4 Blue 0414 551 546	McLennan, Andrew; Ahmed, Zia; Bloach, Kamran; Dissanayake, Muditha; Gandhi, Kaushal; Williams, Steven; Burrows, Stephen; Aujla, Arjan; Manson, Ryan; Tabone Lance; Tabone, Luke; Condon, Jake; Trivedi, Manu

 

D1 Red

Captain & contact details	Squad
Ian Digby – D1 Red 0433 810 293	Singh, Manraj; Anderson Ross; Gerber, Grant; Gerber, Zachary; Greenhalgh, Angus; Greenhalgh, Cliff; Larkham, David; Shah, Nandit; Sachdev, Tim; Nair, Adithya; Sathappan, Surendra Ramasamy; Mahmud, Syed Farjad; Lees, Peter; De Silva, Ramil

 

D1 Blue

Captain & contact details	Squad
Nirav Desai – D1 Blue 0488 029 660	Joseph, Siby; Kirpalani, Sahil; Ninan, Amith; Gunna, Ravi; Tamhankar, Waman; Sunkale, Vikrant; Deshpande, Rishikesh; Tyagi, Daksh; Pillamarri, Parin; Ratnasiva, Direin; Visser, Jacques; Sethuraman, Aakash; Bambharoliya, Tushar

 

D2

Captain & contact details	Squad
Roger Friend – D2 0407 924 511	Brookhouse, Cory; McEwen, Daniel; Tanna, David; Dharmadasa, Malinda; Fernando, Shehan; Pukazhenthi, Thiru; Pathak, Sandeep; Raghuraman, Balaraman; Sambasivam, Vinoth; Shinde, Mahesh; Gawande, Pankaj; Kadaganchi, Mahesh; Singh, Navneet; Randhawa; Tej Pratap Singh Randhawa