Pink Stumps Day

It’s only 2 weeks (Saturday (9^th March) to go for the Pink Stump Day. So far we have made good progress towards achieving our fundraising target for this year. But we still need your generous donations/contributions for this worthy cause.

We were able to collect few items to be auctioned off to collect money towards our fundraiser. We have made following Facebook page to Auction as many items we can before the Pink Stump Day.

Please visit our Facebook Auction page and bid generously. Auction ends Sunday 03^rd March at 12 midnight.

How to bid for an item:

• Visit the Facebook page here
• Go to each Photo to view Items available
• Bid for items as a comment

How to pay

• If you are the highest bidder after the Online Auction ends you will be contacted through Facebook
• You have to pay for your item before Friday 08^thMarch using our fundraising page: here
• Remember it’s all tax deductible when you pay online
• Just add your name and the item you won when you do the payment
• After the payment is received we will contact you to organise a pickup / delivery

Finally Bid generously and tell your family and friends. Remember it is all tax deductible. And your money will go towards a worthy cause. Together we can make a difference.

Association News

With Finals starting next weekend, the Association has asked for anyone interested in Umpiring the Senior and Junior Finals. The Association has advised:

Umpires for Senior and Junior Semi-Finals

Expressions of interest are called for players with Captain ticket’s or umpire qualifications who want to help in officiating in our junior and senior semi-finals.

Juniors

Semi-Finals: Sunday 10^th March

Grand Finals: Sunday 17^th March

Playing Times

Under 11s: 10am to 4:00pm

Under 12s to 16s: 10am to 5.10pm

Seniors

Semi-Finals: Saturday 9^th and 16^th March

Playing Times

A to A Reserve: 11am to 6pm

B to D Reserve: 1pm to 6pm

Grand Finals: Saturday 23^rd & Sunday 24^th March

Playing Times

A to B Reserve: 11am to 6pm

C to D Reserve: 12pm to 6pm

If interested, contact the Umpire’s secretary Simon Moore at here  ph 0413 611 294

For details on payments, refer to here

Rep trials

Registration information is available under the Representative Cricket Tab above – here

Net trial details are:

• When – Sunday 24^th March & Sunday 31^st March 2019
• Where: Action Indoor Sports, 7 Gundah Rd Mt Ku-ring-gai
• Details:
• Trial 1 (24^th March):
  • U12s – 9:00am to 11:00am
  • U11 – 11:30am to 1:30pm
  • U10 – 2:00pm to 4:00pm.
• Trial 2 ( 31^st March):
  • U13 – 9:00am to 11:00am
  • U14 – 11:30am to 1:30pm
  • U15 – 2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • U16 – 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Social Functions

We have a number of Functions coming up:

Presentation Days

Junior Blasters (Kanga)

The Presentation Day will be run on the last day of cricket with a game and Presentation – the same approach as in previous seasons. Details are:

• When:              Saturday 2^nd March
• Where:             Edward Bennett Oval
• Time:               Starting at around 9.15 am

Juniors Presentation

Details will be confirmed after the Juniors Committee Meeting on 19 February, 2019. Likely 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

Girls

Details to be confirmed but so far:

• When:              Saturday 16^th March
• Where:             James Henty Oval
• Time:               Starting at 9.30 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

Remaining Competition dates are:

Competition

• 23^rd February (Round 9 – Day 2)
• 2^nd March (Round 10 – 1-Dayer)

Finals

• 10^th March (Semi Finals – all day games played on Sunday)
• 17^th March (Finals – all days games played on Sunday)

Round highlights

Batting

• Zac Morris (U16 Blue) Vs Hornsby – 86 runs
• Cam Tunks (U16 White) Vs Thornleigh – 73 runs

Bowling

• Aditeya Nair (U16 White) Vs Hornsby – 4/46
• Yash Shivpuri (U13 Blue) Vs WPHC Green – 3/12

Competition Tables

Team standings after Round 9 – this will be updated at the end of the current Round next week:

U16s – Blue 3^rd, White 6^th

U15s – 4^th

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

U13s – Red 1^st, Purple 3^rd, Green 5^th, Blue 6^th, Orange 8^th

U12s – Orange 2^nd Gold 7^th, Green 9^th, Red 11^th, Blue 12^th

U11s – Green 6^th, Blue 7^th, Red 13^th,, Gold 17^th

U10s – non competition

U9s – non competition

U8s – non competition

Girls Cricket

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!

Summer Competition

The Summer Competition started up again on the weekend. Our Team entries are:

• 1 x U13
• 2 x U15s

If you are interested in playing, have a family member or know someone interested in playing then you are most welcome. Please direct any questions on Girls Cricket to Graham Chivers or girls@wphccc.com.au or 0415 891 004.

Round Results

U13s

WPHC Vs Bye – no game this week

U15s

WPHC Reds drew with WPHC Blue – no play today due to wet weather.

Competition standings

Under 13s

• 1^st

Under 15s

• Blue – =2^nd (2^nd on quotient)
• Red – = 2^nd (3^rd on quotient)

Seniors

Batting

• Will Harvey (C2 Red) 68 runs Vs WPHC Blue
• Josh Banner (A2) 58 runs Vs Hornsby
• Peter Lees (C2 Red) 53* Vs WPHC Blue
• Vinod Kumar (C2 Red) 50 Vs WPHC Blue

Bowling

• Nandu Ramesh (C1) 4/21 Vs Kissing Point
• Steve Burrows (C3) 3/21 Vs Berowra

High achievers

Top 5 batsmen

1. Josh Banner (A2) – 484 runs @ 53.78
2. Zac Morris (B2) – 433 @ 39.36
3. Asees Rajput (C1) – 391 @ 35.55
4. Brent Larkham (B1 Red) – 383 runs @ 34.82
5. Matt Watts (B1 Red) – 376 runs @ 37.60

Top 5 Bowlers

1. Luke Herzog )A2) – 30 wickets @ 11.57
2. Napier Gryst (C1) – 25 wickets @ 10.68
3. Amit Sen (C2 Red) – 23 wickets @ 9.78
4. Nirav Desai (D2) – 23 wickets @ 10.22
5. Ben Meikle (B1 Red) – 23 wickets @ 12.13
6. Asees Rajput (C1) – 23 wickets @ 15.91

Top fielders

1. Brent Larkham (B2) – 10 catches
2. Connor Mayoh (D1) – 9 catches
3. Dan Schwartzel (C2 Blue) – 8 catches
4. Mitch Keetels (D1) – 8 catches

Top 3 wicket-keepers

1. Indranil Mukherjee (C2 Red) – 16 dismissals (11 catches + 5 stumpings)
2. Matt Schwartzel (C2 Blue) – 15 dismissals (13 + 2)
3. Alex Robertson (A1) – 14 dismissals (13 + 1)

Points Table

Standings after Round 13 follow:

• A1 Grade – 4^th
• A2 – 1^st
• B1:
  • Blue (Rick) – 8^th
  • Red (Gunny) – 1^st
• B2 – =2^nd (3^rd on quotient)
• C1 – 6^th (5 points off 4^th spot)
• C2:
  • Blue (Fieds) – 1^st
  • Red (Indranil) – 4^th
• C3 – 1^st
• D1 – 3^rd
• D2 – 6^th

Training

Training has been running since the season start but with Daylight savings now in place it becomes more of an option for people to turn-up who have work or other commitments. Details are:

• Wednesday @ John Purchase from 4.30 pm
• Friday @ WPH Sports Club nets also from 4.30 pm.

“Bistro WPH” Photo of the Month

Congratulations to Jane Bish who has won the Bistro WPH Photo of the Month prize. Jane has provided us with a number of photos this season but series of Photos taken at BlowFly Cricket have been great. Check them out – here

Jane has won a $50 voucher at the fabulous Bistro for – here

To is easy to enter:

• Just take a photo of anything to do with our Club – Kanga, Girls, Boys and Seniors
• The photo can be of our players batting, bowling or fielding
• Also, we are keen to get any ‘quirky’ photos that are a bit of fun.

Next steps

For our next winner, just take a photo and send it to Ross Anderson (here ) with some brief commentary and it is that easy.