Start of the new School Year (2025) Blast registrations (Boys & Girls aged 5 & 6) & All-Girls Blast (5 to 9 years) are open ……
Club News
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’s speech to Federal Parliament
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.
Community Sport – supporting our colleagues
We support all our local Winter season Community Sports initiatives. The Westbrook AFL Club have needed to change the date of their Come & Try day to accommodate a competing ground booking. Details are below. Also check our Community Notice Board
Club Survey
Every 2 / 3 years we run a Club-wide survey to identify what we do well and what we can improve on. This is an important input into our next stage Club Strategy.
A Survey link has been sent by email to all players / families:
- Blast
- Juniors Mixed (Boys & Girls)
- Junior Girls
- Seniors (All Age)
The Surveys are anonymous and take around 3 minutes to complete. Once you get the link it would be appreciated if you could take just 3 minutes to provide your input into this important initiative.
End of Season Presentations
Juniors Mixed and Junior Girls (combined)
The Juniors (Mixed & Girls Presentation is now locked in. Details are:
- When: Saturday 15th 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 9th 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.
Frogbox is here
Prime Video and Frogbox provide a free streaming Kit to allow us to bring live and Free TV coverage via YouTube. We are going to start our use of Frogbox with the Girls Stage 2 Cricket Team and then rolling this into Stage 3 next season.
We are one of only 50 Clubs, Australia wide to be given the opportunity by Amazon.
This technology allows us to:
- Stream matches live, connecting players with family and supporters
- Build community engagement through shareable highlights and memorable moments
- Create visible role models to inspire young female cricketers
- Enable performance analysis and player development
The aim is to use this technology to:
- Celebrate female cricket achievements
- Strengthen family and community connections
- Inspire the next generation
- Enhance player development through match review
So, before the end of the season our Girls will be streamed live on TV.
Stay tuned for more info on this exciting initiative.
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.
Blast Initiatives
Blast return to School (2025) registrations
- What is being offered:
- Blast (boys & girls) aged 5 & 6 years with games available on both Saturday morning and Tuesday Twilight all at Edward Bennett Oval
- All-Girls Blast (girls only aged 5 to 9 years) played Friday twilight at Thornleigh Oval
- Cost:
- Registration fee is just $50.00 (the full-season fee is $130)
- If you also introduce a friend to play we will refund you the $50.00 so your child gets to play for free
- When: Term 1 2025 (8 weeks)
- How do I register – via the following link – Register here
More details on the Blast program can be found on the Club website at – WPHC Blast Information
Association News
Draw and Competition tables
To follow the Draw and weekend results you can access the Association website via – Association website
Blowfly Cricket
Season arrangements
Blowfly Cricket re-starts on Friday 31 January 2025. 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.
Girls
Congratulations to our Finalists:
Stage 1 – Cup Final
Stage 1 (Saturday 8th March)
- (CUP) WPHC Gardner Vs St Ives Gardner @ venue TBA
Stage 2 – Semi Final (Saturday 8th March 2025)
- (SEMI FINAL) WPHC Lanning Vs North Sydney Perry @ Venue TBA
- (CUP) WPHC Clark Vs St Ives Healy @ Venue TBA
- (PLATE) WPHC Clark Vs St Ives Healy@ venue TBA
Competition tables
Standings after Round 16 (1/3/2025):
Stage 1:
- Gardner (6th) – 24 points
All-Girls (Friday Stage 1):
- Harris 6th (22 points)
- Annetts 10th (0 points)
Stage 2:
- Lanning (=2nd ) – 72 points
- Clark (6th ) – 54 points
- Perry (10th) – 27 points
Project Inspire
Cricket Australia (CA) has released its important Women & Girls Action Plan – CA Girls Strategy and Vision= have a browse and be informed of the big plans CA has for female cricket.
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 18th 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)
Congratulations to our Semi Finalists who played on 1st March 2025:
Semi Finals:
- U12:
- WPHC Green 6/102 defeated Hills Grammar / Kenthurst 8/98
- WPHC Gold 6/124 defeated Normanhurst Black 8/60
- U13:
- WPHC Gold 8/168 defeated WPHC Purple 8/114
- WPHC Orange 8/112 lost to castle Hill Blue 6/180
- U15
- WPHC Blue 131 lost to Kissing Point 2/132
- U17 Gold:
- WPHC Gold 9/192 lost to Kissing Point 198
Grand Final (Sunday 9th March 2025)
- U12
- WPHC Green (1st ) Vs WPHC Gold (2nd) @ Campbell Park starting at 10.00 am
- U13:
- WPHC Gold (2nd) Vs Castle Hill Blue (1st) @ Dural Parl
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 (1st); Gold (=2nd), Blue (=11th), Yellow (18th), Purple (20th)
- U13 –Gold (=2nd), Purple (=2nd), Orange (4th), Green (5th), Blue (=8th ), Red (=11th), White (15th)
- U14 –Red (5th); Gold (10th); White (15th)
- U15 – Blue (4th ); Red (9th)
- U17 – Gold (3rd), Red (5th)
Seniors
To follow the Draw and weekend results you can access the Association website via – Association website
Draw
You can check out the Draw and Match Results via the Association website:
Association Draw and standings
Semi Finals – 1st & 8th March 2025
| Team | Opponent | Ground | Start time |
| A1 (Cameron #25) 2nd | Hornsby Green (3rd) | Turramurra | 11.00 am |
| A2 Blue (Birdcage) 4th | Kenthurst | Kenthurst Park | 11.00 |
| B1 Red (Warren) 2nd | Berowra (3rd) | Dural Park | 1.00 pm |
| C1 (Indranil) 3rd | Thornleigh (2nd) | Thornleigh Park | 1.00 pm |
| C2 Red (Aniket) 4th | Beecroft (1st) | Headen Park | 1.00 pm |
| C3 (Mick) 4th | Berowra (1st) | Warrina St | 1.00 pm |
| C4 White (Agniva) (1st) | Thornleigh (4th) | Greenway Park | 1.00 pm |
| C4 Blue (Rob) 3rd | Hornsby (2nd) | Mt Ku-ring-gai | 1.00 pm |
| D1 (Nirav) 2nd | Castle Hill (3rd) | Campbell Park | 1.00 pm |
| D2 (Roger) 4th | Casytle Hill (1st) | Northholm Grammar | 1.00 pm |
Competition Table
The table after Round 14 (22/2/2025) is:
- A1 (Cam #25) – 2nd (64 points)
- A2:
- Blue (Ryan) – 4th (52 points)
- Red (Todd) – 6th (26 points)
- B1:
- Red (Warren) – 2nd (58 points)
- Blue (Shomik) – 5th 3rd (48 points)
- C1 (Indranil) – 2nd (68 points)
- C2:
- Red (Aniket) – 4th (53 points)
- Blue (Hiresh) – =5th (51 points)
- C3 (Mick) – 4th (59 points)
- C4:
- White (Agniva) – 1st (69 points)
- Blue (Rob) – =2nd (66 points)
- Red (Ross S) – 6th (53 points)
- D1:
- Blue (Nirav) – 2nd (64 points)
- Red (Diggers) – =7th (49 points)
- D2 (Roger) – 4th (48 points)