Congratulations to our Grand Finalists

After weeks of rain the Grand Finals are on this weekend for Juniors and next Saturday & Sunday for the Seniors.

While Finals glory is special, the amazing contribution from everyone in our Club to complete a largely un-interrupted season is the best result of the season. So well done and thank you to every Team and support crew that played this year irrespective of where you came in the Competition table.

Community Centre Functions – coming up

Keep a look-out for the following events at the Greenway Park Community Centre:

Saturday 12^th March

• Kanga Presentation
  • 8.00am to 10.00am.

• Seniors C2 Semi-Final and afters:
  • 30pm to 10.00pm
  • Seniors BBQ.
  • Bar opens open at 1.00pm.
  • Food – sausage sandwiches.

Friday 18^th March

• Blowfly Evening
  • 6.00pm to 8.00pm.

Friday 6^th May

• Seniors Presentation
  • 00pm to midnight.

Association News

Grand Finals (Juniors)

The Grand Finals are played as all-day games. Games start at 10.00 am and played are 50 overs each side. Where a washout occurs the higher placed team progresses to the Grand Final.

Grand Finals (Seniors)

Details and dates:

• Grand finals – Saturday 19/3 (day 1) & Sunday 20/3 (day 2).

Replacement players:

• U15, U16 & U17 players currently playing in the HK&HDCA Junior competition may be used as emergency fill in players & play unrestricted without a current rating in C3 grade and above.
• U14 players & younger currently playing in the HK&HDCA Junior competition may be used as emergency fill in players & play unrestricted without a current rating in any grade.

 Seniors

Congratulations to our 5 x Grand Finalists:

1. A1 – Phil (2^nd)
2. A2 – Andrew (1^st)
3. C2 – Buzz (2^nd)
4. D1 Red – Ross S (2^nd )
5. D2 – Nirav (2^nd

Commiserations to our 2 x Teams that missed out without a ball being bowled:

• B2 – Shomik (4^th)
• C3 – Rob (4^th)

Representative trials 2022/23 season

Mixed

The Association is holding selection trials for: U10; U11; U12; U13; U14; U15 & U17 age groups during March for the 2022/23 season. Details are:

• Sunday March 20^th 2022:
  • U12 – 08.00am – 10.00am
  • U11 – 10.30am – 12.30pm
  • U10 – 01.00pm – 03.00pm
• Sunday March 27^th 2022:
  • U13 – 08.00am – 10.00am
  • U14 – 10.30am – 12.30pm
  • U15 – 01.00pm – 03.00pm
  • U17 – 03.30pm – 05.00pm

Please complete the registration process at HK&HDCA Representative Trials Registration.

Registrations close on Sunday 13 March 2022 at 10pm. No late registrations will be accepted.

Girls

The Association is also holding selection trials for Girls U13 and U15 age groups during March for the 2022/23 season.

• When – Sunday March 20th 2022 at 3.30pm – 5pm
• Registration link – here to register

Registrations close on Sunday 13 March 2022 at 10pm. No late registrations will be accepted.

Presentations

Details of the Juniors & Seniors Presentations have been set. Details are:

Juniors – Mixed & Girls

• When:                    Saturday 19 March 2022
• Where:                   Oakhill Drive Public School
• Time:                     run in Age Divisions with dates to be advised.

Seniors

• When:                    Friday 6 May 2022
• Where:                   Greenway Park Community Centre
• Time:                     from 7.00 pm
• Catering:               2 course
• Cost                        costs to be determined.

Details will follow including bus transport to and from the evening.

Juniors (mixed)

Competition rounds

After a washed out final (13), the final standings of our Teams are:

• U16/17s – Blue (2^nd); Red (3^rd); Gold (4^th); Orange (5^th)
• U15s – Blue (3^rd ); Red (4^th); White (5^th )
• U14s – Blue (1^st ); Green (=7^th); Orange (12^th)
• U13s – Blue (1^st); Red (7^th); Gold (8^th); Orange (10^th); Green (=13^th)
• U12s – White (=2^nd); Purple (=6^th); Gold (=4^th); Red (=8^th); Green (11^th); Blue (17^th)
• U11s & U10s – no competition points
• MasterBlasters – no competition points

Congratulations to our Premier’s & Runners-up

Grand Finals were played on Sunday (13/03). Results are:

• U16/17:
  • Blue 27 lost to Hornsby Green 2/28 – Runners up
• U14:
  • Blue 144 lost to Oakhill College 9/175 – Runners up
• U13:
  • Blue 3/170 defeated Hornsby Green 8/26 – Premiers

A special callout to those 5 x Teams that missed out due to all Semi-Finals being abandoned:

• U16/17 – Red & Gold sides
• U15 – Blue & Red
• U12 – White.

Girls

Our Girls play in the North Shore JCA. Final Standings are:

• Stage 1 – 7^th
• Stage 2 (13 to 17 years) – Haynes (6^th); Gardner (10^th); McPherson (11^th)
• Stage 3 (U17) – 7^th

Big games coming up this Saturday (12^th March) are the Preliminary Finals. Match details are:

Stage 2

• WPHC Haynes Vs St Ives Perry
• WPHC Gardner Vs Castle Hill

Stage 3

• WPHC Mooney Vs Mosman Perry

 

Best Performances of the Semi Finals (Day 2) & Juniors Grand Final

With all but one game washed out last weekend the C2 Semi Final from Greenway Park provided the only Round highlights:

Batting

• 107*by Connor Hindmarch C2 Grade

Bowling

• 5/23 by Jags Balakrishnan D1 Blue
• 5/34 by Josh Elliott C2 Grade
• 4/10 by Parin Pillamarri D1 Red
• 4/20 by Michael Richards A1 Grade

Partnerships

• 78 runs for the 2^nd wicket by Connor Hindmarch (107*) & Craig Hutchinson (36)
• 72 runs for the 8^th wicket by Connor Hindmarch (107*) & Jack Hutchinson (29).

Blowfly Cricket

Channel 10 – The Project story

Check out the News report during the week on Channel’s 10 ‘The Project’ –here from about 1:43 secs.