Association News

The Season calendar is: Season calendar

Ground changes

The Association has advised the following ground changes for next Round (5^th November):

• A1 Red (Cameron) Vs St Ives Wahroonga @ NTRA (was The Glade)

Cricket NSW update

PlayHQ – user training

Cricket Australia is running a number of educational podcasts on the main problem areas Clubs are experiencing with PlayHQ. Please feel to book any sessions that you may be interested in listening to: 

1. Team Line Ups: Wednesday 2nd Nov 7pm AEDST

Make Sure Your Game Is Ready to be eScored

Not only will we provide you with a refresher on how to add teams via the admin portal, MyTeams (for Captains and Team Managers) and within the eScoring solution, but we will also demonstrate when to use each of these different methods ensuring you’re setup for a successful eScoring experience.

REGISTER HERE

2. Score Entry & Updating Results: Wednesday 2nd Nov 7.30pm AEDST

Learn how to enter scores during all stages of a game

During this session we will demonstrate ‘best practice’ when it comes to entering and updating results via the admin portal, MyTeams (for Captains and Team Managers) and of course in the eScoring solution.

REGISTER HERE

3. Fill-In Players & Adding A Registered Player: Thursday 3rd Nov 7pm AEDST

Ensure you’re equipped to tackle these common scenarios on match day

We’ve all been a part of a game where you need to ‘ring-in’ a mate to help fill the numbers. Or a player from the thirds needs to sub-field for an injured player in the 1’s. During this session we’ll show you how to cater for both of these scenarios, so that you’re equipped to tackle them if they occur during the season.

REGISTER HERE

4. Different Forms of Access In PlayHQ: Thursday 3rd Nov 7.30pm AEDST

Many hands make light work

During this session we’ll cover each of the different types of access you can provide your members to assist you in managing your Club or Association. We will also address the rights & restrictions imposed on each type of access.

REGISTER HERE

5. Association Settings and the Impact On Clubs: Monday 7th Nov 7pm AEDST

Ever wondered how Association settings impact the experience of Clubs?

With the transition to PlayHQ there have been a number of settings that previously resided with Clubs in MyCricket, that now sit with the Association. Come hear what these settings are, as we show you how they impact the experience of Clubs when it comes to selecting teams, scoring games and editing results.

It is highly recommended Club admins also attend this session.

REGISTER HERE

 Permits: Monday 7th Nov 7.30pm AEDST

Need a refresher on how permits work?

Come join one of our PlayHQ experts who will be demonstrating the end-to-end process of completing the different types of permits available within the system. We’ll also cover how to overcome the common issues we’ve seen some Clubs & Associations encounter.

REGISTER HERE

7. Re-grading: Wednesday 9th Nov 7pm AEDST

Need to shuffle your grades?

In the coming weeks, if not already, many Association admins will be going through the process of regrading some of the teams that participate in their competitions. Come join our PlayHQ experts as they demonstrate best practice when it comes to regrading & adjusting fixtures.

REGISTER HERE

WPHC Academy & Skills Clinics

Our acclaimed Academy and Skills Clinics is underway but has spots available. Details are:

Boys Academy

• Starting: Wednesday 19^th October 2022 and then each week until 7^th December
• Finishing: 9^th February2023 after resuming 2^nd February
• Time: 00 pm to 6.30 pm
• Where: John Purchase Public School
• Cost: $225 for 10 sessions – amazing value

Girls Academy

• Starting: Wednesday 19^th October 2022 and then each week until 7^th December
• Finishing: 9^th February2023 after resuming 2^nd February
• Time: 00 pm to 6.30 pm
• Where: John Purchase Public School
• Cost: as above

Key items

• The Academy is run over 10 weeks (8 x sessions before Christmas & 2 x sessions after the break)
• Numbers are capped:
  • 30 for the Boys
  • 10 for the Girls
• Our Coaches will be Premier First Grade + First Class / WBBL players + our own accredited and experienced players. They are among the best coaches available in the District.

How do I register?

To register please contact our Academy Co-ordinator, Bhupi, by email (bhupindersingh@gmail.com ). He will take the registration and let you know payment details. In your email can you please state the players name, age and best contact number.

Skills sessions

We will also be running our very popular free Skills Sessions for Master Blasters to U13’s + Girls Stages 1, 2 & 3.

More details will follow on this one but this is an initiative that targets both the players and Coaches to help them build their Coaching skills. In brief though, key points are:

• When: Monday’s starting 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm
• Where: John Purchase Public School
• Who can attend: all players from Master Blasters to U13 + Coaches
• Cost: $ Nil

Cricket NSW latest

Cricket Central – net hire

With what looks like another La Nina affected summer, you may want to think about getting an indoor net session to keep your players in some sort of form and add a bit of excitement to not being able to play. The new Cricket Central complex at Silverwater is open and has a massive indoor cricket net facility that can be hired. Details are:

• Send an email to bookings@cricketnsw.com.au with your request.
• Our CNSW staff will be able to action the booking request and assist you to find a suitable time and date.
• The pricing is done per hour and per net. The price guide is below:

Indoor Centre
When	Times	Cost
Off Peak – Monday to Friday	9.00 am to 5.00 pm	$60.00 / hour
Peak – Monday to Friday	5.00 pm to 10.00 pm	$75.00 / hour
Saturday & Sunday	8.00 am to 10.00 pm	$60.00 / hour

200 Women in Cricket – invitation

A Cricket NSW initiative, led by the amazing Julie Stafford, has set-up a network of amazing women doing great things across NSW. To quote Julie:

“We’d like to harness these collective experiences by creating a network of “Wicket Wisdom”  – to share best practice, tips and tricks and resources. We’ll host short videos, create resources, and share your great ideas to help us all make a difference at your Club or Association.

 So, if you’re a female in a cricket club, whether as a player, a Mum, a young adult or as a current committee member– we’d like to invite you to join in our WiCKETS network.

 More about us info here: https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/minister-hails-200-wickets/2022-09-09

 Please fill in below and we’ll send you a link to join in the group or join our Facebook page directly! Once you’re in the group – you can then invite others to join too. 

• WiCKETS Rego link
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/wicketwomen”

Registrations

Status

Registrations remain open all season for the Blowfly, Junior Blasters & Master Blasters as these are non-competition program.

All other Registrations close once caps are reached in each Age Division, including Seniors.

Registration process

If you still want to register than just go to our Registration page and follow the prompts – Register here

Blowfly Cricket

Season arrangements

We will again be offering Blowfly Cricket to our players with autism at James Henty Oval. More details to follow shortly.

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

Formats

There are 4 x formats for Girls and the details are below:

• Junior Blasters – girls & boys aged 5 to 7 years of age – Saturday morning
• Stage 1(a) – Master Blasters (Girls Only who are new to cricket)
• Stage 1 (b) Sixers Girls Cricket – Saturday afternoon (1.00 pm)
• Stages 2 & 3 – Sixers Girls Cricket League – Saturday afternoon

Check out full details, including how to register then go to the following link – Girls info

Competition start

After constant rain delays the season (Round 2) finally started on 15^th October.

Round 4 (coming up)

Stage 1 (U11)

• WPHC (Barty) Vs WPHC (Gardner) @ James Henty

Stage 2 (U13)

• WPHC (Darlington) Vs Mosman U13 (Perry) @ James Henty
• WPHC (Thomas) Vs U15 North Sydney (Litchfield) @ John Purchase

Stage 3 (U17)

• WPHC (Learoyd) Vs Abbotsleigh @ John Purchase

Competition Tables

After 3 Rounds, the latest status is:

Stage 1

• Barty (=6^th); Gardner (=6^th)

Stage 2

• Darlington (=8^th); Thomas (=8^th)

Stage 3

• Learoyd (10^th)

Juniors (mixed)

Season format

The season format is: Season calendar .

In summary:

• Round 14 – 17^th December  with a 5-week break over Christmas / New Year
• Round 15 – starts again on Saturday 28^th January with 5 weeks of normal Comp games
• Semi Finals – Saturday 4^th and 11^th February 2023
• Grand Final – Sunday 12^th March 2023

Round highlights

Normally we would highlight every week the standout achievements from each Saturday. Unfortunately, with a few systems bugs with PlayHQ we can’t identify individual highlights without going through each scorecard. So until this bug is fixed we can’t provide this update.

Competition Tables

After 6 Rounds, the latest status is:

• U16/17: White (2^nd); Red (=3^rd)
• U15: Green (2^nd); Blue (=3^rd)
• U14: Blue (1^st); Gold (=2^nd); Red (9^th)
• U13: Purple (=1^st); Gold (6^th); Blue (8^th)
• U12: Red (2^nd); Purple (=4^th); Gold (=5^th); Blue (=11^th); Green (=13^th)
• U11: No competition tables available (6 Teams)
• U10: No competition tables available (6 Teams)
• U9: No competition (4 Teams)
• U8: No competition (5 teams)

Seniors

The season calendar is: Season calendar .

Congratulations to our T20 Finalists. The 1^st Grade GF has been played and won – 16^th October. The 4^th Grade T20 is to be played on this Sunday 30^th October 2022. Details are:

T20 Final

4^th Grade (Sunday 30^th October)

WPHC Blue (Rob) Vs Kissing Point @ Les Shore #1 – 2.00 pm

Sunday Games

The schedule for Sunday matches, up to & including Rd 8 (18/12/2022) are:

Round	Date	Grade
5	6/11 & 13/11	C4
6	20/11 & 27/11	C2
7	4/12 & 11/12	C1
8	18/12	B2

Round highlights

Normally we would highlight every week the standout achievements from each Saturday. Unfortunately, with a few systems bugs with PlayHQ we can’t identify individual highlights without going through each scorecard. So until this bug is fixed we can’t provide this update.

Training

Seniors training schedule is:

• Wednesday – WPH Sports Club nets from 4.00 pm until dark
• Friday – John Purchase Oval from 4.00 pm

Competition structure

Main Season

• One day games – Rounds 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (7 matches)
• Two day games – Rounds 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 13 & 14 (7 matches)
• Finals:
  • Semi’s – 4^th & 11^th March 2023
  • Grand Final – Saturday 18^th & Sunday 19^th March 2023