Coming up

• On-line Registrations – OPEN
• Seniors Club training started – underway and being run at the West Pennant Hills Sports Club (103 New Line Road)
• Season start 2022/23 season:
  • Juniors (Mixed) – Saturday 10^th Saturday
  • Seniors:
    • T20 comp – Saturday 10^th September
    • Main Competition – Saturday 24^th September
  • Girls – TBA but likely to be early October
  • Junior Blasters – Saturday 8^th October

 

Registrations

Status

Registrations are filling quickly so please don’t delay if yiou want to play this season\. Current status (2^nd September) is:

• Junior Blasters – Open
• Master Blasters – Open
• Girls – Open
• Juniors (Mixed):
  • U10 – Open
  • U11 – Open
  • U12 – Open
  • U13 – Open
  • U14 – Open
  • U15 – CLOSED
  • U16/17 – Open
• Seniors – CLOSED

Registration process

Registration via the following links:

• Junior Blasters; Master Blasters; Juniors (mixed) & Seniors – Register here
• Girls:
  • Register here – Girls only Thornleigh Master Blasters hub
  • Register here – Sixers Girls Stage 1 (NSJCA link)
  • Register here – Stages 2 & 3 (NSJCA link)
• Juniors (Mixed) – Juniors (Mixed) – register here
• Seniors – Seniors – register here

The new PlayHQ system that replaces MyCricket is now live and is being used for all Registrations. The major change is that CA is moving away from a unique MyCricketID to an email address that will be sole identifier.

If you need more info on how to register then check out the accompanying short video – it is very good and explains why the change and how to register very well – Registration – why the change and how to register

Merchandise ordering

This season we now using a new way of ordering merchandise – playing & training shirts, caps and hats. The new system requires you to order clothing through Kingsgrove Sports Order merchandise – here – a simple process using this link.

The simple process is covered on the Rego landing page and allows you to view and purchase in store and online.

To collect you will need to either pop into the Nth Parramatta store or Kingsgrove will arrange for a courier to your door at a small delivery charge.

Our new Club Captain

Congratulations to our new Club Captain – Cameron McBrien. A bit of info on Cameron:

• A1 Player number – 317
• A1 Captain number – 25

Cam played Juniors for us and made his Seniors debut in B1 (2010/11) and his A1 debut in 2017/18. We first played A1 Grade in 1951/52 and then continuously since 1966/67 – 63 years in total so Cam joins an exclusive group of players.

Cam takes over from James Makin who did this role with distinction between 2010/11 to 2020/21 – 10 years.

Role of Women and Girls in our Club

CNSW recently released an interview with Kirsty Newbury, our Club’s Diversity & Inclusion’ Manager, in a series ‘Wicket Wisdom’ where she talks to women about their experience in cricket Clubs. It is a series that aims to inspire women and girls to give volunteering in cricket clubs a go.

The interview is inspiring both about the role and contribution of women and it is especially great to see also the callout that Kirsty makes of Suz and Grant Colburt, the folks behind the scenes in the Girls and a supportive Club Executive Committee and the direction our Club is heading.

If you are a female, of any age, and interested in putting back into the Community then this is a must listen to interview – listen here

Association News

The Association has released the Season calendar and it can be viewed – Season calendar

Level 1 Coaching

A Level 1 Coaching accreditation course has been arranged as follows:

• When – Sunday 25^th September
• Where – Edward Bennett Oval
• Time – 10.00 am to 12.00 noon
• Cost – Free.

This will be on the CNSW Coaching website shortly and will be open to the public but we will get first go. More info will follow shortly.

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.

Juniors (mixed)

Registrations

If you are playing this season please don’t delay. Teams are filling quickly and once caps are reached we close registrations with a waiting list then applying. We are getting close to this in some age groups already. So….please don’t delay.

Season format

The season format reverts to the pre-Covid arrangement. The season format has been released on the Association website – Season calendar . In summary though:

• Round 1 – starts on Saturday 10^th September 2022
• 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
• Round 19 – last Round of the season is Saturday 25^th February 2022
• Semi Finals – Saturday 4^th and 11^th February 2023
• Grand Final – Sunday 12^th March 2023

Positions vacant

Our Club only exists thanks to the wonderful volunteers who make everything possible for our players to enjoy their season.

We are reaching out to fill several roles that all have volunteers who will be moving on as their children move on from Juniors soon. These volunteers will guide anyone interested in assisting- most require a very minimal amount of time, but are vital to the running of the Junior Club, plus give you a greater understanding of how the Club runs – plus  a great deal of satisfaction for being part of the team that puts the kids out on the park each week.

If you would like to contribute and can offer your help, please contact Steve Burrows –  juniors@wphccc.com.au or 0478 965255 to discuss what is involved.

• Assistant Grounds Coordinator – (booking grounds through Council)
• Clothing Coordinator – (ordering clothing from our supplier)
• Assistant Registrar – (collating registrations into age groups)
• Under 13 Age Coordinator – (communicating info to U13 Team contacts)
• Under 15 Age Coordinator – (communicating info to U15 team contacts)

Girls

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

Fast paced games using a soft ball and plastic bat. Players learn, in a fun way, new skills that includes catching, throwing and Teamwork.

Registration link – Junior Blasters Registration

• Stage 1(a) – Master Blasters (Girls Only who are new to cricket) – Friday Twilight (Thornleigh Hub)

A fun and active program for Girls of all abilities – whether it’s your first time with a bat or you’re a backyard cricket star. Games are played on Friday nights at Thornleigh Oval.

Age range (guide) – 7 to 10 years

Registration link – via the Association website by following the Register | PlayHQ and select ‘Girls Only Thornleigh Hub Master Blasters’

• Stage 1 (b) Sixers Girls Cricket – Saturday afternoon (1.00 pm)

T20 format cricket for girls aged 8 to 12 years in the North Shore Junior Cricket Association (NSJCA)

Age range (guide) – 10 to 11 years

Registration link – Stage 1(b) – Register here select ‘North Sydney Junior Cricket Association (NSJCA)’ and then select the ‘GIRLS SAT 1.00pm SENIOR STAGE 1’ category.

 

• Stages 2 & 3 – Sixers Girls Cricket League – Saturday afternoon

T20 format cricket for girls aged 12 through to 17 in the North Shore JCA competition.

Age range (guide) – 15 to 17 years

Registration link – Stages 2 & 3 – Sixers Girls Cricket League – Register here and select ‘North Sydney Junior Cricket Association (NSJCA)’

New Girls playing uniform

What an exciting time for Girls Cricket in our Club. This season we are launching a brand new coloured playing uniform (shirt & pants) that features an impressive Indigenous design specific to our local area that has been enthusiastically approved by the local Darug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation (DCAC).

The playing shirt and Volunteers shirt (reverse colours) is approved by the DCAC for the use of Women and Girls only.

We are having a launch on Sunday 18^th September that will involve:

• Come & Try Day
• A Darug Elder to explain the design and the responsibilities of everyone who wears the playing gear
• An Indigenous current WBBL / WTest player to present the clothing to each player
• Channel 7 is likely to come along and give it coverage
• Local Councillors and much more.

Seniors

The season calendar has been released and can be seen at HK&HDCA – Season Calendar . In summary though:

Competition structure

T20 Competition

• 10^th September – Round 1
• 17^th September 17^th – Round 2
• Semi Final – Sunday 25^th September
• Grand Final – Sunday 16^th October

 Main Season

• Round 1 – Saturday 24^th September
• Finals:
  • Semi’s – 4^th & 11^th March 2023
  • Grand Final – Saturday 18^th & Sunday 19^th March 2023

We are reverting to the usual pre-Covid format of 7 x 1-dayers (during December & January) and 7 x 2-dayers – check out the season calendar (above).

Record Team entrances

This season we are entering 14 x Senior Teams The previous record (Club & Association) was 13 senior Teams in 2021/21. This now brings us up to an amazing 484 senior Teams that have played under our Banner since we started in 1930/31.

Captain appointments

Congratulations to our Captains for 2022/23:

Grade	Captain
A1	Cam McBrien (#25)
A2	Campbell Wallace
B1	Shomik Sengupta
B2 (Red)	Todd Hutchinson
B2 (Blue)	Ryan Loveridge
C1	Kapil Tangri
C2 (Red)	Tarun Lath
C2 (Blue)	Rob Hanich
C3 (Red)	Indranil Mukherjee
C3 (Blue)	Cameron Croucher
C4	Hiresh De Silva
D1 (Red)	Arun Chaudhuri
D1 (Blue)	Ross Smith
D1 (White)	Ian Digby (Diggers)

Team selections

We are now in the fast lane to start the season. The timeline for the Seniors kick-off is:

• Saturday 27^th August – Captain appointment finalised
• Sunday 28^th August – players to confirm their availability to play T20’s (10^th September)
• Sunday 4^th September – Teams finalised and advised to the Association

Players will be advised of what Team they are in for the T20’s (starting Saturday 10^th September) direct from their Captain during this weekend / early this week.

There will be some tweaking but these will be pretty much the Teams that will play Round 1 of the main Comp that starts on Saturday 24^th September.

Cricket Australia acknowledgement

Cricket Australia recently sent us a congratulatory note:

“….playing a vital role in the amazing growth of women and girls playing the game over the last four years.”

 With input from Cricket NSW, and national participation data from Cricket Australia, WPHCCC has been identified as one of a group of clubs in Australia with the potential to further grow girls’ participation.”

After recently winning the national ‘Women’s & Girls initiative of the Year” this is further great recognition of both the health of Girls cricket in our Club but also that Girls cricket is on the move nationally and especially in our Club.

Congratulations

Lisa Sthalekar

Great news that our former WPHC Junior, Lisa Sthalekar, has been appointed President of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association – the first woman to take on this role – Lisa Sthalekar – congratulations .

The position has previously been held by former South Africa batter Barry Richards, former West Indies all-rounder Jimmy Adams, and most recently by former England batter Vikram Solanki. Lisa played for us from the U10s to U16s (1989 to 1995). Well done Lisa.

Kirsty Newbury

Well done Kirsty our being chosen to participate in a 7-week program on ‘Women Leader’s in Sport (WLIS) Program’ https://www.sportaus.gov.au/grants_and_funding/wlis through the Australian Institute of Sport. Kirsty is our Diversity & Inclusion Officer and has done great things for Girls cricket in our Club.

This will give Kirsty the opportunity to strengthen our offering to the girls in time for this coming season. It will also give Kirsty the opportunity to connect with other women leading through sport all around the country.

Well done Kirsty.

National Community Cricket Awards – Winner

“The Community Cricket Awards celebrate the amazing work of volunteers from across the country and provide an opportunity to recognise the best of the best from across the season.”

On Thursday 19 May, Cricket Australia announced our Girls as the winners of the ‘Women & Girls Initiative of the Year’ for the amazing work done by our Girls Leadership (Grant & Suz Colburt & Kirsty Newbury). This includes:

• Leadership program
• Nutrition seminar
• Umpiring sessions led by Claire Polosak
• Festival of Girls cricket at Greenway Park culminating in a Pink Stumps initiative

To quote Kirsty Newbury, our Diversity & Inclusion Officer:

What an amazing night! We are all pretty excited to have had the program recognised at this level.

We could not have done it without such a supportive team, including Darren McKeon our Stage 3 Coach, and our amazing girls!

 Most of all, to Grant and Suzanna for their commitment to improving outcomes and working tirelessly to create an equal playing field for all girls within our Club and Association.

 Looking forward to backing it up again this coming season.

 This is now the 14^th major NSW or Australian award we have won over the last 7 years so this recognition also acknowledges our Volunteers across our Club.

Congratulations on this wonderful achievement.

T20 World Cup – ‘Squads’ initiative

The Men’s T20 World Cup kicks-off on 16 October and runs until 13 November. In brief:

• 45 matches played across Adelaide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney
• Australia drawn with New Zealand, England and Afghanistan in addition to two teams who get through from Round 1
• Final to be played at the MCG on November 13
• First time Australia have ever hosted the pinnacle men’s event for T20 cricket

Cricket Australia has set up a great initiative called ‘Squads’. This is an initiative where people supporters for each of the participating countries can be part of a national supporters group. To find out more check out the following links:

• Australia – Squads – Australia

• Afghanistan – Squads – Afghanistan

• Bangladesh – Squads – Bangladesh

• England – Squads – England
• India – Squads – India

• New Zealand – Squads – New Zealand
• Pakistan – Squads – Pakistan

• South Africa – Squads – South Africa
• Sri Lanka – Squads – Sri Lanka
• West Indies – https://www.facebook.com/groups/squadwestindies

Check out the links and be part of the build-up – THIS IS YOUR SQUAD V3