Thank you & congratulations to our Semi Finalists

While wet weather stopped most games on Saturday combined with the pandemics and La Nina we got there. This is an amazing achievement by everyone associated with our Club and Association Leadership.

The only ‘comparable’ period in our history for complexity about getting on the field was between the war years when no competition was run between 1942 and 1945.

Well done.

While Finals glory is special, the amazing contribution from everyone in our Club to complete a largely uninterrupted 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.

Coaching Masterclass ‘Monday’s’

Over the coming weeks Cricket NSW will be running a series of online Masterclasses targeting coaches in working in Community and Premier Cricket.

The Masterclasses will be run on Monday evenings, where Jay Lenton will be sitting down and chatting to former and current players, discussing their insights on coaching. These players have not only experienced coaching at the highest level as a player, but have also started to forge their own path into coaching at the youth level. These sessions will provide coaches with wonderful insights into the minds of the player’s specific craft and methods they have begun to use in transferring their learnings to coach the next generation.

Details:

• First Masterclass – Monday February Feb 28
• Starting time – 5.30pm and will go for approx. an hour on Microsoft Teams
• First guest – will be former Australian and NSW Blues cricketer, spinner Stephen O’Keefe.

How do I register – Masterclass Monday’s Registration Form

Association News

Umpires required for Finals

With the big games about to start, the Association requires assistance from Clubs to encourage those players and parent’s not involved to officiate games.

Details of eligibility, final dates and payments can be found on the Association website – here

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

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

Semi Finals & Grand Finals (Seniors)

The Seniors Competition Committee has decided (11^th February) that both Semi-finals & Grand finals will be conducted as 2 day games in the same format as previous seasons.

Dates for these matches are:

• Semi-finals – Saturday 5/3 (day 1) & Saturday 12/3 (day 2),
• Grand finals – Saturday 19/3 (day 1) & Sunday 20/3 (day 2).
• Playing times, locations, etc will be advised shortly.

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.

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 7 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.

Girls & Social Cricket

CNSW latest

Social Women’s Smash

Social Women’s Smash is back in Term 1, 2022! All information is located further down in the News.

Key points are:

• When:                    9^th Feb to 16^th March 2022
• Time:                     6.45 pm to 8.15 pm
• Where:                   Asquith Oval, Asquith
• Cost:                      $70

Participants can register at any time here

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 Semi Finalists

• U16/17:
  • Blue (2^nd)
  • Red (3^rd)
  • Gold (4^th)
• U15:
  • Blue (3^rd)
  • Red (4^th)
• U14:
  • Blue (1^st)
• U13:
  • Blue (1^st)
• U12:
  • White (2^nd )

Girls

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

• Stage 3 (U17) – 5^th
• Stage 2 (13 to 17 years) – Haynes (7^th); Gardner (9^th); McPherson (11^th)

Best Performances of the Round

Round 15 (Seniors) & Round 13 (Juniors) results follow. During the week we will update the best Junior performances of the Round.

Batting

• 85* by Arun Chaudhuri (D2) Vs St Ives Wahroonga
• 74 by Rudhra Iyer (U17 Red) Vs WPHC Orange
• 68* by Prasant Kumar (C2 red) Vs Berowra
• 66 by Liam Everett (U17 Red) Vs WPHC Orange
• 65 by Anshuman Mahajan (U17 Blue) Vs Oakhill College

Bowling

• 4/2 by Hiren Pathak (U13 Blue) Vs Oakhill College
• 4/17 by Haseeb Rehman (C3 Red) Vs Berowra

Highest Team scores

• 8/196 by D1 Blue Vs Kenthurst
• 3/184 by U17 Red Vs WPHC Orange

Best Partnerships

123* by Arun Chaudhuri (85*) & Ravi Gunna (30*) for the 1^st wicket (D2) Vs St Ives

Blowfly Cricket support

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.

Volunteer support

One of our great achievements is to setup and run a Blowfly Cricket program for our young people with autism. Bill Peterkin and Mike Kinchington have our on the ground leaders who have seen Blowfly cricket develop into an important part of our Community.

Bill is now also involved with his son’s MasterBlasters cricket and Mike is going to live on the South Coast in the New Year. So we need to start planning succession.

This is an early shout out for someone who can be at James Henty Oval on Friday nights between 6.00 pm and 7.30 pm to just be present and to supervise the program that pretty much runs itself.

If you are interested in making a difference to the lives of people with disability and their families, then think about becoming involved. So if you want to make a difference and can set aside 90 minutes on a Friday night for a rewarding experience then think about this wonderful opportunity.

To find out more, without any commitment, contact Bill Peterkin on here or 0488 110 942.