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 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.

Association News

Semi Finals & Grand Finals (Juniors)

Both the Semi Finals & 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.

Semi Finals & Grand Finals (Seniors)

Details and dates:

• Semi-finals – Saturday 5/3 (day 1) & Saturday 12/3 (day 2),
• 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 8 x Semi Finalists:

1. A1 – Phil (2^nd) Vs Glenorie (3^rd) – Parklands Oval
2. A2 – Andrew (1^st) Vs Glenorie (4^th) @ Kenthurst with Les Shore the backup ground
3. B2 – Shomik (4^th) Vs Berowra (1^st) @ Mt Ku-ring-gai
4. C2 – Buzz (2^nd) Vs Kenthurst (3^rd) @ Greenway Park
5. C3 – Rob (4^th) Vs Beecroft (1^st) @ Thornleigh Oval
6. & 7. – D1 Red (Ross S – 2^nd ) Vs WPHC Blue (Diggers – 3^rd ) @ Dural Park
7. D2 – Nirav (2^nd) Vs Beecroft (3^rd) @ Howson Oval.

Not surprisingly, Saturday was washed out so games are played on Day 2 (next weekend) as a 2-day game so no limited overs – the higher placed side will go into the Grand Final with a draw.

 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.

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.

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 Grand Finalists

With all Semi Finals abandoned last Saturday, the higher placed teams went through to play in the GF this Sunday. Details are:

• U16/17:
  • Blue (2^nd) Vs Hornsby Green (1^st) @ Parklands Oval
• U14:
  • Blue (1^st) Vs Oakhill College (2^nd) @ Greenway Park
• U13:
  • Blue (1^st) Vs Hornsby Green @ Cheltenham Oval

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 1)

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

Batting

• 70* by Connor Hindmarch
• 36 by Craig Hutchinson

Partnerships

• 78 runs for the 2^nd wicket by Connor Hindmarch (70*) & Craig Hutchinson (36)

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.