News – April 2026

Latest News

Coming Events

• Presentation
  • Seniors Presentation – Friday 8^th May – The Vicar @ 7.00 pm
• Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 25^th May 2026 @ WPH Sports Club
• Association:
  • Thursday 28^th May 2026 – Juniors + Association Representative Presentation
• Registrations for 2026/27 season – opening in June 2026 (date to be confirmed)
• Seniors 1^st pre-season training – Saturday 25^th July 2026
• Season start – Saturday 5^th September 2026 (to be confirmed)

Seniors Presentation Night

The Seniors Presentation ‘Night of Nights’ is fast approaching:

• When:                    Friday 8^th May 2026
• Where:                   The Vicar, 271 New Line Rd, Dural
• Time:                      Arrival time 7.00 pm
• Cost:                      $37.50

How do I book

Bookings with upfront payment by Monday 4^th May is required please. Via the following link – Pay here

Who is welcome to come along?

Players, family & friends are most welcome.

Meal options

There will be pizza’s and canapes. Other special dietary requirements (e.g.; vegetarian and certain meats) will be available – within reason.

As the Vicar adjoins a pub it will be easy for anyone who wants something more substantial to get this themselves.

Seating arrangements

Tables will be allocated by Team.

Association

Junior & Representative Presentations

Both presentations on Thursday 28^th May at Hornsby RSL club. Save the date.

• 6.30pm Junior presentation
• 7.30pm Representative presentation

Caps for premiership teams to be presented as well as batting and bowling awards for each age group and major award winners.

Association Representative Trials 2026/27

Registrations are now Closed for the Association’s 2026/27 Junior Representative teams.

For details refer to the news post on the Association’s website: 2026/27 Association Registrations

Sunday 26th July 2026

• Under 15 Girls – 11.15am to 12.30pm
• Under 17 Boys – 12.45pm to 2.00pm
• Under 13 Girls – 2.15pm to 4.00pm

Division specific News

Congratulations to our Grand Finalists (Premiers & Runner’s-up) for 2025/26:

Premiership Results
Juniors Mixed
Grade	Premiers	Runners-up	Comments
U12 Red	X
U14 Purple	X	X	Junior Sheep Station
Girls/ Women
Stage 1 Gardner		X	NSJCA Comp
CNSW Metro Cup		X	Undefeated Minor Premiers – Women’s All-Age
Stage 3		X	PDCA Comp
Seniors
B1	X	X	First Seniors Sheep Station Trophy
C1		X
C4	X
D1		X

Cricket Blast

Registrations for the 2026/27 season will OPEN in June 2026. More details to follow

More details on the Blast program can be found on the Club website at – WPHC Blast Information

Blowfly Cricket

To find out more about Blowfy cricket for next season checkout the website – Blowfly Home Page

Details

Game details are:

• Where:                James Henty Oval
• Day:                       Friday’s
• When:                    6.00 pm to 7.30 pm

What if I need more information?

Please contact Bill Peterkin

How do Register?

You can register and pay online through the following link – Register here

Channel 10 – The Project story

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

ABC News coverage

Also worth looking at is a great story that aired on the ABC News on Sunday 2^nd March 2025 – ABC News Report

Girls

HK&HDCA

Tables as at the end of Round 16 (28/02/2026) follows:

HK&HDCA Draw & Ladder

Stage 1

• Harris (=3^rd )
• Annetts (7^th)
• Healy (=9^th)

Stage 2

Lanning (3^rd)

NSJCA

Tables as at the end of Round 16 (28/02/2026) follows

Draw & Ladder is available on: NSJCA Draw and Ladder

Stage 1

Gardner (=3^rd )

Grand Final (played Saturday 20^th March 2026)

WPHC Gardner 119 lost to Lane Cove 145

Stage 2

Clark (8^th)

Stage 3

Perry (7^th)

Parramatta DCA

Tables as at the end of Round 18 (28/02/2026) follows

Draw & Ladder is available: Parramatta DCA

Stage 3

Sutherland (5^th)

Grand Final (played Saturday 20^th March)

WPHC (4^th) drew with Hills Barbarians (3^rd) 87 (game abandoned due to rain)

CNSW Metropolitan Cup

(Women’s All-Age)

Litchfield (1^st)

Grand Final (played Sunday 15^th March)

WPHC (1^st ) 95 lost to Burwood Briars (2^nd) 4/107

Juniors (Mixed)

Junior (Mixed & Girls) Presentation Day and Pink Stumps

The Juniors (Mixed & Girls) had their Presentation Day on Saturday (21/3) at Greenway Park.

Congratulations to our Major Award winners:

• Player of the Year:
  • Junior Player of the Year (John Coulthard Trophy) – Sachin Dixit (U14)
  • Senior Girls Player of the Year(Lisa Sthalekar Award ) – Shruti Saravanakumar
  • Junior Girls Player of the Year (Tina MacPherson Trophy) – Charlie Callaghan
  • Outstanding U11 Player of the Year (Ross Anderson Trophy) – Haran Palendira
• Charles Booth Memorial Award (U13 Citizenship) – Shabarish Deepak Kumar
• Junior Volunteer of the Year Award:
  • U8 to U11 – Daniel Ward
  • U12 to U17 – Biju Nair
  • Girls Volunteer of the Year – Mal Hall Memorial Trophy – Asita Galappatti

Tables as at the end of Round 16 (14/02/2026) – last Round of standard Competition follows:

No competition

U8

Blue & Red

U9

Blue; Green; Gold; Red; White

U10

Blue; Green; Gold; Red; White

U11

Blue; Green; Gold; Red; White;

Competition

Draw & Ladder is available on: HK&HDCA Draw and Ladder

U12

Red (2^nd); Yellow (3^rd); Purple (4^th ); Gold (6^th ); White (12^th); Blue (18^th )

Premiers 2025-26

Congratulations to our Premiers for 2025-26

WPHC U12 Red /98 defeated Kissing Point 8/96 @Auluba Oval

U13

Green (4^th ); Gold (=10^th); Purple (17^th ); Yellow (19^th)

U14

Purple (1^st); Gold (2^nd ); Blue (5^th); Black (6^th); Red (9^th)

WPHC U14 Purple 5/33 drew (rain affected) with WPHC Gold 8/65.

Premiership awarded to the higher placed Purple side.

U15

Green (12^th ); Gold (14^th )

U17

Gold (5^th )

Seniors

Grand Finals

The Seniors Grand Finals were played over the weekend 15^th & Sunday 16^th March 2026. Results were:

B1 Grade

WPHC Red (Todd) 152 & 2/65 defeated outright WPHC Blue (Prats) 95 & 8/119

C1 Grade

WPHC (Aniket) 105 lost to Berowra 234

C4 Grade

WPHC Red (Ravi) 99 & 8/44 defeated Hornsby 59

D1 Grade

WPHC Blue (Roger) 146 lost to Hornsby 9/147

The Full results and Match Reports are here – PlayHQ Results

General info

Checkout the Seniors section of our website for detailed information on things like:

• Team selections
• Season format
• Grade allocations and Team colours from the Association

The link is – Seniors website page

Presentation Night

Arrangements for the Seniors Presentation are underway with a few changes to recent years. A few early insights:

• When:                    Friday 8^th May
• Where:                   Final arrangements TBA, but it will be local
• Arrangements:     Dinner to be included

Stay tuned for more info.

Competition tables

Table after Round 14, (21/02/2026) is:

PlayHQ link – Association Draw and points table

• A1 (Cam #25) – 3^rd (52 points)
• A2 Blue (Warren) – 7^th (37 points)
• B1:
  • Prats – 4^th (52 points) – RUNNERS-UP
  • Red (Todd) – 2^nd (62 points) – PREMIERS
• B2 (John Koleth) – 1^st (55 points)
• C1 (Aniket) – 2^nd (60 points) – RUNNERS-UP
• C2:
  • (Indranil) – 5^th (50 points)
  • Blue (Chintan) –6^th (47 points)
• C3: Red (Karl) – 4^th (51 points)
• C4:
  • Blue (Rob) – =2^nd (57 points)
  • Red (Ravi) – =2^nd (57 points) – PREMIERS
• D1: Note: 1-day competition (Round 9)
  • Blue (Roger) – 1^st (99 points) – RUNNERS-UP
  • Red (Diggers) – 5^th (61 points)
• D2 (Ross S) – 5^th (52 points)

Training

Season training arrangements are:

• When:                    Wednesday’s starting 10^th September
• Where:                   George Thornton Reserve
• Time:                      4.00 pm (pre-daylight savings) and then from 5.00 pm (post daylight savings)