News – August 2026

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Andrew Miedler – Association Life Member

Fantastic news with our Club Chair & President, Andrew Miedler, being Inducted as an Association Life Member at the AGM on 23 July 2026.

This is a wonderful achievement and it makes him just the 4^th West Penno player to achieve this great honour. He joins, Jim Fuggle, Barry and Ross A in this list.

The driver was an amazing term as Association President (7 years) and also acknowledges his Club contribution as President (12 years).

During this time, he led the Association with distinction during one of the most challenging periods in our history – Covid, floods, drought and bushfires and let’s not forget the PlayHQ implementation that all caused major disruption to the competition including the cancellation of Finals just before the Covid lockdowns. Finally, as with all great Leaders, he builds great teams around him with great people – the ultimate measure of a true leader.

Well done Andrew on this great achievement.

Well done Lisa – ‘Power 50’ ranking in World cricket

We are proud to share that Lisa Sthalekar, one of our Junior players, has been ranked by CricExec as one of the ‘Power 50’ – the most influential Women in World Cricket – https://www.cricexec.com/whos-who/lisa-sthalekar/ .

Lisa is currently President of the ‘World Cricketers’ Association’ and is the first woman to lead this organisation.

She played Juniors with us from U10s to U16s in the days before we had a separate Girls competition. From U16s she started her pathway to becoming an elite world class player.

Lisa has never forgotten her time with us and talks openly about the impact of playing her early cricket with us had on her career.

Well done Lisa – we are very proud of your many achievements.

Well done Trisha Yadav (Dev) – Australian Captain

A big congratulations to Trisha Yadav (Dev) on being selected as Captain of the Australian U16 Girls Indoor Cricket Team following the Nationals in Melbourne in July. Trisha was also Captain of the winning NSW side.

Trisha has previously represented Australia in the U14 All-Stars (2024) & U16s (2025). She is now Captaining the Australian U16 side that is competing in the World Junior titles in South Africa during September.

We have had 8 players represent Australia in our History including 2 of the all-time greats of Women’s world cricket, Lisa Sthalekar & Denise Annetts. Check out our photo Gallery dedicated to our Australia Representatives – Australian Representatives

Trisha is now just the 2^nd West Penno player to Captain an Australian side and joins Lisa Sthalekar in this exalted position.

Well done Trisha.

Coming Events

Seniors:

• 1^st pre-season training – Sunday 2^nd August 2026 and each Sunday following at John Purchase Oval from 1.00 pm.
• Season launch – Sunday 6^th September (to be confirmed)
• T20 / Warmup games – 12^th & 19^th September
• Season start -26^th September
• Season start for Juniors Mixed & Girls – Saturday 12^th September 2026 (TBC)

Registrations for 2026/27 – are OPEN

Once registered you are locked in for the 2026/27 season. This covers:

• Cricket Blast (4 to 6 years of age)
• Girls and Female All-Age
• Juniors Mixed (7 to 16 years)
• Seniors All-Age

As registrations close once Teams are full it is a comfort to know that a spot is guaranteed once registered.

Note:

Blowfly Cricket (All Abilities) will open shortly

The Registration Portal is accessed via this link: Register here

Alternatively, register using the following QR code:

If you need to find out more information about the Cricket opportunities available through our Club then check out the Information pages accessed via the ‘Playing Info’ tab on the Home page.

Life Member – Graham Chivers #28

Graham’s contribution goes back to 2011/12 when Danni played Kanga and then through to U9’s (2012/13) and all the way through to U17’s (2020/21) when Dani was a Blast Coach.

Graham is an innovator and his contribution to every role he has been involved in has been significant and left a lasting legacy.

His contribution as Blast Director is a standout. However, when looking at the number of Women who continued their involvement with cricket, beyond their playing days with West Penno, has been significant.

Thank you, Graham for you amazing contribution.

Cricket Blast

Registrations for the 2026/27 season are OPEN and you can register – HERE

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

Registrations for 2026/27 are OPEN. Check out our website for everything you need to know about Girls cricket – Girls Cricket Information

To short-cut registration, scan the following QR Codes:

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

Premiers 2025-26

Congratulations to our Premiers for 2025-26

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

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

Premiership awarded to the higher placed Purple side.

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

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.

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)

Premiers & Grand Finalists

Presentation Night

Our ‘Night of Nights’ was held at The Vicar on Friday night, 8^th May 2026.

Congratulations to our major Award winners for the 2025/26 season:

Player of the Year

Luke Tabone (C4 Blue) who scored 836 runs at 83.6 including a double ton. This is also the 5^th highest season aggregate in our history at the 2^nd best average

Outstanding Prospect

Daniel Fagg (A2 / B1) who took 20 wickets @ 20.0 and also scored important runs under pressure

Check out our Seniors Presentation photo gallery on the Home page – Photo Gallery