20215/26 Registrations for Cricket Blast (4 to 7 years) are OPEN. Club-wide registrations will open in early / mid-June 2025. Stay tuned…..

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Registrations are OPEN

Registrations for 2025-26 season, our 95th season, are OPEN – Register here

You can now register for: Cricket Blast (4 to 7 years), Girls, Juniors Mixed & Seniors (all age). To find out more about the what each Division is about, check out the following links:

• Cricket Blast (4 to 7 years)
• Blowfly Cricket (All Abilities)
• Girls
• Juniors Mixed
• Seniors (All age)

This season is going to be massive with The Ashes, India and South African teams touring. By registering early you guarantee a spot playing in the same Team as your friends.

Coming Events

• Annual General Meeting – Tuesday 24^th June 2025
• 1^st Pre-season Seniors training – Saturday 26^th July 2025
• Season start (Juniors Mixed, Girls & Seniors) – target date is Saturday 13^th September 2025 (date to be confirmed).

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Our Club & Seniors AGM is on this month. Details are:

• When:    Tuesday 24^th June 2025
• Where:      WPH Sports Club (Cedar Room + Zoom (details to be provided)
• Time:          7.30 pm
• Attendance:          Everyone is welcome to come along with Club Members able to vote.

Nomination for positions

All Executive Committee positions are declared vacant at this meeting and are up for re-election. The positions are listed on our website – Club Executive positions

To nominate for any of these positions the form must be:

• made in writing, signed by 2 x Members of the Club and include the written consent, endorsed on the form, by the nominee. You can access the Nomination form via our Miscellaneous photo Gallery – Nomination for position
• delivered to the Director Operations at least 7 days before the AGM (17^th June 2025) – operations@wphccc.com.au

Petition to improve grounds in Baulkham Hills Shire Council

The Hills Council have started a petition that in part is aimed at securing more funding for the shortfall of fields in their Council region. The campaign is hoping to secure 20,000 signatures so that the issue is debated in parliament.

They have identified a funding gap where 31 fields are fully or partially funded and 9 fields with no funding. Partial funded grounds within our association include:

• Castle Hill pony club (3 fields)
• Holland Reserve expansion (3 fields)
• Caddies creek stage 2 (4 fields)

The Association’s Junior competition last year was at full capacity, and the senior competition required 7 grades to have a bye due to their being more teams than ground availability.

To sign the petition, go to Petition to improve grounds

Winter Cricket Blast (4 to 7 years) – NEW

A great way to have a hit lots of fun for a short 4-week season is coming up. Details are:

• When:                    Monday 2^nd June to Monday 30^th June (4 weeks)
• Where:                   Castlewood Park (29 Castlewood Dr Castle Hill)
• Time:                     4.00 pm to 5.00 pm
• Cost:                      $NIL
• Registration:         scan code below to register for boys & girls

Get your friends together to have fun and prepare for next season.

Sydney Sixers Junior Cricket Carnival – July school holidays – NEW

CNSW has arranged:

• 2 back-to-back days of cricket competition. Up to 6 matches per team.
• Format – 14 overs per innings, 7-9 players per side
• Match Equipment, Balls and Umpires Provided

These carnivals are a great opportunity for players to get their winter cricket fix in and prepare for the coming season, by playing a fun, fast format of cricket. Catering to Stage 1 (U11), Stage 2 (U13) and Stage 3 (U15) players.

Upcoming Dates

• Where: Gannons Park, Peakhurst)
• When: Stage 1 (17^th/ 18^th July), Stage 2 (15^th/ 16^th July) & Stage 3 (17^th/ 18^th July).
• Register: CLICK HERE to register a team
• Register: CLICK HERE to register as an individual player.

If this sounds like something your juniors would be interested in, I’d appreciate you sharing the attached flyer with your Club via email and/ or posting on your socials with the following link –Flyer

To see what a carnival looks like click on the following links: SYDNEY SIXERS CARNIVAL

Greenway Park – latest update

Work is now finished on the Change rooms + new terraced seating at the Greenway Park Community Centre.

This means that by the start of next season our Teams playing at Greenway Park will have access to the new Change room and the terraced seating that is available to everyone.

Photo: New terraced seating at Greenway Park – 13 May 2025

Club News

Clothing update – next stage

Work is well underway on developing a new Training shirt now that the transition to our new playing shirts is complete. This will be ready for the start of the new season.

We are also developing Club training shorts and these will also be ready for the start of next season.

More info will be available on both of these initiatives as we get closer to the new season start.

Cricket Blast

Registrations for next season are OPEN or 2025/26. You can register via the following link – Winter Blast – Register here

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

Blowfly Cricket

Season arrangements

Blowfly Cricket has now finished for the season and we take a break until next season (2025/26).

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 at here

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

Women’s Metropolitan Competition – New

Exciting News with CNSW announcing that they are establishing a new female cricket pathway’s competition for 2025-26. CNSW has advised:

“This competition is aimed at bridging the gap between local cricket and NSW Women’s Premier Cricket, increasing opportunities for female cricketers to play traditional cricket and leading to stronger player pathways and retention.

The competition will be open-age (U16 & Over) to allow maximum coverage and make it easier for clubs to expand and progress their female playing pool, importantly removing the ‘age group dead-end’ that currently exists in many areas. The competition is open to all clubs with a mix of 20 & 30 over games.”

Next steps

More information will follow but if you are 17 years and older and want to play competitive cricket (T20 / T30) and not Premier Grade cricket then this is a great option to start thinking about for you and your friends.

Stay tuned.

Grand Finals (15 March 2025):

Congratulations to our Grand Finalists:

Stage 2

Grand Final

• WPHC Lanning (3^rd) 6/61 defeated by Lane Cove Haynes (1^st) 7/103

Photo: Stage 2 Lanning Team Runners-up

Cup Final

• WPHC Clark (6^th ) 4/83 defeated by Epping Bulls (5^th) 2/87

Plate Final

• WPHC Perry (10^th) lost on forfeit Lindfield Gardner (9^th)

Girls Major Awards

Our Juniors Mixed & Girls Presentation was held on 15^th March 2025. Congratulations to our Major Girls Award winners:

1). Junior Girls Player Of The Year ‘Lisa Sthalekar Award‘ with Kapil Dev – Trisha Yadav 2) Junior Girls Player Of The Year ‘Tina Mcpherson Award‘ with Steve Burrows – Ellen Chen

Congratulations to our Grand Finalists who play over 15^th & 16^th March 2025:

Competition tables

Final Standings after Round 16 (1/3/2025):

Stage 1:

• Gardner (6^th) – 24 points

All-Girls (Friday Stage 1):

• Harris 6^th (22 points)
• Annetts 10^th (0 points)

Stage 2:

• Lanning (=2^nd ) – 72 points
• Clark (6^th ) – 54 points
• Perry (10^th) – 27 points

Juniors (Mixed)

Junior Mixed Grand Finals

Congratulations to our Junior Mixed Teams that played in their Grand Finals on 8 March 2025:

U12

• WPHC Gold (2^nd) 7/92 defeated WPHC Green (1^st) 8/69

Photo: WPHC Gold & Green Teams playing in the Grand Final – 9 March 2025

Photo: U12 Gold – Premiers

U13

• WPHC Gold (2^nd) 1/89 defeated Castle Hill Blue (1^st) 8/86

Photo: U13 Gold Premiers

Congratulations also, not just for making / winning the Grand Finals but for the way the games were played and from the fantastic and gracious support from our parents and supporters. A comment from the U13 Umpire and Association Life Member (Gavin) says it all:

“I had a great day again, it was an absolute pleasure and you should be proud of how the team conducted themselves, clearly influenced by excellent coaching.

It is so nice to see the young players enjoying the game and doing so in the right way. They were so polite and there are some outstanding players.

Many of them would already hold their own in D Grade.”

Congratulations and well done!

Juniors Mixed Major Awards

Our Juniors Mixed & Girls Presentation was held on 15^th March 2025. Congratulations to our Major Award winners:

1. Junior Player Of The Year ‘John Coulthard Trophy‘ – Hesandu Withanage with John Coulthard 2). Charles Booth Memorial Award – Gurjot Pawar with Steve Burrows.

1. Charles Booth Memorial Award – Gurjot Pawar with Steve Burrows 2). Ross Anderson Trophy – Cameron Palmer with Ross A.

Competition table

Standings after Round 17 (22/2/2025):

• U8 – no competition standings published
• U9 – no competition standings published
• U10 – no competition standings published
• U11 – no competition standings published
• U12 – Green (1^st); Gold (=2^nd), Blue (=11^th), Yellow (18^th), Purple (20^th)
• U13 –Gold (=2^nd), Purple (=2^nd), Orange (4^th), Green (5^th), Blue (=8^th ), Red (=11^th), White (15^th)
• U14 –Red (5^th); Gold (10^th); White (15^th)
• U15 – Blue (4^th ); Red (9^th)
• U17 – Gold (3^rd), Red (5^th)

Seniors

Presentation Night – major Award winners

Congratulations to our Major Award winners that were announced at our Presentation night held at Castle Hill RSL on 9^th May 2025.

• President’s Award:              Craig Hutchinson
• Player of the Year:              Billy Gaunt (A1)
• Outstanding Prospect:        Oliver Makin & Jude Boyle
• T20 Batsman of the Year:   Oliver Linschoten
• T20 Bowler of the Year:     Andy Meikle

The Photo Gallery has all the photos from Presentation Night.

Photos: 1) President’s Award – Craig Hutchinson (2nd left) with Andrew Miedler, Keith Knights (Sponsor of Haven) & Cameron McBrien 2) Player of the Year – Billy Gaunt with Cam McBrien and Keith Knights 3) Outstanding Prospect – Jude Boyle (2nd left) & Oliver Makin with Cameron McBrien & Keith Knights

Photos: 1) Our Premiership winning sides: A1, B1 Red and C4 White 2) T20 Bowler of the Year (Andy Meikle) and Oliver Linschoten Bowler of the Year (Oliver Linschoten) with Cameron McBrien.

Grand Finals

Congratulations to our Premiers for 2024/25:

Photo: A1 Premiers 2024-25. WPHC 7/188 defeated Berowra 184

Photo: B1 Premiers 2024-25. WPHC 6/218 defeated St Ives-Wahroonga 214

Photo: C4 Premiers 2024-25. WPHC White 6/205 defeated Hornsby 204

Competition Table

The table after Round 14 (22/2/2025) is:

• A1 (Cam #25) – 2^nd (64 points) – PREMIERS
• A2:
  • Blue (Ryan) – 4^th (52 points)
  • Red (Todd) – 6^th (26 points)
• B1:
  • Red (Warren) – 2^nd (58 points) – PREMIERS
  • Blue (Shomik) – 5^th 3^rd (48 points)
• C1 (Indranil) – 2^nd (68 points)
• C2:
  • Red (Aniket) – 4^th (53 points) – RUNNERS-UP
  • Blue (Hiresh) – =5^th (51 points)
• C3 (Mick) – 4^th (59 points)
• C4:
  • White (Agniva) – 1^st (69 points) – PREMIERS
  • Blue (Rob) – =2^nd (66 points)
  • Red (Ross S) – 6^th (53 points)
• D1:
  • Blue (Nirav) – 2^nd (64 points) – RUNNERS-UP
  • Red (Diggers) – =7^th (49 points)
• D2 (Roger) – 4^th (48 points)