News – June 2026

Latest News

Coming Events

• Association:
  • Thursday 23^rd July 2026 – Senior Presentation
  • Thursday 23^rd July 2026 – AGM
• 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
• Season start – Saturday 5^th September 2026 (to be confirmed)

Registrations for 2026/27 – are now 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

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.

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

The AGM was held on Tuesday 23^rd June. Congratulations to elected Executive Committee for 2025-26. Our Leaders are listed on the following URL – Club Executive Committee 2026-27

Blast ‘School Holiday Bash’

CNSW is running a 6-hour Cricket Blast-style program with activities and modified games during the July School holidays for children aged 5–9 years.

Details are:

• When:                Tuesday 14 July
• Where:               Mark Taylor Oval, Waitara
• Time:                   9.00 am to 3.00 pm
• Cost:                    $59.00
• Registration:        REGISTER here

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.

Association

Association Girls Representative Trials 2026/27

Registrations are for the Girls Representative registrations have been re-opened.

Please carefully read through the representative rules and playing conditions and code of conduct under Club Policy prior to registering – Code of Conduct & Policy

For details refer to the news post on the Association’s website: Register here

Sunday 26th July 2026

• Under 14 / 15 – 11.15am to 12.30pm
• Under 13 Girls – 2.15pm to 4.00pm

The Association has advised (19^th June 2026):

“All players who have registered for NSW Metro Youth Championship trials must nominate one Association.

This nomination process is a mandatory requirement by Cricket NSW. CNSW does not permit players to trial for more than one Association. Where a player has trialled for more than one Association, they will become ineligible to participate in next season’s Youth Championships.

A link will be provided approximately 2 weeks prior to the trials, along with details on the trial.

Age group is determined by calculating the age of player as at 31 August 2026, for example if the player’s DOB is 14 July 2013, the player will be 13 years old as at 31 Aug 2026, hence will trial for the U14 age group.”

Association Coaches’ Association School Holiday Junior Cricket Clinic

Registrations are open for the renowned Coaches’ Association / Northern District CC school holiday Junior cricket (2-day) clinic.

Details are:

• When:   Wednesday 15^th & Thursday 16^th July 2026
• Where: Mark Taylor Oval, Waitara
• Time: 8.30am – 2.00pm each day
• Cost:
  • $160.00 single registration ($140.00 if you already have the Clinic clothing)
  • $295.00 – sibling registration ($265.00 as above)

Online registrations can be made via this link – Register here

Eligibility

The Clinics enter their 17^th season of sold-out programs.

It is designed for boys and girls aged from 6 – 14 years. They cater for all standards from beginners to representative level players.

More information

For more information, go to the Coaches’ Association’s website Association Coaches’ website and/or Facebook page: Association Coaches’ Facebook

Club Legends

At the Club AGM (23 June) we Inducted our Club Legends.

To reach Legend status you must first be a Life Member and then be a ‘change agent’ who has made a lasting legacy contribution that benefits current and future generations of Club Members.

We have 7 Legends with 5 surviving members – check out the list: Club Legends

Congratulations to our Legends who could make it to the AGM and received their special commemorative reverse colour Baggy with embroided details:

Hall of Fame

The reach Hall of Fame standing one of the following performance thresholds must be reached: 5,000 runs, 400 wickets and / or 25 years playing.

Photo – special commenorative reverse colour Club Baggy with details embroided on the back.

A highlight of the Seniors Presentation Night (8^th May) was the Induction of our ‘Hall of Fame’ Members with a special reverse colour commemorative baggy.

A highlight of the Seniors Presentation Night (8^th May) was the Induction of our ‘Hall of Fame’ Members with a special reverse colour commemorative baggy.

For those Hall of Famers who couldn’t make it to Presentation Night, we also had a presentation at our Club AGM (23 June 2026). Congratulations to our latest Inductees:

Check out the Photo Gallery on the website Home Page under ‘Hall of Fame’ to see photos of the night – WPHCCC Hall of Fame Gallery

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

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