News – May 2026

Latest News

Coming Events

• Annual General Meeting (AGM) – Tuesday 23^rd June 2026 @ WPH Sports Club
• Association:
  • Thursday 28^th May 2026 – Juniors Presentations
  • Thursday 28^th May 2026 – Representative Presentations
  • Thursday 23^rd July 2026 – Senior Presentation
  • Thursday 23^rd July 2026 – AGM
• Seniors 1^st pre-season training – Saturday 25^th July 2026
• 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.

Website views hit 50,000

Our website that was refreshed on 16 January 2025. On 19^th May 2026 we passed an amazing 50,000 views! Some key data shows:

• Average session time – 4.13 minutes / view
• Views per session – 1.40
• Apart from Australia, the top 5 viewing countries are: USA, American Samoa, UK, India & China. All up, people from 82 countries view our website
• Excluding our Home page, the most viewed popular pages are: Seniors (All age), Match Reports, News, Juniors Mixed and Anecdotes

Hall of Fame Induction

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.

Our West Penno greats came from all over NSW with their families to be acknowledged for their amazing contribution.

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

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

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