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Significant Club Milestones

Club History

The 2020/21 Junior Blasters Team at Presentation Day - Edward Bennett Oval - 13 March 2021

  • West Pennant Hills Cricket Club formed and played C Grade in the Parramatta competition

  • No cricket during the War Years

  • Reformed in the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Cricket Association (HKCA)

  • Waratah emblem adopted. Previously it was a badge with 2 x crossed bats and a red ball

  • Kanga (Junior Blasters since 2019/20) formed by Arthur Souter with first game at Pennant Hills Oval

  • Name changed from West Pennant Hills Cricket Club (WPHCC) to West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Cricket Club (WPHCCC)

  • Incorporation adopted

  • Girls Cricket introduced by Arthur Souter

  • First Club website launched – www.jamark.com.au/wphccc

  • ‘Participation over Results’ policy adopted for Junior cricket

  • Club Wisden (Statistical history) launched (David Carey)

  • A1 Grade unique player numbers introduced (James Makin)

  • 50 consecutive seasons in A1 Grade

  • New Club website launched that embraced social media – wphccc.com.au

  • CNSW Community Cricket Club of the Year

  • SportNSW Community Club of the Year (Runner-up)

  • Blowfly Cricket introduced by Bill Peterkin

  • CNSW Community Club of the Year; SportNSW Community Club of the Year (Finalist); ‘A Sport for All’ – CNSW nominee forAuistralian Club of the Year (National award) – Runner-up

  • New Constitution, written by Barry McDonald, was approved at a Special General Meeting (SGM)

  • 1,000th Junior Team entered

  • The most amazing year in our history. How about this for ‘Events” that shaped the way we play the game:

    • Extreme heat plus ‘Catastrophic’ fire conditions over December (2019) to February (2020) caused a number of Rounds to be cancelle
    • Drought caused cancellation of our Country Carnivals – Tamworth (U14s) & Taree (16s)
    • Rounds & Semi Finals washed out (February)
    • COVID-19 (March 2020 and ongoing) caused cancellation of Finals and Presentation days. It also changed the way the game is played due to social distancing.
    • CNSW Community Club of the Year
    • SportNSW Community Club of the Year (Finalist)
    • ‘A Sport for All’ – CNSW nominee for Australian Club of the Year (National Award) – Runner-up

    This recognition is the 3rd State / National recognition in 5 years!