The Future
WPHCCC has a rich history and this paper gives an insight into just some of the talented cricketers, characters and amusing incidents. The future is even more exciting. We are a rapidly growing Club that provides tremendous opportunity for players of all abilities.
Historically, it is reality that in all sports (cricket in this Club has been no exception until recently) that the large number of children who start playing in Kanga and graduate to juniors drop off rapidly after U13s. However, since 1996/97 we have seen a reversal of this trend with increasingly large numbers of children coming through from Kanga’s, and moving through to U16’s and then Seniors. The reasons for this are many but include, excellent Leadership from out Junior and Girls Committees, a Club Executive that is highly efficient and the introduction of a ‘Participation over Results’ policy that gives every child a go. The trends are now good.
The next challenge is to maintain the growth of the Club. The West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook area has seen rapid population growth since the early 1980’s. Now that development has eased and house prices are very high the area will become increasingly more difficult for young people to become established, causing an aging of the population and the obvious flow on effect to Junior numbers. We now have an excellent Kanga programme under John Coulthard but the challenge is real.
The history is a living document. If you think of anything that is worthy of inclusion, let Ross Anderson know and it will be added.