Kanga Dads game
A final word on the Seniors Vs Kanga Dads game from 2 weeks ago. We will have some photo’s loaded on the website (Photo Gallery) shortly so please feel free to have a browse.

Girls update
Scores to be provided shortly.

Juniors
Points table
The Semi Finals are now underway – no scores yet but we are well represented by at least 1 team in each Age Semi. Congratulations to the following teams and good luck in making it through to the big one:

U11 Green (2nd position)
U11 Blue (3)

U12 Gold (2)

U13 Blue (3)
U13 White (4)

U14 Blue (2)
U14 Red (4)

U15 White (3)

U16 White (1)
U16 Blue (3)

Seniors
Day 2, Round 14, our last competition round before the Semi finals, was played on Saturday. Results are:

A1 155 lost to Normanhurst 3/200. Despite early juice in the wicket it flattened out into a good track and 4th placed Normo did it easily. Good stuff to Ben Frawley with his best figures of the season with 3/48. We finished the season coming 5th so this gives us a good base for next season.
A2 5/184 defeated Berowra 182. this was an important match only from the viewpoint of seeing which team would finish 2nd . This has good psychological benefit as we play Normo again next week in the Semi Final and if it rains we get the benefit of being better placed. Well done to Ranga with 56*, Jobbo 36 and Michael Banner 20.
Colts 4/56 defeated Hornsby 46 and 7/138 – a powerful result with the boys smashing 2nd placed Normanhurst to put us comfortably in 4th place and an appointment with clear-out competition leaders Castle Hill.
B1 Blue 3/107 defeated Kenthurst 90. Three wins from the last 4 games was a good finish to the season. Dan Moye got a good 54* and Ryan Cherrie another impressive 46*. On their day the boys can beat anyone but lacked consistency but certainly no lack of talent.
B1 Red 130 lost to Kissing Point 159. A good work out against minor premier Kissing Point. We pushed them to the limit after they were 9/110 and in trouble. Star with he ball was Dave Matthews with 6/53 with Eric also chipping in with 3/35. While losing form is not always god going into a Semi the boys showed a lot of ticker for the big one next week against Kenthurst.
B2 4/147 defeated ARL 141. Another solid workout has put the boys into 1st place. This was a comfortable game with Gav Hassett 46, Adam Walter 42 and Millsy 32 all getting into good form just before the big games.
C1 7/34 defeated Glenhaven 139. We did it. After a bad start to the season we have now won 4 on the trot to be the form team in C1. Our bowlers turned it on, fielders took catches and we steam rolled 2nd placed Glenhaven. Stars with the ball were Pat Nesbitt again with 2/16, Chris Collits 2/19, Kishore 2/19. Nathan also took 3 catches and a stumping. We could really give this comp a shake from here.
C2 76 Vs Ku-ring-gai Chase 230 – after a big win last week we stumbled to have a shocker with the bat. But....we finished in the top 4 and if these boys perform they can do anyhting on their day.
C3 53 and 100 lost outright to Galston-Glenorie 2/178 – it would have been good to get a win in the last game but the boys lost to strong minor premier. There is always next season.
D2 63 lost to Normanhurst 179. An unfortunate lapse after all our good work over recent weeks, but a pretty meaningless result in this dead rubber between confirmed second and third in the comp. Hopefully this will serve as a timely wake-up call to us before our back-up semi against Normanhurst, starting next week.. Matt Thomas top scored with a patient and disciplined 27*, also sharing the bowling honours (two wickets each) with Tim Starr. Fortunately this team has a habit of bouncing back, stronger than ever after a loss like this, so roll on the semis!

Semi Finalists
Last year was a record for us with 7 teams in the Semi’s. This year we backed it up 7 teams again. The big difference this year is that of our 7 last season we went down in every game – not this year. Congratulations to the Teams that made it through:
• Colts (4th position) Vs Castle Hill @ Storey Park
• A2 (1st) Vs Kenthurst @ Turramurra Oval
• B1 Red (3rd) Vs Kenthurst @ Headen Park
• B2 (1st) Vs Castle Hill @ Normanhurst Oval
• C1 (4th) Vs St Ives @ Hassell Park
• C2 (2nd) Vs Normanhurst @ Thornleigh Oval
• D2 (2nd) Vs Normanhurst Vs Glenhaven.

Details
The details for next weekend are:

A2 and Colts
• games start at 11.00am and finish at 6.00pm
• games are played over 95 overs minimum
• the match also goes over 2 Saturdays – with the Final played Saturday/Sunday

B Grade and below
• Matches start at 1.00pm and finish at 6.00pm
• 75 overs minimum
• These games are also played over Saturday/Saturday with a Saturday/Sunday Final.

Representative stars
Just a note from our A1 Captain and Coach of the Telegraph Team side:

“I wanted to make everyone aware that the HKHDCA Telegraph Shield team (U/23's) has taken out the premiership, knocking off Camden, who have beaten us in the previous 2 finals. I believe this is only the 2nd time that our Association has won this competition.

Our club was extremely well represented, with Peter Stott (Captain), Matt Spalding, Nathan Orton and Adam Walter playing. Spaldo took 4 wickets and Orto 3 in the final, as we beat Camden by 30 odd runs.”
Well done fella’s.

Married bliss
In the crucial C1 game on the weekend, one of our players had to leave early. We also had to win the game to book a place in the Semi’s. Fortunately, Eric Junkkari turned up after his B1 game finished early but not before the dear wife of one of our players (yours truly) was on her way to the game to make up the numbers. It just happens that the lady in question is former Australian Women’s great Denise Annetts. The moral for those lads still unmarried, keep a lookout for a woman who can play the game – makes for a marriage made in heaven and helps if the team is ever short.

A story of catching
Just spare a thought for the C3’s. While they missed the Semi Finals the lads made things tough for themselves by dropping an average of 10 catches a game with a season high of 15 against Wahroonga. So at face value they came last. If they had taken half of these catches we may well have made the semi’s. But as Roger says, everyone contributed.

Points table
The points table is available team by team through the DCA website http://www.cricketnsw.com.au/hkhdca/ and is current soon after each game so try it out when you get a chnace.

Club Championship
WPHC – 1620
Kenthurst – 1612
CHRSL – 1463
Normanhurst – 1312
Berowra – 1265
St Ives – 1168
Asquith RL – 958
Hornsby – 862
Kissing Pt – 807
Galston Glenorie – 799
The other clubs are ineligible.

Personal achievements
Last week we missed Tim Connell bring up his 1,000 runs when he scored 50 against Nth Wahroonga. This means that Tim has now brought up his 1,000 runs plus 200 wickets in the same season. Well done Tim.

Name Grade Achievement
Ben Nolan B1 200 wickets Vs Kissing Point 21/10

Michael Banner A2 3,000 runs Vs Kenthurst

Eric Junkkari B1 300 wickets Vs Kenthurst

Gavan Hassett B1 3,000 runs Vs Kissing Point

Matt Spalding A1 100 wickets Vs St Ives

Daniel Moye B1 2,000 runs Vs B1 Red

James Meilnik B1 1,000 runs Vs St Ives

Amir Marzouk A1 3,000 runs Vs Kenthurst

Nathan Orton B1 Red 100 wickets – Vs Berowra

Leigh Van den Broeke A2 2,000 runs – Vs Kenthurst

Tony Hadley C1 1,000 runs Vs CHRSL

Martin Boon B1 2,000 runs Vs Beecroft

Tim Leyshon A2 2,000 Vs Kenthurst

Tim Connell B2 200 wickets Vs ARL @ Montview East 24/2
1,000 runs Vs Nth Wahroonga @ Gilroy 17/2

Lachlan Gill B1 Blue 952 runs – 48 from 1,000 career runs

Simon Smyth A1 196 wickets – 4 from 200

Craig Willmott C2 1,913 runs – 87 runs to 2,000

Posted by Ross Anderson on March 4, 2007 04:59 AM