Girls update
Scores to be provided shortly.

Juniors
The Semi Finals are over with a mixed bag of results – 4 teams in the Final and 2 losses. Congratulations to the following teams who play their Final on Sunday:

Semi Final (3rd - 10th March 2007)
U11
WPHC Blue 7/125 (N Hayes 40) defeated WPHC Green 116 (J Hertzog 45*)
U12
WPHC Gold 9/92 defeated Pennant Hills 89. Going for back to back wins.
U13
WPHC White 8/130 (Sid Shankar 54*) defeated Castle Hill RSL 88 (D Govill 3/9)
U14
WPHC Red 68 lost to Pennant Hills 152 (Viswarathan 3/19)
WPHC 2/137 (M Richards 45 and D Pesavento 52*) defeatedBerowra 5/136
U15
WPHC White 78 lost to Upper Hills 8/83 (P Bhatia 3/15, T Louw 3/7)
U16
WPHC White 9/166 (A Devalia 40) lost to Upper Hills 4/171
WPHC Blue 134 (Chris Milojevic 65) lost to Normanhurst 5/157

Final(Sunday 11th March 2007)
The Finals were played on Sunday 11th March 2007 and we had 3 winners from our 4 teams competing. Congratulations to every team that made it through and bad luck to our U13 White team who were worth Runners-up.
U11
WPHC Blue 6/121 (N Hey 69) defeated Pennant Hills 72 (T Smith 3/12)

U12
WPHC Gold 8/115 defeated Berowra 78

U13
WPHC White 63 lost to Normanhurst Black 3/65

U14
WPHC 1/99 (K Godfrey 58*) defeated Pennant Hills 97 (M Richards 3 wickets)

Past Premiers
The following list is a summary of our most recent Premiership wins by Grade. Good luck to those who can make it through to next weekend. In the Juniors though it is worth remembering that our Club policy is all about equal opportunity for our children so with talent spread and performances balanced, any team making it this far is an extraordinary achievement.
U11 – 2005-06 (WPHC Gold) – 5 Premierships
U12 – 2002-03 (Blue) – 8 Premierships
U13 – 2005/06 (Blue) – 7 Premierships
U14 – 1999/2000 (Blue) – 6 Premierships
U15 – 2005-06 (White) – 7 Premierships
U16 – 2005-06 (White) – 6 Premiers.

Seniors
A2 61 defeated Kenthurst 8/138 – a really important toss to win by James Making with the game played at a moist Turramurra Oval. In the 2 previous encounters against Kenthurst we have lost both games so this is a big turnaround. Super bowling by Matt Jobson and Michael McDowell with 3 wickets with Matt then backing up with 55* has put us in a very strong position.
Colts 63 lost to Castle Hill 6/112 – batting first on a damp wicket we struggled-all day, scoring our runs in 44 overs. Only Matt Phipson with 24 showed any resistance. A combination of poor shot selection and good bowling on Castle Hill’s behalf. We bowled well to have Castle Hill 6-79 but dropped catches late in the day for Castle Hill to be 6-112 at stumps. The game is not dead and buried we need 4 quick wickets next week to put a pulse back into our chances.
B1 Red 6/61 Vs Kissing Point 99 – a very solid performance against 2nd placed Kissing Point. John Steel starred with 3/30, Eric Junkkari 2/15 were our best bowlers. Still a little bit of work to do but with fine weather next weekend we should get the 39 to win.
B2 0/14 Vs Castle Hill 7 dec 190 – an interesting declaration leaving us with only 177 to get the win. Solid performances allround with Justin Paterson taking 2 wickets. We should get up in this one.
C1 0/0 Vs Beecroft 204 – a very good effort in a fluctuating day’s play. Andrew Watt and John Mitchell were the destroyers with 3 wickets each plus a good contribution by Kishore 2 wickets has put us in a good position. Still a bit to do but with 10 wickets and a powerful batting order we control our own destiny.
C2 122 Vs Thornleigh 0/39. Apart from Jeremy Foley with 26 and Senthu 20 not a lot to excite the scorers. They still have runs to get but we need to pull something special out to get the 10 wickets.
D2 79 Vs Normanhurst 7/48. A thriller is underway here. We won the toss and struggled to a moderate score but fired back late in the day. Geoff Starr carried us through the day, top scoring with 40, before becoming our highest wicket-taker with 3 for 19. Matt Thomas also chimed in with a great bowling spell of 8 overs, 5 maidens, 2 for 4. Clearly a great deal more cricket yet to come in this low-scoring game that is nicely poised to go either way next week but at 7 down 32 extra runs looks like a mountain. This one could well go into a 4 innings game.

What a turnaround
This time last year we had 7 teams in the Semi Finals and every team lost. This year we have the 7 teams again but are well placed to turn this around. Every team is still very much alive but at the risk of jumping the gun, we have at least 3 teams who are all but certainties to go through.

Past Premiers
We have a fabulous history of Premiership wins in all Grades. The following list is a summary of our most recent Premiership wins by Grade. Good luck to those who can make it through to next weekend:
A2 – 2004/05 Season (Simon Smyth Captain) – 2 Premierships
Colts – No wins yet – a newly established comp.
B1 – 2002/3 (Tim Coverdale) – 5 Premierships
B2 – 2000/01 (Mark Taylor) – 4 Premierships
C1 – 2003/04 (Dale van den Boogaard) – 8 Premierships
C2 – 2004/05 (Craig Willmott) – 9 Premierships
D2 – 2001/02 (Roger Friend) – 2 Premierships.

Points table
While the points table is available team by team through the DCA website http://www.cricketnsw.com.au/hkhdca/ the summary position follows:

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
Congratulations to everyone listed below who notched up tremendous personal milestones throughout the year. Well done.

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

Michael Banner A2 3,000 runs Vs Kenthurst 21/10

Eric Junkkari B1 300 wickets Vs Kenthurst 21/10

Gavan Hassett B1 3,000 runs Vs Kissing Point 28/10

Matt Spalding A1 100 wickets Vs St Ives 28/10

Daniel Moye B1 2,000 runs Vs B1 Red 11/11

James Meilnik B1 1,000 runs Vs St Ives 18/11

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 and 1,000 runs Vs Nth Wahroonga

Posted by Ross Anderson on March 11, 2007 05:27 AM