Girls update
Our Girls played in the North shore Girls Final on the weekend. Scores are:

WPHC 6/94 (T Ratnapala 23*) drew with Gordon 0/0. Rain again played havoc with Gordon not being able to complete their innings. Not sure of the rule here about joint Premiers Vs minor premier going through - will check this out and update this section.

Juniors
Congratulations to our Finalists who played on Sunday 11th March 2007:

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)

Seniors
Congratulations to the following teams who made it through to the Final next Saturday and Sunday:
• A2
• B1 Red
• B2
• D2

Details of who is playing and where will be on the website early this week.

A2 168 defeated Kenthurst 61 and 7/149 – ‘Team Jobbo’ completed a demolition on Kenthurst before heavy rain came to bring the game to a halt. This is a game where Matt Jobson walked on water – scoring 76* and then backing up with match bowling figures of 5 wickets. Welcome back to Andrew Driscoll with 2/34. After an up and down season the lads are now in the best form of their season – bring on the Final.
Colts 63 and 6/75 lost to Castle Hill 153 – not a lot to report other than it was going to be a tough day at the office against this strong Castle Hill side before rain came.
B1 Red 4/135 defeated Kissing Point 99 – a fabulous win against 2nd placed Kissing Point. We did this in a canter with Peter Taylor 58* and Matt Davidson 39* in no trouble. We were 4 down overnight still needing 40 to wrap-up the win and did it without losing a wicket. After being competition front runners for much of the season, the form loss is now a distant memory with the boys firing.
B2 4/137 drew with Castle Hill 7/190 declared – rain brought an end to this game with us well placed to wrap it up. Andrew Mills with 38 and Adam Walter 35 batted well. After winning the minor premiership this was enough to see us make the Final.
C1 7/72 drew with Beecroft 204 – another game that was rain affected. The roll to the Finals finally came to an end with heavy rain playing its part at Tea. Loss of wickets was due to a combination of poor shot selection and very good catching. With Andrew Watt and Chris Collits still batting, Ashraf and Pat to follow who knows what might have happened but a good season brought to a pre-mature end.
C2 122 Vs Thornleigh 3/144 – despite no lack of effort form the lads we just ran out of bowlers through injuries over a long period. Rain finished off the game around Tea.
D2 79 and 4/41 defeated Normanhurst 56 –not much play here, due to rain, but enough to get a good win. Matt Thomas and Geoff Starr, both bowling their hearts out, dismissed a hapless Normanhurst for the addition of just eight runs to their overnight score of 7 for 48. Much, if not quite all of the credit for this goes to young Matt Thomas who lifted himself to another level today, to achieve the truly outstanding figures of 13.1 overs, 8 maidens, 5 wickets for 6 runs (!!!). I say almost all the credit because, at the other end Matt enjoyed the support of a fired-up Geoff Starr who put every last ounce of guile and energy into a great spell, finishing with a very respectable 3 for 24, which barely did his bowling justice. Both bowlers also benefited from the backing of a fine fielding side that is coming together as a formidable competitive unit as we head into next week's Final.

Presentation Night
Details will follow but pencil in Friday 11th May as our Seniors Presentation Night at Castle Hill RSL. Should be another fabulous night.

Legendary stuff in the making
Tony Hadley is usually ‘The Man’ who flies from all over the world to make it to games. Peter Taylor is now about to break into this legendary status. After ‘brilliant’ Captaincy from Dale Van den Boogaard who batted Peter at 8, 9 or 10 throughout the season he promoted Peter to number 3 for the Semi where he scored a classy 58*. The problem is that Peter has to fly to China next Sunday, (day 2 of the Final) for work commitments. When Peter changes his flight to Monday he will join Tony Hadley in legendary status.

You wouldn’t believe it
With names excluded to protect the innocent, one of our players has an Uncle who is a green keeper with a local Council had a quiet word about cutting the grass due to the with long grass threatening to derail our run to the Premiership. When the team arrived at the ground, the outfield was mysteriously good. Now we know why. For those who remember the great Jim Fuggle, he would be impressed.

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
B1 – 2002/3 (Tim Coverdale) – 5 Premierships
B2 – 2000/01 (Mark Taylor) – 4 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

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
1,000 runs Vs Nth Wahroonga @ Gilroy

Posted by Ross Anderson on March 18, 2007 06:17 AM