The 2007-08 Season has now officially started – our 61st as a Club. We have had the Annual General Meeting (AGM), our new Team is in place and Registration Day is about to get underway.

Annual General Meeting
Our AGM was held on the 16th July and we are privileged to have yet another powerful Leadership Team. The Executive Team for this season is:

Chairperson - Barry McDonald
Deputy Chairperson (Snr) - Evan Hutchings
Deputy Chairperson (Jnr) - Phil Hando
Manager Finance - Raj Sethi
Director Kanga - John Coulthard
Director Girls - Mark Tremain
Director Juniors - Deepak Narsai
Director Seniors - Simon Smyth
Director Operations - Ross Anderson

Congratulations to these folk and a huge vote of thanks to Greg Preston (Finance) and Matt Nolan (Seniors) – both made a huge difference.

Registration Day
The big one – Registration Day for the 2007/08 season is close. Dates are:

When: Sunday 29th July 2007
Where: Cherrybrook Community Centre, Shepherds Drive Cherrybrook (just behind the Shopping Centre)
Time: 1.00 pm to 4.30 pm

This is the whole Club Registration Day – Kanga’s, Junior Boys and Girls and Seniors.

Registration forms are on the website so feel free to bring them along on the day.

Key dates
• Registration Day – 29th July
• Seniors first practice – Saturday 4th August at 103 New line Road nets staring at 1.00pm
• First game (Juniors and Seniors) – Saturday 8th September
• Kanga and Girls start – mid October, dates to be set.

Coaching Courses
Level 1
We are hosting a Level 1 Training Course at Edward Bennett Oval in November. The course is fully accredited with Cricket Australia and is run by Cricket NSW professional coaches. These courses are highly sort after. There are only a limited number of courses run across Sydney each year and this is the first in our area. Details are:

When: Sunday 11th and 25th November 2007
Where: Edward Bennett Oval (just behind the Sports Club)
Time: 9.00am to 4.00pm
Cost: Nil – provided you are coaching or intend to coach a side this coming season. Otherwise the cost is $120 per person.

Please get back to Ross Anderson asap on 9476-0595 if you are interested in registering. There are only 20 spots available and anyone from the District is welcome to come along.

Level 0
Entry level coaching course for people interested in knowing the Basics about coaching – ideal for mums and dads who want to know enough but not too much about the detail. Details are:

When: Sunday 7th October and Sunday 4th November
Where: Edward Bennett Oval (just behind the Sports Club)
Time: 1000am to 4.00pm
Cost: Nil.

Please also contact Ross Anderson on 9476-0595 if you are interested in participating.

Kingsgrove Sports sponsorship
We are fortunate to have a sponsorship arrangement with Kingsgrove Sports Store at North Parramatta. Anyone associated with our Club is entitled to the following offer:

+ 5% discount on all cricket gear and clothing purchases just by mentioning our Club
+ once you give your details, 3 people will get their gear purchases for free to the value of $300 each

Kingsgrove is the best place in the whole area to buy cricket gear so if you are thing of getting any gear then go to Kingsgrove. They are located at

570 CHURCH STREET; NORTH PARRAMATTA.NSW.2151
Phone: (02) 9890-2311
Email: westside@kingsgrovesports.com.au

Website: www.kingsgrovesports.com.au

Website developers and graphic artists
We are privileged to have Peter Lees do all the website work for our Club. However, it is run by volunteers and we always need to involve others to share the fun.

If you have abilities in Perl scripting, graphic design or other web-related skills, and would like to contribute to your Club, please contact Peter (AT) wphccc.org

Posted by Ross Anderson on July 21, 2007 07:58 AM