The 2007-08 Season has now officially started – our 61st as a Club.

Congratulations
During the week the Association elected 2 of our famous West Penno women as Patrons of the Association. Denise Annetts (Anderson), former Australian Women’s cricket great and Lisa Sthalekar (current Vice Captain of the Australian Women’s team and one of the elite world players).

Denise played for the Seniors and Coaches the U13 Blue side this year. Lisa played all her Junior cricket with us from U10s to U16s.

They join a distinguished short list of the Mayors of Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai and Baulhham Hills and two Life Members in this role. Well done ladies – we are proud of your achievements having 2 of the biggest names in World cricket part of our Club.

Registration’s
Registration is now long gone and the season almost here. Status by Division follows:

Kanga’s
So far we have registered just on 95 children – another excellent turnout. We have a ground capacity of 120 and these spots will fill up quickly so if you are thinking of playing then please let us know – contacts are on the Website under ‘Contacts’.

Girls
This year we will have at least 2 teams with more registrations still welcome.

Competition starts on Saturday 13th October running through to the 15th December. Games then recommence on the 2nd February until 1st March with Semi Finals / Finals played over 8th and 15th March 2008. This gives us 14 weeks of competition plus finals.

Junior boys
Another big registration year with 390 registrations over 32 teams. Competition starts on Saturday 8th September and each of the teams have their draw. Please access the Junior Boys website for any further info you may need on this section.

Charity game
Well done to out U11 Blue and White Teams who played a Charity pre-season warm-up game at Dural Park on Saturday 1st September. The result of the game isn’t important but all the boys had pink batting grips in recognition of this really good cause. Both teams should make an impact this season when they go out to bat with their fluro pink grips – well done fella’s. There are photo’s on the website.

Seniors
Competition starts on Saturday 8th September. This year we have 9 Teams. Games for this weekend are:
• A1 (Simon) Vs Hornsby @ Parklands (start 22/9)
• A2 (James) Vs Berowra @ Grenway (start 8/9)
• Colts (Glenn) Vs Hornsby @ Storey
• B1 Red (Gav) Vs St Ives @ Annangrove
• B1 Blue (Iain) Vs Mt Colah @ Mt Ku-ring-gai
• C1 (John) Vs Hornsby @ Montview East
• C2 Peter) Vs Hornsby @ Campbell
• C3 (Rob / Geoff) Vs Hornsby @ Arcadia
• D2 (Roger) Hornsby @ Caterson 4

Smoking ban
Just a reminder that Hornsby Shire Council has introduced a Smoking Ban at all Council operated venues. More will follow on this but penalties will apply if there are any breaches so just be aware of this one.

Coaching Courses

Northern Districts School Holiday course

When: Tuesday 2nd October to Thursday 4th October
Where: Waitara Oval, Waitara Avenue, Waitara
Time: 9.00 am to 3.00pm
Cost: $165 for full 3 days or $88 per day (9.00 am to 3.00 pm)

Registrations close Wednesday 26th September. The application form is on the website. The course is aimed at Girls and Boys aged 8 to 16 years of age

Please contact Arthur Souter on 9484-5609 if you are interested. The course has fully qualified coaches and includes Dominic Thornely – our Club Ambassador. We recommend this course as one worth considering.

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: 9.00 am to Noon
Cost: Nil.

Please also contact John Coulthard (9484-2924) in you are interested in participating.

Level 1
We are also 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.

Places are running out fast. We already have 12 nominations and there are only 8 places left. The course is available to anyone in the District so time is running out.

Please get back to Ross Anderson asap on 9476-0595 if you are interested in registering.

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 September 5, 2007 09:36 PM