News from Round 1 follows after our delayed start to the season.

AFL Recreational Football Comp
A long time ago, Aussie Rules was started to keep cricketers fit during winter. There is now an AFL Recreational Comp played during summer to get people even fitter. Games are non contact, played mid week, are non contact and teams are mixed.

Think about getting a West Penno team or two together to give this a go. Sounds like a lot of fun so if you want to know more – just give Simon Smyth a call on 0401 932 535.

Level 1 Training
More detailed information is below but if you are interested in becoming a fully qualified Coach, Cricket NSW is running a fully accredited programme at Edward Bennett Oval on the 11th and 25th November. If you are coaching a WPH side or intend to coach we will cover the $120 cost. There are only 8 spots left (15 already registered) so if interested then think about moving quickly or you might miss out. More details are below.

Kanga’s
So far we have registered just on 100 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
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
All games were played as 1-dayers. Results are not yet to hand but highlights will be updated when they are to hand.

Seniors
It is always good to see the start of the season – the sun shining, Tony Hadley making the traditional trip across from Perth to play and some good wins - 6 out of 7 games! Here we go with the results – all 35 over games after last week’s washout:

A1 Vs Hornsby – starts 22/9

A2 4/192 defeated Berowra 86. A fantastic start to the season from last year’s Premiers. James Makin starred with 84 but got good support from Ronan Barratt (50) and Tim Rae (20). In the bowling, we demolished them with Matt Jobbo taking 3/18 and Brad Hingle 2/10. A powerful start for a team after a back to back Premiership. Keep a watch on this Makin fell a- he is now only 95 runs off 3,000 career runs and 18 off 350 wickets – wow!

Colts Vs Hornsby – starts 22/9

B1 Blue 4/96 defeated Mt Colah 9/95. Another big win with Nathan Orton 40 and Scott Jobson 31. The bowling is where we did the real damage with Rowan Keating 3/7 and Andrew Joyce 3/13 were outstanding.

B1 Red 7/162 defeated St Ives 9/151. Another close one set up by some great batting by Peter Taylor 74*. We had to bowl well against St Ives and we did. Tim Connell did the job as he always does with 4 wickets and was backed up by Marc Carnerio with 2 and Chris Collits 2/23. Well done fella’s.

C1 3/176 defeated Hornsby 7/168. While the score looked close we were always in control of this game. In the batting Ross A scored a good 61* with very good backup from Tony Hadley 42* and John Steel 20. We also bowled well with wickets well spread between Andrew Watt (2/16), Ben McNamarra (2/36), Senthu Paramaguru (2/14) and Kishore (1/14). This team will go a long way with good depth and good fielding.

C2 6/244 defeated Hornsby 232 – 476 runs scored in 70 overs – almost 20/20 stuff. Batting first we belted a big score with Peter Heidegger 55, Steve Baker 40 and Peter Lees 36* setting a good platform. In what should have been an imposing target we had a few shocks. Jacques Visser was the star bowler with 2 wickest bringing up his career 50 - wel done mate. A good start to the season from a side with fantastic batting strength.

C3 9/208 defeated Hornsby 8/123. A powerful win by our D2 Premiers from last season. Well done to Geoff Starr for his 104* (our 325th Club Century and first of the season) – well done mate. Good work from David Creais 24 in his first match for the Seniors. Our bowlers were outstanding with Tim Starr 3 wickets with the others spread. These boys will give the Premiership a real shake.

D2 98 lost to Hornsby 8/106. The one that got away from us. Defending a low score we had them 8/64 until a couple of dropped catches and a later order charge. Ben Pilipowski got has career best score of 31 with Peter Lees making a well anticipated comeback with 20. Our bowlers did well Bran Ramachandran 3/38, Kedar Ballurkar 2 and Brad Close 2 wickets all but getting us across the line.

A special moment
How about Peter Westerberg – long term player in D2 who on Saturday scaled his own mountain. Not only did he hit a career highest score of 9* but…he hit his first ever 6. Peter Lees relieves the moment: “He didn't realise (too busy running) & wondered why I was cheering so hard. His response: "oh you must be kidding!” ”.
What Peter didn’t say was that Peter W also took out the batsman (Shankar) at the other end in his excitement while charging down the track. Well done Peter.

Sorry Hadley
In one of those on-field discussions in which names are not mentioned (what happens on the field stays on the field), a senior player recalled a match last year when Tony left his Mothers wedding reception in Perth early to be able to get up early to fly to Sydney and managed to get the name of the restaurant mixed up by calling it the Lonely Hag (the name is actually The Lonely Shag)– apologies Sir Richard –nothing against your dear mum – I think.

The Penny drops
Got to handle it to Alec Connell (B1 Red). After smashing a 4 first ball he was bowled the next ball. Thirty minutes later he comes out with a quotable quote –‘I didn’t move my feet’ – the penny had dropped.

Personal achievements
After each match we will track the personal achievements of each player who has a significant personal milestone coming up. These will be updated once full scores come through later this week:

Name Grade Achievement
Sean Doohan A2 100 wickets Vs Kenthurst Semi Final 17/3/2007@ Turramurra Oval
Nathan Fathers C1 1,000 runs Vs Hornsby @ Montview West 27/1/2007

Ross Anderson C1 6,997 runs – 3 to go for 7,000 runs

Steve Baker C2 864 runs – 136 to 1,000

Jon Burns B1 291 wickets – 9 to 300

Ryan Cherrie B1 149 wickets – 1 to 150 career wickets

Matt Dawson A1 • 2,811 runs – 189 off 3,000

• 189 wickets – 11 off to 200
Roger Friend D2 93 wickets – 7 to 100

Lachlan Gill B1 957 runs – 43 to 1,000

Chandana Jayasekera B1 944 runs – 56 to 1,000

James Makin
A2 • 2,905 runs – 95 to 3,000 runs
• 332 wickets – 18 wickets to 350
David Meizis
C1 935 runs – 65 to 1,000
Andrew Mills B1 1,972 runs – 28 to 1,000

Bruce Poehlsen B1 844 runs – 156 to 1,000

Kishore Rampersad
C1 • 3,763 runs – 237 to 4,000 runs

• 240 wickets – 10 from 300 wickets
1/44,
Iain Ryan B1 139 wickets – 11 off 150 career wickets

Simon Smyth A1 197 wickets – 3 from 200

Jacques Visser C2 49 wickets – 1 to 50

Peter Whitehead A1 47 wickets – 3 to 50 career wickets

Craig Willmott C1 1,919 – 81 to 2,000 career runs

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 16 nominations and there are only 4 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.

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 16, 2007 06:11 AM