Club Championship
Juniors
Congratulations to our Juniors who have now won the Club Championship for the 2nd year in a row which makes this 6 times out of the last 7 years. This is a tremendous achievement and helps to explain why our Seniors are also very strong.

Seniors
Congratulations also to our Seniors who won the Club Championship for a record 6 times in succession. More details on this below.

WPH Sports Club Brassiere – Photo of the Month
Our photo of the month contest is back and running. Shane will decide the winner of the latest batch of photos over the next week so will keep you advised on the next winner. The next winner will be decided from the photo’s on the first 10 pages of the Photo Gallery.

Our thanks yet again to Shane who runs the WPH Sports Club Brassiere. Show you support to Shane who supports us by having a meal at the Brassiere – a top restaurant and supporting local a business.

Semi Finals and Finals
Girls
WPHCCC Red 8/60 lost to Gordon 0/66.

Our C grade team will be playing in the final on Saturday afternoon (14/3) at Warrimoo Oval, St Ives, starting at 2:00pm.

Juniors
The Finals for the Juniors were played on Sunday. The results were:

U12
WPHC Green 107 (J Bourke 3/5) defeated WPHC Gold 101

U13
WPHC Red 7/68 defeated WPHC Blue 9/112 – rain interrupted play with the Reds winning on position on points table

U14
WPHC Gold 9/149 (Oliver Wincup 58) defeated Berowra 6/75 (rain affected with Gold’s winning on position on points table)

U15
WPHC White 2/100 (Taki Manoleis 39*, Lachlan Vile 41* defeated Castle Hill RSL96 (Riley Miedler 5/17)

U16
U16 Blue 106 lost to Normanhurst-Warrawee 162.

Congratulations to our Age Division winners:
· U12 Green
· U13 Red
· U14 Gold
· U15 White

And to our Runners-up:
· U12 Gold
· U13 Blue
· U16 Blue

For the 2nd year in a row we now have 7 Teams in the Final after having 10 in the Semi Finals. This is an amazing achievement and is the reason why our Club is so strong in Seniors.

Presentation Day
The Junior Presentation Day is on next Sunday at Campbell Park at 11.00 am. More info will follow shortly.

Seniors
Day 1 of the Semi Finals was played on Saturday. Progress scores are:

A2 121 Vs Kenthurst 1/19 – the scorecard is not what it seems here. While Kenthurst flattened out during the day the outfield has ankle high grass making run scoring very difficult. We got our runs in 71 overs and Kenthurst have taken 19 overs to get their runs. Best with the bat for us Darren Morrow with 28. At one stage we were 6/50 but Matt Jobson and Scott Henderson combined to give us a score the equivalent of 200 plus. There is a lot of cricket left in this game.

Colts Red 2/51 Vs Kissing Point 329 –bowling first up on the flat Storey track was not what we were hoping for but after 14 overs we were looking well placed with Kissing Point 4/58. However this brought the two class batsmen in their team together and they proceeded to bat tremendously to both post big centuries – although if we had taken advantage of the several chances offered it would have been a much smaller total to chase. Interestingly, except for the two century makers and one other who scored 16, the remaining Kissing Point batsman failed to pass 10 runs. In reply to the formidable 329 we are 2/51. It's certainly a big chase but on a non-threatening strip with a lightning fast outfield we must be some hope.

Colts Blue 113 Vs Berowra 6/76 – interesting days play and the game is up for grabs. Highlights of the day included a 10th wicket partnership of 55 between Tim Anderson and Peter Taylor to get us to a score that gave us a glimmer of hope. The boys then came out to bowl and have kept things really tight to keep the game in the balance. We still have a chance of taking first innings if we bowl well first up next week. Best bowling for us was Tim Scoular who took 4/21 and perhaps more to come. This game is definitely going to be decided over second innings for each team.

B2 White 98 Vs Pymble 3/88 – no excuses in this one. Playing at Thornleigh Oval, on the day we were out batted and out bowled. Batting first, Nathan Fathers continued his outstanding season form with 42 and not much apart from that. In the bowling we did well and had the score been 200 plus which is par for this ground it would be a live game. We can still win from here but it will be tough.

C2 8/223 Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee – playing 2nd placed Normanhurst we batted & are ion top. Our juniors all starred today. Top score was Taki Manolelis with a brilliant 79. He was well support by Nick Starr & Daniel Fiedler (both 26) with Geoff Starr chipping in with 25.We bowled 7 overs & had them 0-11 at stumps. We're well placed, though will have an eye on the weather to hold out for us next week.

C3 116 Vs Berowra 0/41 – after weeks of outstanding form we need a big effort next week. With most batsmen getting starts only Chris Williamson kicked on with 37. At one stage we were 3/90 and just didn’t convert the starts. We needed another 50/60 runs to give us a reasonable target. Anyway, runs are still on the board and this side has proven many times this season their ability to fight back.

D1 Vs Berowra 8/188 – this game stands evenly poised with Berowra putting up a good fight with the bat but scoring slowly on this wide ground. Bowling for WPHC, Chris Milojevic (2-32) and Roger Friend (2-40) were the most successful, while Faisal Shamsi (1-10 from 9 overs), Shankar Ravi (1-25) and Marco Delgado (1-40) were the other wicket takers, Marco's wicket being his 100th for the club. Brendan Harkin (a run out and a great catch) put in a good day in the field, as did Chris Grima and Shankar Ravi, who seemed to attract the ball wherever he was fielding. Unfortunately a few missed chances cost us the opportunity of starting our innings before the end of the day. We will have our work cut out for us next week but back ourselves to win this one emphatically with the bat without recourse to playing for the draw.

D2 168 Vs St Ives 0/44 – we won the toss and elected to bat. A good opening 67 partnership between Brian Inwood and Russell Smith (who top scored with 61) and we were looking good at 2/102 but lost our way a little, losing the last 8 wickets for 66 runs ending all out for 168 in the 59th over. We then had 14 overs at St Ives, but couldn't get the break through at stumps. We have got this team all out for 80 before, so we are still keeping our sights on a victory.

Presentation Night
One for the diary. Our Presentation Night is on as follows:
• When: Friday 8th May
• Where: Castle Hill RSL
• Time: 7.30 pm

More details will follow. This is our big event of the year and each year just gets better. Last year we had over 100 people attend in what was a fantastic night. Stay tuned.

Club Championship
As mentioned above, we have now won the Club Championship for the 6th year in succession. This is a fantastic achievement given the difficulty of putting 11 strong teams on the field. The Final standings are:

WPHC 1806
Kenthurst 1625
Berowra 1462
St Ives 1452
Kissing Point 1437
Normanhurst-Warrawee 1384
Asquith Rugby League 1183
Castle Hill RSL 1167
Hornsby District 1156

Last Premiership
We have a long history of success in Finals in all Grades. For those Teams making the Finals our last Premierships were:
• Colts – 2007/08 (Captain Nick Bennett)
• A2 – 2006/07 (runners up 2007/08) – James makin
• B2 – 2001/02 (Mark Taylor)
• C2 – 2004/05 (runners up 2007/08) – Craig Willmott
• C3 – no previous winner
• D1 – 2003/04 (Roger Friend)
• D2 – 2006/07 (Rob McBrien)

Top performers – as at the end of Round 14

Top 10 run scorers
1. Brendan Harkin (D1) – 549 @ 61.0 (94* top score)
2. Peter Heidegger (C3) – 537 @ 35.80 (87)
3. Geoff Starr (C2) – 494 @ 30.94 (57)
4. Geoff Richards (C2) – 485 runs @ 44.09 (66*)
5. Matt Thorndyke (B1) – 378 @ 37.80 (125)
6. Faisal Shamis (D1) – 378 @ 31.5 (92)
7. Vishnu Ratnam (D2) – 351 @ 31.91 (79)
8. John Steel (B2 and C1) – 289 @ 32.10 (106)
9. Alex Connell (B2) – 275 @ 39.3 (102)
10. James Makin (A1) – 250 @ 27.7 (54)

Top 10 bowlers
1. Scott Henderson (A2) – 31 @ 10.61 (best 6/19)
2. Roger Friend (D1) – 31 @ 14.4 (5/40)
3. Jacques Viser (C3) – 31 @ 16.9 (6/25)
4. Sekhar Verdhan (D2) – 27 @ 8.11 (7/12)
5. Matt Dawson (A1) – 26 wickets @ 13.9 (8/38)
6. Dylan Brogan (Colts) – 25 @ 7.68 (5/14)
7. Andrew Joyce (B1) – 24 @ 11.6 (6/21)
8. Chris Williamson (C3) – 24 @ 14.3 (6/27)
9. Isaac Malamel (Colts) – 23 @ 10.74 (6/21)
10. Adam Hutchings (Colts) – 23 @ 10.91 (7/7)
11. Ian Nichol (D2) – 23 @ 12.7 (5/52)
12. Marco Delgado (D1) – 23 @ 18.9 (7/61)

Personal Milestone achievements
With only the Semi Finals / Final to go every player listed below is within striking distance of a significant personal achievement. Good luck on the weekend fella’s.

Name Grade Achievement
Rowan Keating B1 50 wickets Vs Glenhaven @ Glenhaven 20/9/08

Rohan Dixit A2 50 wickets Vs St Ives @ Greenway 27/9/08

Ben McNamarra B2 100 wickets Vs CHRSL @ Caterson 2, 25/8/08

Dylan Brogan Colts 50 wickets Vs Normanhurst Warrawee @ Turramurra 1/11/08

Andrew Fiedler C2 4,000 runs Vs Hornsby @ Campbell Park 1/11/08

Craig Hutchinson C1 100 wickets Vs Hornsby @ Campbell Park 8/11/08

Steve Baker C3 1,000 runs Vs Glenhaven @ Glenhaven 15/11/08

Geoff Starr C2 1,000 runs Vs Kenthurst @ Kenthurst 2 29/11/08
50 wickets Vs

James Fiedler A2 1,000 runs Vs Galston-Glenorie @ Northolm 6/12/08

James Makin A1 350 wickets Vs ARL @ Storey Park 10/1/09.

Kishore Rampersad C1 4,000 runs Vs Hornsby @ Montview West, 17/1/2009

Peter Whitehead A1 50 wickets Vs St Ives @ Parklands 31/1/09

Jacques Visser C3 100 wickets Vs Glenhaven @ Glenhaven Oval 28/2/09

Chris Williamson C3 50 wickets Vs Castle Hill RSL @ Thornleigh 22/11/08

Mark Bell C3 46 wickets – 4 to get to 50

James McBrien
Colts • 959 runs – 41 to 1,000

• 50 wickets Vs Kissing Point @ Storey Park 12/10/08
Andrew Watt C1 • 928 runs – 72 to 1,000 runs

• 100 wickets Vs Castle Hill @ Caterson 2 8/2/09
Marco Delgado D1 • 100 wickets Vs Berowra @ Northolm 7/3/09

• 925 runs – 75 to 1,000
Peter Heidegger C3 967 runs – 38 to 1,000 runs (a at 5/3)

Matt Jobson A2 96 wickets – 4 to 100

John Mitchell C1 47 wickets – 3 to 50

Peter Westerberg D1 84 runs – 16 to 100

Posted by Ross Anderson on March 8, 2009 06:09 AM