We are now gearing up for another cricket season – our 79th as a Club. There is a lot happening with the major events being:

Club Registration Day
We had another successful Registration Day on Sunday 26th July.

As at Monday 27th July the following registration arrangements will apply:

• Junior Boys – on-line registrations will close at midnight Monday night - the 27th for those teams that are now full. Registrations will be then taken manually for those affected. We will continue to take late registrations but only where there are gaps and these are closing quickly
• Kanga – registrations are taken right through August and where spots are available beyond that date. Please contact John Coulthard whose contact details are in the Kanga section of the website
• Girls – we are continuing to take registrations – both on-line and through manual payments. Contact details are on the website
• Seniors – registrations we be taken through August but once teams are full options will close out.

Kingsgrove Sports Store
Kingsgrove Sports has been a fantastic supporter of ours for many years. In addition to being the best cricket equipment / clothing supplier in our area by a long way just mention that you are a WPH Club member and you get a 5% discount on all purchases plus access ofcourse to a superb range of gear. Kingsgrove also supports us which means we get a double benefit. So if you need gear then Kingsgrove Sports Centre is the only place to go to.

Kingsgrove is located at:
• Where: 570 Church Street Nth Parramatta
• ‘phone: 9980-2311
• Website: www.kingsgrovesports.com.au

First Seniors Practice
Saturday 1st August at 103 Newline Road nets between 1.00 pm and around 4.30 pm.

First game
The Season kicks off for Seniors and Juniors on Saturday 12th September.

Our Girls and Kanga’s start on after the October long weekend.

Seniors Sunday Competition
The Association wants to run a separate Sunday Competition for Seniors and we need to know if anyone is interested early so that this can be organised.

This is being offered to players who may not be able to commit to the Saturday Senior Competition for all sorts of reasons. The competition provides for players of all abilities to mix together as a team, as the Rating Aggregate System is applied to allow for this unique opportunity.

Snapshot details are. Matches are played:
• as 1-dayers every 2nd Sunday starting on Sunday 11th October
• 36 overs a side and played between noon and 5.00 pm
• Teams being allowed to play with a mix of rated players within a ‘cap’
• Grounds to be used are: Bannockburn, Kenthurst 2, Thornleigh and Mt. Ku-ring-gai, with Normanhurst, Dural, Montview East and Montview West as backup grounds.

Next steps
If you are interested in playing )and/or know anyone who may also be interested in playing on Sunday’s then please let us know on Registration Day (26th July) or let Ross Anderson or Andrew Fiedler know by our 1st practice session.

New Committee for this season
Our Annual General Meeting was held last week and our new Leadership Team for 2009-10 is very strong. Our Leaders are:
• Chairman Barry McDonald
• Deputy Chairperson(Snr.) Evan Hutchings
• Deputy Chairperson (Jnr.) Glenn O’Connor
• Finance Director Raj Sethi
• Director Operations / Secretary Ross Anderson
• Director Juniors Deepak Narsai (acting)
• Director Girls John Porter
• Director Kanga John Coulthard
• Director Seniors Andrew Fiedler.

Thanks to each of these volunteers who all put in long hours to make sure that we all get a game. If you see any of these folk around a quick word of appreciation would be well received.

Club Captain
Congratulations to Matt Dawson (A1 Captain) who is our Club Captain for this season – a very prestigious position.

Association AGM
The Association has its AGM coming up. Every registered player or family is welcome to come along. Details are:
• When: Monday 27th July
• Where: Asquith Bowling & Recreation Club (right beside Storey Park)
• Time: 7.30 pm

A Special general Meeting will be held at 7.30 pm for the Senior’s to vote on a number of significant changes for the coming season.

If you have any spare time you are welcome to come along.

Association Executive positions
If anyone is interested in standing for Association Executive positions at the AGM then please get back to Ross Anderson before Monday 20th July please.

Association Award winners
Congratulations to our Senior Players who won Association Awards. The Junior winners were announced in previous updates:

• Dylan Brogan – Colts Bowling Award (28 @ 7.93)
• Matt Thorndyke – B1 Batting (378 @ 37.8)
• Roger Friend – D1 Bowling (33 @ 14.67)
• Ian Nichol – D2 Bowling 31 @ 12.94

Cricket NSW Level 1 Accreditation
Cricket NSW is running a Level 1 Coaching Course in September. Over the last few years we have run a Level 1 programme at Edward Bennett Oval and now have 29 qualified Level 1 coaches. It is an excellent course and is highly recommended.

• When: Sunday 13th September 2009
• Where: Montview Oval, Hornsby Heights
• Time: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
• Cost: $Nil if you coach a WPHC team – otherwise $120 / person.

There are still some spots available so if you want to get this valuable qualification please move quickly. The only condition we apply is that if you commit to go and don't turn-up then we ask for the cost to be reimbursed which is only fair.

If you are interested then please get back to Ross Anderson (wisden@bigpond.com) your name and full contact details. There are still spots available but please move quickly if you are interested.

Cricket Wisdom
This one is courtesy of Greg Fiedler:

The first testicular guard was used in cricket in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. It took 100 years for men to realise that the brain is also important.

Posted by Ross Anderson on July 13, 2009 06:37 AM