Casual job available
Hornsby Shire Council is looking to take on an Assistant Turf Wicket Curator on a casual basis.
The position will offer up to 38 per week commencing in October and going through to February 2010. Anyone interested should contact Geoff Witt, Co-ordinator of Parks Service Unit on 9847 4811.

Juniors
Representatives
Congratulations to the players in the U15 Age Division – of the 24 players chosen in the Weblin Shield and IDCA Teams we have 13 players in this squad including 8 of the 12 in Weblin Shield. This is an amazing achievement so well done.

Leadership depth
A Club first – also in the U15 Rep Squads. For the 1st time in our History, the Captains of the Shield and IDCA Teams in an Age Group come from the one Team - the U15 Blue's! Congratulations to DA (Weblin Shield Captain), James Madden (Weblin Shield Vice Captain) and Sid Sethi (Captain U15 IDCA) Team.

Seniors Results
A1 Grade drew with Hornsby – no play.

A2 6/239 drew with Kenthurst – wet day, no play, the end.

Colts Red 152 defeated Kissing Point 113 – Sunday game that may not go ahead due to turf wickets.

Colts Blue 58 lost on first innings to Berowra – Sunday game also being played on turf.

B1 351 Vs Hornsby 1/6 – washed out day 2.

B2 6/84 drew with Pymble 108 – no play due to wet weather.

C1 0/125 defeated on 1st innings Vs St Ives 0/125 – no play due to a wet Samuel king Oval.

C2 127 lost to Berowra 178 – playing at Arcadia, both WPHCCC and Berowra agreed that we wanted to play cricket in spite of the weather. We consequently played day 2 in an incessant, freezing drizzle from the first ball. After commencing the day at 54/2 we lost wickets steadily to be all out for 127, chasing 182 for victory. The heavy outfield resulted in numerous powerfully hit shots ending up a 2's and if the conditions had been comparable we might have been much closer to the target score.

C3 174 drew with Glenhaven 4/53 – no play at Greenway Park.

D1
Blue 2/275 drew with ARL – no play at Northholm Grammar.

Red 114 drew with Berowra 2/114 – no play at Foxglove South

D2 162 lost to Galston-Glenorie 8/172– a match that went ahead despite the weather as both sides felt they had something worth playing for, and, as predicted, it went down to a close finish with Galston-Glenorie passing our score with just three wickets in hand. Ben Pilipowski wasby far the best of our bowlers with ten overs, four maidens, 4/18, while Nikhil Suresh chipped in with a handy 2/22. Sam Thariani put in a great effort behind the stumps, and Sam Shearer was once again outstanding in the field. In all, this was lion-hearted performance by our boys in pretty atrocious conditions, and playing one man short, that has boosted our confidence and left us convinced that this Galston-Glenorie side is a team that we can beat.

Quote of the week
Noteworthy comments from Steve Baker (C2):
“To get a boundary you would have to hit it 90% of the way to the boundary on the full.” That cleared things up for us a bit, we were thinking you would have to hit it 100% of the way to the boundary to get a 4. If only he had spoken earlier many of those 2's could have been 4's.

What a choice
Spare a thought for John Steel (C1) – a passionate Parramatta supporter who has been waiting 28 years to see a possible win in Sunday’s Grand Final only to have a wedding scheduled at the same time. Sounds like an opportunity to call in sick.

The Kenthurst B2 boys made the right decision last week – they played a 1-dayer to free up this weekend.

Player of the Year
In Seniors, the Player of the Year this will be done by a 3-2-1 points allocation at the end of each match. The points allocated (all 3 point allocations for week 1) for Round 1 are:
• Carl Madsen (Colts Red) – all 3 points
• Michael Dale (Colts Blue
• Matt Thorndyke (B1)
• Mark Bennett (B1)
• Dinesh de Silva (C1)
• Chris Williamson (C2)
• Pratah Sinnentamby (C3)
• Lachlan Vile (D1)
• Ian Nichol (D1 Blue)
• Arkit Grover (D2)

After each match we will list the top 10 based on cumulative points.

The elite
Starting from this week we will update the top 10 cumulative run scorers and wicket takers after each Round. These are as as the end of Round 2:

Top 10 batsmen
1. 154 – Sam Thariani (D2)
2. 148 – Lachlan Vile (D1)
3. 144 – Matt Scoular (Colts)
4. 143 – Matt Thorndyke (B1)
5. 130 – Chetan Bhatt (D1)
6. 129 – Ankit Grover (D2)
7. 111 – Russell Ingram (C2)
8. 108 – Michael Dale (Colts)
9. 93 – Amir Marzouk (A2)
10. 92 – Michael McGregor (A2)

Top 10 bowlers
1. 7 wickets @ 11.43 – John Steel (C1)
2. 7 @ 8.86 – Jacques Visser (C2)
3. 6 @ 11.67 – Nikunj Patel (C2)
4. 6 @ 8.33 – Geoff Richards (C3)
5. 6 @ 8.50 – Tim Starr (B2)
6. 5 @ 10.00 – Geoff Starr (B2)
7. 5 @ 9.40 – Ian Nichol (D1)
8. 5 @ 14.60 – Ankit Grover (D2)
9. 4 @ 11.50 – Tim Anderson (Colts)
10. 4 @ 6.75 – Scott Jobson (B1)

Top 5 catches (non wicket keeping)
1. 3 catches - Andrew Miedler (C3)
2. 3 – Daniel Anderson (C1)
3. 2 – Lalin De Silva (A2)
4. 2 – Peter Lees (C2)
5. 2 – Tim Millington (B1)

Captain’s Umpires Course
The next Umpires Course for Senior Captain’s is fast approaching. Details are:
• When: Tuesday 27th October & Wednesday 28th October
• Where: Montview Oval (Hornsby Heights)
• Time: 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm.

Just let Ross Anderson know if you are interested attending.

Personal achievements
After each game this will be updated so that we can track these achievements over the season. A couple of big ones are coming up:
• Simon Davies 75 for his 5,000 runs
• Marco Delgado 24 for his 1,000
• Peter Heidegger needs just 3 for his 1,000 runs
• Rowan Keating – 8 to his 1,000
• Amir Marzouk – 1 wicket for his 250
• Peter Westerberg – just 16 for his 100 runs.
• Chris Williamson – 25 to his 1,000

Gavin Taylor A1 Scored 1000th run Vs Kenthurst @ Kenthurst 28/2/09

Mark Bell C2 44 wickets – 6 to 50

Alex Connell
B1 1,943 runs – 57 to 2,000

Simon Davies
A1 4,925 runs – 75 runs to 5,000

Matt Dawson
A1 239 wickets – 11 to 250

Marco Delgado D1 966 runs – 24 to 1,000

Nathan Fathers
C1 1,770 runs – 230 runs to 2,000

Peter Heidegger C2 997 runs – 3 to 1,000 runs

Matt Jobson
A2 909 runs – 81 to 1,000 runs

Eric Junkkari
C1 331 wickets – 19 to 350

Rowan Keating
992 runs – 8 to 1,000

Peter Lees
C2 2,790 runs – 210 to 3,000 career runs

Amir Marzouk A2 249 wickets – 1 to 250

Tim Millington
B2 951 runs – 49 to 1,000 runs

John Mitchell C1 45 wickets – 5 to 50

Matt Nolan B2 890 runs – 110 to 1,000

Andrew Percival B2 866 runs – 134 to 1,000

Faisal Shamis
D1 831 runs – 169 to 1,000

Simon Smyth
A1 1,871 runs – 129 to 2,000 career runs

231 wickets – 19 wickets to 250 career wickets

Leigh Van den Broeke
A2 2,727 runs – 214 to 3,000 runs

Andrew Watt C1 947 runs – 53 to 1,000 runs

Peter Westerberg D2 84 runs – 16 to 100

Chris Williamson
C2 975 runs – 25 to 1,000 career runs

Posted by Ross Anderson on October 4, 2009 06:30 AM