Club Registration Day

• When: Sunday 1st August
• Where: Oakhill Drive Public School, Oakhill Drive, Castle Hill
• Time: 1.00 pm to 4.30 pm

This is our big Rego Day for the whole Club. It will be well publicised so keep a look out for times and dates from early July.

Online Registration
You can turn-up on the day or register on-line. Last season we had 50% of all registrations on-line. It is easy and convenient and secure using the PayPal system. This will be switched on shortly.

“REGOMANIA”

BE PART OF THE ACTION & WIN, WIN, WIN!!!

To encourage pre-season registration and as a thank you for doing so, the Club is offering the opportunity to win prizes for some lucky players.

Every player, whether they be in our Kanga, Girls, Junior Boys or Senior Divisions, who registers to play in season 2010 – 2011,
By midnight on 31st August 2010, will be allocated a Registration Number.
These registrations can be made personally at our Registration Day to be held on Sunday 25th July at Oakhill Public School from 12.30pm to 4pm,
or online at our website www.wphccc.org

In early September, prior to the start of the Junior Boys and Seniors Competitions, which traditionally start on the second Saturday in September,
These numbers will be placed in a draw for the following prizes :

1st - Framed bat autographed by Adam Gilchrist (number 1 of 30bats)
2nd – Bat autographed by the complete NSW State team players
3rd - etc etc
4th – and so on …………..

Register and give yourself the opportunity to win these fabulous prizes

Coaching initiative
We have just concluded a 3-year arrangement with Sportspro (Dean Gilchrist’s Business) to provide professional coaching for our Junior players – boys, girls and Kanga. This is an exciting initiative that will allow us to provide quality coaching on skills development, coach the coach and also on the spirit of cricket throughout the season. It will also open the door for personal 1:1 coaching recommended by our Club. Much more will follow on this shortly.

Level 1
We are running another CNSW run Level 1 Coaching initiative this season. This is a sought after training qualification that provides an excellent base for anyone taking on a coaching role. Detailsare:
• When: Sunday 19th September
• Where: Edward Bennett Oval
• Time: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
• Cost: $Nil – for anyone who takes on a coaching role we will cover the $120 cost of the course.

This is a sought after course and spots will fill quickly so if you want to know more contact Ross Anderson at wisden@bigpond.com

Dates for the Diary
Club Registration Day
• When: Sunday 1st August
• Where: Oakhill Drive Public School, Oakhill Drive, Castle Hill
• Time: 1.00 pm to 4.30 pm

Season start
• Juniors and Seniors – Saturday 11th September (to be confirmed)
• Girls – late September / early October – details to follow
• Kanga – Saturday 16th October 2010.

Elections
The season is about to kick-off and the Annual General Meeting confirmed our Leadership Team as follows:
• Chairman: Barry McDonald
• Deputy Chairman (Snr) Evan Hutchings
• Deputy Chairman (Jnr) Glenn O’Çonnor
• Director Operations Ross Anderson
• Finance Manager Raj Sethi
• Director Kanga John Coulthard
• Director Juniors Patrick Chensee
• Director Girls John Porter
• Director Seniors Marco Delgado

Congratulations to these folk who will be our Leaders for this season.

Seniors
Our Leadership Team
The Team who will lead the Seniors this season is:
• Director Seniors – Marco Delgado
• Deputy Director – Matt Spalding
• Treasurer – to be advised
• Secretary – Ross A
• Registrar – Peter Westerberg
• Club Captain – Simon Smyth
• Captains – selected after Grading Committee selections

Congratulations to this Team and thanks to Andrew Fiedler who did a wonderful job last season.

Seniors training
Seniors start training:
• When– Saturday 31st July for a warm up session with practice gearing up the following week
• Where – WPH Sports Club nets at 103 New Line Road West Pennant Hills
• Time – 1.00 pm until around 4.30 pm.

Grading Committee
The Grading Committee chooses the starting teams for the season. The folks who are on this Committee are:
• Marco Delgado (Chairperson)
• James Makin
• John Mitchell
• Matt Spalding
• Peter Westerberg

Seniors Sunday cricket
A playing option to consider is the Sunday competition. This was started last season and proved popular at Association level - not so much for us but we are keen to participate if there is any interest. More info will follow but things to think about:
• The Comp plays every second week
• Is in a 36-over per side format
• Has flexible interchange rules
• Is ideal for those guys no longer wanting to play fulltime, play one innings (an hour and a half) and go off to mow the lawn etc.
• Cost is very low – about $95 to play seven rounds of cricket plus semis and finals.

In summary, this is a low commitment involvement and is a possible way for some former players and keener Saturday players to get a few extra games of cricket in.

Interested?
Once the season kicks off with practice then just let the organisers know your interest and we can make the rest happen.

Website development – Graphic designers
We are keen to refresh the website with new functionality and give it a fresher look. If anyone can help out for a short time Peter Lees is keen to get started. We would love to hear from anyone with the following skills:
• Graphic designers
• Perl coding skills
If anyone has ability in this area we can do some work on the website and make it even better. If you are interested then please contact Ross Anderson at wisden@bigpond.com

Posted by Ross Anderson on June 26, 2010 06:06 AM