WPC News - June 2025

Winter Cricket – We hope all players, parents and supporters are enjoying the winter cricket experience.  All Warehouse winter cricket will be finalised by 31 August and for the U8-10s playing in the Holland Park competition this will end on 23 August. 

New Spring/Summer Season – Initial planning for the forthcoming season has commenced and we will be able to share some specific details including sign on and team selection dates over the coming weeks and in the July edition of WPC News.  Also please keep an eye on the club Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/wpccricket for updates. 

Juniors including Blasters, Girls and new Brisbane Metro Competition (BMC) – Competitions and training are expected to commence in the first week after school goes back in October.  If you have any specific queries please contact the relevant Cricket Manager:

• Joseph Maher,  Youth Cricket Manager (Stages 2, 3 and BMC) youthmanager@wpccricket.com.au

• Snehal Dave, Junior Cricket Manager  (Stage 1 and Blasters) juniormanager@wpccricket.com.au

• Jane Bogahawatta, Girls Cricket Coordinator (Girls) girlscricket@wpccricket.com.au

Seniors – QSDCA and Warehouse – We had a very strong seniors playing group in the 2024/25 summer season and are wanting to grow our teams for the forthcoming season.

• If you know of anyone interested in joining our senior Saturday teams or if you are an existing Saturday player (QSDCA competition) you can contact Shail Parikh who coordinates team selection and training activities facilityops@wpccricket.com.au or Greg White, Senior Cricket Manager gregoryrosswhite@yahoo.com.au  Training is expected to start in the near future with competition commencing mid-September. 

• Seniors who are interested in Sunday cricket which we play in the Warehouse competition can contact Kamal Wanigasooriya  kamwani10@gmail.com

Volunteers – We will need volunteers – Captains, Coaches and Managers to help make our teams function effectively. For those people who take on a specific role a volunteer reward is available. Please think about what you can do and how you can help.  If you are interested in volunteering with the club please contact Ellen Ferris secretary@wpccricket.com.au or the relevant Cricket Manager.

CJ Greenfields Lit Training Nets Upgrade Project – We are very excited to advise that we are about to commence a significant upgrade to the CJ Greenfields training facility.  This will include a lighting upgrade, resurfacing of the nets and run up areas (to include removal of the rubber), repositioning of the container, some additional concreting and addressing the drainage issues.  We look forward to a much improved facility.  While the works occur, there will be some disruptions and inconvenience with regard to training, and we are working hard to keep the timeframe for this to a minimum.

John ‘Dinger’ Bell training nets – Eddie Gilbert Memorial Field Wolston Park – While the work is occurring at the CJ training we will be using the training nets at Wolston Park.  This is a new 6 lane facility provided for our club by Qld Police Service.  We hope you appreciate and enjoy using these facilities.

Next General Meeting – This will be held on Sunday 20 July at 2pm at Wolston Park (with a Teams option).  Agenda items will include detailed planning for the forthcoming summer season. We want your input to the planning and to give you the opportunity to hear what is happening, ask questions etc.   Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.  

Clothing - If you have clothing needs, please contact Brad Freeman merchandise@wpccricket.com.au 

Questions or Feedback - If anyone has any questions or feedback, please contact Ellen Ferris secretary@wpccricket.com.au