Awards herald new cricket season

31 03 2008

The Annual Dumfries Cricket Club Awards were held at the Dumfries Sports Club at Nunholm last weekend. A big turnout, including major sponsors APD and JMS, saw the four main club awards presented.

2008 Cricket AwardsThe winner of the First Eleven Player of the Year award went to Davie Davidson for a season which saw him the club’s top run scorer in the Scottish National League with 424 runs at an average of just over 30, backed up with 19 wickets with the side’s best bowling strike rate and average.  Read the rest of this entry »


Comments : Comments Off
Tags:
Categories : Cricket, Sports Club

Final D&G Squash League positions for 2008

30 03 2008

The final league positions for the D&G Squash League season for 2008 and the season results are below. Read the rest of this entry »


Comments : Comments Off
Tags:
Categories : Sports Club

Bard Vet Cup Finals – Sat 5th Apr ’08

29 03 2008

2nd Division 12:30
Hartfell Hammers Vs Curries School Motoring(2)
1st Division 14:30
Royal Bar Vs Backswing


Comments : Comments Off
Tags:
Categories : Sports Club, Squash

Dumfries Sports Club Quiz, Sat 29th March ’08

18 03 2008

There is a Sports Club Quiz night on Saturday evening, 29th March at 7:30pm. This is open to all sections and includes a buffet. Teams of 4, and of all ages. Families welcome. Cost is £5 a head (to pay for the buffet). Any profit will be donated to charity.

Names of those interested can be added to the list behind the bar. Money will be collected on the night. 


Comments : Comments Off
Tags:
Categories : Running, Social Events, Sports Club

Easter Cricket Coaching Camp, 7-10 April

18 03 2008

There is a Cricket Scotland Coaching Camp taking place in Dumfries from Monday the 7th April to Thursday 10th April for girls and boys aged between 8 and 13 years (at the David Keswick Centre). Details here: 

This follows on from the successful 3-day Cricket Scotland summer camp which took place at the club last year.


Comments : Comments Off
Tags: , ,
Categories : Cricket, Juniors, Sports Club

Junior Squash Club Championships – Sun 30th March

17 03 2008

The Junior Squash Club Championships are on Sunday, the 30th March. Matches start 12 noon – Final 5pm. Eye protection/refreshments are provided. Enter on the squash noticeboard. Closing date for entries is Tuesday, 25th March.


Comments : Comments Off
Tags:
Categories : Juniors, Sports Club, Squash

Squash Club Dance, Sat 19th April ’08

13 03 2008

The Squash Club Dance will be held on Saturday, the 19th April 2008 in the clubhouse. Tickets will be available from behind the bar shortly. There will be a £50 prize ticket draw at 2130hrs. You must be in it to win it and be there to collect.


Comments : Comments Off
Tags:
Categories : Social Events, Sports Club, Squash

Wimbledon Tickets for 2008

7 03 2008

The Tennis Section is delighted to be able to offer to members (for purchase at face value) three pairs of Centre Court tickets for the Wimbledon Championships commencing Monday 23 June 2008 and concluding Sunday 6 July, 2008. Read the rest of this entry »


Comments : Comments Off
Tags: , ,
Categories : Sports Club, Tennis

John Blain visit postponed to Saturday, 22nd March

7 03 2008

Due to a horrible weather forecast for tomorrow (consistent heavy rain) the visit by Scotland player John Blain to the cricket club tomorrow for a coaching clinic has been postponed by 2 weeks. He will be down instead on Saturday the 22nd March as per the same arrangements, and he will also bring down any equipment ordered or requested then. We hope that this date does not give problems to anyone wanting to attend.

So this affects those that were to come to the coaching clinic and those that were wanting to see or buy any gear from Gilmour Sports. Read the rest of this entry »


Comments : Comments Off
Tags: , ,
Categories : Cricket, Juniors, Sports Club

Squash Club Championship play-by dates

6 03 2008

Due to the lateness of the draw please keep a sharp lookout for the play-by dates for the Club Championship. In order to complete the competition there could be day by day completion dates. If there are any problems please contact Sue Strachan, Peter Allan or Raymond Currie as soon as possible.

The draw will be up by Friday, 7th of March!


Comments : Comments Off
Tags:
Categories : Sports Club, Squash

Free membership of British Tennis

6 03 2008

The CEO of Tennis Scotland was on Radio Scotland on Saturday discussing the LTA’s new membership scheme. As Dumfries Tennis Club is an LTA affiliated club this means that adults can have FREE membership until the end of January 2009 (discounted thereafter), and juniors simply have free membership. More information on the benefits, for example access to tickets, is available here on the LTA website: http://www.lta.org.uk/Membership/

In particular juniors can get coaching tips, newsletters and get involved with British Tennis.

Comments : Comments Off
Tags: ,
Categories : Juniors, Sports Club, Tennis

Club’s Squash players selected for Scotland

5 03 2008

The Scottish Masters Closed Championships took place last weekend in Aberdeen and had a strong representation from the Nunholm Squash Club.

Davy Rogan showed that 70 is the new 40 by winning the over-70 National Championships to add to his East and Central titles. Sue Strachan finished runner-up in the over-35 and over-40 competition.

As a result of Masters’ performances five players from the squash section have been selected to play for Scotland in the upcoming Home Internationals.

Jimmy Wells and Robin Ridley were picked for the over-45 team, Abbie Robertson for the over-65′s, Davy Rogan for the over-70′s and Sue Strachan for the over-40 and over-35 teams.


Comments : Comments Off
Tags: ,
Categories : Sports Club, Squash

« Previous Entries


Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.