A REMINDER: Lists are behind the bar for the squash club competitions, the closing date is the 16th November –
Club Championship
Ladies Championship
The Jim Thorburn Handicap
Enjoy your games.
Dumfries travelled to play Uddingston full of confidence after a good victory the previous week. A strong squad of 12 were hoping to continue to their climb up the table. A new warm-up routine also saw the team ready to play from the start, which was something, which had been identified as a problem in previous weeks.
The team lined up in their favoured 3-4-3 formation and after a few minutes of pressure from Uddingston, Dumfries got a foothold in the game and started to work the ball well around the pitch. Read the rest of this entry »
On Sunday afternoon a very large branch from one of the trees on the far side of the road north of the ground sheared off and landed on the cricket nets. It also landed on the electrical lines running alongside the road.
The damage to the recently built cricket nets is significant, as can be seen from the photographs. The tree landed on the end section nearest to the clubhouse and fractured and bent the supporting poles. Each of the three lanes has been damaged and that damage runs down the length of the nets with the structure bent and poles knocked out of place or their base in the concrete twisted.
The nets were only completed in the middle of last year thanks to grant support from Awards For All and the local council and were a significant project for the cricket section. It remains to be seen what steps will be needed to restore them to full operation.
John Henderson and Sons - D&G Squash League sponsors
The new squash season is underway and the regular Dumfries and Galloway Squash Leagues, again kindly sponsored by John Henderson & Sons, will begin after the school holidays.
There will be two leagues again this year with five teams in Division 1 and six teams in Division 2.
The Cisco kids, the new team on the block!
Backswing will be defending the Division 1 title with newly promoted Noblehill Garage one of the teams chasing.
In Division 2 it is wide open but the thriving Castle Douglas Squash Club has two teams entered and maybe the ones to watch.
A new team for this season in Division 2 will by sponsored by Cisco Systems. The team, which is captained by Raymond Currie, will try and field as many of Nunholm Squash Club’s younger squash players. Read the rest of this entry »
Davy Douglas of Backswing views the new court 2 advertising
The newly refurbished Blue court 2 at Dumfries Sports Club now has a new tin sponsor. Backswing, the main agent for Karakal Rackets and Equipment for Dumfries and Galloway and operated by Davy Douglas, are now the principal advertisers on Court 2.
Davy, who is a long-standing member of the club and was heavily involved on the Nunholm Squash Club committee for many years as secretary, was delighted with the new court tin.
He said: “The continuing improvements of the courts are a credit to the hard work of the present squash club committee. The squash playing members of the club have given Backswing tremendous support over the years. So in return it is nice to be able to give something back to the club with sponsorship of the new Court 2 tin.” Read the rest of this entry »
Dumfries mens hockey team welcomed GHK to the King George V Park on Saturday hoping to secure their first league points of the new season.
However, after a disappointing first half display saw the home side 2 – 0 down, a win seemed very unlikely but this was to be the proverbial game of two halves.
Losing centre forward Clark to a yellow card offence somehow triggered a quite astonishing turnaround of fortunes. Despite the temporary suspension, Campbell reduced the deficit following the penalty corner secured at the time of Clark’s dismissal. Read the rest of this entry »
The annual paintballing session takes place this year on Sunday the 26 October from 12 to 4pm. The event is run by cricket sponsors Garrison Paintball and the cricket section and takes place at Roys Wood, Steilston, near Newtonairds, D&G. The cost is a special price of £25 and people can sign up themselves, or as a group, at the bar or contact Chris McCutcheon.
All sports club members and friends are welcome. Don’t miss this opportunity for some healthy rivalry between the club’s different sports!
The battle ground can be found here, Garrison Paintball location.
This year’s Cricket Annual General Meeting is to be held on Friday 7th November at 7pm, at Nunholm. On the agenda will be reports on the 2008 season, elections for club captains and committee members and votes cast for the players of the year. The club’s cricketers are encouraged to come along and make their views known on how to further progress the club.
A team representing Dumfries Sports Club won an international squash competition at Edinburgh Sports Club. The October Fest is played ervery year and this is the second time Dumfries has won the team event. [Pictured are, from the left at the back, Simon Scott, Sandra Wilkes, Ronnie Carter, Peter O’Hara, and in the front, Tony Gay, Sue Strachan, Robin Ridley].
2008 October Fest Winners
Dumfries Sports Club recently held the finals day of the Tennis Club Championships.
On an uncharacteristically warm day, there was a good turn out as usual and as in the past few years a growing number of participants and more importantly plenty of junior interest. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Mckiddie, a pupil at Dumfries High School and member of Dumfries Tennis Club at Nunholm, triumphed recently at a tennis tournament in Carlisle. Daniel was taking part in the Festival of Tennis Tournament at Chatsworth Tennis Club in Carlisle.
He entered the U18 boys doubles with a partner from Windermere and they won this event comfortably. He then played in the U18 boys singles. His opponent in the final was the number one seed, who also happened to be the boy he had teamed up with for the doubles.
Daniel played an incredible match. In the first set he was down 1-5 and fought back brilliantly to take the set 7-6 after fighting off 11 set points. He then went on to take the second set 6-2. Read the rest of this entry »
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