Dumfries Sports Club

APD Ltd directors, John Strong and Elliot Graham, were down at Dumfries Cricket Club last week to mark their continued sponsorship of the club for the 2009 season.

They were presented with the now characteristic maroon club rain jackets by club chairman Rory Fergusson. The firm which is based at Newbie and specialises in industrial control systems is now in its fourth year of sponsorship of the club which coincides with the clubs’ involvement in the Scottish National Leagues.

Elliot Graham of APD said “We are keen to play our part in supporting local clubs and organisations and in particular an energetic community club like Dumfries Cricket Club”.

Rory Fergusson, on behalf of the club said “We are very grateful for the support provided by APD and happy that APD Dumfries has become a name that trips off the tongue locally and in Scottish cricketing circles. Such support is vital for local sports clubs to survive these days with the continued and varied costs now associated with running a club. However we do hope that these rain jackets are not required until the end of the season.”

The photograph shows Club Treasurer, Bob Murray, accepting a cheque from APD’s Elliot Graham and John Strong in the company of secretary Peter Johnstone, vice-chairman Graham Cross and chairman Rory Fergusson.

APD Dumfries notched up a convincing win after Prestwick were reduced to 107 all out in their National League Division 2 encounter at Nunholm on Saturday. Chief destroyer was Jim Patterson who in his new role as opening bowler took three wickets.

Dumfries’s Stuart Alexander hit the stumps with the first ball of the match and four wickets fell for just nine runs in the fifties as the heart was ripped out of the Prestwick innings to leave them on 56 for 6.

Prestwick then managed their highest partnership but Jerry Goodin took two wickets and Chris Bellwood also took two to finish the innings off as Prestwick struggled to 107 all out after 37 overs.

Dumfries took just under 18 overs to seal the win. Opener Drew Dawson got 42 and Stuart Corbett-Byers showed that the stand-in captaincy agreed with him as he extended his runs in-office to nearly 250 in three games with 41 not out.

The win means that the Dumfries side stays in second spot but Falkland remain unbeaten in top spot. This Saturday the team are away at third placed RH Corstorphine for whom a win leapfrogs them into second place. Read the rest of this entry »