Scottish Hockey are holding a Hockey Camp in Dumfries in October.
Venue: King George Astro Pitch
Dates: 10th, 11th, 12th October (Mon/Tue/Wed)
Ages: 11-15
Time: 10am-2.30pm
Cost: £20
Contact: youth@scottish-hockey.org.uk, or Scottish Hockey at 0131 453 9070.
Download the flyer here – Dumfries October Camp flyer 2011
Dumfries Tennis Club Mens and Ladies Champions
Play started at 10am with the first junior title at stake, with play commencing on the other 3 courts at 10.30am.
The men’s singles final was viewed as “the big one” with Colin Dunbar defending the title that he has won for the last 3 years against the previous winner and club stalwart Lister McKiddie.
With Colin starting as favourite he quickly got into his stride and took the first set but Lister upset the form book and comfortably took the second, to take the match to a deciding 3rd set. Lister continued on fine form into the third set with an early break of serve and the large crowd watching thought an upset was on the cards. However, Colin regained his composure to just edge the match 2-1 in sets to make it 4 singles titles in a row.
In the Ladies final, defending champion 15yrs old Sophie Robinson regained her title beating Rebecca Topping 2 sets to nil.
On the day Colin won 3 titles, Sophie won 4 and Barbara McCubbin gained 3. The winners on the day were:
Men’s Open singles – Colin Dunbar;
Men’s Handicap singles – Mike McEwen;
Men’s Open Doubles – C Dunbar & Chris Topping;
Men’s Handicap Doubles – Raymond Kirk & Michael Goldie;
Ladies Open singles – S Robinson;
Ladies Handicap singles – B McCubbin;
Ladies Open Doubles – R Topping & Sarah Kirk;
Ladies Handicap Doubles – S Kirk & B McCubbin;
Mixed Open Doubles – C Dunbar & S Robinson;
Mixed Handicap Doubles – Steven Forsyth & B McCubbin.
The Junior winners were:
U18s Doubles – Ben McKiddie & S Robinson;
U18s singles – Duncan Muir;
U16s singles – S Robinson;
U14s singles – Ian Robinson;
U12s Doubles – Mitchell Cowie & Ruairidh McRoberts,;
U12s singles – Ruairidh McRoberts
and last but not least is the U10s singles winner Adam Kirk, who regained the title for the 3rd year in a row. Congratulations to all the winners.
Dumfries Hockey Club are starting their junior coaching sessions for the 2011/12 season.
The sessions are for boys and girls at King George V Park, Glasgow Road, Dumfries.
Beginning on Sunday 11 Sept 2011 (for 10 weeks)
Two groups: Ages 7-10 and Ages 11-14. Both at 10:00am to 11:00am.
A fee of £1 should be paid on a weekly basis to cover pitch and coaching costs. Sticks will be provided, if necessary. Come along and learn a new team sport from coaches with Junior International, National League and District League experience.
Any further information from Anne Lees by email on dumfriesjuniorcoaching@hotmail.co.uk OR JUST TURN UP!
See the Hockey Junior Coaching poster here (Adobe/PDF).
Dumfries Tennis Club along with new coach Richie Cunningham will be offering adult coaching sessions for an 8 week period. Run on Tuesdays and starting on the 6th September these classes are suitable for Beginners, intermediates or Rusty Rackets with both ladies and gents welcome.
Sessions start at 6pm and run for an hour. To book please either email tennis@dumfriessportsclub.co.uk or call Michael on 07734073397. The cost per session is £3 for members of the club and £4 for non-members for a limited time.
Individual lessons are available for both adult and junior players, to book use the same details and one of our coaches will be in touch.
Dumfries Tennis Club has become the first tennis club in the area to receive the prestigious “Accredited Sports Club” status which means that Dumfries & Galloway Council have approved and supports the tennis programmes that we deliver on court and the policies and procedures that we have in place off court.
The Council believes that achieving high standards in these areas is crucial in ensuring that your club is managed effectively and that we provide a safe environment for junior members to enjoy and play tennis. Achieving Accreditation shows that our Club programmes, policies and procedures are all in line with best practice.
All the relevant documents will be placed on the Sports Club website as soon as.
Despite the changing weather conditions Dumfries Tennis Club held two successful week-long tennis summer camps last week, with the final week-long camp taking place this week.
Over 40 children have improved their tennis skills as well as enjoying fun coaching sessions with head coach Colin Dunbar.
Tennis coaching continues throughout the year and is open to non-members for a trial basis. Contact Dumfries Tennis Club for more details at tennis@dumfriessportsclub.co.uk or visit our website www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk/tennis
The cricket section held a two day Summer Camp for juniors at Nunholm last week which was blessed with too much sun and was successfully led by Club Coach Marc Brown and overseas player Chad Breetzke.
Limited Spaces Available.
Due to demand an extra week of sessions has been added. This will take place on the week of 8-12th Aug from 1pm to 4pm, however spaces are limited.
From today (19th July) we have 1 space available for the 15th-19th week and 6 spaces for the afternoon session on the 8-12th week.
These popular week-long activity camps are ideal to keep the little ones occupied. For full details download the flyer here (or from the Tennis download section on this website).
You can also contact the Coach Colin Dunbar on 07762624329 or dunbar755@btinternet.com
Cricket is on offer at Nunholm over the summer holidays with a Dumfries Cricket Club Summer Camp and the club’s weekly Monday night junior coaching sessions (6:15-8) which continue over the summer.
The camp takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 26/27th July (10-3pm) for those aged 7 to 16. It will be led by Club Coach Marc Brown and overseas player Chad Breetzke, both experienced coaches, whose focus is on everyone having a fun time. Cost will be £20. Equipment provided, just bring trainers, lunch and suitable clothing for the weather.
Bookings should be made by contacting dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com or Trefor Williams on 01387 256455.
There are also the junior teams’ training sessions (Tue 4:30-6:30), Thursday cricket coaching sessions (10-2) during the holidays and personal coaching is also available. Contact the club for more details.
There is still time to book the wee one’s place in one of the Dumfries Tennis Club Summer Camps being held in August.
Week 1 8-12th Aug, Week 2 15-19th Aug. (9am to 12)
These popular week-long activity camps are ideal to keep the little ones occupied. For full details download the flyer here (or from the Tennis download section on this website).
You can also contact the Coach Colin Dunbar on 07762624329 or dunbar755@btinternet.com
Wickets for Niall on Saturday and runs on Sunday
APD Dumfries played their first league fixture at Penicuik for sixteen years on Saturday and won by five wickets in the Scottish Championship to move into third place in the league. Penicuik were put in and were bowled out for 178. Jim Patterson took three wickets and Beveridge, Niall Alexander and Maskrey took two each. Dumfries got the runs with overs to spare and five wickets down thanks to forties from Drew Dawson and Carson & Trotter Man of the Match Scott Beveridge.
Also on Saturday Site Electrical Nunholm, the Dumfries 2nd XI, beat Shawholm in a close match at Nunholm in the West SNCL Reserve League. Trefor Williams scored sixty in the Dumfries team’s total of 178 and Cameron Telfer took three wickets as the side from Poloc fell seven runs short in a dramatic finish.
Brammer Dumfries, the Sunday XI, travelled to Prestwick and eventually ‘breezed’ to a victory in the West Sunday league thanks mainly to overseas’ player Chad Breetzke. Chasing a stiff target of 204 in 40 overs, the South African, batting at three, took the game away from the opposition with a sparkling century by hitting the bad ball extremely hard. He received excellent support from fifteen-year-old Niall Alexander who hit 67 not out, his first senior fifty, to ensure the win.
That hundred did not prove to be the top score of the day by a player from Nunholm. That was achieved by eleven year old junior Chris McBride who scored his first century playing in a regional fixture between West U12s and Tayside & Fife. He scored 115 opening the batting in a 35 over match. He went one better than his brother Tom McBride who scored a fifty for Scotland U19s in their one wicket win over Scottish Universities last week.
This Saturday Dumfries are at home to Stenhousemuir and the seconds are away at Glenpark. The club at Nunholm welcomes new players; senior, junior, women and girls. Senior training takes place on Tuesdays and Fridays and junior and women/girls coaching is on Monday evenings. For details contact Trefor Williams on 01387 256455 or see www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk .
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