Chris hit a Man of the Match 99

Dumfries were put in and after twenty overs needed to recover from 61 for 4 with the top order gone. Drew Dawson importantly shared a near fifty run partnership with Bellwood to bolster the innings as did Stuart Corbett-Byers to take the score past 150.

However it was Bellwood that gave the side a total of 168 for 7 to defend by dominating the Dumfries run scoring. He was unlucky to be stumped off the last ball for 99 after needing nine runs off the last over for a deserved century.

Skipper Byers said “It was as if Chris was playing on a different wicket to everyone else. He timed his innings perfectly in really testing conditions and it’s a shame he didn’t reach three figures.”

With that target Clydesdale were in pole position but they were rapidly in trouble losing two wickets in the first two overs, one to Pat Druce in the first and one to Alan Davidson in the second. Druce then claimed two lbws, including Scotland all-rounder Haq, to leave Clydesdale four down for 17 after 5 overs.

Druce attacks with a slip cordon in place

In the league this Saturday Dumfries are away at Stirling. The Nunholm club’s junior coaching sessions run on Mondays from 6:15 to 8 at Dumfries Sports Club. These are open to non-members, boys and girls. For more details on junior, senior, and women’s cricket contact Trefor Williams (01387 256455), dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com, or see www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.

There are 10 Senior and 9 Junior events (see entry forms for details of all events) with an entrants fee of £2.00 for each event. The last date for entries should be Friday 25th May, with the draw scheduled for Monday 27th May.

Entry forms are located on the main club tennis noticeboard, tennis pavilion noticeboard or can be downloaded below from the website.

(PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE AVAILABLE ON FINALS DAY PRIOR TO ENTERING THE CHAMPIONSHIP).

Tennis Club Championships 2012 Entry Form

Tennis Club Championships 2012 – Juniors Entry Form

Competition Age Group Conversion Chart 2012

Find out about the background to the tournament on the site here.

Dumfries Tennis Club is about to resurrect and host the tournament with two events scheduled for 2012, the Men’s Singles and Men’s doubles events. If successful it is the plan to add more events throughout the years.

To enter please download the attached entry form and complete as specified.

Border Cups Tournament entry form

Border Cups poster

From a precarious position of 4 for 2, Dumfries rallied with a seventy run partnership between Scott Beveridge and Josh Geary. Geary had just reached his fifty when he was bowled sweeping with the total just past the hundred and it required another partnership between Joe Clarke and Pat Druce to restore fortunes again from seven down for 143. With only a handful of overs left Clarke was run out for an important 54, as was Druce for 20, and the final wicket fell on 199.

Then opening bowlers Pat Druce and Alan Davidson combined dramatically to decide the run chase. Each took four wickets with Greenock unable to recover from 28 for 4. Keeper Stuart Corbett-Byers took a great catch off the Lochmaben Accounting Man of the Match Pat Druce to remove danger man Scotland’s Berrington, He then got South African pro Sekhoto lbw and Greenock were bundled out for just 88.

Jim Patterson hit the season’s first century

On Saturday at Nunholm (from 12) the side face a tough test in their first home league encounter against one of the league favourites, Clydesdale.

CWE Nunholm completed the double with their 101 run win over Glenpark, Greenock seconds, at Benfield Park Nunholm.

The Johnstone and Clark Man of the Match, Jim Patterson, led the way with the season’s first century scoring 110 not out in the Nunholm total of 269 for 5.

Six for McCutcheon

He shared a match winning fifth wicket partnership of 184 with Chris McCutcheon who was caught on 86, in the penultimate over, trying for his sixth six and a century.

Greenock totalled 168 in reply with Patterson again to the fore with three wickets in three overs. Davidson and Kyle took two each.

The Nunholm club’s junior coaching sessions run on Monday evenings from 6:15 to 8 at Dumfries Sports Club. These are also open to non-members, boys and girls. For more details on these and senior, junior and women’s cricket contact Trefor Williams (01387 256455), email dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com, or visit www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.

Congratulations for centurion Patterson

Ladies: The missing result from the 1st May was an away win for Dumfries B who travelled to Moffat and beat Beechgrove 3-1. Only one match was played on the 9th May, Stewartry CSC beat Dumfries B 3-1 with the Dalbeattie v Beechgrove match being awarded to Dalbeattie as a walk over.

The current league tables can be viewed here 2012 Tennis D&G Summer Leagues

The men’s fixtures this week (16th) sees Stewartry CSC entertaining Dumfries C, Dumfries B travel to Dalbeattie and Dumfries A try to maintain the unbeaten run at home to Beechgrove.

In the ladies league Beechgrove are at home to Dumfries A with Dalbeattie travelling through to play Dumfries B. Stewartry CSC have a free week.

More local tennis news can be found at www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk/tennis

Five wickets for Bevo

APD Dumfries had a comprehensive victory at Penicuik in the Scottish Cup on Saturday winning by nine wickets. Dumfries’s Scott Beveridge spun his way to five wickets to dismiss Penicuik for just 78.

Pat Druce and Alan Davidson each set the ball rolling with a wicket in their first over. Then from 44 for 2 Beveridge ran through the middle order to earn his Lakeland Fluid Power Man of the Match award taking 5 for 25. Goodin and Geary each took a wicket with the latter conceding just seven runs in his eight overs.

Dumfries skipper Stuart Corbett-Byers made short work of the target hitting 38 off 24 balls before he was the only wicket to fall stumped. The winning boundary was hit by Bellwood in just the twelfth over. The side sit second to Watsonians with two wins out of three with the three remaining Cup group games played in July.

APD Dumfries start their campaign in a new look league structure on Saturday away at Greenock in an eight team Western Premier Division where Clydesdale and Uddingston who featured in last season’s top ten Scottsh sides, will start as favourites.

Meanwhile CWE Nunholm beat Galloway in the Western Cup by 127 runs at home. Nunholm totalled 209 for 4 in their forty overs with Farries top scoring with 87 not out and Chris McCutcheon hitting a rapid 47 not out to push the score past two hundred. Niall Alexander and Allan Maskrey each took three wickets, and James Cox two, to bowl Galloway out for 82. CWE Nunholm play Glenpark at home in the West Premier Reserve league on Saturday.

The Nunholm club’s junior coaching sessions run on Monday evenings from 6:15 to 8 at the Dumfries Sports Club. These are also open to non-members, boys and girls. For more details on these and senior, junior and women’s cricket contact Trefor Williams (01387 256455), email dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com, or visit www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.

Parents can choose which day or days they want their child to attend and how many, these will be run subject to demand.

(Minimum of 4 players are required to run the day & a max of 8 per group)

All days must be booked in advance to insure we have numbers.

To book please contact Michael on 07734 073397 or email tennis@dumfriessportsclub.co.uk. Alternatively you can collect a form from the tennis pavilion during coaching and hand it back to the coach.

The booking form, with more details, is available to download here

DUMFRIES TENNIS CLUB SUMMER CAMPS 2012 (Adobe/PDF format)

With that we are pleased to announce that Ben McKiddie’s design was the committee choice and will be used on our new shirts and forthcoming caps.

I would like to thank all individuals who entered the competition.

Regards
Michael Goldie

The club has invested in five newly refurbished Life Fitness machines for the gym. The three single station strength machines are part of the very popular Signature range. These machines have been designed with the user in mind and are used throughout Britain by the largest gyms. Added to this are two cardio machines which are completely powered by human movement and come packed with the latest technology to help the users perform to their maximum.

Have a look and more importantly make use of the improved facilities at the club.

Many thanks to those who worked and helped on these improvements for the Sports Club - Michael, Dougie, Keith, Chris and not forgetting the weight lifting team from the cricket section.

Craig Wright, ex Scotland captain, hit 40 v Dumfries ©Roger Lever Photography

At three wickets down, and with Pat Druce having bowled South African professional Symes for just 5, Dumfries had their opportunity. However Scotland present and past, Ewan Chalmers with 90, and Craig Wright with 40 shared a century partnership and the home side missed crucial chances to break the partnership early. It took a good catch by Alan Davidson to deprive Chalmers of a deserved century and Watsonians lost further wickets in reaching 217. Dickie’s Bar Man of the Match Druce took five wickets, and Alan Davidson and Joe Clarke two each.

Dumfries had a similar difficult start at 55 for 4 but a partnership between Joe Clarke and Drew Dawson edged the side back into contention. However both were out with the score at 134 and any opportunity was lost as the side ended on 161 all out chasing runs in the remaining overs. Clarke top scored for Dumfries with 51. Peter Legget did the early damage for Watsonians with three wickets. On Saturday, APD Dumfries play at Penicuik also in the Scottish Cup.

On Sunday a young Brammer Dumfries team lost at Kelburne in the Sunday League. Openers Niall Alexander and Chris Bellwood scored 27 and 54 respectively but accurate bowling saw wickets tumble for a total of 128. Willie Allan hit 78 not out for Kelburne and Solarae Man of the Match Alexander took the only two wickets to fall to delay the outcome. On Saturday the seconds, CWE Nunholm, play Galloway at home in the Western Cup.

The Nunholm club’s junior coaching sessions are running on Monday evenings 6:15 to 8. These are also open to non-members, boys and girls. For more details on these and Senior, Midweek and Women’s cricket contact Trefor Williams (01387 256455), or email dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com, call in at training on Tuesdays and Fridays or see www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk .