Dumfries Sports Club

Congratulations to Davie and Raymond for their hard work at Nunholm with Dumfries CC named as runners-up in the Cricket Scotland “Groundsman of the Year” awards for the 2011 season.

See www.cricketscotland.com/Groundsman-of-the-Year-2011

On Sunday the Dumfries Women’s side travelled to Edinburgh on the weekend of Sport Relief. There they competed in the final Cricket Scotland 6-a-side indoor tournament of the winter with ten teams from around Scotland taking part.

Dumfries CC Women ©Cricket Scotland

In the group stage they were beaten by the eventual winners, Edinburgh University, and St Boswells, both of whom got revenge for defeats last time, and lost out off the last ball against Glasgow Accies which meant they had to be content with a final play-off match.

However overall the side had two wins against Kinross and Galloway and gained more valuable cricketing experience in only their second competitive outing.

The Parkdale Garage player of the tournament for Dumfries was Kirsty Strachan for runs, wickets and some committed fielding.

Those interested in women’s and girls’ cricket over the summer can contact the club through dumfriescricketclub@ gmail com, see www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk or come down to Nunholm.

Dumfries CC batsman Tom McBride is packing his bags for a pre-season training camp in South Africa with Scotland U19s. The Under-19 squad have a two week training camp in Potchefstroom near Johannesburg over the end of March and the beginning of April.

There they will continue their preparation for the August U19 World Cup finals in Queensland, Australia where Scotland, after winning the qualification tournament last year, has been drawn against four time winners, Pakistan, New Zealand and fellow Associate side, Afghanistan.

The South African tour will involve a series of seven games alongside a schedule of training sessions and team coach, former Scotland captain, Craig Wright says “the squad will have a limited time together during the summer so this is pivotal to their preparation for the World Cup and to be able make an impact in the tournament“.

Meanwhile Dumfries Cricket Club senior and junior pre-season sessions continue with senior training on Saturday afternoons from 3 to 4:30 at the Dumfries Sports Club at Nunholm. New players of all ages, senior and junior, are welcome at the club for the 2012 season with the first games starting in the middle of April. Contact Trefor Williams on 01387 256455, or email dumfriescricketclub@ gmail.com, or introduce yourself at a club training session. See www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk for more details.