Sunday Captain, Josh Geary, with 1sts Captain and Vice Captain, Stuart Byers and Jim Patterson, thank Colin Wallace of Site Electrical
Dumfries Cricket Club are pleased to welcome new sponsors of the club this season. Site Electrical are sponsoring the club, and the side which plays in the Strathclyde Sunday League, which will be known as Site Electrical Dumfries, and the Nunholm Scoreboard.
Colin Wallace, the Scottish Contracts Manager for the company who are specialist contractors to the water and waste water industry, said “I have had a long time association with the club and I am keen that our support will help Dumfries continue its progression over the coming years.”
“It has been striking how youth development has developed at the club with the number of juniors, at their Monday night sessions, having increased significantly.”
“The standard of cricket at Nunholm has also increased over recent years and has resulted in the entry into the National Leagues. It would be good to see that progression continued with the support of Site Electrical.”
Appropriately the sponsored team, Site Electrical Dumfries, is youth orientated and is where the club’s younger players get their first introduction to senior and to league cricket. Last year they had a successful season and were promoted to Division 2.
2010 Question of Sports Winners - the Cricket Section
The 2010 Grand National Day saw more winners than just Tony McCoy at Aintree.
At Nunholm the battle between the sections for the Dumfries Sports Club Question of Sport Trophy for 2010 went to … the Cricket Section.
A big thank you to Carol and Dougie Brotherston for their organisation, to Trevor Newport as Master of Ceremonies and to Peter Allan for the cinematics and also to Alan McCulloch and Scott Dunbar who took on the task of scrutinising and scoring the answers.
Dumfries Sports Club Question of Sport 2010
1st – Cricket 52; 2nd – Tennis 40; 3rd – Squash 37, 4th – Running 35
The winners of the unofficial Question of Sport quiz were “The Cricket Legends”.
1st Cricket Legends 42; Tommy’s Daredevils 41; Lindy’s Losers 27; 3 Stooges 26.5
Then it was on to the big money event, the Grand National Sweepstake.
Grand National Sweepstake 2010
1st – Don’t Push it [Peter Johnstone]
2nd – Black Apalachi [Gemma Brotherston]
3rd – State of Play [Ian Anderson’s dad]
4th – Big Fella Thanks [Jock Glendinning]
Last – Priests Leap [Graham Anderson]
First Faller – Eric’s Charm [Michael Goldie]
The 2010 membership week at the Dumfries Sports Club at Nunholm starts this weekend. This provides the opportunity for existing members to renew their annual membership and provides a good opportunity for new members to join. Adults, juniors and family members are welcomed by the club.
The club offers tennis, squash, cricket and gym facilities and is the home for Dumfries Tennis Club, Dumfries Squash Club and Dumfries Cricket Club. The facilities are also used by Dumfries Running Club and Dumfries Hockey Club.
In preparation for the summer seasons junior sport is already well underway on Saturday mornings with 4 junior tennis coaching sessions for different age groups and cricket training sessions for the club’s 18’s. This year the club has also introduced squash coaching for those wanting to learn and improve their game which is proving to be popular.
The club’s squash competitions are nearing their final stages with the 3rd round of the Jim Thorburn handicap being completed this week with numbers having been whittled down from the original entry of 52. The finale to the season, the Club Finals night, takes place on Friday the 16th April and Nunholm is also the venue of the U-30 Dumfries and Galloway Closed Squash Tournament which takes place this weekend on Friday and Saturday.
The membership week runs from Saturday 27 February to Friday 5 March. More details are available at http://www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk.
Membership week for the Dumfries Sports Club will run from Saturday 27 February to Friday 5 March. Subscription fees have been retained at the 2009 levels. News for members and the Membership Form can be downloaded here, 2010 Dumfries Sports Club Membership Form (in Adobe/PDF format).
Membership Week; Sat 27th February, 12:30pm to 6:30pm; Sun 28th February 12:30pm to 2:30pm; Mon 1st March – Fri 5th March, 7pm to 9pm.
Membership Fees can be paid before that week and it is intended that fobs will be changed by Friday 19 March.
The 2009 AGM for the Sports Club was held recently before Christmas. The Chairman’s report for the year is available here.
The club has a new Membership Secretary with Keith Gristwood taking on that important role. Thanks go to the hard work of Clark Donaldson who has stepped down from that role and also to Raymond Currie who also stepped down from the position of House Convener which is now vacant.
Despite such a fraught financial climate generally the club still made a reasonable profit and it was agreed at the meeting that membership fees should remain the same for the coming year.
The next meeting of the new committee takes place on Monday the 11th January.
Chairperson – John Glendinning
Vice Chairperson -Peter Bacci
Treasurer/Secretary – Gladys McClymont
Membership Secretary – Keith Gristwood
House/Bar Convener – Vacant/Pam Donaldson
Ground Convener – [Cricket and Tennis sections]
Social Convener – [Section representatives]
Member – David McNaught
Dumfries Sports Club 
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