Dumfries Sports Club

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.

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 .

In a first for Dumfries Cricket Club a Club Coach has been appointed at Nunholm. He is Marc Brown an experienced cricket coach from Cumbria and he will be a regular visitor to Nunholm over the coming months in between his coaching work for the Cumbria Cricket Board.

A batsman for Cumberland in the ECB Minor Counties competition he has spent the winter working as a coach in Victoria, Australia and playing grade cricket in Melbourne. Club Captain Stuart Corbett-Byers said “he has been down at Nunholm already taking sessions and his input is a definite asset for the club”.

His remit extends from training the senior teams through to delivering sessions for the club’s age group junior sides and also to help to develop girls and womens’ cricket at the club. In addition he is delivering a series of sessions at Dumfries High School to support and develop the school team which reformed last year. This is in parallel to visits by coaches from the club to local primary schools.

The Dumfries Club Coach position is supported by Cricket Scotland and Club Chairman, Rory Fergusson noted “we are grateful for the support from Cricket Scotland and we were pleased that our application met with their criteria for whole club development “.

The club welcomes new senior and junior players. Senior training takes place on Tuesdays and Fridays and junior coaching is on Monday evenings. For details contact Trefor Williams on 01387 256455 or see www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk .

First Matches of 2011

On Saturday APD Dumfries started the new cricket season off with a win in their friendly at Nunholm.

Chasing a Ferguslie total of 171 for 5 off 40 overs they eased past that with the loss of three wickets thanks to a not out 50 from Brammer Man of the Match Davie Davidson, 40 from Tom McBride and 26 from Andrew Batty.

It was a contrasting tale of the top fours on Sunday when APD Dumfries travelled to play Premier League side Uddingston in another friendly.

The top four of Uddingston scored a hundred and eighty between them as they reached 231 for 9. The Dumfries top order had a difficult day and after being 14 for 4 the side only reached 114 with Robert McBride top scoring with 35.

The bright note for the Nunholm side was the four wickets taken by 15 year old Niall Alexander who was the side’s Southwest Insulation Man of the Match.

Both he and Dumfries CC’s Chris McBride have been selected for the West Development team at Clydesdale this weekend.

The popular junior coaching sessions at the Dumfries Sports Club, Nunholm, resume this Monday, the 18th April, and continue throughout the summer. These are for boys and girls, from 7 to 14, for members and non-members. Those new to the sport are welcome. Equipment is provided and the emphasis is on participation. It is an opportunity to have some fun with a new team sport and learn from experienced qualified coaches.

The sessions run from 6:15 to 8pm and cost £2 for non-members and £1 for Sports Club members with reduced rates for the season.

This first session provides for registration and a welcome in the Clubhouse for interested parents with the focus on games round the ground for the juniors.

Junior equipment and clothing which can be purchased immediately through the club at a discount will also be available for inspection. This includes cricket sweaters, caps, bats, pads and gloves.

If you can’t make that date just come along and have a go some other Monday evening.

The club is a Dumfries and Galloway Accredited Sports Club and has TopClub status in the Cricket Scotland Development Programme. For any further information contact Trefor Williams 01387 256455 or email dumfriescricketclub@ gmail.com.

The cricket season is rapidly approaching for Dumfries Cricket Club with players preparing for their first fixtures of the year which take place in a fortnight with two friendly games against Ferguslie on the 16th followed by an away match at Uddingston on the Sunday,

Dumfries seconds, Site Electrical Nunholm, play their first league match in the newly formed SNCL Reserve League, at home, the following Saturday. The firsts, APD Dumfries, travel to Falkland for their first encounter in the SNCL Championship, also new this season, the weekend after.

Training at Dumfries Cricket Club moves, from Saturdays, to weekday evenings next Tuesday, April 5th, from 6 until 8 at the Dumfries Sports Club, Nunholm, with an additional session on Fridays. Weekly training for the club’s junior and youth squads resumes the following Tuesday, April 12th, from 4-6pm. Junior cricket coaching for boys and girls starts in earnest after the Easter holidays on Mondays (25th April) 6:15-8pm and continues throughout the summer.

Any new players, junior or senior, interested in playing some cricket this season can contact Trefor Williams on 01387 256455 or see www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.