Andy Murray’s Mum joins in with Tennis Family Fun Day

23 04 2008

Sunday, 27th April. 11am – 2pm. Parents and children wanted! No need to be an accomplished player! All Sports Club members and non-members welcome alike. So if you are a junior, tennis or otherwise, member or not, then drag your family along.

If you want to be the next Andy Murray then you can ask his mum Judy Murray, LTA talent and performance manager for Scotland, who will be there offering advice.

Fun games and competitions. Raffle prizes and refreshments. No need to have your own racquet. Bring all the family.


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2008 Junior Cricket starts at Nunholm

15 04 2008

TopClub Development ProgrammeJunior cricket nights restart next Monday, the 21st, at Dumfries Cricket Club at Nunholm. The coaching sessions for juniors start at 6:15pm until 8:00 in the evening. They are open to all Sports Club members and non-members and to boys and girls. The club are a certified “TopClub”, which is the youth development scheme accredited by Cricket Scotland, and have ten qualified coaches available. Read the rest of this entry »


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Tennis Club Nights start Mon, 14th Apr

4 04 2008

Tennis Club Nights will begin on Monday April 14 from 6:30pm onwards and will continue each Monday thereafter. The atmosphere is very relaxed and is open to adults and juniors who can play matches on a full court. The format depends on who turns up on the night and can be ladies or mens doubles and/or mixed doubles.


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Easter Cricket Coaching Camp, 7-10 April

18 03 2008

There is a Cricket Scotland Coaching Camp taking place in Dumfries from Monday the 7th April to Thursday 10th April for girls and boys aged between 8 and 13 years (at the David Keswick Centre). Details here: 

This follows on from the successful 3-day Cricket Scotland summer camp which took place at the club last year.


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Junior Squash Club Championships – Sun 30th March

17 03 2008

The Junior Squash Club Championships are on Sunday, the 30th March. Matches start 12 noon – Final 5pm. Eye protection/refreshments are provided. Enter on the squash noticeboard. Closing date for entries is Tuesday, 25th March.


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John Blain visit postponed to Saturday, 22nd March

7 03 2008

Due to a horrible weather forecast for tomorrow (consistent heavy rain) the visit by Scotland player John Blain to the cricket club tomorrow for a coaching clinic has been postponed by 2 weeks. He will be down instead on Saturday the 22nd March as per the same arrangements, and he will also bring down any equipment ordered or requested then. We hope that this date does not give problems to anyone wanting to attend.

So this affects those that were to come to the coaching clinic and those that were wanting to see or buy any gear from Gilmour Sports. Read the rest of this entry »


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Free membership of British Tennis

6 03 2008

The CEO of Tennis Scotland was on Radio Scotland on Saturday discussing the LTA’s new membership scheme. As Dumfries Tennis Club is an LTA affiliated club this means that adults can have FREE membership until the end of January 2009 (discounted thereafter), and juniors simply have free membership. More information on the benefits, for example access to tickets, is available here on the LTA website: http://www.lta.org.uk/Membership/

In particular juniors can get coaching tips, newsletters and get involved with British Tennis.

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Scotland Bowling Masterclass at Nunholm – Sat 8th March

24 02 2008

John Blain © CricketEuropeJohn Blain of Scotland, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire will be taking a coaching session for invited younger players of Dumfries CC on Saturday, March 8th starting at 11:00 in the morning. [Photo © CricketEurope]

The club have asked him to visit Dumfries to give the many promising youngsters at the club some advice and inspiration from his experience of the professional game before their season starts in earnest. The coaching session is supported by the Youth Sponsors at the club, Annandale Insurance and Coatbridge Coldstore Construction.   Read the rest of this entry »


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Squash junior clubnight dates

23 02 2008

Please note that the squash junior clubnights will NOT take place on the Sunday nights listed below. The dates involved are mostly over the Easter and school holidays.

2nd March, and the 23rd March, 30th March and 6th April.

They will resume on Sunday the 13th April, the day before going back to school.


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Membership Week

17 02 2008

Dumfries Sports Club memberships can be renewed at the Clubhouse at the following times.

Saturday 1st March: 12:30pm to 6:30 pm
Sunday 2nd March: 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Monday 3rd – Friday 7th March: 7pm to 9pm

Details of the 2008 membership can be found at this page on club membership.


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Local cricket course for coaches and helpers

14 02 2008

An ICC Introduction to Cricket course is to be held on Sunday, 30th March at Dalbeattie Sports Centre for the D&G region. The course will be delivered by Cricket Scotland.

The club are keen to encourage participants from the club to attend. The course details and aims are provided below. So if you have had limited instruction in cricket coaching or cricket and help out with the club’s junior cricket and coaching or would like to this season then please sign-up.

The club intend to cover the cost of the course for those from Dumfries CC. So if you are interested then contact Trefor Williams at the club. Places will be limited so please sign-up early.
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New West club cricket development officer

18 01 2008

Iain Stewart has been appointed as the new Club Development officer in the West of Scotland. He takes over from Tony Judd who took the Cricket Scotland 3-day junior workshop at Nunholm last season. His job is to help clubs (i.e us) in the development of their junior cricket.

Iain is due to attend the next D&G junior cricket development meeting in February. So he may well be visiting the clubhouse in the near future where we will be asking him to support another 3-day workshop in the summer.


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