The August edition of the Squash Club e-newsletter has news about:
The newsletter can be downloaded here
The Tennis Leagues for August are now on the site here or can be found in the Quick Links in the right hand site column.
The results for the July matches are as follows:
2011 July Tennis League Results (Adobe/PDF format)
Beveridge took ten weekend wickets for Dumfries
This Sunday the side play in the Scottish Twenty20 Finals day against Carlton in the semi-finals after winning the Borders final.
However skipper Stuart-Corbett-Byers is focussed on the league match at Freuchie on Saturday, “our main focus is definitely the league, but it’s pretty exciting to have two pieces of cup silverware still in our sights too.”
On Saturday APD Dumfries fought back against Kelburne for a 49 run win in a low scoring encounter at Benfield Park Nunholm. After losing four wickets early, Dumfries only totalled 117 thanks to a fighting fifty from Thomson and Jardine Man of the Match, Robert McBride. Kelburne then collapsed from forty for two to be all out out for 88. Left arm spinner Scott Beveridge did the damage taking six wickets for just 22 for his best bowling figures for Dumfries.
Dumfries celebrate taking the winning Kelburne wicket
This Saturday Site Electrical Nunholm are away at Langloan on Saturday in the West SNCL Reserve League and the Sunday side, Brammer Dumfries, are at home against GU Staff. The club at Nunholm is always keen to welcome players; senior, junior, women and girls. For details contact Trefor Williams on 01387 256455 or see http://www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.
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.
McCutcheon took seven wickets over the weekend
Chris McCutcheon with four wickets and Scott Beveridge with three restricted Gala to 76 for 9.
Beveridge then hit 40 as Dumfries eased to a win.
Dumfries followed that with another convincing nine wicket victory at RH Corstorphine in the Scottish Championship.
Richardson top scored for Nunholm
Site Electrical Nunholm registered a third win in a row to go fifth by beating Cambusdoon at home in the West SNCL Reserve League.
The younger members of the side were instrumental in the win with spinner Chris McBride taking 2 for 23 as Cambusdoon reached 144 for 9.
Marcus Richardson then top scored with 45 as Nunholm won by 5 wickets.
Dumfries fell just five runs short chasing Ayr’s total of 234 for 3 in the West Sunday league.
Breetzke hit 138 not out
Dumfries’s Tom McBride was forced to withdraw from the Scotland squad for the U19 World Cup qualifiers on Sunday. He broke a finger diving for a catch in the Corstorphine game.
Niall Alexander played for the Scotland Under-15s against Shropshire at Nunholm on Monday but despite him taking 2 wickets for 22, Shropshire won by six wickets.
This Saturday a home win against Kelburne will see Dumfries move up the Championship table and the side play Prestwick at Nunholm on Sunday in their SCU Trophy semi-final
On a perfect night for tennis on thursday (21st July), Dumfries A entertained top of the table Stewartry CSC in a match to decide who would be crowned 2011 Men’s league Doubles champions. Credit to both teams for a great season with Stewartry having recorded 9 straight wins with Dumfries having 7 wins, 1 walk-over and a single loss at Stewartry earlier in the campaign.
Dumfries required a big win to overhaul Stewartry at the top and with several matches requiring tie-break finishes a long and exciting match concluded with Dumfries winning 5-1 which was enough to secure the league championship by 1 single rubber.
Congratulation to both league championship winners, Dumfries A (men’s) and Dalbeattie A (ladies).
Mixed League
No matches took place in the A league with 1 match postponed and the other two being awarded as walkovers.
In the B league Dalbeattie beat Stranraer 5-1 and Kirkcudbright travelled through to Dumfries B and narrowly lost by the odd game after the match had finished 3-3.
More local tennis news can be found at http://www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk/tennis
Bevo smacks a boundary
Dumfries’s Niall Alexander returned from injury to play for Scotland U15s in the ECB Championship this week. Scotland played away against Herefordshire and Shropshire and Alexander had a promising return taking one for nine in his opening spell against Herefordshire. Scotland U15s play the return match against Shropshire at Benfield Park Nunholm next Monday, July 25th where Niall will be hoping for a Scotland appearance on his home ground.
Tom McBride has been preparing with Scotland U19s for the U19 World Cup qualifiers in Ireland which start next week. The squad travel on Sunday with their first competitive match, one of nine fixtures, against Canada on Thursday.
The skipper hits over the top
This weekend Dumfries play at Gala in the Murgitroyd Twenty20 Borders final on Friday evening. On Saturday in the Championship APD Dumfries play Corstorphine in Edinburgh and, in the West SNCL Reserve League, Site Electrical Nunholm are at home to Cambusdoon. The Sunday XI, Brammer Dumfries, play at Ayr in the West Sunday League.
Cricket Camp: Next Tue/Wed, 26th/27th July a Cricket Camp takes place at Nunholm from 10 to 3pm each day for those aged 7 to 16. The cost is £20. For more details, or to book a place, contact dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com or Trefor Williams on 01387 256455.
The story of the summer
DG Tennis Mixed A League
In the opening round of matches in the mixed league defending champions Dalbeattie PB started as they finished last year. They entertained SCSC GL and completed a 5-1 victory. The Beechgrove match against SCSC RP was declared a walk-over for SCSC RP and in the final match, Dalbeattie BL travelled through to play Dumfries A and gained a 5-1 win.
| League A |
Played |
Rubbers |
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Games +/- |
Points |
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| Stewartry CSC RP | 1 | 6 * | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dalbeattie BL | 1 | 5 | 47 | 19 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dalbeattie PB | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dumfries A | 1 | 1 | 19 | 47 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stewartry CSC GL | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Beechgrove A | 1 | 0 * | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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* 1 match was a 6-0 Walk Over |
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DG Tennis Mixed B League
Dumfries B started their campaign by travelling the long road through to Stranraer and both team produced an entertaining start. With the match score tied at 3-3 the result was decided by games won with Dumfries edged the result by only 7 games. The result of the other match between Beechgrove and Dalbeattie has not been received yet.
| Ladies Teams |
Played |
Rubbers |
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Games +/- |
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Points |
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| Dumfries B | 1 | 3 | 36 | 29 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Stranraer | 1 | 3 | 29 | 36 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Beechgrove B | |||||||||||||||
| Dalbeattie | |||||||||||||||
| Kirkcudbright | |||||||||||||||
This week (20th July) sees defending champions Dalbeattie PB travel to Dumfries A with Beechgrove heading down to Castle Douglas to play SCSC GL. In the other A league fixture Dalbeattie BL entertain SCSC RP.
In the B league, Dumfries B fresh from the win last week entertain Kirkcudbright who are playing their first match of the campaign and Stranraer travel through to face Dalbeattie. Beechgrove B has a free week.
The Championship decider for the gent’s league will take place at Dumfries on Thursday 21st July. The hosts Dumfries A need a good win to stop Stewartry CSC winning the championship.
More local tennis news can be found at www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk/tennis
Limited Spaces Available.
Due to demand an extra week of sessions has been added. This will take place on the week of 8-12th Aug from 1pm to 4pm, however spaces are limited.
From today (19th July) we have 1 space available for the 15th-19th week and 6 spaces for the afternoon session on the 8-12th week.
These popular week-long activity camps are ideal to keep the little ones occupied. For full details download the flyer here (or from the Tennis download section on this website).
You can also contact the Coach Colin Dunbar on 07762624329 or dunbar755@btinternet.com
Dumfries Man of the Match Jim Patterson took four wickets
St Michaels scored 105 all out with Jim Patterson taking four wickets and Scott Beveridge and Jerry Goodin each taking two. James Gibson top scored for the Kingholm side with 35.
Dumfries reached the winning target with over half the overs left thanks to an undefeated 58 from Tom McBride with Chris Brockwell claiming two of three Dumfries wickets to fall.
On Saturday APD Dumfries moved up to fourth in the Scottish Championship with an away win at East Kilbride. East Kilbride were all out for 129 with three wickets to Scott Beveridge. Drew Dawson scored 49 as Dumfries notched up a comfortable win with just three wickets down in the 33rd over.
The same day Site Electrical Nunholm beat Meikleriggs by eleven runs in the West SNCL Reserve league in Paisley in another close finish for the side.
The younger players, Marcus Richardson, with 58, and Owen Thomson, with 39, set up the win with a crucial 97 run partnership in the Nunholm total of 168. Meikleriggs fell just short in the second last over ending up on 157 all out.
The camp takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 26/27th July (10-3pm) for those aged 7 to 16. Cost will be £20. Bookings should be made by contacting dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com or Trefor Williams on 01387 256455.
The Tennis D&G Summer Mixed League starts next week on Wednesday (the 13th). Dumfries A play Dalbeattie BL in the A League and Dumfries B play Stranraer in the B League. The fixtures are online here.
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