Dumfries Sports Club

APD Dumfries team at Falkland

APD Dumfries lost out in an exciting finish in their opening Scottish Championship match away at Falkland on Saturday.

Jerry Goodin took four wickets to restrict Falkland to 184 all out with Sri Lankan Cooray hitting 85 but despite 36 from Davie Davidson Dumfries fell short by thirteen runs and with two overs still left.

Goodin took 4 wickets

The performance with the ball and in the field was what was required but the batting after the initial overs made heavy weather of chasing a gettable target.

This Saturday APD Dumfries are at home to Ferguslie in the league and are also at Nunholm on Sunday for a Scottish Cup match against fellow Championship side Renfrew.

Dumfries 2nd XI, Site Electrical Nunholm, were beaten by Whitehaugh in the West SNCL Reserve League on Saturday losing by 62 runs.

Thompson top scored for Nunholm

Youngsters Douglas Brotherston and Owen Thompson took 4 wickets and scored 30 respectively but their efforts couldn’t prevent the consequences of a batting collapse after a good bowling performance kept Whitehaugh down to 128 all out.

On Sunday it was a rearguard action that produced a win for Brammer Dumfries against Glasgow Accies in West Sunday League Division 2. It was a victory which was unlikely when Dumfries were 135 for 6 and 180 for 8 chasing 218 but a match winning ninth wicket partnership between Niall Alexander and Adam Lawrie took the side to victory.

Dumfries juniors started their matches at the weekend with a Friday friendly against Midweek side, Shipwrecks and an U13 Scottish Cup match against Gala. Both resulted in losses but notable individual performances including those from McBride and Strachan meant the players got the feel of bat on ball for the new season.

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 .

APD Dumfries Captain for the new season, Stuart Corbett-Byers

This Saturday APD Dumfries take their first steps in the newly formed Scottish Championship when they play away at Fife side, Falkland, in their first league match of the season.

This season the Scottish National Leagues have gone from three divisions down to two. Dumfries who were the winners of a ten team Division 2 last year have moved into the Championship which now consists of fifteen teams after the expulsion of Edinburgh CC for ground problems. This sits below the Scottish Premiership which this season has sixteen teams.

Dumfries will be seeking to maintain their challenge at the top of the new league as they consistently managed to do in Division 2. However life will be testing with the side facing new opponents from the old Division 1; Poloc, Stenhousemuir, Penicuik and their opposition on Saturday, former league rivals Falkland.

Skipper Stuart Corbett-Byers said “We want to get off to a good start in the new league. We will need the same team spirit and attitude that the players had last year and for the more experienced players to play to their ability on Saturday”.

Dumfries can expect to face returning Sri Lankan professional, Cooray, who was, by a long way, Falkland’s top run scorer with 768 runs last season and was their second top wicket taker with his off-spin.

Also on Saturday, the Dumfries 2nd XI, Site Electrical Nunholm, will try to commence their league season with a home match against Whitehaugh after their first match in the West SNCL Reserve league against Langloan last Saturday was washed out when the only rain of recent weeks duly arrived at Nunholm.

On Sunday Brammer Dumfries play Glasgow Accies at Nunholm in West Sunday Division 2 and Dumfries U13s play Gala in a Scottish Cup match in the morning.

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 .

Sponsors APD back Dumfries for the 2011 season

Prior to the first game of the season this weekend, Elliot Graham, of Newbie company APD Ltd, visited Nunholm, the home of Dumfries Cricket Club to hand over a cheque as sponsor of the Club and of the first eleven, APD Dumfries.

Dumfries Chairman, Rory Fergusson, said that “the support for the club from APD is now into its sixth year. This sustained support is very much appreciated and provides a base for the range of club activities, from juniors, ground improvements, through to success on the field which APD Dumfries amply demonstrated last year”.

Elliott Graham noted, “we were delighted that our support, since Dumfries were promoted to the National Leagues, helped the side claim the Division 2 title last year, especially after coming so close in previous seasons”.

The photograph at Nunholm shows Club Treasurer, Bob Murray, accepting a cheque from APD’s Elliott Graham with Trefor Williams (Junior Manager) left and Rory Fergusson (Chairman) right.

The season opener takes place this Saturday at Nunholm with APD Dumfries playing fellow Scottish Championship side Ferguslie in a competitive friendly. The visitors from Paisley upset a clean sweep by Dumfries in the league last year by causing their only defeat and then finished second behind the Nunholm side.

On Sunday, APD Dumfries will become reintroduced to the A74 again by travelling to play Premier League outfit Uddingston.

The club welcomes new players for the season ahead. For more information on the midweek, friendly and league cricket at Nunholm see www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk, contact Trefor Williams 01387 256455, email dumfriescricketclub@ gmail.com or just call in at the senior training sessions on Tuesday and Friday evenings.