New for Thursdays and starts on April the 15th.
Ladies, some proper tennis without the men.
From 6.00pm, this is an ideal opportunity to meet other members and is open to all standards. So come and enjoy some social tennis in a relaxed atmosphere with ladies who just enjoy playing tennis.
To find out more please contact Judi on 07743 696112.
The Squash Leagues for April are available on the site and can be found here or by following the Quick Link in the right hand column.
The summer leagues start in May.
The So Below squash team won Division 1 of the John Henderson and Sons D and G Squash League with a crushing win over Finite Engineering.
The final week of the D and G Squash league opened with So Below holding a slim lead over Bard Vets with Finite Engineering also still in the running.
Bard Vets won their last match on Monday night with a convincing win over Noblehill and thus led the league by five points.
Needing six points to seal the league title, So Below were quietly confident but expected a close contest with Finite.
On the night, however, Finite’s No.1 player withdrew due to illness, which put pressure on all their remaining players to play up a position.
In the end, this proved too big a task, and after the first two matches of the night, So Below had secured the necessary six points with 3-0 wins for Robert Grierson and Keith Gristwood.
The remainder of the team continued the run with 3-0 wins for Sue Strachan and Jim Scriven, and a 3-1 win for Jimmy Wells to secure maximum points and the league title.
Division 1: Noblehill 3 Bard Vets 17; So Below 18 Finite 1.
Dumfries Squash Club was represented at the ultimate Scottish Squash Masters tournament of the season, the Scottish Nationals in Aberdeen and came away with two titles and two runner-ups, even though several players missed the tournament due to injury or other commitments.
Davy Rogan comfortably won all of his round-robin matches to secure the O-75s title and top the Scottish rankings again.
In the O-45s current Scottish Champion Jimmy Wells was in excellent form once again.
He won his quarter-final 3-1 and in the semi-final he defeated Lockerbie’s Ronnie Carter 3-0.
In the final he faced Mike Spalding who had just moved into the O-45s. In a close first set, Wells took a 5-1 lead but was under constant pressure and a burst racket string broke his momentum resulting in losing 9-7.
In the second set, Wells struggled to regain control and lost that 9-3. In the third set, he again took a strong lead only to be pegged back and finally losing 9-6.
While not retaining his Scottish title, Jimmy Wells could take some comfort from topping the O-45 Scottish rankings. Read the rest of this entry »
The Tennis Winter Leagues for April are now on the site here or can be found in the Quick Links in the right hand site column. Note that the league rules have been updated.
The results for the March matches are as follows: Read the rest of this entry »
Dumfries men were keen to get their good form going again after some late call-off’s saw them concede their game last week to Helensburgh and subsequently take a 5-0 loss.
However they were not to let that get to them as no defeats in the last five games had seen Dumfries climb the league table three places into sixth.
Dumfries started the game brightly and it was clear to see that the new training schedule was paying dividends as they knocked the ball confidently round the pitch. Read the rest of this entry »
For those Sports Club juniors thinking about trying cricket this summer there are a couple of opportunities coming up out with the junior cricket which takes place at the club.
There is an Easter Cricket Camp in Dumfries on Tuesday (6th April) and Wednesday (7th April) from 10am to 1:30pm. See here for details.
And also girls (and mum’s) cricket is starting up in May through the local FitMAD programme. See here for those details.
Stuart Corbett-Byers in 20/20 action
Stuart Corbett-Byers retained the Dumfries Cricket Club 1st XI Player of the Year Award for last season at the Annual Dinner and Awards held at the club last Friday.
The wicketkeeper-batsman hit two vital centuries for APD Dumfries during the season and finished with an average of over 40. He was also ranked as the top National League Division 2 keeper claiming 20 victims behind the stumps, and as a result he was amongst the nominees for batsman of the year and all-rounder of the year in the division.
The 2nd XI Player of the Year went to Chris McCutcheon for his all-round displays with bat and ball which were instrumental in JMS Nunholm retaining their place in Western Union Division 2.
The Jimmy Steele Bowling Trophy was awarded to Chris Bellwood for his devastating spell of 6 for 14 against Premier League side Greenock in the National 20/20 semi-final on the last day of the season.
Young player of the year went to the promising Douglas Brotherston. His bowling and batting featured in games for the firsts, seconds, the Sunday XI and in the John Henderson and Sons Midweek League winning team, the club’s youth side, Coatbridge Cold Store Colts.
Player votes cast throughout the season resulted in Josh Geary being named Player’s Player of the Year. His on-field contributions and mature batting performances sealed several APD Dumfries victories and meant he was the side’s top run scorer for the season.
Training for senior players continues on Saturday mornings from 11am at Nunholm. New players are welcome to drop in or they can contact Trefor Williams on 01387 256455. Read the rest of this entry »
Tommy batting against Netherlands U17s, courtesy of ICC/CricketEurope
Tom McBride, from Dumfries Cricket Club, is packing his bags to experience cricket in India. Next week he leaves for the Pune Cricket Academy near Mumbai for an intensive twelve day National Academy tour of the sub-continent.
Last year he played for Scotland U17s and Scotland U19s and the 18 year old has spent the winter as one of seven players invited onto Scotland’s Performance Course at Telford College in Edinburgh. He joins those in the National Academy Squad in making up a 15-man party.
The focus will be on training with three games scheduled later in the stay including a planned match against the state U19 side.
Craig Wright, ex-Scotland captain, and now the National Performance Development Manager is one of the coaches travelling. Once in India the group will be under the direction of experienced local coaches well versed in the local conditions.
Wright commented that “the aim is for the batsmen to work on playing spin and for the bowlers to master very different conditions. The expertise at what is a global cricket academy, the facilities available and the experience will stretch their abilities.”
“Tommy has worked really hard on his game over the past months, both on the physical and the technical aspects. He is also benefitting from training with the others in the performance group some of whom gained their first caps for the full Scotland side last year.”
The summer club nights are back and start on Monday 5th April 2010.
These run from April to September every Monday and are open to any senior and junior members who have the ability to play doubles matches.
You can come along at 6.30pm until whenever suits to play fun competitive sets with other players.
Dumfries lined up at home against Hillhead 4s knowing that a win would see them end the day in sixth place and jump their opponents in the league.
John McCoskry was faced with losing one of his better players as he could not get anyone to umpire the game and it was top scorer Iain Callander who chose to drop out of the squad.
The opening goal came ten minutes in and it was the Dumfries side that scored it against the run of play. A break down the right flank saw the cross field ball met at the near post by forward Jimmy Clark and he steered the ball past the keeper and into the bottom corner of the goal. Read the rest of this entry »
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