A reminder that the squash summer leagues start next month. If you wish to be included you need to add your name to the list which is up on the squash leagues noticeboard in the clubhouse.
Squash: Entry for the Summer Leagues
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Cricket: Youth beats Experience in the Homecoming Match
22 04 2009In weather that was more like the middle of summer than the first match of the season, youth triumphed over experience in Saturday’s Homecoming Match at Nunholm. It was a blast from the past as former players took the field again or watched from the boundary.
A young Dumfries XI batted first and thanks to a fifty from Chris Bellwood and runs from Russell Johnston (44), Alan Davidson (34) and a late order flourish from Tommy McBride (34no) they posted a challenging 219 for 4 from 40 overs.
Dumfries CC 2009 Homecoming Teams
Despite a remarkably hard wicket for April the Homecoming XI never got up with the required run rate. From 68 for 4, Davie Davidson with 66 and Campbell Potts with a hard hitting 61 not out took them closer with a century partnership but they finally fell short by 37 runs. Robert McBride was the pick of the bowlers with 2 for 23.
The day, and the subsequent evening barbecue and band in the clubhouse, proved a great start to the 2009 season with plenty of cricket supporters and faces from the past welcomed to the club. That was thanks to Stuart Corbett-Byers’ hard work and organisation but also to Davie Davidson (and Raymond) for producing a hard track and a quick outfield in April and drawing compliments from all quarters on the state of the ground.
Homecoming Match: Chris Bellwood to Davie Davidson
On Sunday Dumfries played Hillhead as a warm-up to their National League season. Another young Dumfries side came out on top with a 24 run win over the Western Union Division 1 side. Campbell Potts powered to his second fifty of the weekend and runs again came from Russell Johnston (38) and Davie Davidson (27) whilst wickets were shared between Jerry Goodin with three and two each to Drew Dawson and Alan Davidson.
Dumfries batted first and totalled a creditable 190 for 8 in the 40 overs. In reply Hillhead reached a threatening 98 for 1 after 22 overs. However three wickets fell rapidly and the innings then subsided to 166 all out with one over left.
Weekend Fixtures
This Sunday APD Dumfries play SNCL First Division side Ferguslie in a friendly at Nunholm. Ferguslie are expected to travel with a strong side to prepare for next week’s league fixtures. JMS Nunholm play a friendly away at Hawick in an echo of the club’s former time in the Border League.
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Cricket: Homecoming 2009 – Sat 18 Apr
11 04 2009
Former players are back at the club to play in the first game of the season.
Homecoming XI v Dumfries XI
1:30pm Saturday 18th April
All cricket members, ex-players and supporters are invited down to Nunholm on the day to greet the summer!
From 7:30pm, Band and BBQ Evening, Tickets from the bar £5. All Sports Club members welcome.
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Squash: Finite and Bard Vet contest final
11 04 2009
The semi-finals and final of the Bard Vet Cup were played last Sunday afternoon. Thanks are due to the Bard Vet Group for their continued sponsorship of this event.
The semi-finals brought together Finite Engineering v D & C Lindsay Forestry and Peter’s Fish and Chicken Bar v The Bard Vet team.
After the dust had settled it was the teams of Finite and Bard Vet who were to contest the final.
The format in the cup is of three games American scoring to 15 with a two-point float after every game which has proved to produce some very close matches in the past, none more so than in the final. Read the rest of this entry »
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Cricket: Junior Coaching – Mon 20th Apr
10 04 2009
Dumfries CC a Cricket Scotland TopClub
MONDAY NIGHT IS JUNIOR NIGHT: The cricket section’s popular junior coaching sessions are starting again on Monday the 20th April at 6:15 pm (to 8pm) and on subsequent Mondays throughout the season.
These evening sessions are open to Sports Club members and non-members, and aimed at boys and girls aged from 8 to 14. Basic skills coaching will be provided for new starters whilst more experienced players will be given key technical skills training. However the emphasis is on fun and participation. For those older, cricket training starts earlier at 4:15pm (to 6pm).
Come along to Nunholm and ask, or for further details contact Trefor Williams on 01387 256455 or visit www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tennis Open Day – Sun 26th April
9 04 2009
Try Tennis in Dumfries
SUNDAY 26TH APRIL: Starting at 10AM & continuing into the afternoon.
Murray v Federer at Nunholm
Dumfries Sports Club is holding a tennis open day. All members & Non members of any age & any standard are welcome to come along and try out the club tennis courts.
The club tennis coach will be on-hand between 10 & 12pm to hold practise sessions as well as offering tips & advice on how to improve your game.
There will be a prize draw raffle which is open to everyone & from 12pm onwards food & drinks will be available.
To finish the day we will be holding a free to enter, open doubles tennis competition, with everyone welcome to enter, no matter what their skill level is.
BBQ from 12pm with snacks and drinks available court side.
To download, print and display your own Tennis Open Day Poster click here, Tennis Open Day Notice (PDF format)
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Annual Squash Dance – Sat 25th April
9 04 2009
The climax to the squash season- the Annual Squash Dance WITH Fantastic Live Band
“FULL TILT”
ON SATURDAY 25TH APRIL
8PM TILL LATE
“By ticket only”
Tickets £5 from the bar.
FREE £50 prize draw!
All Sports Club members invited.
The event will see the full presentation of trophies following another successful John Henderson & Son Dumfries & Galloway Squash Leagues for the 2008-09 season. All team captains are encouraged to get as many of their team at the dance.
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Squash: Plate Final 2009
8 04 2009
The 2009 Plate Finalists: Mike Service, Geoff Dean
The delayed Nunholm Squash Club Championship Plate Final was played this week and it turned out to be a cracker. It pitched Mike Service against Geoff Dean in what was a hard hitting and competitive encounter.
Geoff flew to a 6-0 lead in the first game before Mike clawed his way back to 6-8 but it was Geoff who got game ball first. However Geoff lost the point and Mike took the game to 9-9 and had game ball too before Geoff won service back and clinched the first 10-9. Read the rest of this entry »
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Squash: April 09 leagues online
1 04 2009The April squash leagues are available on the site and can be found here or by following the Quick Link at the top of the right hand column.
The league structure has been revised for this month. The leagues are now numbered 1,2,3 to 16.
The parallel A and B leagues have been merged with players’ final positions interleaved. That merged league of perhaps ten players has then had promotion and relegation of 2 up, 2 down applied to produce the final ordering in the new structure.
Also leagues have been limited to five in a league. So that and the restructuring mean player league positions may have changed but considerable effort has been made to produce, hopefully, a fair result.
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Cricket: D&G Coach position
1 04 2009A Community Cricket Coach is being sought for the Dumfries and Galloway region.
The post, which is with Cricket Scotland and in partnership with Dumfries and Galloway Council, has the objective of building on the cricket already played in the region. The focus is on developing junior cricket and involving more youngsters in the sport by linking more schools with clubs.
Last year in Scotland, 18000 children were introduced to the sport by primary school teachers, a 10% rise on the previous year. A number of these were in Dumfries and Galloway but the aim is to increase that involvement in sport. With new Regional Cricket Academies in place across Scotland the route is also there to achieve regional and national selection. Partly as a result of these initiatives Cricket Scotland recently was awarded the International Cricket Council (Europe) award for best overall cricket development programme.
This part-time position with Cricket Scotland is located at the Sports Development Team at DG One. It has been made possible through the efforts of the DG Cricket Development Group, local clubs, and with the support of local community funding. More details on the role can be found at www.dgcricket.org.uk.
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Tennis: Club Nights start – Mon 6th Apr
1 04 2009
Keep your eye on the ball!
The tennis summer club night starts on Monday 6th April 09.
These will run from April to September on Mondays 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.
More tennis news and events can be found on this site at
www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk/category/tennis/
or just click Tennis News in the Quick Links top right.
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Tennis: April Leagues starting
30 03 2009
The Tennis League Challenge
The Tennis Summer Box Leagues get under way in April (Wednesday!).
Those April leagues can be seen here or by following the link in the Quick Links section (top right of the screen).
The Box League is open to Men and Ladies (any standard) who are members of the club and will be run over the summer months.
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