Courses: Kwik Cricket Games Course Fri 9th Dec

There is a Kwik Cricket Games course being held locally at the David Keswick Centre, Dumfries on Friday 9th December, 4:30 to 6. Kwik Cricket is a simple game for all boys and girls from five years of age upwards. It is currently played in primary schools and clubs around Scotland. It is designed to [...]

Umpires Course

Cricket Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Cricket Officials Association will be running a Level 1 umpires course at Forfarshire CC in November and at Clydesdale CC in the new year. The course is designed for people who intend to umpire on a regular basis and will cover everything in the laws concerning a one [...]

Coach Education in South West Scotland

South West Coaching, www.southwestcoaching.org, is a new site which covers coach education opportunities in the South est Of Sctland. “Sport Scotland is working with partners to establish six regional sporting partnerships across the country. This regional way of working is designed to link national programmes with local delivery, and provides a platform for partners (local [...]

2011/12 Coach Development

The winter programme of Coach Award Courses (UKCC2) are now available to book onto. The three courses in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth will enable those wanting to coach children and young players with the skills and knowledge to do so. Full details are on the Cricket Scotland website. In particular the course in the West [...]

New West Community Development Manager

Cricket Scotland is pleased to announce the recruitment of its new Community Development Manager to continue the development of the sport of cricket in the west of the country. The new manager is in post from 1 September and will help build on the existing work in the field. Tim Hart (left) will take up [...]

2011 Summer Cricket Camps with the D&G Community Coach

The Dumfries and Galloway Cricket Coach, Chris Stewart, is providing opportunities to take part in cricket sessions over the summer. These are taking place at various locations around the region. Langholm (over 5 days) Mon/11th to Fri/15th July Group 1 11:30-12:30; Group 2 2:30-3:30 (different age groups) Run by the Exel Project, Langholm. Lockerbie Summer [...]

More school cricket activities in June

Chris Stewart, the DG Community Cricket Coach, has been working during June delivering four weeks of weekly in-curriculum cricket sessions to Hottsbridge Primary School and after school cricket at Canonbie Primary and completing session blocks at other primaries. He has also been providing cricket at the Kirkcudbright Academy Sports Week and has been using cricket [...]

Cricket taster sessions for local Brownies

The Dumfries and Galloway Cricket Coach, Chris Stewart, provided taster cricket sessions last month to two local Brownie groups in Annan and Gretna.

2011 D&G U13s v Ayrshire

Dumfries & Galloway in their second match of the season again came second to their area opponents and again by 3 wickets in a close match following a similar pattern. Batting first the Solway boys posted a total which proved to be competitive despite some good bowling by the Ayrshire opening bowlers. They then made [...]

2011 Primary School sessions in May

Chris Stewart, the DG Community Cricket Coach, has been delivering four weeks of weekly cricket sessions during May at Duncow, Wallace Hall and Eaglesfield Primary Schools. He had also been providing four weeks of after school cricket at Hoddom Primary.

2011 D&G U13s v Glasgow North

The opening match for Dumfries & Galloway under 13s took place on Sunday at Nunholm against Glasgow North. The match was dominated by a couple of batting displays – Chris McBride for the home team and R McCallum for the visitors. Opening the batting, McBride looked like carrying his bat until he got a good [...]

D&G Colts League – Friday 6th May

D&G Colts League – Friday 6th May Dumfries U12s tied with Galloway U12s at Gatehouse Dumfries U12s 73 for 6 C Penrice 15, M Maxwell 2 for 5 Galloway U12s 73 for 5 H Campbell 7, M Robinson 7

2011 Easter Cricket Camps

The Dumfries and Galloway Community Coach, Chris Stewart, conducted two Easter holiday Cricket Camps over past week in Lochmaben, at the Lochmaben Centre, and in Langholm, at the Eskdale Centre. These were run in conjunction with the Annandale and Eskdale Sports Academy programme.

Iain moving to pastures new

Cricket Scotland’s West Community Development Manager, Iain Stewart, has been in contact with D&G Development Group and the region’s junior club convenors to tell them of him leaving his role with Cricket Scotland. In his email Iain, who has been in his west development role since 2007-08, said “…as of April 22nd I will be [...]

Cricket at Wallace Hall Academy

Throughout March, Chris Stewart, the D&G Community Coach, has been providing cricket sessions at the Secondary School level at Wallace Hall Secondary School in Thornhill. Sessions were delivered within the curriculum over a four week period to S4, S5, and S6 year pupils. The post of local community coach is part-financed by the Scottish Government [...]

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