In this article you can find out about the Community Development Coach, D&G Cricket Development project which was part funded by LEADER.

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This must be attained along with the UKCC course to attain the qualification and certificate. The certificate needs to be renewed every 3 years for the UKCC qualification to stay active so the course is open to existing Level 1 & 2 coaches.

scUK/sportscotland Safeguarding & Protecting the Child Course:
6.30-9.30pm. Wed 27th Jan,
Clydesdale CC, Beaton Road, Glasgow (in Back Bar),
Tutor Kevin West

Cost £20. Cheques payable to ‘Cricket Scotland’ or cash, must be paid before course commences or no certificate will be issued).

Email Iain, the West Development Manager, on iainstewart@cricketscotland.com or ring 0141 422 2145 to book a place.

Bookings for the Child Protection course must be made before 5pm on Mon 25 Jan.

This Programme contains details of all the UKCC Coach Education courses that will be offered to candidates throughout Scotland during 2010. Given the introduction of the UKCC syllabus we have also included a brief description of the different courses available,
which should help potential candidates identify the course which best suits their needs.

Western Cricket Academy squads

Congratulations to Galloway’s Fraser Conn and Anthony Hulatt who are in the senior squad (under 16) and Niall Alexander of Dumfries who is in the junior squad (under 14).

You can find everything you need to know about junior cricket in the West District.  This includes the latest news and views from the West District Junior Cricket Union and the Western Cricket Academy.  League and cup fixtures and results, match reports, pictures of what’s been happening, as well as news of representative squads and teams are all here online.

One of the things the site hopes to achieve is better communication and inter-communication between clubs, the Academy, the Area Groups, and Cricket Scotland’s west regional development people/activities.

Please have a look round and pass on any comments.

The award-winning Sports Academy run by Annandale and Eskdale Sports and Leisure Trust is now in its seventh year and schoolchildren again jumped at the chance to try out all manner of sports under the guidance of professionals.

Two weeks of activities in both Langholm and Annan included mini-racket sports, which is a combination of tennis and badminton, and cricket camps with the newly-appointed Dumfries and Galloway community coach, Chris Stewart.

There was also basketball in both venues with Basketballscotland’s west of Scotland’s development co-ordinator, Adrian Flynn and the ever-popular Annan Athletic Soccer Schools with SFA coaches and appearances by first team players.

Annan and District Athletic Club coaches held run, jump and throw athletic sessions and in both Langholm and Lochmaben there was Charlie Shepherd’s Boxing Champ’s Camp with the ex-IBO World Super Featherweight Champion.

A Scottish Rugby Festival was held in Langholm with local development officer, Niall Cubbon and in Annan there was the Olympic sport of fencing with Scottish Fencing coach Judith Holmes and a table tennis camp with Scottish Internationalist, Callum Main at Newington Sports and Leisure Centre.

The tennis festival with Tennisscotland’s development manager, Mike Cohen, was a huge success and there was a big turnout for Lacrosse with national development officer, Andrew Mackintosh.

Gymnastic workshops for beginners and developers were organised by Scottish Gymnastics and coaches from Lockerbie Curling Club passed on curling and ice skating skills.

Golf fans enjoyed two trips to Turnberry Golf Club and another trip was organised for Portland Snooker Club in Carlisle where children received coaching from former Scottish Internationalist and Junior Scotland team manager, Paul Jamieson.

The academy was financially backed by Energy Solutions, Annandale and Eskdale’s Area Committee and The Andrew Stevenson Foundation.

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