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West Region Newsletter, 70, September 2017 Inspiring Scotland to Choose Cricket
All Stars Cricket: A huge thank you to everyone who has helped to make All Stars Cricket possible during the inaugural
year of the programme. The programme enabled 190 young people, aged between 5 and 8 years old, to
participate in the sessions throughout the west region.
This would not have been possible without the support of the ‘Regional Champions’, the ‘Activitors’,
the parents and the other key volunteers. Our thanks go to these people and to everyone else who has
helped to make the programme possible at the nine delivery centres: Clydesdale CC, Dumfries CC, East
Kilbride CC, East Renfrewshire CC, Greenock CC, Hillhead CC, Renfrew CC, Uddingston CC and
Vale of Leven CC.
Coaching News: The dates for the upcoming ECB Certificate in Coaching Children’s
Cricket (UKCC Level 2) course have now been confirmed.
The course will take place on Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th October,
Saturday 4th November and Saturday 2nd December, with attendance on
all four days being necessary. Anyone wishing more information, or
wishing to book on to the course, should visit the following webpage: http://www.cricketscotland.com/get-involved/get-involved-coaches/coaching-course/certificate-coaching-courses/.
In addition, the following opportunities are available during the winter:
- Cricket Scotland Coaching Forums
o (2 x 3hr workshops, with dates to be confirmed shortly)
- ECB Coach Support Worker course, Sunday 1st October 2017 o http://www.cricketscotland.com/get-involved/get-involved-coaches/coaching-course/coach-support-worker-course-2/
- Basic First Aid for Sport course, Sunday 26th November 2017
o Book by e-mailing [email protected]
- Safeguarding and Protecting Children workshop, Sunday 26th November 2017
o Book by e-mailing [email protected]
Cricket Scotland News: Congratulations to KPM Residential Prestwick who won the
CSL Final, in a dramatic season finale at Meikleriggs
(Ferguslie CC), on Saturday 2nd September.
Batting first, the Western Premier champions were dismissed
for just 97 by the Eastern Premier champions, Heriots CC.
However, the Ayrshire side somehow defended their total –
bowling Heriots out for just 92 and sealing their place in history
as the first west club to win the play-off!
Cricket Scotland is delighted to be able to confirm the appointment of Ammar
Ashraf as the Community Engagement Coordinator for Glasgow.
Ammar started on the 1st of September and is already putting some exciting
plans into action to help to grow and develop cricket.
Ammar can be contacted on 07841-455850 and by e-mail to:
For more information about all the recent activities in and around Cricket Scotland please visit the
website: http://www.cricketscotland.com/.
Cricket Society of Scotland: This winter’s Cricket Society of Scotland programme of guest speakers gets underway at Titwood
(Clydesdale CC), on Monday 9th October, at 7.30pm. The first speaker of the winter is Geoff Cope.
Geoffrey Alan Cope was an off-spinner who represented both Yorkshire and England. His first-class career spanned the years
from 1966 to 1980 - but success did not come easily to him. Despite capturing 40 wickets at less than 14 runs each in 1967,
he did not command a regular place in the Yorkshire team until 1969 when Ray Illingworth moved on to captain
Leicestershire. He was twice forced to remodel his action after being suspended in 1972 and 1978 - the legality of his action
having been dubiously called into question on each occasion. Cope finally made his debut for England during the 1977/78
tour of Pakistan where he would have claimed a hat-trick in his first Test had captain Mike Brearley not made a political
decision to deny that he had caught the third victim despite the umpire upholding the original appeal and the batsman
walking uncomplainingly off! He ended his first-class career having captured 686 victims at 24.70 when, in 1980, his action
was questioned for a third time. In later years Geoff was elected to the Yorkshire Cricket Committee, was appointed Director
of Cricket in 2002, and was instrumental in getting Colin Graves (now ECB chairman) involved financially with the county
when they appeared to be heading for bankruptcy.
For further information about the west branch, please contact either of the Joint Secretaries
Graham Hollier ([email protected]) or Ewen McConville ([email protected]).
Umpiring News: Tuesday 26th September saw the first meeting of the West of Scotland
Association of Cricket Officials (WoSACO) of the winter. The venue
was Titwood (Clydesdale CC) and the main topics were a round up of
the 2017 season and plans for the winter – and it was a good opportunity
to socialise, with some food, after a long season. The next scheduled
meeting is on Tuesday 31st October, at 7.30pm, at Clydesdale CC.
More for information about WoSACO or its winter programme, please contact the
secretary, Jim McClymont: [email protected].
WDCU / Senior Cricket News: The WDCU held an End of Season Club Forum at Shawholm (Poloc CC) on Sunday 17th
September. Some information about the forum is available on the WDCU website
(www.wdcu.co.uk) and anyone wishing further details should contact Iain Murdoch,
the WDCU Administrator [email protected].
Congratulations to all clubs / teams who have won WDCU competitions during 2017:
Competition Winners Premier Division KPM Residential Prestwick
First Division McCrea West of Scotland
Second Division Helensburgh
Third Division Whiteinch (Victoria CC 2nd XI)
Premier Reserve Titwood (Clydesdale CC 2nd XI)
First Reserve Deanpark (Renfrew CC 2nd XI)
Sunday League Victoria
Evening League Victoria
Murgitroyd Rowan Cup PSL Team Sports Clydesdale
McCulloch Cup Ayr
Western Union Cup PSL Team Sports Clydesdale
Western Cup St Ninian’s (Prestwick CC 2nd XI)
Greenwood Trophy St Ninian’s (Prestwick CC Midweek XI)
Western District Junior Cricket Union / Junior Cricket News: The Junior season in the west came to a conclusion with two showpiece WDJCU League Finals’ Days –
both held at Meikleriggs (Ferguslie CC).
In the U11 competition, Uddingston CC and Ferguslie CC won their semi-final
matches (defeating Clydesdale CC and East Renfrewshire CC respectively - before
Ferguslie went on to claim the title, with an 81-run win in the grand final.
In the U13 competition, Clydesdale CC and Poloc CC won their semi-final
matches (defeating Ferguslie CC and Glasgow Accies CC respectively) - before
Clydesdale reduced Poloc to 13/5 before going on to complete a 4-wicket win.
Congratulations to both clubs and to those other clubs who have joined the Role of Honour for WDJCU
competitions completed during 2017:
Competition Winners Runners-Up
U11 League Ferguslie CC Uddingston CC
U13 League Clydesdale CC Poloc CC
U13 League Cup (2016) Clydesdale CC Ayr CC
U14 League Renfrew CC Clydesdale CC
U15 League Clydesdale CC Ferguslie/Kelburne XI
U16 League Prestwick CC East Renfrewshire / Renfrew XI
U18 League Clydesdale CC Poloc CC
The West Junior Cricket website (www.westjuniorcricket.com) provides further information
about the U11 and U13 Finals’ Days, as well as detailing all the youth cricket activity which
has taken place throughout the region during the summer of 2017.
Western Warriors U15s: The Western Warriors U15s have now been confirmed as the 2017 Cricket Scotland U15 Inter-
Regional champions, having gone undefeated - winning three of their championship matches
and having the other three abandoned or cancelled.
In total 18 players, from nine different west region clubs (Ayr CC, Clydesdale CC,
Dumfries CC, Ferguslie CC, Glasgow Accies CC, Greenock CC, Poloc CC,
Prestwick CC and Renfrew CC) played their part in the success. Congratulations
to all those who were involved – and special thanks to Head Coach Paul Davies
for all the work he did to help the squad make it three titles in a row!!!
Statistically, throughout the eight U14 & U15 Western Warriors matches 30
players from ten clubs made appearances (the nine clubs previously listed
plus Kelburne CC). Thanks must go to all the coaches and volunteers at
these clubs for working with their players and assisting their development -
and to all those people who have supported the regional programme this year.
Congratulations to David Sturgess (Clydesdale CC) who finished as the
leading run scorer with 200 runs at an average of 50.00 and to off-spinner
Fletcher Rao (Prestwick CC) who finished as the leading wicket-taker, with 9
wickets at an average of 7.22.
Sturgess was the only batter to score two 50s, with Angus Guy (Clydesdale CC), Ross
Heginbottom (Clydesdale CC), Asad Khan (Clydesdale CC) and Adam Malik
(Dumfries CC) all scoring one half-century – and Heginbottom recording the highest
individual score, with 78. With the ball, Rao was the only bowler to take a ‘4-for’, with
Shahzad Ahmad (Ferguslie CC), Rafay Khan (Renfrew CC), Faizan Rauf (Clydesdale
CC) and Rao all taking a ‘3-for’ on at least one occasion.
West Regional Development Centre U14 Challenge Series: The rain was the real winner in the 2017 West Regional Development Centre (WRDC) U14 Challenge
Series – with three of the six scheduled matches, plus two re-arranged matches, plus a planned T20 day
all being postponed! However, three matches were completed – with each team (the Eagles, the Foxes
and the Sharks) winning one match. This has resulted in the Eagles and Sharks finishing on 11 points –
and both teams will share the title. Congratulations to the players in both squads.
U14 Challenge Series, 2017 19th September
(Final)
Matches Points Final Placing P W L A T Win Bonus Total
Eagles 3 1 2 0 0 10 1 11 = 1
Sharks 2 1 1 0 0 10 1 11 = 1 Foxes 1 1 0 0 0 10 0 10 3rd
Congratulations, too, to Humza Zulfiqar (Clydesdale CC) who finished as the
leading run scorer, with 112 runs at an average of 37.33 (including two 50s),
to Sohaib Shah (Poloc CC) who had the highest individual score of 74 and to
Saifullah Ahmadzai, Uzair Khan and Anne Sturgess (all Clydesdale CC) who
finished as the joint leading wicket-takers, with 4 wickets.
Finally, many thanks to all the umpires, coaches and club groundstaff who have helped to make the
matches possible during the season.
Women’s and Girls’ Cricket News: The West Region Women’s and Girls’ Development Officer, Rosy Ryan, has provided the following
update on Women’s and Girls’ cricket within the west of the country:
“Congratulations to Jessica McCulloch, from Galloway CC, for being named as Female Junior
Player of the Year! Jessica is currently in the West U17s set-up and has shown great
improvement over the last 12 months. Well done, Jessica!
Other congratulations go to Sorcha Breslin, who has started up a women’s side at the University of
Glasgow! If you know anyone who may be interested in joining the team, then please inform them of
the exciting new club. They are easy to find on social media and welcome beginners too!
The ladies indoor season is starting within the next month, with the first tournament being held at
Hutchesons’ Grammar school on Saturday 28th of October, from 1pm – 5pm. If you are interested in
entering a 6 a-side team into this tournament, then please get in contact [with Rosy by e-mailing:
[email protected]]. The dates for the other tournaments will be going out on the Cricket
Scotland website shortly, so please keep an eye-out.”
Other News: Cricket Scotland is looking to appoint a part-time Strength and Conditioning (S&C) Coach to each of
the three regional programmes – Western Warriors, Eastern Knights and Caledonian Highlanders.
Each Regional S&C Coach will be responsible for the athletic development of
all non-contracted players, male and female, within their region – and they
will report to the National Lead S&C Coach and will contribute to the
development of the Cricket Scotland Sport Science and Medicine Team.
The closing date for applications is Friday 13th October and more information is available here:
http://www.cricketscotland.com/job-advert-regional-strength-conditioning-coaches/.
The next newsletter will be published during October 2017. If you think that you may have something
of interest that could be included in this newsletter, please get in contact with me.
Tim Hart
Cricket Scotland Regional Participation Manager
West of Scotland
07825-172-346
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