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West Region Newsletter, 48, November 2015
Club News: Inverclyde CC opened a new net facility, on Tuesday 17
th November, at St Columba’s High School in
Gourock. The installation of the two lanes of nets forms the latest part of the club’s ambitious ‘Growing
Cricket in Inverclyde’ project – and congratulations must go to the club for their on-going commitment to
this project.
With the 2015 season now completed, each club’s TOPClub accreditation now needs updated. Each club
which has been on the programme will remain registered – but any certificate of
accreditation is now out of date. Any club wishing to update their TOPClub status in time
for the start of the 2016 season should get in contact with me to arrange a review meeting.
If your Club wishes to arrange a meeting with me (about Club Development), please ask someone to get in
contact and provide me with a couple of dates, times and a venue that would suit your Club.
Recent Meetings: Ferguslie CC, Greenock CC, Inverclyde CC, Irvine CC, Uddingston CC
Upcoming Meetings: Uddingston CC
Coaching News: A busy period of coach education and coach development opportunities finished on Sunday 15
th November.
Eight candidates attended ‘World Class Basics 1’ and sixteen candidates attended ‘World
Class Basics 2’. These workshops were designed and delivered by the Cricket Scotland
Performance Coaches and provided a very exciting insight into the latest thoughts on
batting, bowling, fielding, performance analysis and strength & conditioning.
The opportunities then continued with a ‘Safeguarding and Protecting Children’ workshop and a ‘Basic First
Aid for Sport’ course being delivered by expert tutors, with a cricket background. Thanks must go to Colin
McDougall (Greenock CC) and Gill McElnea (Ayr CC) for delivering these workshops which were attended
by nine and eight candidates respectively.
Cricket Society of Scotland: The next meeting of the west branch of the Cricket Society of Scotland will take place at Titwood
(Clydesdale CC), starting at 7.30pm, on Monday 14th
December.
The guest speaker will be Tom Smith who is an all-rounder who plays for Lancashire CCC, bowling right-
arm medium pace and batting left-handed. He made his first class debut in late 2005 and was handed the
onerous task of replacing Glen Chapple as captain for the 2015 season.
For further information about the West of Scotland branch of the Cricket Society of Scotland
and their winter programme, please contact Graham Hollier ([email protected]) or
Ewen McConville ([email protected]) who are the Joint Secretaries.
‘Making It Happen At Your Cricket Club’: Cricket Scotland are excited to announce the next round of Club Development
Workshops, delivered in conjunction with Svend Elkjaer from Sports Marketing
Network. The West Region workshop will take place from 7pm – 9.30pm, on
Monday 14th
December 2015, at Hillhead Cricket Club, G12 9XP. Full details,
including a workshop application form, are attached to the end of this Newsletter.
WDCU / Senior Cricket News: The Western District Cricket Union Annual General Meeting (WDCU AGM) will take place on Thursday
26th
November, at Shawholm (Poloc CC), starting at 7pm. Mark Colman, the WDCU Executive Secretary,
has forwarded documentation about the AGM to all clubs. Anyone wishing any further
information should contact Mark directly at: [email protected].
WDJCU / Junior Cricket News: The West District Junior Cricket Union’s Annual General Meeting (WDJCU AGM) took place at Titwood
(Clydesdale CC) on Monday 23rd
November. The main topic of conversation was a discussion following on
from the recent consultation on junior league structures.
The WDJCU Indoor Super 8s Tournament will be running between Christmas and the New
Year. As with recent years, there will be three different age group competitions – U12, U15 and
U19. Club Junior Convenors have been e-mailed a copy of the entry form. The closing date for
a club to enter is Friday 11th
December.
For any further information about youth cricket in the west region please visit: www.westjuniorcricket.com.
West Regional Development Centre (WRDC): Following the WRDC Talent Trawls in late October and several players being invited to attend the first
couple of the winter sessions, the WRDC is delighted to be able to announce the WRDC Winter Training
Squad for 2015-2016. Congratulations to the following players who have been selected for this programme:
There will also be a WRDC ‘Development Squad’ which will receive a small number of sessions between
December and March.
The overall winter programme will end with a series of ‘Western Warriors U15s’ sessions during
March and April – with the sessions designed to lead into the 2016 season.
Player Club Puskar Bhandari Ayr CC
Daniel Cairns Clydesdale CC
Sam Cole Prestwick CC
Sam Greene West of Scotland CC
Jake Gumbrell Helensburgh CC
Ross Heginbottom Clydesdale CC
Jawad Khan Clydesdale CC
Euan McBeth Prestwick CC
Glen Montgomery Galloway CC
Sohaib Shah Poloc CC
Uzzair Shah Poloc CC
David Sturgess Clydesdale CC
Callan Turner Prestwick CC
Jai Tyagi Hillhead CC
Women’s Cricket News: Ayr CC, Stirling County CC and two teams from Galloway CC took part in a Women’s Indoor
Sixes event which was held a Holyrood Secondary School during early November. Stirling County
CC emerged as winners although the event featured some very competitive matches and some very
close finishes. The next Sixes event is scheduled to take place during January. Anyone wishing
further details should contact Kari Carswell: [email protected].
Good luck to Samantha Haggo (Prestwick CC) and Abtaha Maqsood (Poloc CC) as they represent Scotland
in the 2015 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier, in Thailand. The competition begins on Saturday 28th
November and Scotland will play Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea and Thailand during the group stage.
Other News:
Cricket Scotland is once again offering financial support to Area Cricket Development Groups through the
‘Community Coaching Programme 2016’. Any Area Group wishing further information about this
opportunity should contact me directly.
The next newsletter will be published during December. 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
Bring a Volunteer! For these workshops we are also encouraging club members to bring a potential volunteer or friend with
them. This should be someone you would like to become involved with your club; a keen new member, an
interested parent, or a friend with a specific skill that could help your club. We always identify that we don`t
have enough volunteers but how often do we ask and engage people in a meaningful way? Asking them
along to this workshop could motivate and inspire them to become a valued volunteer at your club.
‘Making It Happen At Your Cricket Club’
Workshop Application Form
Cricket Scotland are excited to announce the next round of Club Development Workshops delivered in
conjunction with Svend Elkjaer from Sports Marketing Network (SMN).
The `Making it Happen at your Cricket Club` workshops are a continuation of the excellent `Thriving Clubs`
Programme being delivered with SMN. These workshops will be the precursor to the next phase of
applications for clubs that would like to be one of 10 clubs selected nationally to go through the `Thriving
Clubs` programme with Svend during 2016.
NAME
ADDRESS
TOWN / CITY
LOCAL AUTHORITY
POSTCODE
E-MAIL ADDRESS
CONTACT NUMBER
CRICKET CLUB
COURSE VENUE Hillhead Cricket Club, G12 9XP
DATE OF COURSE Monday 14 December 2015
TIME OF COURSE 7pm – 9.30pm
COST Free
To book on to the workshop please return this form to the following address, or by e-mail: Tim Hart, West Community Development Manager, Cricket Scotland, C/O SportScotland, Doges, Templeton on the Green, 62 Templeton Street, Glasgow, G40 1DA.
If you have any queries, please contact Tim Hart on 07825-172-346 or at [email protected].
