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Latest news and notices 

Reminder about use of social media [posted 25/01/12]

With the start of a new outdoor season around three months away, clubs, officials and players are reminded about the need to exercise due care and attention when posting on social media.  The west region's junior players - many also registered senior players with both the WDCU and Cricket Scotland - in particular are reminded that comments made via Facebook and Twitter are public utterances, and references to clubs, officials, other players, matches and/or cricketing matters more generally should be made with an appreciation that these could result in disciplinary proceedings if considered unacceptable.

Half-term holiday coaching [posted 25/01/12] 

Glasgow Accies CC's website is currently promoting cricket coaching that's taking place during the February half-term break.  In its notice, the club's site notes: "The Glasgow Academy is running coaching courses during the half term holidays in February for any young and enthusiastic cricketer.  The courses will be organised and delivered by Mr Vedam Hariharan who is the cricket professional with the Academy during the summer, and a leading overseas coach in Australian and Indian Cricket Centres of Excellence.  The courses will take place at The Glasgow Academy.  Several facilities will be used to provide the best possible environment for learning and developing cricket skills and knowledge.  This will include the sports hall, which now offers four high quality net areas and the option of splitting into three large open working areas, a smaller gym which provides an ideal venue for more intense technical work in small groups and a large astro-turf area."  More information here.

Stirling County CC join west junior leagues [posted 20/01/12] We are delighted to say that Stirling County CC have confirmed their juniors will participate in WDJCU leagues and other events in 2012.  The New Williamfield club's junior coaches and managers have entered teams in the Under 11, 13 and 15 hardball leagues for the upcoming season, as well as committed to bring Under 10 players along to the ever-popular Sunday morning "Kwik Cricket" festivals that run throughout the season.  Stirling County CC will also host a "festival".

Glasgow Under 12 area squad training session rescheduled [posted 18/01/12]

Tim Hart has managed to secure a new venue for the first Glasgow Under 12 area squad training session on Friday the 27th of January.  The new venue is Mearns Castle High School in Newton Mearns.  The time of the session is 6pm to 8pm.

West Development Manager update [posted 17/01/12] Tim Hart has circulated his January update on what's going on in here in the west in community development.  His update was sent to clubs' Junior Convenors, and there's a copy here online.

Glasgow Under 12 area squad training session cancelled [posted 10/01/12]

St. Thomas Aquinas school is now not available on Friday the 27th of January, says Tim Hart, and therefore the Glasgow Under 12 area squad training session cannot take place at that venue on that date.  Tim is looking for another suitable venue and will keep clubs up-to-date on progress in this regard.

RDC training schedule, 2012 [posted 16/01/12] 

A detailed training schedule for the west RDC, broken down by player, by time and date, is online. 

Super 8s scorecards and averages [posted 13/01/12]

The scorecards from all the matches in December's Super 8s tournament are now online. 

Ayrshire Development Group winter training [posted 11/01/12] 

The Ayrshire Development Groups Under 12 and Under 14 age-group development squads have organised winter training sessions.  The dates and times are as follows:  

Under 12s: Citadel, Ayr, 12.30pm to 2pm, on Sunday 15 January, Sunday 19 February and Sunday 18 March.

Under 14s: Citadel, Ayr, 2pm to 3.30pm, on Sunday 15 January, Sunday 19 February and Sunday 18 March.

Regional Development Centre squad [posted 09/01/12]

All west RDC players are reminded that they should attend this Saturday's - the 14th's - training session at Hutchesons' Grammar School Sports Centre in Glasgow.  between 3.15pm and 6.15pm.

Glasgow Area Groups squads news [posted 09/01/12] 

Tim Hart has booked winter training sessions for the Glasgow Area Groups Under 12 and Under 14 age-group squads.  The dates and times are as follows:  

Under 12s: St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, 5pm to 7pm, on Friday 27 January, Friday 24 February and Friday 30 March.

Under 14s: St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, 5pm to 7pm, on Friday 20 January, Friday 17 February and Friday 23 March.

In order to cover the cost of booking the hall there will be a charge of £10 per player.   Tim has asked clubs' Junior Convenors to email him with players names they feel should be considered for these winter area squads.  Both the Glasgow North and Glasgow South groups have also been invited to let Tim know of candidates to manage area squads during the coming season.   Both area squads will be involved in the Under 12 and Under 14 Inter-Area Competitions (playing, probably, five games).

2011 Super 8s Finals Day [posted 30/12/11]

Congratulations to West of Scotland CC's Under 12s who ran out winners of the inaugural Under 12 indoor Super 8s tournament.  The Hamilton Crescent youngsters saw off stiff competition from the other two qualifiers for Finals Day, Clydesdale CC and Glasgow Accies CC.   In the Under 15s tournament, Prestwick CC were the winners, securing the title for the first time since 2005.  Well done to the Ayrshire club!  The Under 19s Finals Day was upset by the withdrawal of Ayr CC who had won qualifying Group B.  In a re-jigged schedule, Ferguslie CC beat West of Scotland CC in a best-of-three format to claim the Under 19 title.

As was noted in yesterday's news, clubs are asked to carefully consider - before entering teams - whether they will be able to fulfill their fixtures, including Finals Day.  This year's tournament has been blighted by a number of clubs entering and then withdrawing. 

Super 8s - news [posted 29/12/11] 

Results from this week's Super 8s tournament will be posted online, along with scorecards and averages, as soon as they are forwarded on to the website.  Today - Thursday - saw the last of the group stage matches.  In the morning session, unfortunately, only four players showed up from Clydesdale CC's Under 19 B team, resulting in Group A being decided by only one match, namely East Kilbride CC against Ferguslie CC.  This was disappointing and followed Clydesdale CC's Under 15 B team being a player short on Wednesday.  Also disappointing was Greenock CC's late withdrawal from this evening's Group C matches, leaving Clydesdale CC's A team, Glasgow Accies CC and West of Scotland CC to battle it out in a reduced three-team round-robin format.  Given (see below) Prestwick CC's withdrawals from both the Under 12 and Under 19 tournaments last week, clubs are reminded to think carefully before entering sides in WDJCU competitions as failures to subsequently play matches is unfair on fellow WDJCU clubs. 

Super 8s - further changes [posted 22/12/11] 

Tournament Director Tim Hart has announced that there have been further changes to the playing schedule for this year's Super 8s indoor tournament.  This time it's the Under 12 schedule of play on the 29th of December that's been altered after Prestwick CC's withdrawal from this event too.  A revised draw can be found online.  In his email to clubs Tim notes: "I hope that there will be no further changes to any of the details for the Tournament.  Could someone from each club please get in contact with me (text or email would be great) to confirm that you have seen the revised timings for the Under 19 competition?"  Anyone wanting more information should get in touch with Tim, directly. 

Other news

The rest of the current month's WDJCU news can be found on the WDJCU news page, the current month's Western Cricket Academy news on the Academy news page, the current month's RDC news on the RDC news page, and the current month's Area Development Group news on the Area Groups news.

News archive

Old news can be found online, in the WDJCU archive section, the Academy archive section, the RDC archive section, and the Area Group archive section.  News is generally archived monthly.

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