Welcome to the virtual home of junior cricket in the west of Scotland!  Right here on westjuniorcricket.com 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.  New from Western Women and Girls cricket is here too.  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.

And if you're looking for a club you can find details of all member clubs right here too.

After you've had a look around, why not leave us a message on the message board.

Interested in cricket scoring?  Why not sign-up to a new scoring initiative?  The Western Cricket Academy and Cricket Scotland are looking for people to score at Academy and or matches in 2010.  As a first step, complete the sign-up form online.  For more information, speak to either Iain Stewart or Ken Nisbet.

Latest news and notices

Western District Junior Cricket Union latest news

B League rules and draws released [posted 11/03/10]

Colin Dawson, B League Secretary, has released the rules and section draws for the 2010 B leagues.  Played at both Under 13 and Under 15/16, the leagues are growingly popular with West District clubs.  This year sees two sections of seven clubs in a fourteen-strong Under 13 B League, and a seven-strong Under 15/16 B League.  The draws and league rules are online.

Cricket Scotland releases national age-group cup draws [posted 11/03/10]

Stewart Oliver has circulated the draws for the ECB Under 13 and NatWest Under 15 national club championship competitions.  Both competitions have regional early rounds, with the winners of both competitions' West District parts competing on Finals Day at Stirling County CC's New Williamfield ground later in the season.  Both draws, and accompanying documentation - including important guidance from Stewart Oliver and Cricket scotland - are now online.

WDJCU "Kwik Cricket" festival - additional dates [posted 08/03/10]

There are another two festivals scheduled, at Helensburgh CC and Renfrew CC - the updated festivals listing online now.

Additional fixtures for West District Under 12s [posted 05/03/10]

There are two additional fixtures scheduled for the recently reinstated West District Under 12 squad.  The youngsters have a first warm-up match against Clydesdale Under 13s at Totwood in late April, with an away-day fixture against Cumbrian Under 11s also having been added to the fixture card.

WDJCU "Kwik Cricket" festival - additional date [posted 01/03/10]

Jim Young has let us know there's an additional festival scheduled, at Kelburne CC, on May the 30th - the updated festivals listing online now.

Other news

The rest of the current month's news can be found on the WDJCU news page.

WDJCU news archive

Old WDJCU news can be found online, in the WDJCU archive section.  News is generally archived monthly.

Western Cricket Academy latest news

The art of captaincy - a special article by Ross Patterson [posted 11/03/10]

Prestwick CC's Ross Patterson, on the senior WCA squad players writes: "Along with a few others, I was one of the lucky Academy lads invited to attend a captaincy seminar last Sunday, delivered by none other than Gordon Drummond, current Scotland Captain in first-class matches (and so far undefeated).  This seminar was an excellent hour of anyone's time and gave us a good insight into what qualities are required to captain a side at a high level, qualities that can easily be used to our advantage at any level of the game.  Gordon covered many aspects of captaincy, including:

- knowing your team ‘inside out’ ie what makes them tick;

- how to make decisions on and off the field; and

- how to handle confrontation with players (as well as their demands) and managerial staff alike.

But most importantly, I came away with a clear message that setting an example for the rest of your team to follow "on" and "off" the field is the key!"

Change to training programme [posted 26/02/10]

WCA Head Coach Iain Stewart has notified the website of a change to the WCA programme on Sunday the 7th of March.  Pilates will now be between 6 and 7pm, with the senior squad session thereafter between 7 and 9pm.

Other news

The rest of the current month's news can be found on the Academy news page.

Academy news archive

Old Academy news can be found online, in the Academy archive section.  News is generally archived monthly.

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