West Region Newsletter, 70, September 2017 Inspiring Scotland to Choose Cricket
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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: [email protected]. 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 Matches Points Final (Final) P W L A T Win Bonus Total Placing 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.