Glenrothes Cricket North of the Border Fife’S Finest in Profile Glenrothes
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THONGSBRIDGE - MAKING GREAT PROGRESS. WITH CHAIRMAN DR ALAN MOORE SEAFORD/HARROW ST MARY'S/TARLETON/BRENTHAM/EALING/UXBRIDGE/WINCHMORE HILL/BRADSHAW/HARROGATE/EDMONTON/HEADINGLEY/RICHMOND/OSSETT/DROYLSDEN/COLCHESTER & EAST ESSEX/KNEBWORTH PARK/TEDDINGTON ISSUE 13 / £4.00 / WWW.CRICKET-CLUB.BIZ IN THIS ISSUE RENEWABLE ENERGY IN SPORT P18 North London Actively encouraging participation Woodford Wells A key pillar of the local community and a strong emphasis on youth cricket Sunbury A superb looking ground that can host multiple games PLUS GLENROTHES CRICKET NORTH OF THE BORDER FIFE’S FINEST IN PROFILE GLENROTHES GLENROTHES ife’s Glenrothes Cricket Images Courtesy Club's origins lie partly of Brian Corr in the unlikely setting of the Caribbean. The organised game came Fto the town with the help of one Edwin Headley. Of West Indian extraction, he was a teacher at Leslie Primary School and later Auchmuty High School with a passion for the thwack of willow on leather. The modern day club is a fully inclusive establishment and all ages are welcome. Posi- "Our current tively, younger players benefit from some quality coaching club captain and are involved in the senior Ian Dale has nets when their skills have developed. previously been Impressively the clubs 1st XI and 2nd XI teams have also signed up to just completed a hugely suc- play cricket in cessful season, with both win- ning their respective leagues. South Africa Cricket Club Magazine caught during the up with Communications Of- ficer Brian Corr recently to find Scottish off- out more. season.” the ground, we would be look- schools. In many cases, being FACILITY ing to bring in revenue by hir- from Scotland, this is the first “Our existing facility is council ing the ground and facilities to introduction that many kids owned and set in the town’s youth football clubs during the have had to the sport. beautiful Riverside Park. It’s winter months.” Club Coach Steve Rowley generally well received from recently qualified to Level 2. visiting teams. We recently Next year the club coach will held the Scottish Universities YOUTH AND be taking several local primary cricket final and those involved COMMUNITY schools for four week cricket were very complimentary “Youth cricket is a very im- sessions culminating in a about the ground and facilities portant aspect at Glenrothes school cricket festival at the provided. We are currently in Cricket Club. It represents the club mid- April. Glenrothes is the negotiations with the local lifeblood and future of the a relatively new town, as such council about moving ground club. A few years ago we were it probably not regarded as to another area of town, which a club with an ageing playing a traditional cricketing area. will allow for improved social pool, with little or no junior or Although Glenrothes CC are and playing facilities. youth players in the set up. We the oldest sporting club in Our proposed ground move have actively been trying to the town (founded 1957).The will certainly give us more address this over the past few dropping of cricket from the scope and opportunity to do years via coaching sessions in secondary education syllabus this. Being the leaseholders of local primary and secondary a few years ago definitely did 4 | ISSUE 13 GLENROTHES • Sports TV Listings including all Live Cricket • Australian or English style woollen Cricket Caps • FREE Smartphone Apps • Reward your Players with Honorary Caps • Topical Sports Blogs • Includes Club Crest and / or Name Embroidery • Regular English Premiership Ticket Competitions • Fast Turnaround & Delivery • Range of colours • Horse Racing Tip Of The Day • Range of sizes with elasticated back for perfect fit Main Sponsors of Glenrothes Cricket Club facebook.com/LiveSportOnTV 0131 208 3443 [email protected] @UKSportsTVGuide www.customsportstore.com ISSUE 13 | 5 not help the promotion of the game or the club. But thank - a 3rd XI to the league set up. There shall also be continuation of fully it has been recently reintroduced. We have attempted Sunday and Mid-Week cricket available to our members.” to engage with the local community with various promo - tions, but response was disappointing. However we are slowly making progress on this front, having been involved TALENT heavily with both Fife Council and local Glenrothes events. “Ryan Watson who made 194 appearances for Scotland, a It is our aim to actively involve the local community with national record he shares with former teammate Craig Wright; the club wherever we can, and it is hoped our proposed retired from the game at the end of the 2011 season to focus on ground move will help us achieve this.” business interests with his new recruitment company. During the close season, through mutual business interests, Watson struck up a friendship with Glenrothes Cricket Club Chairman THE FUTURE Edward Gibbs; and as one thing lead to another Watson agreed “Next term we are looking to have our 1st XI in the National to delay his retirement and play several matches as a guest for League set up, with our 2nd XI pushing up the East of Scotland Glenrothes in ESCA Division 1 during the 2012 season. Cricket Assoc. leagues. We are also hopeful of the addition of Over the years we have had players selected at representa- 6 | ISSUE 13 tive level at various age groups. Of the current squad, Kenny business background and he has been instrumental in Crichton and Jordan Davidson have played at youth level with driving us towards this. Scotland, while Chris Greaves was involved with Durham's CCC We need to gain a bigger foothold with the local commu- Academy a couple years ago. Our current club captain Ian Dale nity, promoting cricket and our facilities as something for has previously been signed up to play cricket in South Africa everyone to enjoy. We also need to make the step up to having during the Scottish off-season.” our 1st XI in the National League set up and for consolida- tion in that system and our 2nd XI need to close the gap in cricketing terms between themselves and the 1st XI. We plan CHALLENGES AND MOVING FORWARD to introduce a 3rd XI into our current league set up. “The next step is to move grounds and we hope to have Within 5 years we would hope to have several junior two ovals (1 artificial), a custom built clubhouse with bar teams - U17 - U15 - U13 as well as younger players partici - facilities, permanent nets etc. We obviously need to raise a pating in Kwik Cricket competitively on a regular basis. considerable amount of money to achieve this and we hope Glenrothes CC hope to establish our new ground as a place to do so via grant funding, existing club funds and sponsor - where we can involve all aspects of the community and ship. Our current club chairman Edward Gibbs has a solid make cricket a must see sport in Glenrothes.” ISSUE 13 | 7.