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Nunholm Bulletin - 10 April 2025

Nunholm Bulletin - 10 April 2025

Dumfries Cricket11 Apr - 06:50

Outdoor sessions are underway for the season at Nunholm. First game on the 20th. And good luck to Chris with Scotland Men in Zimbabwe.

Photo: Sunny evening for the senior training session on Tuesday.

Cricket Packages
Cricket Membership Packages are due for the season, for senior and junior cricket, can be purchased online on this website You need to have joined our website to do this, which is what we require of all our cricket participants.

We are asking adults to arrange their required Dumfries Sports Club membership directly with the Sports Club in addition to the Senior Cricket Package. The Sports Club membership can be completed online here .

Juniors also require a Primary Junior or Secondary Junior Dumfries Sports Club membership and a junior cricket package. Parents can also organise the Sports Club membership direct if they wish. Alternatively we will facilitate that depending on the junior cricket package purchased (i.e. for Non -DSC or existing DSC members)

Any questions, please let us know.

Gray-Nichols Club Kit Supplier
We have a new kit supplier, Gray Nichols, for which there is an online club shop and please use your club cricket package credit code that we will send to you after a purchase of one of our cricket packages.

Senior Training outside underway
Senior training is underway on Tuesday and Friday evenings. These sessions are aimed at those involved with senior matches e.g. 1sts, 2nds, Sunday XI. New players are welcome to come along and introduce themselves and to have a hit too.

Tuesdays 18:00-19:30
Fridays 18:00-19:30

Plus, as another option, pre-season on Saturday mornings until the 19th (From 10:30-12) but organise this with each other please.

Summer Junior Cricket Sessions underway
Junior sessions have started up outside at the club for the summer for boys and girls from ages 5 upwards. New participants welcome.

Stars Sessions - (ages 5-8) Mondays 6-7pm
U11s/Blasters Sessions - (ages 9-11ish) Mondays 6-7:15pm [U11 games Sunday mornings)
U15s/U13s/Chargers Sessions - (11-15ish) 6-7:15pm [Note - also fixtures and practice games on Fridays from 6pm]

We do welcome new participants so come for a try, and bring a friend, or you can always email dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com for further information about our junior sessions, or message us on social media @dumfriescricket .

Summer Women's and Girls Sessions underway
Weekly Women's & Girls soft ball indoor sessions started out outside this week on Monday.

Mondays 6-7pm W&G Intro to soft ball cricket

These are introductory soft ball sessions and are suitable for secondary school ages and also for those starting out and want to have a go. We are looking for more participants so contact womenscricket@dumfriescricketclub.com or just come aong.

Senior Fixtures - start on Sun 20 April
Friendlies
Sun 20 Apr - Hillhead (1sts/2nds). Home at Nunholm
Sat 26 Apr - Stirling University/Stirling County (1sts) Home at Nunholm
Sun 27 Apr- Bharat Parivar (1sts) T20. Home at Nunholm[Touring team from Birmingham]
Sun 27 Apr- Galloway (2nds) T20. Home at Nunholm

Our 1s and 2s Saturday league fixtures are listed on our website with the first fixtures on the first Saturday in May.
Sat 3 May - 1s vs Kelburne (Away) [Western Premiership 1]
Sat 3 May - 2s vs Renfrew 2 (Home) [Western Championship 2]

Sign Up for Cricket this season - THIS MEANS YOU!
This year "SCRS registration is now REQUIRED FOR ALL ADULTS AND JUNIORS playing competitive adult league and cup cricket" in Scotland. It also helps us as a club to help Cricket Scotland

SCRS is the Scottish Cricket Registration System and further details about how to register can be found here

Your registration is required this season so you need to organise your own sign up here or ensure that it is has been renewed for this year.

This has relevance as to how the club is categorised, supported and considered for outside funding by Cricket Scotland. So help out your hard pressed club admins and get it completed now.

Club Socials
You are invited. Two new sports club social evenings to add to your diary. All sports club members and their friends are invited to the club.
BINGO NIGHT - Saturday 19 April. First round called at 7:30pm. .
RACE NIGHT - Friday 23 May. First race 7:30pm. Book your free ticket here .

Good Luck to Chris with Scotland Men
Good luck to former junior Chris (McBride nbr 3) who is with Scotland Men for their training tour to Zimbabwe departing on Saturday. He was named in the squad to travel last month and has been spotted doing some training here during the week.

Well done to Scotland Women
Well done to Scotland Women who opened their campaign in the ICC 50-over World Cup Qualifiers in Lahore, Pakistan, with a dramatic 11 run win over West Indies on Wednesday. Match video highlights are here.

Their next game is against Pakistan early on Friday morning, followed by Thailand, Bangladesh, and Ireland. The top two ranked sides, of the six, will secure their spot at the upcoming Women’s Cricket World Cup. Sue is in attendance as Scotland team's tour manager, and contending with 40 degree heat and security snipers on the stadium rooftops.

Running the Club
Want to ask your cricket committee something? Then email dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com .

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