Saturday Working Party
A big thank you to Robert for organising the working party party last Saturday and to those that came to help, expecially juniors, Cory, Munro, Nairn, Hannah and Amelia! Plenty was done but there is still much to do and as a result the nets are unavaliable for use until the necessary maintenance work there is completed.

There is another working party a week on Saturday morning! Let Robert (McBride) know if you can come and help.

Countdown to Senior Training
Senior training is starting up outside at the weekend in March.

March
Saturday 15th - 10:30-12:00 (Restricted to the outfield. Net training area not available!)
Saturday 22nd - 10:30-12:00
Saturday 29th - 10:30-12:00
April (from 1st April)
Tuesdays 18:00-19:30
Fridays 18:00-19:30

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. 1st XI fixtures. 2nd XI Fixtures

Sat 3 May - 1s vs Kelburne (Away) [Western Premiership 1]
Sat 3 May - 2s vs Renfrew 2 (Home) [Western Championship 2]

Indoor Winter Junior Indoor Sessions - completed
Our indoor junior sessions, for boys and girls, completed on Monday and Wednesday for our winter block.

Our coaches, and helpers, are taking a short break and we resume outdoors in the evenings from Monday, the 31st March after the clocks change. Watch out for the updates on these sessions here on our website.

Women's and Girls Sessions - continuing
The weekly Women's & Girls soft ball indoor sessions continue until the end of the school term, with the last Monday session on 24th March

Mondays 5-6pm W&G (27 Jan - 24 March. 8 sessions)

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

MCCF Girls Cricket Hub
The MCC Foundation Girls Only Cricket Hub for 11-16s is underway on Fridays, 6:30-8pm, at the St Joseph's Sports Hall. This is FREE to attend and is organised through Cricket Scotland and is a great opportunity for local girls.

Girls can still sign-up to try out some cricket and focussed on soft ball. Details are here and you can sign-up online HERE. [and specify "Glasgow Girls Hub']

Girls Hub. Friday 6:30-8pm. St Joseph's Sports Hall. 28 Feb - 18 April. 8 sessions.(11-16)

Women and Girls Cricket
It was International Women's Day on Saturday and Cricket Scotland also used that day to release their Women and Girls Action Plan (2025-2028). The accompanying news article is on their website here.

And, also to mark that day, Emma sent us a short video summary of her enjoyable season playing in Australia this winter.

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.

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.

Running the Club
The March cricket committee meeting took place on Tuesday evening.

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