1s extend lead at top of the league
In Western Premiership 2, Your Move Dumfries extended their league at the top of the table with a 5 wicket win at fifth placed Greenock. Second placed Kelburne lost for a second week for Dumfries to stand clear on points with one more league win.

The Dumfries 2nd XI fixture in Western Championship 2 on Saturday was cancelled with Vale of Leven conceding the fixture and Appleby conceded the Sunday fixture here as a result of the Euros football final.

We are on Youtube
We are on Youtube, so give us a follow. The Greenock match can be seen in its entirety on youtube. Match highlights are on our club youtube channel at www.youtube.com/@dumfriescricket. The Dumfries highlights are here and if you want a smile today have a look at the Vaughn's run out of the season and wait for the celebration.

Summer Camps start next week
Our Junior Summer Cricket Camps in the summer holidays start on Thursday mornings from 25th July for ages 5 to up to 14. Free for our cricket club junior members. Places are limited so booking is necessary using the Booking Form HERE.

25 July 2024 - 15 August 2024
STARS & BLASTERS (5-11yrs) Thursdays 10:00am-12noon
CHARGERS (10-14yrs) Thursdays 10:00am-12noon
Free for cricket members. £5 per session for non-members.

Contact dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com with any queries.

Evening Cricket Sessions
Our evening cricket sessions continue throughout the summer holidays e.g. Mondays (ages 5-11) and Wednesdays (ages 11-13), 6-7pm/7:15pm.

We are looking forward to welcoming back those juniors who have been away on their holibobs.

Celtic Cup is Coming (Mon 29th July - Fri 2nd August)
The Celtic Cup week is returning to the club again with Scotland v Ireland (U15 boys). The matches are the week of Monday the 29th July to Friday the 2nd August. The match schedule is on our website.

Upcoming Fixtures
This Saturday, Your Move Dumfries,who extended their league at the top of Western Premiership Two with their weekend win at Greenock, are at home to fifth placed Kilmarnock. The match starts at noon. The Dumfries 2nd team, Nunholm, who sit in top spot in Western Championship Two, play away at Kirkstyle, Kilmarnock 2nds, who are in 9th place.

Fri 19 July - U13s internal match (6pm) [No league game. Opposition cancelled]
Sat 20 July - 1s vs Kilmarnock (home 12pm) [Western Premiership 2]
Sat 20 July - 2s vs Kilmarnock 2s (away 12pm) [Western Championship 2]
Sun 21 July - U11s v Caldbeck (away, 10am) [Cumbria Junior League]
Sun 21 July - Watsonian/Dumfries Women v Carlton (at Carlton, 1pm) (Women's Premier League)
Sun 21 July - Sunday XI v Lanercost (home, 2pm) [Eden Valley Sunday League]
Wed 24 July - James Hallam Colts v St Michaels (away, 6:15pm) [D&G Midweek League]

Upcoming matches can always be found here on our website
https://www.dumfriescricketclub.com/matches

D&G Gin Festival - Sat 17 Aug
Join us for our 2024 D&G Gin Festival on the afternoon of Saturday 17 August. For tickets and more information, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/dg-gin-festival-tickets-891633127687

Scotland Pathway Cricket
Congratulations to Nairn and Billy on their debuts for Scotland for Scotland U15s away against Cheshire U15s. Unfortunately the first game was called off due to rain. Both played in the 50 over match the next day. Nairn opened the bowling and finished with figures of 10 overs 2 for 41 and took a catch. Billy batted at three and batted the longest of the Scotland line-up until LBW to a bowler that came on as fifth change and had figures of 5 wickets for one run at one stage! Scotland U15s lost.

Well done to Macey who was playing for Western Warriors U15 Girls at Stirling on Sunday where the side won one and lost one T20 to the East U15s and getting a bowl in both games.

And Niamh has been captaining a Scotland U19s side in matches earlier this week with four wins against Cumbria and Shropshire.

Sponsor Support Thank Yous
A shout out to some more recent sponsors for their support.

JC Martin Electrical - Match and Al's Player Sponsor
M Devlin Decorating - Sign and Tigger's Player Sponsor
Alpha Powder Coating - Trevor 's Player Sponsor
HSBC - Are matching club fund raising efforts e.g. our raffles.
Muirhead Electrical - Match Sponsor
Learmont and Sim Builders - Match Sponsor
Hoggs Leisure Limited - Match and Jordan's Player Sponsor

In Memory
The Club is sad to hear of the passing of past player John Leicester. John played for the Dumfries 1st XI for a number of years from the late 70s to the mid 80s and will be known to several people associated with our club. We send condolences to his son Stephen, who also played as a junior at the club. and to his family and friends.

Dumfries Sports Club
The South of Scotland Tennis Championships have been taking place this week at the club and continue until the Finals Day this Saturday.

And we all need to work on our wicket celebrations at training next week.