Murgitroyd Rowan Cup, 2018

Another great night of weather and cricket produced two tremendous cup ties. Congratulations to Cochran Dickie Kelburne and Stirling County on their victories. They will now meet in the final to be held  at Shawholm on Thursday the 12th of July. start time 6.15pm.

Best of luck to you both!!

PlayerReg McCulloch Cup, 2018

On a glorious night for cricket in the West of Scotland the four quarter final ties produced some exciting finishes for all in attendance. Congratulations to Ayr, Ferguslie, Poloc and Uddingston for progressing to the semi finals. The draw:

Ferguslie v Poloc

Uddingston v Ayr

Ties to be played on Wednesday 18th July

100 ball cricket at Greenock CC

Greenock CC held their first 100-ball cricket games at sunny Glenpark on Sunday. With food and fun for all participants it was a great day and one that you may like to have a go at. You never know you might attract some new players to your club…..

 

Greenwood Trophy, 2018 – quarter-final draw

Congratulations to all teams that have made it into the quarter final draw for this year’s Greenwood Trophy.

The draw is:

St. Ninian’s  v  West of Scotland

Hillhead v Victoria

Motherwell v Weirs

Kilmarnock v Poloc Panthers.

The first named are the home team.

All ties are scheduled for the 5th of July. Good luck to you all.

Murgitroyd Rowan Cup – semi-final draw

Congratulations to all four teams for making it through to the semi finals of the Murgitroyd Rowan Cup.

The draw is as follows:

Tunnocks Uddingston v Stirling County at Bothwell Castle Policies.

Cochran Dickie Kelburne v KPM Residential Prestwick at Whitehaugh.

Both ties are scheduled for Thursday, 28th June.

Good luck to all.

Johnny Hubbard, Prestwick CC

It is with great sadness that I pass on the news of the recent passing of Johnny Hubbard. Described by all who knew him as a true gentleman and a sporting legend he will be sadly missed. All thoughts are with his family at this time.

2018 PlayerReg McCulloch Cup quarter-finals

Following the conclusion of the group stages of the 2018 PlayerReg McCulloch Cup the quarter final draw looks like this.

Ferguslie v Drumpellier at Meikleriggs.

NVT Poloc v KPM Residential Prestwick at Shawholm.

Tunnocks Uddingston v McCrea West of Scotland at Bothwell Castle Policies.

Ayr v Cochran Dickie Kelburne at New Cambusdoon.

All fixtures are scheduled for Wednesday, 27th June. Good luck to all!

WDCU appoints new Administrator

I am delighted to announce the appointment of Iain Kennedy to provide administration services to the WDCU, taking over the role from Iain Murdoch following his recent move to Cricket Scotland.  Iain brings a wealth of cricketing and sports administration experience to the role. Iain officially commences the role on 1 June, and there will be a short handover period from myself as interim Administrator. Please continue to contact the admin@wdcu.co.uk email address as usual

Mark Colman
WDCU Secretary

Ground parking restrictions

In addition to the new parking restrictions previously advised at West of Scotland CC and Hillhead CC, please note the following:

Hamilton Palace (Glasgow South CC “home” ground)

We have been advised by Ammar Ashraf  that the stated new parking restrictions in the main car parks will not apply for cricket matches. There is also scope to park on the grass at the cricket pitch for a limited number of cars.

Kilmarnock CC

Visiting teams should not park at the Ayrshire Athletic Arena (“AAA”) car park. There is ample parking very close to the ground. Cars parked at the AAA may be locked in when the Arena closes. There have been a couple of cases of this recently, resulting in visiting players having to return the following day to get their vehicles.

Reminders

The Cricket Management Committee wish to remind all clubs of the following matters, which are not being adhered to on some occasions. Future failures to adhere to these may result in more specific action being taken.

  • Match fees are now the responsibility of both clubs, home and away. Please ensure that these are paid on the day.
  • Umpires report submissions – many clubs are still not submitting reports, including 3 Premiership teams. WoSACO rely on feedback for training, assessment and grading purposes. Please complete these. Should an umpire name not appear on the drop down menu (some new umpires are not on this yet) , just write NONE and put the umpire’s name in the remarks box.
  • There are different regulations in different divisions. Captains are expected to be familiar with these. Please do not be critical of umpires without checking your facts.