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Scotland Lord’s Taverners are, in conjunction with Cricket Scotland and WDCU, hosting a Lunch with Henry Blofeld at Hampden Park on 15 September 2017. Please could it be circulated amongst your membership as I am sure that it will be of interest to many.
For more information and to book then please contact Jan McKenzie at lordstavernerssco@lordstaverners.org or call her on 07875 967312 |
When entering a short match return please remember to do a SUMMARY SAVE.
If you do a SUMMARY SAVE and then later return to it and do a SAVE then the status will be set to SAVED. This will NOT appear on the WDCU website Results page. You must either complete the return and SUBMIT or do another SUMMARY SAVE.
Cricket Scotland are advertising for the position of Community Engagement Coordinator, an exciting and innovative role working for a progressive SGB looking to broaden its reach and impact across all communities in Glasgow.
This new and exciting role seeks an energetic and experienced individual who can deliver across a wide range of key priorities and objectives. The ideal candidate will be a champion for diversity in sport and be able to build partnerships across a wide range of stakeholders. They need to have an understanding of sports development and ideally cricket pathways that will allow them to facilitate integration at all levels.
Closing date for the post is Wednesday 14 June 2017 with interviews planned to take place on Monday 19 June 2017.
More details can be found on CS website by clicking here
There will be a service for Brian Reid at the Dawson Mission, 693, Carron Road, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, FK2 7SR. (near the old Carron Works site) on Friday 26 May at 11:15am. Due to the current refurbishment of the crematorium however, there will be no public access to the internment.
Brian’s widow Corinne has invited anyone who so wishes to wear a baseball cap in Brian’s memory.
It is with great sadness that the WDCU has learned of the sudden death over the weekend of WoSACO umpire Brian Reid. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time
West Indies cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers is coming to Scotland next month and will be holding a free presentation night and “Q & A” session at The High School of Glasgow, 637 Crow Road, Glasgow, G13 1PL, on Tuesday the 6th of June 2017, starting at 7pm.
Spaces are limited and will be offered on a first come first served basis. To secure your place please email: jed@inspiresport.com.
Analysis of the first two weeks of Umpires Reports highlights there are areas of the League Administration Rules and Playing Conditions that the WDCU CMC feel clubs need to reminded of:
Please note that these are not all of the areas where clubs are failing to comply, just some of the more common ones. The WDCU CMC also note that clubs should familiarise themselves with all rules & conditions of the respective competitions and that they are obliged to comply with these rules in ALL aspects applicable to that club. Failure to address or achieve these conditions may result in sanctions being applied.
The League Administration Rules and the Playing Conditions are available on the WDCU website in the Document Centre (https://wdcu.co.uk/document-centre/)
It is with great sadness that the WDCU has learned of the sudden death on Thursday 4th May of Ron Irvine.
Big Ron, as he was known to everyone, was a larger than life character who played for Greenock CC 1st XI during the period from 1955 to 1974, captaining the team in 1967 and 1968. During his 1st XI career, he scored 1,736 as a hard-hitting lower-order batsman, and captured 203 wickets, bowling at a fast-medium pace from quite a height. In recent years, he had taken up umpiring and enjoyed several years on duty round the grounds of the west of Scotland before ill-health forced him to give this up.
We send our deepest condolences to his widow, Doris, and the rest of his family.
Details of Sandy Strang’s funeral are now available.
Sandy’s funeral is a private funeral, but a memorial service will be held at Sherbrooke St Gilberts Church, Nithsdale Road at 12.45pm on Wednesday 10th May which anyone wishing to attend may do so.
The WDCU is deeply saddened to learn of the untimely death of Sandy Strang after a short illness. Sandy played at a high level for Clydesdale and Ferguslie for many years, with shorter spells at Kelburne and Poloc. He captained Clydesdale, and enjoyed 6 Scottish Cup wins in his career. He recently served as a Board Director of Cricket Scotland, and Executive Committee member of the WDCU until his recent illness brought an end to these roles. He was much more than just a ‘cricket person’ though, being equally gifted as a teacher, after dinner speaker and journalist, as well as an amateur footballer good enough to gain a Blue for Cambridge and play for Queens Park . The fulsome tributes appearing on social media from a whole range of sources bear witness to how highly he was regarded by so many. He was a fierce competitor and a gentleman, both on and off the cricket field. He will be greatly missed and our condolences go to his family and friends.
We understand that there will be a private funeral followed by a memorial service, and details of the latter will be announced when available.
The WDCU understand that many clubs may wish to pay their respects to him as appropriate before this weekend’s matches and would be fully supportive of this and suggest it is managed by the captains and umpires.
