Cup ties tomorrow night:

Rowan Cup Quarter-Final:

SM Cricket Stirling v Drumpellier, 6.15pm

Western Cup Quarter-Finals:

M8 Meikleriggs v Dean Park, 6.15pm
St. Ninian’s v Albert Park, 6.15pm
Glasgow Accies v Titwood, 6.15pm
Shawholm v Partick, 6.15pm

Please note that all the above ties were washed out last night. The reserve date for these fixtures is Thursday the 1st of July. Other dates can be considered should both teams agree. Please check here for updates.

Midweek fixtures tonight all starting at 6.15pm.

Greenwood Trophy:

Hillhead v Vale of Leven
Bothwell v Motherwell
Albert Park v Glasgow South
Partick v Victoria

Rowan Cup:

Ayr v Prestwick
Greenock v M8 Driving Ferguslie
Poloc v East Renfrewshire

The First Round proper of the McCulloch Cup in its knock-out format for this year kicks off on Wednesday night.  Here are the fixtures which all start at 6.15pm:

Ayr v Prestwick
Kilmarnock v East Renfrewshire
Calero Kelburne v Greenock
Helensburgh v Renfrew
Tunnocks Uddingston v McCrea FS West of Scotland
Drumpellier v LOC Hire Stenhousemuir
Langside v M8 Driving Ferguslie
Poloc v Clydesdale

Please see information sent to club contacts this morning:

Well done to all clubs for submitting the scorecards on Saturday night. It was good to get them all on the website on time.

We have a busy week of cup cricket and I look forward to seeing all the results as the ties are played. Good luck to all who are competing.

Could I remind you that all  in season transfers need to be approved by the CMC, all transfer requests should be accompanied by an in-season transfer request form which is attached should you need it. It can also be found on the website.

Also attached is the updated Discipline and Appeals procedure. Again this can be found in the Document centre on the website.

Dear Fixture Secretary,

Victoria CC are keen to organise three, or four, midweek friendly matches, as we look like being a bit short of midweek fixtures.  Any club who would be interested in such a friendly match (either home or away), please reply to Jon Barnes, Victoria CC, indicating your preferred week for the fixture (and the day within the week that you would prefer).

The weeks where we are keen to get friendly matches are the following:

15 to 17 June (Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday)
29 June to 1 July (ditto)
13 to 15 July (ditto)
3 to 5 August (ditto)

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes.

Jon

Jon Barnes
Chairman
Victoria CC

Lots of cup cricket on this week, and tomorrow night there are eight Western Cup ties:

Glenpark v M8 Driving Meikleriggs
Calero Whitehaugh v Dean Park
Go Vending Marress v St. Ninian’s
Albert Park v Cambusdoon
Langloan v Glasgow Accies
Titwood v Glasgow South
GHK v Shawholm
Partick v Milngavie

Please see the rescheduled Rowan cup ties now being played on Thursday night:

Greenock v Helensburgh
M8 Driving Ferguslie v Calero Kelburne
Renfrew v Poloc
Langside v East Renfrewshire
SM Cricket Stirling County v Tunnock’s Uddingston
Drumpellier v Andersons East Kilbride
Clydesdale v McCrea FS West of Scotland
Kilmarnock v Ayr

Prestwick have a bye into the next round, and will play the winner of the Kilmarnock versus Ayr tie.

Please see update sent to club contacts today:

Good afternoon,

A number of things to update on following the weekend which went reasonably well!! Please make sure this message gets to all those it should:

If you are in the unfortunate position where you have to cancel or concede a fixture please let your opponents, and the WDCU, know at your earliest possible convenience. Please remember that the rules regarding player selection have eased this year and you can play non registered players in your lower XI’s in an emergency.  Please check the Saturday League Rules for full details.

Hopefully everyone now has their Cricket Stats team log-in and password working. If not please contact me as soon as possible and I can arrange for it to be sorted. This weekend could we please ensure the summary score is entered by 10pm on Saturday night and the full scorecard by Monday evening at midnight. Please also remember to complete the Captain’s Report and Fairplay score for your opponents. These are important to us as they provide very valuable information which we do use! Please also log in all other competition results.

If there are any outstanding DLS issues please let me know and we can get them sorted.

First weekend back there have been a number of disciplinary issues raised which is really disappointing. It would be a shame if after having no cricket for such a long time players were to miss games because of poor behaviour. Please remind your captains of player behaviour requirements!

This Saturday there were sixteen games in the west where players had to umpire their own games. Due to a shortage of official umpires this is likely to be the case for most of the season.

Already this weekend there has been a complaint raised of unfair and incompetent player-umpiring. This will be monitored closely and repeated offending clubs will face sanctions.  Please umpire fairly and competently at all times!!

The cup competitions are coming up thick and fast and I would urge all teams to play ties on the specified dates if at all possible. There are few fall back dates and we need to avoid bowl outs and coin tosses where we can.

Iain Kennedy
WDCU Administrator

Please remember the Western Cup is now a knock-out competition. Please see tomorrow night’s Preliminary Round ties:

Vale of Leven v Calero Whitehaugh
Torrance House v Albert Park
Langloan v Bothwell
Titwood v Motherwell
GHK v Hillhead
Victoria v Partick

The next round is scheduled for Tuesday, the 15th June 2021.