Our Winter Junior Sessions start on 28 Oct
STOP PRESS: Our indoor junior sessions start up 2 weeks on Monday! Sessions start up after the October schools break (from Mon 28 Oct, Wed 30 Oct) for a block of 6 weekly sessions in the St Josephs College Sports Hall.

Mondays 5-6pm Stars (5-8 years), Boys and Girls (28 Oct - 2 Dec. 6 sessions)
Wednesdays 5-6pm Blasters/Chargers (9-11/12-15 years) Boys and Girls (30 Oct - 4 Dec. 6 sessions)

New starters very welcome. Come along or contact us. The fun starts indoors!

Blasters who are unable to make Wednesdays contact the club for a possible additional session on Mondays [Email @dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com]

Scotland Pathway Cricket
After a series of trips to Glasgow for trials, well done to Cory, Finley and Lachlan on their selection, for the first time, in the Western Warriors winter squad (West U15s), and to Macey and Jasmine who are re-selected for the Western Warriors Girls squad (West U17s Girls). And also to Billy, Nairn, Munro who have stepped up an age-group and are included in the Western Warriors U17s squad. This places all of these players onto the Cricket Scotland Pathway. The next step up in level is to the Scotland national age-group sides. Warriors winter sessions are set to commence in November.

That totals 8 from our U16s Scottish Cup run side that reached the semi-finals. Congratulations to team coach Drew. Well done to them, and to our other pathway applicants, and the club aim is have others following them in the near future with encouragement and by developing everyone's all-round cricket skills.

2 weeks to go to Rum Fest - Sat 26th Oct
The D&G Rum Fest for 2024 is coming soon, two weeks on Saturday, in the afternoon (Saturday the 26th October). Available tickets are dwindling fast so get your ticket now HERE.

Coaching Courses
Cricket Scotland have just released the dates for their upcoming Level 1 and Level 2 coaching courses with both Level 1 and Level 2 courses scheduled in November

3rd & 10th November 2024 ICC Level 1 Kinross
3rd, 10th & 17th November 2024 ICC Level 2 Dollar
10th & 16th November 2024 ICC Level 1 Female Only Glasgow
24th November & 1st December 2024 ICC Level 1 Aberdeen
8th & 15th February 2025 ICC Level 1 Dalgety Bay

Contact dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com if you wish to attend to assist our club coaching effort. We do need more coaching help on a regular or, also valuable, on an occasional basis.

Get your Kurlew Tickets now for Sat 16th Nov
There is live music coming up at the club in November when the 'blues music' band Kurlew have a gig here on Saturday the 16th November from 7pm along with support act Billy James.

Tickets are available NOW from the bar or message Willie on 07803253272 to reserve them with name, telephone number and number of tickets [£5 for members, £7.50 for non members (Limited Numbers Available)]

Club History additions
More additions have been made to the website image album on Club History with composite league winning team photos added for both the firsts and the seconds.

Women's Cricket
There are impromptu W&G sessions at the weekends. Contact womenscricket@dumfriescricketclub.com.

The Women's T20 World Cup is well underway with Scotland having played three of four group games against Bangladesh, West Indies and South Africa (with the video highlight links). Scotland have competed well but are without a win. They play their final group game against England on Sunday (at 11am BST).

You can find out how to watch and follow the tournament (on Sky, BBC and ICC online) with our Club Guide here.

NB: There are free to attend Cricket Scotland viewing parties to watch the World Cup games (plus a women's season review) at Edinburgh (Carlton CC, Sun 10 Oct vs England) and Forfar (Strathmore CC, Sun 17 Oct Final). Email womenscricket@dumfriescricketclub.com for further details.

Scotland Cricket
Well done to Chris (McBride number #3) on Captaining Scotland 'A' to a group win on Saturday at Cártama Oval, Malaga, Spain at the European Cricket Championships to qualify for the Finals Week. The competition is run in a T10 format, and France, Guernsey, Ireland XI and Portugal were in Scotland's Group. The tournament can be followed here.

Scotland beat Ireland twice on Saturday with the second win in the Final. Chris hit 47 off 17 balls in the first game and took 2 for 15 in the final.

The Finals week will be held next week from the 15th to the 19th of October with the 4 winning teams of each group plus the current champions of the ECC23 (England XI).

Running the Club
The October cricket committee meeting took place on Tuesday. The next one is planned for the 5th of November with the 2024 Cricket Club AGM currently scheduled for Friday the 29th November.

Advance notice for the Dumfries Sports Club AGM which is scheduled for Monday the 16th December at the club.

If you wish to consider standing for the club committee, and we are looking for more assistance, or wish to raise something to be discussed within the committee then email dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com.