Important Notices

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Photos - Click here to see 2011 photos.

Winter Coaching

1st, 2nd XI Pre-Season Training - Starts on Sunday 4th March from 2 - 4 pm at Loch Leven Community Campus and will run on 11th, 18th and 25th. All new and existing players are invited to participate and prepare for the new season.

Ladies and Girls Coaching - Starts on Thursday 27th October running from 6pm – 7pm for Beginners and Novice Cricketers and 7pm - 9pm for Intermediate and Experienced Cricketers at Craigclowan School in Perth. See below for more details.

Junior Coaching - Starts on Monday 24th October for the U13/14/15 Group and Monday 31st October for the U11/12 Group. All sessions will run from 6pm - 8pm in the Large Games Hall at Loch Leven community Campus. See below for more details.

Newcomers are very welcome to attend and should click here to get more information.

Ken Reilly – Cricket Scotland Volunteer of the Month

Cricket Scotland invited the recipients of their 2011 ASDA Volunteer of the Month awards to be presented with their certificates at Murrayfield stadium recently.

Scotland Captain Gordon Drummond was on hand to present the awards.

Ken Reilly was nominated by fellow club members in 2011 and he was delighted to be recognised for his significant contribution to the club and local cricket by a panel of judges. Ken is the longest serving member of Kinross Cricket Club and current Chairman. He was pivotal in setting up the junior section in 2005. Whilst looking after the U13’s and 15’s, he also coached the two senior teams in 2010. Ken has coached as a volunteer in all six feeder primary schools in Kinross-shire for the past five years and gives his time freely and his energy tirelessly and is an asset to the club and to cricket in Scotland. Ken was invited to attend the Edinburgh v Leinster rugby match as a guest of Cricket Scotland and enjoyed a buffet reception afterwards when he was presented with his award in one of the Murrayfield suite. Ken also received a £100 food voucher to spend in ASDA, along with his certificate.

 

Juniors Get Selected

Congratulations to the following Kinross junior players on their selection for the Tayside and Fife Regional Performance Development (RDC) Squad.

The club youngsters are participating in an intense winter programme to prepare them for potential selection to the Caledonia Academy team which comprises of the best players from the RDC and North Academy. The Caledonia , West and East Academies will then compete in a 3-way tournament in the summer and national selectors will be there looking out for the next intake of talented players for future national teams. Let’s hope that several of our young players are knocking on the door of the next level of cricketing excellence and we wish them all the best in their quest for further success. The RDC players are;

Under-15s

• Fred Culley
• Ewan Doig
• Matthew Gilmour
• Fraser Gosse
• Colum Stevenson
• Harry Waterston

Under-13s

• Rory Cooke
• Lachlan Peterson.

Several of the club’s younger players have also been put forward to the Tayside & Fife under-12 development programme. It is a credit to the club’s excellent coaches and coaching structure that so many of our young players are on the radar as future Scottish stars. The youngsters are;

• Stuart McCreanor
• Jack McCreanor
• Lewis McLaren
• Euan Nicol
• Toby Darwin

The future of the club is looking very solid with a large number of players also selected for the Perth and Kinross winter performance development squads. These players will compete in the inter-Area festival this summer where selectors will identify next year’s RDC squad. Well done to all that have been selected for the various stages of the performance pathway and we wish them all a very successful summer season.
 

1st and 2nd XI Pre-Season Training

The dates of winter 1st and 2nd XI training are as follows;

Sundays 4th 11th 18th and 25th March at Loch Leven Community Campus from 2-4pm.

The cost for each session will be £5 and they are open to new and existing players who are interested in playing either 1st XI or 2nd XI cricket this season.

Please contact us to get more information.
 

Club Fundraising Christmas Party

The club fundraising committee held another successful Christmas party at the Windlestrae on Fri 2nd Dec. Around 200 people of all ages attended and £1472 was raised for club funds.

Well done to the fundraising team – Lisa, Jane, Wendy, Zoe, Debbie, Alistair, Kirsteen, Maureen, Allison and Dorothy.

And thanks to the band:- Andrew, James and Gillian (Andy and the Strummers) for fantastic live music and Lisa Megginson for her excellent disco. Click here to see some photos...

The club is hugely grateful for the generosity and support from the local community and businesses, shown below, for the fabulous prizes donated to the raffle.

Club AGM - New Committee

Following the Club AGM on Thursday 8th December 2011, the new committee for 2012 has been formed and is as follows:

Chairman: Ken Reilly
Treasurer: Paul Maddocks
Secretary: Kirsteen Ross
Club Captain: James Ross
Vice Captain: Calum Watson
Junior Convenor: Tim Gosse
Head Coach: Anthony Drew
Committee Member: John Ross
Committee Member: Wendy Conway

2nd XI Captain: Paul McDonald
Ladies Captain: Zoe Conway
Mid-Week League Captain: TBC prior to the new season

To contact any of the committee, please email me with the name of the person you which to contact in the subject line.

Junior Awards 2011

Monday 12th September saw over 200 people attend the annual Junior awards night in the main assembly hall at Loch Leven Community Campus.

The evening was hosted by junior convenor, Tim Gosse, with special guest Mr Gavin Davey OBE, Chief Executive of The Gannochy Trust.

Click here to see the winners and some more photographs for the evening.

Halloween Quiz Night

The club held a fundraising quiz night last Friday at the Masonic Hall, Kinross. Around 80+ people of all ages attended and were well entertained by quiz masters Al Emslie and Zoe Conway. There were 10 rounds of questions with a break in the middle for some “Apple Dooking” and to purchase some of the delicious tray bakes prepared by the fundraising committee ladies.

To date, a very impressive £408.90 has been raised and is an excellent start to the club’s “new ground” fund. The winners of both halves of the quiz were ladies captain, Anita Collins’s team, although four teams vied for position throughout the night with a very close result at the end with Anita’s team winning by a mere ½ a point.

Grateful thanks go to Mark Conway and the Masonic Lodge for allowing us to use the hall and for providing the bar. Thanks to everyone that bought tickets and supported the club and for the generous donations handed in on the night too.

Keep watching the website for further fun fundraising activities and click here for some photos from the evening.

Ladies Scottish Cup Finals Update.

Thanks to someone taking our great summer weather and hiding it, the 2011 Scottish Cup finals have had to be postponed until the start of the 2012 season.

Our ladies will face Glasgow Accies for the right to play St Boswells in the final.

Good luck for erm... next year ladies.

Junior Winter Training

Junior winter training will take place at Loch Leven Community Campus on the following dates. If you haven’t yet signed up, please contact Kirsteen (secretary@kinrosscc.co.uk) to confirm your place.

Venue: Large Games Hall. Loch Leven Community Campus

Time: 6pm to 8pm

Girls' and Women's Winter Indoor Cricket Sessions

Club Secretary and local cricket development officer, Kirsteen Ross has organised weekly indoor winter cricket sessions starting from Thursday 27th October as follows;

• 6pm – 7pm Beginners and Novice Cricketers (girls and women of all ages) Suitable for mums and daughters. Sessions are open to all and are lots of fun and participative. The cost is £1.50 per session
• 7pm – 9pm Intermediate and Experienced Cricketers (girls and women of all ages) that wish to progress their skills. The cost is £3 per session.

The venue is Craigclowan School, Edinburgh Road, Perth, PH2 8PS in the games hall.

Please contact Kirsteen to book a place

Ladies Into Scottish Cup Semi-Finals

On a gloomy, wet Friday evening Kinross finally managed to play Stirling in the Women's Scottish Cup. The drizzle was still falling when the two sides agreed to start the match and because of the poor light the match was reduced to 15 overs a side. Kinross won the toss and chose to bat first managing to put together a score of 77 for 1 wicket. Deanna Green top scored with a confident 34 not out. With both teams anxious to get a result Kinross quickly took to the field with Stirling’s opening pair. Kinross’s opening bowler Claire Jackson toppled the opening batsman in her first over and the ever competitive Lori Kellett not happy to be left out then took two wickets in her second over. Stirling’s other opening bat, Mandy Martin was now in her stride and batted freely with several excellent fours and although Kinross managed some good tight accurate bowling, with all players keeping a very careful eye on the scoreboard, no further wickets fell until Claire came in for her final over when she took a further two wickets. The game remained very tight with Kinross trying to prevent runs and Stirling’s batsmen running very bravely between the wickets.

In the final over of the match, Stirling needed 8 runs to win and Zoe Conway was bowling. Stirling scored two runs off first ball, the second was tipped and run so captain, Anita Collins, brought the field up, the third they tried to tip and run again but Zoe Conway, like lightning, picked up the ball, threw in to the wicket keeper and the batsman was run out well out of her crease. With three balls to go and light fading the tension was in the air - four for the draw - five for the win as Zoe took the pressure and bowled two amazing dot balls, the sixth ball was struck hard but resulted in just two runs giving Kinross Ladies the victory and an opportunity to play in the semi finals at Stirling on Sunday 11th Sep at 10am.

An evening of great fun and sportsmanship was finished with a great tea – pizza and pakora………………heaven!

Irish Thriller

Kinross CC coach and Scotland under 19 batsman, Peter Ross was named the ICC Man of the Match in the under 19 world cup qualifier between Ireland and Scotland.

Having been set a target of 238 in 50 overs, Scotland found themselves chasing a revised 100 from 16 overs in a badly rain affected match. Although Scotland lost 5 wickets, Peter's 60 not out saw Scotland win with a ball to spare in a thoroughly thrilling game.
 

Peter Ross Plays in U19 World Cup Qualifiers

Club coach and former 1st XI player, Peter Ross has been selected for the Scotland under-19 team to compete in the World Cup Qualifiers held at venues across Ireland in July and August. Peter will play teams from Kenya, Namibia, Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, USA, Canada, Ireland, Vanuatu and Nepal. The top 6 of those teams will take part in the 2012 World Cup in Australia. The club wishes Peter and the Scotland team the best of luck.
 

Second National Success For Kinross Ladies

The ladies team are delighted to learn that Claire Jackson joins Deanna Green in the Scotland under-17s Women’s team this summer. Claire first joined the club in 2006 and as one of the founding junior members, she has come right through the club ranks from under-10 kwik cricket “beginner” to ladies team fast swing bowler. Claire has shown outstanding promise from a very young age and ladies coach, Kirsteen Ross, is convinced that Claire will make a very positive impact in the Scotland set-up and benefit from the elite women’s training over the coming winter. Claire will take part in the ECB tour of the English Midland Counties this summer as part of the ECB county championships. Several of the club ladies players are looking strong contenders for Scotland places in the next few seasons and there are several more very promising younger girls training in the junior section of the club at the moment which is very positive for the ladies section in the future and with positive role models such as Claire and Deanna, there is much for them to aspire to.

 

New Level UKCC Level 2 Coaches

Congratulations to Lauren Megginson and Calum Watson on achieving their UKCC Level 2 Coaching award.

'Ton Up'

Congratulation to Fred Culley who scored his maiden century playing for Perth & Kinross Area under-13s against Dundee in the Inter-Area Tournament scoring 104. His excellent innings lead the team to victory.

Many congratulations also to Lachlan Peterson for taking 5 wickets against Angus Area under-13s in the same tournament. Both boys' superb performances will now be reported to the 'Wisden Cricketer' who record centuries scored and 5-wicket hauls.
 

Kit Boost for Kinross Ladies

Kinross Ladies received a donation of a brand new kit bag from The Lady Taverners this week.

This provides the ladies section with fantastic new equipment such as bats, pads, gloves, balls and helmets which will increase the amount of equipment to go round at training sessions and increase the quality of equipment available to players at matches.

The club is grateful to the Lord’s and Lady Taverners for their continued support of development at the club. The Lord's Taverners is the official charity of recreational cricket and the UK's leading youth cricket and disability sports charity and the Lady Taverners is a vital and dedicated fundraising arm of The Lord’s Taverners.
 

First Scotland Cap For Kinross Ladies

Kinross Ladies player, Deanna Green has been selected for the Scotland Women’s under-17 team this summer.

This is an amazing success for Deanna as she has been playing cricket for less than one year. She was spotted by Ladies coach, Kirsteen Ross at her school training sessions and was invited to the Perth & Kinross Area performance training over the winter.

Deanna is naturally athletic and has trained and competed at national level in judo. Initially her interest in cricket was simply to form part of her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. It quickly became apparent that Deanna was destined for greater things as she displayed an exceptional talent for fielding and wicketkeeping. Deanna will travel to play some of the English County teams such as Staffordshire and Derbyshire in the ECB county championships in July.

We are all very proud – good luck Deanna!

 

U15 Scottish Cup Finals Day

On a day bathed in sunshine, a rarity this summer, Kinross u15 travelled to Goldenacre in Edinburgh confident of securing the Scottish Cup.

Scheduled to play Largo in the second semi final of the day the team arrived early to watch Grange v Clydesdale in the first semi final and study the potential final opposition.

Click here to read more

Club/School Links Flourish with Secondary School Success

On Wednesday 15th June at Doo’cot Park, Perth, Kinross High School lifted the trophy at the inaugural finals day of the Cricket Scotland National Emerging Schools’ Cup.

Emerging schools cricket is a hardball competition, for new school teams. Played on a pairs basis, it allows all members of each team to play an equal part in matches.

Early heats decided which four teams qualified for a further round of matches which would decide the final placings, and the final was played out between the two unbeaten teams from Belmont Academy from Ayrshire and Kinross High School.

The final was a very exciting game which came down to the penultimate ball and Kinross High emerged victorious winning by six runs. Perth & Kinross Cricket Development Officer, Kirsteen Ross said “it’s fantastic to see Kinross High School win this National trophy as it represents a great achievement for the players and really shows what can be done when schools and local sports clubs work closely together”. Over the past year Kinross Cricket Club has worked with Kinross High School providing coaches to deliver an after-schools cricket club which introduces cricket to pupils from S1 through to the senior school.

To view the article on the Cricket Scotland website click here.

 

UKCC Level 2 Coaching Course

The next UKCC Level 2 coaching course to be held at the North Inch Community Campus will be next February.

The dates are Sat 4th and Sun 5th and Sat 19th and Sun 20th. If you are interested then please put these dates in your diary and watch out for more information nearer the date.

New Venue For Junior Coaching

Due to the planned building and maintenance work going on at Kinross House this summer, the committee has decided that it would be safer and more convenient for members if junior training was held at Loch Leven Community Campus grass pitches.

Junior training starts on Monday 18th April from 6.15pm – 8pm. Players should wear warm clothing early on the season and bring a drink to every session. Junior convenors, Tim and Allison Gosse will be situated at the entrance to the grass pitches. Players should enter the campus via reception and go out the doors at the top of the corridor where the cafe seating is. Matches will continue to be held at Kinross House.

New members are very welcome to attend and should email secretary@kinrosscc.co.uk for further information.

Club Clothing

The new clothing range is available to purchase from our online club shop at Surridge. The club also holds a small stock of kit should members require clothing at short notice.

100 Club

The aim of the 100 club is to raise much needed funds for the Cricket Club.

It is hoped that the club will have at least 100 members, but it will be possible to have more than 1 membership.

Each membership will cost £4.00 per month, paid by Standing Order (see enclosed form) or a lump sum of £48 paid annually. 50% of this income will benefit the club and 50% will paid out in prizes, through a monthly draw and a larger Christmas prize.

Debbie Weir from the fundraising committee has agreed to manage this scheme along with club treasurer, Alan Harper.

Should you have any queries regarding the 100 club, please contact Debbie on 01259 743 417.

Click on the links below to download the relevant documentation

• Kinross Cricket Club 100 Club Overview
• Kinross Cricket Club 100 Club Application
• Kinross Cricket Club Standing Order Form