Club News

2009 AGM

The following club management positions were filled at the club AGM

Office Bearers and Committee

• Club Chairman: John Ross
• Secretary: Kirsteen Ross
• Treasurer Alan Harper
• Club Captain John Muncey
• Vice Captain: Simon Lopez
• Junior Convenor: Tim Gosse
• Head Coach: Vacant At Present
• Committee: Stuart Brand
• Committee: Wendy Conway
• 2nd XI Captain: Bob Dowie
• MWL Captain: Stuart Brand

All of the above can be contacted through the club email address: Click Here

Please mark the email for the attention of the person you wish to contact.

Membership

• Membership remains at £10 for all.
• Subscriptions for 2010 are therefore as follows;
• Men £10 membership + £50 match fees payable in advance – Total £60
• Ladies £10 membership + £10 match fees payable in advance (this is because there are very few ladies games and a large number of players wanting to play) – Total £20
• Students £10 membership + £10 match fees payable in advance – Total £20
• Juniors £10 membership and £20 coaching fees payable in advance – Total £30
• Social/Unwaged players £10 membership
• Occasional players £10 membership and £5 per match fee, payable on the match day, collected by team captains
  
   

Boys Selected for Scotland U18s

1st XI players, Peter Ross and Nick Farrar have been selected for the Scotland under-18 squad. This is a marvellous achievement as both boys are very young for this age group with Nick only 16 and Peter, just 17. This is a wonderful achievement as this squad is preparing for qualification for the 2012 under-19 World Cup. The European part of the World Cup qualifiers begins in Summer 2010 and so preparations have begun in earnest at Cricket Scotland to prepare the squad to move forward for this very exciting challenge. Congratulations to them both.

Annual Awards

The Award came in perfect time to link in with our annual awards dinner which took place on Saturday 14th November at the Green Hotel. We were joined by Sandy Scotland, one of Scotland’s leading umpires and Bob Ellis, Chairman of Perth & Kinross Sports Council.

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Smartie Tubes

Thanks to those that have brought their filled Smartie tubes back – the total collected to date is £178.

Tubes can be brought to Monday night junior training or directly to Kirsteen
 

Junior Awards 2009

The annual junior awards were held at The Windlestrae Hotel on Monday 14th September. John Ross welcomed everybody and commented on how well the juniors had done this season and how they were a credit to their parents, themselves and the club...

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Fundraising Christmas Party

The annual Christmas fundraising party was a great success attended by over 180 people. The total amount raised was a fantastic £1415.

Many thanks to the fundraising girls (Lisa, Jane, Debbie, Wendy, Maureen, Zoe and Kirsteen) for organising another very successful event, and to the following businesses and individuals who provided prizes for the raffle. Thanks also to those that donated raffle prizes and prefer to remain anonymous!

Scottish Hamper - Lochend Farm Shop
Meal voucher - Kirklands Hotel
Celebration Cake - Kinross Cakes
Handmade Xmas Cards - Wendy Conway
Bottle of wine - Kinross Curling Club
Meal for two - Raj Mahal Restaurant
Leisure vouchers - Loch Leven Leisure
Sack of Tatties - R&JS Doig
Handmade Soaps - Ochil Soaps, Dollar
10 pin bowling - Bowlplex Dunfermline
Dinner, Bed & Breakfast - Green Hotel
Macallan Whisky - Edrington Drinks
Cut & Blow-dry - Hair Preet Grevaal, Kirkcaldy
ICC cap - ICC Europe
Whisky & caps - Turffit
Swimming with Sharks - Ken Reilly
Gift voucher - Aitken & Niven, Perth
Drinks, Chocolates & Biscuits - Kirsteen & John Ross
Thorntons Chocolates - Mr & Mrs Ogilvie
Bottle of whisky - Ivan & Debbie Weir
Andrew Flintoff Book - John Muncey
Miniature Helicopter - Wendy Conway
Bucks Fizz & Bouquet - Lisa Megginson
Surrey cricket team bat - Grahame Clarke

Christmas Cards For Sale - SOLD OUT

“Christmas Eve at Kinross CC Pavilion”

From an original painted by local artist, Harold Jackson

The greeting reads “Best wishes for Christmas and The New Year”

Sorry, but these are now sold out...
 

The Award came in perfect time to link in with our annual awards dinner which took place on Saturday 14th November at the Green Hotel. We were joined by Sandy Scotland, one of Scotland’s leading umpires and Bob Ellis, Chairman of Perth & Kinross Sports Council.

The award winners for the 2009 season were as follows

1st XI Fielder of the Year Michael Smith
1st XI Bowler of the Year Calum Watson
1st XI Batsman of the Year Peter Ross

2nd XI Fielder of the Year Chris James
2nd XI Bowler of the Year Paul Maddocks
2nd XI Batsman of the Year Stuart Brand

Midweek League Bowler of the Year Stephen Mitchell
Midweek League Batsman of the Year James Ross

Ladies Fielder of the Year Lauren Megginson
Ladies Bowler of the Year Christina Farrar
Ladies Batsman of the Year Fiona Willis

The Richard Oldham Memorial Quaich for the season’s highest individual innings Peter Ross

Ladies highest individual batting innings Heather Hale

Men’s best bowling performance in a match Peter Ross
Ladies best bowling performance in a match Claire Jackson

Most Improved Player 2009 Paul McDonald

John Stewart Trophy for services to the club Wendy Conway

2009 Player of the Year James Ross

Friday 13th December 2009 didn’t hold any fears for the cricket club. On that day we were named The Wisden Cricketer magazine’s Gray Nicolls Cricket Club of the Year. Wisden Cricketer is the world’s leading cricket publication and is distributed globally. Within 24 hours the club was being featured as major news in most of the Scottish daily newspapers as well as news channels as far away as India and Argentina. The Scotsman Newspaper ran a great feature on page 3 proclaiming the headline “Scots cricket club is best in world!”.

The Wisden award is in recognition of the success the club has achieved in getting children and adults of all ages playing cricket as well as the clubs performances in junior and seniors leagues and Scottish Cup competitions. In addition to the international acclaim the club gets £500 worth of cricket equipment from leading manufacturer Gray-Nicolls. Nick Wilton, Sales Director of Gray-Nicolls said: "Over the past 5 years Kinross has come from nowhere to being leaders in Scottish cricket. They have done fantastic work giving kids the opportunity to play and Gray-Nicolls are delighted to help such a dynamic club."

The International coverage brought another benefit as we were contacted by Joondalup-Kinross cricket club from Kinross, Perth, Western Australia. We are now in the process of setting up a twinning agreement with them which will see some of our teenage players getting the opportunity to go to Australia and play for the southern hemisphere Kinross CC.

Cricket Scotland visited the club to make a video of the road to success and this can be see on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfxrvVt_Loc. The film clip is entitled Team Kinross.

Archie has filed his report for the 1st XI visit to Strathmore and in it he seems to be testing his journalistic integrity as he claimed to have had the top down in his convertible on the way to the game, on the other hand he also describes a full length catch by veteran John Ross, so perhaps all is not lost...

Click here to read his report.

Peter (102 not out) and Nick (51 not out)

The annual junior awards were held at The Windlestrae Hotel on Monday 14th September. John Ross welcomed everybody and commented on how well the juniors had done this season and how they were a credit to their parents, themselves and the club. He then took us through the different steps a junior has to go through to get to represent Scotland.

Thanks were given to those very many parents and players who help the club out with transport to matches, support at matches, scoring, umpiring, making teas, helping with events and setting out the pitch.

Kirsteen Ross gave a special thanks to all those who took part in and helped to organise the Fun Run.

The coaches were thanked for all their hard work and dedication.

Prizes were awarded by our chairman, Mr John Ross.

The following members received certificates of achievement and prizes.

 

Kwik Cricket Skills Award - Bronze Level
Jack Muncey Alexa Cornish Jamie Gibson Luke Crichton Oscar Thompson Ailish Hunter Sam Bracken
Kwik Cricket Skills Award - Silver Level
Louise Clarke Andrew Gibbons Suley Ulla Wilson Baillie James Houldsworth Sara Cooke Michael Drysdale Michael Bracken Freddie McFadyean Sean Keegan
Kwik Cricket Skills Award - Gold Level
Sally Weir Niall Baird Charlie Turnbull Gregor Malcolm Toby Irwin Jeremy Bidwell Tom Morris Christopher Wilcox Nicholas Baughan Lewis McLaren Sam Law Jack Cross Samuel Smith Ryan Shah Charlie Dineen Alasdair Bennet Rory Cooke Hanzah Ulla Harry Stewart Struan Smith Stuart McCreanor Jack McCreanor Euan Duthie Craig Lewis Scott Wyllie Silas Pease Aidan Mitchell
Inter Cricket Skills Award
Katy Robson Darcy Elles Hamish d’Ath Cameron Turner Matthew Gilmour Oliver Smith Robin Scott-Gray Rory Hunter Finlay Graham Connor Emslie Andrew Duthie Connor Cook Oliver Cornish Thomas Bidwell Rory Anderson Robert Watson
Kwik and Inter Cricket Skills Award - Best Performances
Bronze - Jamie Gibson Luke Crichton Silver - Sara Cooke James Houldsworth Michael Drysdale Gold - Rory Cooke Inter - Matthew Gilmour
Under 11 Awards
Batsman of the Year - Thomas Bidwell Bowler of the Year - Gregor Stewart Fielder of the Year - Robert Watson Most Improved Player of the Year - Ryan Shah
Under 13 Awards
Batsman of the Year - Fraser Gosse Bowler of the Year - Fraser Gosse Fielder of the Year - Calum Weir (Collected by Sally Weir) Most Improved Player of the Year - Zoe Conway
Under 15 Awards
Batsman of the Year - Rory Weir Bowler of the Year - Fraser Christie (Collected by Billy Dineen) Most Improved Player of the Year - Mark McLaren
Junior of the Year
Fraser Gosse

Representative Honours

Congratulations to Kinross Ladies player, Claire Jackson, for her selection to the under-15 Scotland girls squad following trials held in Stirling recently. Claire is the first girl in the club EVER to make it to the Scotland representative female age groups. Another success for the club to celebrate. Very well done.

1st XI player, Peter Ross has been selected for the under-17 Scotland team to play in the ECB two-day county championships as well as travelling to Belfast to play in the ICC European Division 1 championships. This is an excellent result for Peter as he has had to recover from two broken thumbs and a back strain early this season. He has worked extremely hard to overcome these challenges and has put in some outstanding performances recently.

Club under-15 players, Nick Farrar and George Buchannan-Smith have been selected for the Scotland under-15 team and they travel to Shropshire and Herefordshire next week to play some one-day inter county matches and then onto the European Under 15 Championships.

The club wishes all four players the best of luck this summer.

 

Wisden Gray-Nicolls Club of the Month

Kinross Cricket Club is delighted to have been selected by leading kit manufacturer, Gray Nicolls, to be the Club of the Month in the July edition of the world’s leading cricket magazine, The Wisden Cricketer, wisdencricketer.com.

The club is featured on page 89 of the July edition. In addition to the article and photographs, the club is being provided with a new kit bag which will be used by the 2nd XI in their league matches.

The award recognises the club’s improvements over the past 5 years and Kinross Cricket Club is now automatically into the Wisden Club of the Year competition.

 

Archie's Back...

After a couple of weeks of inactivity, Archie has returned to us with his report from the latest Kinross 1st XI visit to Arbroath.

Click here to read all about it...

The deadline for collecting vouchers has now passed and so on behalf of Kinross Cricket Club, a big thanks to everybody who brought us vouchers.

There were almost 2800 vouchers handed in so we must be a really well fed club!!!

We have been able to get a number of bats and match balls and once they arrive, we will get a photo up on the site so that you can see what you have helped us get.

Thanks again.

Kinross-shire Primary Schools Kwik Cricket Tournament

Cleish Primary School were crowned winners for the second year running of the Kinross-shire Primary Schools kwik cricket competition hosted by Kinross Cricket Club at their Kinross House ground on Friday 12th June 2009. Eight teams took part, including 2 from Kinross Primary, 2 from Fossoway Primary, 2 from Portmoak Primary and one each from Cleish and Milnathort Primary Schools. There was a great deal of excellent quality cricket from all the teams and all the games were played competitively and in the “Spirit of Cricket” .

Cleish will now go on to represent the area in the Kinross, Tayside, Angus and Fife Regional round within the next couple of weeks.

This follows a 3 month program of schools coaching carried out by club coaches in all the Kinross-shire Primary Schools. Two of the schools have now set up after school cricket activities to meet the demands of their pupils that enjoy the game. Many of the youngsters involved have joined Kinross Cricket Club’s junior section which has well over 100 junior members.

Club Tournament Organiser and Schools Coach, Kirsteen Ross said “It is fantastic to see so many young players participating in cricket and especially the growing number of girls. It is clear to see there is a lot of sporting talent in the primary schools in Kinross-shire. We would like to thank the schools for the warm welcome they extend to our club coaches and their support and encouragement for our “cricket taster” program that we run each year to introduce children to the game”

Shield presented to Cleish Primary School winners by club and schools coach, Kirsteen Ross

 

Boys do well in Arbroath

An U11 team travelled to Arbroath for the Moira Shaw Kwik Cricket Tournament and put in a fantastic performance, loosing narrowly in the semi-finals to the hosts.

In their first match, they just lost out to Largo by 15 runs but then recorded victories over Strathmore and Watsonians to see them qualify for the semi-finals where they met the hosts who proved to be too strong for them on this occasion.

The boys all received medals on the day with one of the parents saying that their son was chuffed with his medal and so he should be.

Well done boys and a big thanks to cliff for travelling with the boys to make it possible to play the game, without you it simply would not have happened.

Perth & Kinross Summer Cricket Camps

Perth & Kinross Cricket Development Group with the help of Cricket Scotland are holding a series of coaching camps this summer...

Note. All equipment is provided, however if your child has their own, they should bring it along with them. Suitable attire is required, please bring clothes for wet weather conditions. Sessions are open to all standards. Lunch is not provided but lunchtime supervision will be given.

Click here to download the booking form and return it to the stated address.

All cheques for Cricket Sessions are to be made to 'Perth & Kinross Leisure.' For further information please contact: Andrew Lawson, Cricket Development Officer, Mobile 07723342165, Email ALawson@pkc.gov.uk

John makes it five in a row

Kinross travelled to deepest Fife for their Small Clubs Cup match against local mid week league rivals Broomhall. Skipper John Muncey continued with his toss winning ways giving him “five-in-a row” for the season. The Broomhall pitch looked rough and unpredictable and accordingly Muncey put Broomhall into bat.

Click here to read the rest of the report.
 

A perfect result on a perfect Sunday, just...

Summer finally arrived as Kinross travelled up to the picturesque Doo’cot Park for the much awaited game against Strathearn. Kinross won the toss, which makes John Muncey the most successful Kinross toss winner since Ian Arundel back in 1998 with three wins in a row.

Click here to read the rest of the match report.

It took a Captain's knock but...

Kinross 1st XI are still unbeaten and now stand alone at the top of Division 2 following victory over Arbroath in a very tight and competitive game.

Click here to read the match report.

Saturday June 6th – Kinross Cricket Club Community 6’s – the hottest date of the summer!

Kinross Cricket Club is delighted to be hosting another Community 6’s tournament. For the third year running we are inviting local groups and organisations to enter a team, bring supporters, picnics and barbecues, and enjoy a great day out at one of Scotland’s most picturesque cricket grounds.

The event takes place on Saturday June 6th at the cricket ground in front of Kinross House. Play starts at 10:00 in the morning (registration 09:00 - 09:30) and finishes around 4:00 in the afternoon.

Teams consist of 6-10 players. No cricketing experience is necessary. All equipment is provided by the cricket club. For more information, see the attached document.

To enter a team, please contact Pete Smith (pxmith@hotmail.com) or John Muncey (johnjulie.muncey@btinternet.com). The tournament is open to a maximum of eight teams; places will be given on a first come, first served basis. Book now to avoid disappointment!

U13s Progress in the Scottish Cup

Kinross travelled to Broomhall on the 19th May, for the start of what they hope will be a successful U13 Scottish Cup campaign.

Click here to read how they got on.

Calum Watson does it again...

In a fine display of controlling bowling by Kinross in the first Mid-Week League game of the season, Calum Watson rose to top with an outstanding spell of bowling taking 5 wickets for 6 runs in his 4 overs.

Click here to read the match report.

Calum Watson Leads Kinross 1st XI to Victory Number 3

Calum Watson put in a fine performance on Sunday, first with the ball and then with the bat to pick up a deserved Man of the Match Award and lead Kinross to their third victory in 3 games.

Click here to read the match report.

Kinross 1st XI Continue Winning Ways

Kinross 1st XI faced their toughest match of the 2009 season with a home game against Mayfield. The Mayfield team was made up of several former Perthshire SNCL players and Scotland U21 batsman, Scott Galloway...

Click here to read the rest of this report.

2009 Memberships

New members will be made very welcome at all sections of the club, but places in the junior section are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Membership forms and renewals will be sent out before the end of March.

The club AGM was held on the 4th December at the Green Hotel in Kinross. the following people were appointed committee office bearers.

• Chairman - John Ross
• Treasurer - Alan Harper
• Secretary - Kirsteen Ross

The following were appointed committee members;

• Club Captain - John Muncey
• Club Vice Captain - Simon Lopez
• Head Coach - Anthony Drew
• Junior Convenor - Julie Farrar

The following non-committee positions were also agreed

• 2nd XI Captain - Bob Dowie
• 2nd XI Vice Captain - Stuart Brand
• Mid-Week League Captain - Stuart Brand

The committee were pleased to freeze club membership and match fees for the 2009 season, as follows:

Membership Tariffs

• Junior Membership - £10
• Ladies Membership - £10
• Senior Membership - £10
• Unwaged Membership - £10
• Social Membership - £10

Match Fees

• Junior - £1 per match to be paid on match days
• Ladies - £10 for the season, to be paid in advance
• Senior - £50 for the season, to be paid in advance
• Unwaged - £2 per match, to be paid on the match day

Junior Summer Coaching Fees (April to September)

This is unchanged from the previous 2 seasons - £20 to be paid in advance
 

On Friday 28th November we held our 2008 Fundraising Christmas Party at the Windlestrae Hotel in Kinross. It was very well attended with many junior and senior members brining friends and family along.

The Fundraising Committee are very pleased to announce that the total raised on the night, less costs, was £1105, so a big thanks to all those who attended, bought raffle tickets and had a go at the Mcallan Challenge.

A special thanks goes to all those individuals who donated raffle prizes and the following companies who provided some of the major prizes on the night.

Robert J.S. Doig Ltd
Craig Brown Finance, Kinross
Ogilvie Ross, Kinross
Mandy's Hair Salon
Dobbies Garden Centre, Kinross
Turffit, Kinross
Sporting Chance, Kinross
Kinross Curling School
The Windlestrae Montgomery Hotel Group
Buchan’s Garage, Kinnesswood
The Green Hotel
The Montgomery and The Bruce Golf Courses, Kinross
The Shop At The Green
Ochil Soap Company, Dollar
Blues, Dollar
Lochend Farm Shop, nr Scotlandwell
Balgedie Toll Tavern
The Doghouse, Kinross
Kinross Pharmacy
St Serf’s Lodge, Kinross
Loch Leven Leisure, Kinross
Wens Cards
Over Dalkeith Stables
Le Jardin Restaurant at Dobbies, Kinross
Loch Leven’s Larder
Kirklands Hotel, Kinross
Kinross Cakes
Bowlplex 10-pin bowling, Dunfermline
Muckhart Golf Club
Magners (sponsor of Cricket Scotland)
Edrington Group, Perth

On behalf of the cricket club, a big thanks goes to the team of fundraisers who are Lisa Megginson, Wendy Conway, Jane McLaren, Debbie Weir, Maureen Lewis

And finally, to the club members that helped the fundraising team to sell tickets, Grahame Clarke, Kaye Brown, Julie Farrar, Allison Gosse, Kim Tree, Ant Drew, Zoe Conway, Peter Ross, Susan Cornish.

Now...the photos...

Mid-Week League

Calum Watson Winner of the Fife Mid-Week League Junior Bowler of the Year 2008

Drew Weir Winner of the Fife Mid-Week League Junior Batsman of the Year 2008

Drew Weir Winner of the Kinross Cricket Club Mid-Week League Bowler of the Year 2008

Stuart Brand Winner of the Kinross Cricket Club Mid-Week League Batsman of the Year 2008

Ladies Cricket

Hannah Taylor Winner of the Ladies Batsman of the Year 2008

Christina Farrar Winner of the Ladies Bowler of the Year 2008 (Collected by Kim Tree)

Katie Sculthorp Winner of the Ladies Fielder of the Year 2008

Heather Hale Winner of the Ladies Best Bowler Performance of the Year 2008

Fiona Willis Winner of the Ladies Best Batting Performance of the Year 2008

2nd XI

Pete Smith Winner of the Fife 2nd XI Fielder of the Year 2008

Danny Harper honours Ken Reilly on his career and playing retirement from Kinross Cricket Club

1st XI

Peter Ross Winner of the 1st XI Batsman of the Year 2008

John Ross Winner of the 1st XI Bowler of the Year 2008

John Ross Winner of the Richard Oldham Quaich for Best Bowling Figures of the Year 2008

James Ross Winner of the Best Batting Performance of the Year 2008

Kirsteen Ross - Scorer

Hannah Lopez - Scorer

Keith Watson - Scoreboard

Peter Ross - Centurion Award

James Ross - Centurion Award

Sir David Montgomery presents Peter Ross the winner of the Player of the Year 2008

Winter indoor coaching has been arranged to help build on a fantastic season for the Ladies section of Kinross Cricket Club.

Here are the dates, times and venues...

The cost per session will be updated soon.

Congratulations to the following winners of the monthly Kinross Cricket Club 100 Club draw.