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The club wiki - a chance to contribute to the interactive part of our website - is on the move again.

Club members can link to it to see what's going on from the 'Extras' section of the main site. Add photos, stories, videos and comments. Have fun - within reason!

If you have not yet been invited to join the wiki, request an invite by email.

06/04/08

Outdoor Nets Start

Senior outdoor net practices will start on Friday 4th April at 6.15 pm and will continue, weather permitting, every Tuesday and Friday for the duration of the season.

An announcement on junior coaching sessions will be made shortly.

30/03/08

More Fixture Changes

There have been more changes to the fixture list as both Hillhead and Hughenden are now able to play their home fixtures on their own ground. N.b. Six Second XI League fixtures are now being played on Sunday.

Hopefully the latest lists on this site are correct after all the changes. Please let us know if you spot any errors!

27/03/08

Overseas Players - Andrew returns!

This year's overseas amateur players will be Andrew Dawson, opening batsman and medium pacerwho will be joining us again from New Zealand and (subject to successful visa application) Sovan Kumar Basu, another strong opening batsman and off-spin bowler who plays in the Calcutta League in India.

25/03/08

Kingholm Clean-up

Several club members have started to a big clear up at the Kngholm in preparation for the forthcoming season.

The practice wickets have been cleaned, the stream and nearby undergrowth cleared and a large quantity of rubbish removed.

Thanks are due to Davey Douglas, Tom Kennedy-Moffat, Davey Armstrong, Dyan Muir, Davey Fallas, Alan Cringean (and his chainsaw), Chris and Mike Lumb, Brodie McKirdle and Chris Brockwell for putting in a major effort last Sunday.

There are likely to be more Sunday sessions and club members should contact Second XI Captain Mike Lumb (810478) if they are willing to help out.

05/02/08

Winter Nets Announced

This year's winter nets will again take place at Dumfries Academy Sports Hall.

They will run for a total of four weeks, starting from Sunday 24th February between 6.00 pm and 8.00 pm.

All players, prospective players and interested midweek players are welcome to attend. There will be a charge per session, currently unknown as hire costs have risen.

12/01/08

AGM Date Announced

Sandy McNay has given advance notice that this year's Annual General Meeting of St Michael's Cricket Club will take place on Sunday 9th December, 6.30 pm at the MacLeod Pavilion

An agenda will be issued nearer to the time.

25/11/07

Well guys, that’s the cricket season gone...

Would like to say thank you to the cricket club for everything you have all done you have made my stay one that I will never forget about and I will take home things that I never thought I would. Scotland = Rain which then = Pub ha ha.

Thank you to Dunk. I wont forget the team talks after we have batted first and all out for our usual 125 or when we bowl first and drop 5 to 10 catches he he. You have been a great person to get to no mate thank you for letting me have the chance to come here. Weel done skip see you playing next year.

Sandy thank you very much for everything you have done for me. I wont forget it at all mate you have been a great help to me and thank you for all the help getting me here and the help while I was here. Won’t forget the sandy laugh mate - one to remember.

To Mike Lumb and his family well what can I say. You are a great friend mate. Thank you for all you have done for me. I would be still here if it wasn’t for you and your family. I owe you heaps thank you so much a true friend thank you. I won’t forget our game playing Dumfries mate. And I will always remember the famous Mike Lumb saying "Read it in the paper"

Harry Potter, well mate thank you very much for all you have done. Thank you for everything mate. You have been a great friend and a real big help - not just having a place to stay and everything like that but when times were tough and great mate. Thank you heaps mate.

And to everyone else thank you so much for the great times I will never forget. I have had the time of my life and great memories to have forever. To everyone thanks for the cricket and hope to keep in touch with you all for many, many more years.

Oh yeah, thanks for knowing what to do when it rains. And my Kiwi friend just 2 beers for you mate haha.

Thank you all - season over.

Ben, the Aussie friend of Noidea

31/08/07

Promoted and Relegated...

According to Shab:

SNCL to WDCU: Glasgow Accies
WDCU to SNCL: None

Div 1 to Div 2: NVT Shawholm and Titwood
Div 2 to Div 1: Either Meikleriggs or Helensburgh

Div 2 to Div 3: Moorcroft, Kilmarnock and either Prestwick or Cambusdoon
Div 3 to Div 2: Anniesland and Nunholm

Div 3 to Div 4: Hughenden, Kingholm and Kirkstyle (because of Kilmarnock being relegated)
Div 4 to Div 3: Whitehaugh and Paisley

Div 4 to Div 5: Rouken Glen, Inverclyde and either Ardrossan or Vale of Leven
Div 5 to Div 4: Scotindians and Home Park

For further discussion see Wiki.

30/08/07

E-bay Auction

To boost club funds, Mike Lumb, arch ebay trader and the man heavily tipped to become the next Second XI Captain, has kindly offered to run an Ebay Auction scheduled to take place at the end of September.

Mike already has some very promising donations, but the more he gets the more money goes into the club account to gather interest over the winter.

Ideal contributions are items that are valuable and cheap to post but anything will be considered.

Give Mike a ring on 01387-810478 for details.

P.s. Every time someone new downloads Google Pack (see bottom of page) and installs at least one item from it, the Club earns 2 US Dollars.

25/08/07

End of Term Party

To celebrate the end of a very forgettable season, St Michael's Entertainments plc bring you a chance to forgett it all instantly by attending the end of season bash at the Jewel in the Crown, St Michael's Street, Dumfries on Saturday 1st September (doors open 7.00 p.m.) and a series of further venues still to be disclosed.

To be sure of your own personal pappadum in advance, please contact event sponsor, Matty Moss.

N.b. St Michael's Cricket Club accepts no responsibility for any loss, injury or legal liability incurred by individuals over the subsequent 48 hours.

25/08/07

Saints Champs!

It may come as a bit of a surprise to hear that St Michael's CC have actually won something this season but the Under 10 squad triumphed in the latest Kwik Cricket tournament held at Nunholm this weekend.

The juniors' success was built around some tremendous batting and clever captaincy by Chris Lumb, and showed a massive improvement on the tournament at Kingholm last month when we only won one game.

Connor and Sam also made runs, while Lachlan and Rowan both played well in their very first tournament, as Saints beat the three Nunholm teams represented with some ease.

There are one or two photographs of the team in action. Please email Colin Taylor if you would like copies.

At this level the game is all about having fun, but it's nice to win sometimes too.

The next Kwik Cricket tournament is planned for Gatehouse on Sunday 19th August.

12/08/07

More Bad News

As you may have seen from the latest tables, Kingholm have been penalised 10 points for failing to report the washout against Kirkstyle on June 16th.

The penalty was enforced despite an apology to the Western Union, who are known to be particularly strict in applying the rules on deductions.

As they say, it never rains...

24/06/07

Slowest Start - Update

This week the Seconds were rained off again and the Firsts' fixture was abandoned when they were in a good position if the mutterings in the discussion forum are anything to go by.

When will this end? Has someone found a way of fiddling the Great Weather Lottery so they can bet on it raining in Dumfries?

20/05/07

Slowest Start to a Season Ever?

Following the cancellation of home friendlies and the postponement of the first Kingholm fixtures, the Second XI still have to lift bat or ball in anger.

Meanwhile the Firsts have had a couple of knockabouts but, as a result of a tap being left on at Irvine (Surely they should have forfeited the game?) and water seeping under the covers at the Kingholm yesterday, have only played the one League fixture at Kelburne.

With more rain forecast to day, there must be every chance that the Sunday XI won't get a full game in either.

Time to ask then: Is this the slowest start to a St Michael's season ever?

13/05/07

MacLeod Pavilion AGM

The AGM of the Pavilion takes place on Monday 28th May at 6.30 pm.

All St Michael's members are automatically members of the MacLeod Pavilion and thereby entitled to attend this spectacular event.

An agenda for the meeting has been posted on the Pavilion noticeboard.

10/05/07

Gildersome Off to Flying Start

Gildersome Junior Taverners successfully launched their World Record Attempt from a dew laden Kingholm Park this morning.

The Yorkshire youngsters arrived from their hotel in Gretna in plenty of time for a gentle warm-up immediately after the pitch had been marked out.

The format was a fifteen minutes batting each with the St Michael's youngsters, resplendent in their new polo shirts, taking first strike on a 'wicket' that offered considerable assistance to the bowlers.

After amassing a relaxed 19-2 in what seemed rather longer than fifteen minutes, the St Michael's youngsters then kindly allowed the visitors to win by missing a series of run out opportunities as some stylish batting by Gildersome took them to a comfortable 26-1.

The youngsters had time to demolish a series of bacon and sausage rolls, sponsored by David Fallas Planning Consultancy, before the Gildersome bus rolled away from the Kingholm at 9.40 with our best wishes, hopefully in plenty of time for their next game in Carlisle.

The remaining youngsters then enjoyed a single wicket competition, which was jointly won by Chris Lumb and Tom Kennedy-Moffat on 21, with newcomer Ross Fergusson (20) close behind in third place. (C. Brockwell 2-0-12-0)

The highlights of the Gildersome World Record Attempt can be seen on BBC2 Sportsround at 11.45 a.m. on Saturday 14th April.

Thanks are due to all those who helped out on the day.

13/04/07

Advance Warning - Smiddy Back in Town!

We have just received the email below from one of 'Chancers' most missed customers:-

"Hey Boys,

Hope all is well in (the sometimes not so) sunny Dumfries. Just a short email to let you all know I'll be back in town on the 26th of May for a few days this year. Haven't had a chance to check the draw but hopefully whoever is away isn't too far from home so we can congregate for a few pints in Greens afterwards.

I am terribly short on contact details. If you can forward it to everyone from the club that would be great.

Anyway it will be great to see you all after a few years and catch up on old times.

Cheers,
Smiddy

PS. With this much notice, 'I have to spend a night with the Mrs' will not be accepted as an excuse for non-attendance!"

It sounds like special training sessions may be in order!

10/04/07

Friendlies Cancelled

In view of the damage done to the square at the Kingholm, it has been decided to cancel all early season friendlies to allow restorative work to go ahead at a considerable cost to the club.

Jerry has managed to re-arrange a couple of away fixtures at short notice instead.

Hopefully all will be ready to go ahead at the Kingholm when the League Season starts at the end of the month, provided Dumfries C.C. don't poach too many more of our players.

My resignation from the Dumfries and Galloway Junior Cricket Development Group will follow shortly.

02/04/07

Pitch Vandalised!

As you are likely to read in this Friday's "Standard", our cricket square was badly vandalised earlier this week.

We understand that a group of rowdy and foul-mouthed men (or so-called men) deliberately removed the ropes protecting the square on Tuesday and played a game of 'football' all over it, wearing studs and blades.

The damage to the square is considerable and a consultant from Cricket Scotland has been asked to make an assessment.

It is not clear at this stage whether this is the work of a bunch of mindless idiots or a deliberate attempt to target the club.

28/03/07

World Record Attempt On!

We have now received confirmation from Gildersome Junior Taverners Cricket Club that they will definitely be going through with their world record attempt by playing 4 cricket fixtures in 12 hours in Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland - all starting at the Kingholm on Friday 13th April at 9.00 a.m.!

Gildersome have attracted many wishes of success from the great and good, including the Duke of Edinburgh and Tony Blair.

There is a special website giving more details at www.juniortavs.co.uk

28/03/07

Kimbo is Kingholm Captain

After a long delay the right colour smoke has emerged from the MacLeod Pavilion, signifying that Kim Bellwood has been overwhelmingly elected Captain of the Second XI.

Many congratulations to Kim and every success to him and his osteopath over the coming season.

03/03/07

Cashing in on Casino Culture

In line with current government strategy, we have great pleasure in announcing that we can offer our website visitors a chance to play the Great Weather Lottery online.

Just follow the link to our page on the Great Weather Lottery site and spend, spend, spend!

All proceeds will go to support the club's facilities, including our contribution to the MacLeod Pavilion

03/03/07

Poppy Feathers Nest

No, this man isn't looking for a lost cricket ball in someone's garden or eyeing up the local talent - it's former Saints overseas star and terror of Western Union Division II Andy Murray surveying his new deluxe property just up the Narara coast from Sydney.

Four bedrooms, snooker room, pool, ducted air conditioning - sounds ideal for an international housewarming party. Apparently Andy will be over in the summer for a flying visit, so he'll no doubt be taking bookings. Harry and Matty are saving up already.

14/02/07

Google Adverts and Google Pack

You'll see from browsing our website that we have signed up to carry advertisements from Google on some of our pages.

Some of the adverts are for Google Pack, a useful pack of free software items from Google (see example at the bottom of this column).

Please note however that Google Pack is not available in all countries (notably New Zealand) where you will be offered access to just one product - Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar.

All proceeds from this campaign will go to the club.

05/01/07

Saints' Juniors to Assist with Record Attempt

St Michael's are planning to host an early season Kwik Cricket fixture against Gildersome Juniors from Yorkshire at 9.00 am on Friday 13th April 2007.

The story behind the unusual timing is that the fixture will be part of a record attempt by Gildersome, who hope to play a game of cricket in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales all in the same day.

We wish Gildersome every success with this cricketing version of the "Five Peaks" challenge.

28/12/06

Wilson A Winner

A breaking news story has revealed that Kenny Wilson has won...not the Variety Club Comedian of the Year Award... not 26 raffle prizes at the Club Dance...but the Western Union Division IV 2006 Bowling Award!

Congratulations to Kenny, who triumphed in spite of an initial mathematical error by the idiot who did the averages. You are a true inspiration to all your fellow trundlers.

Incidentally, the Division II Bowling Award was won by an unknown Galloway newcomer called Ken Druss who must have escaped our scouting network.

Now read the amazing sequel to this news!

24/10/06

Email from Craig Nel

"To all at St Michaels cricket club,

I stumbled across your fantastic website which I have been following with great interest. Good to see that some of the old boys are still putting into the club (Kim Bellwood, Sandy McNay Derrick Rankin).

Since leaving St Michaels I returned to my home town of Nelspruit and played my cricket there. I played and eventually captained the Eastern Country Districts side for 8 years. I had a game for the South African Country districts side against Bangladesh in 2003 albeit 12th man. I am now just playing club cricket for Sabie cricket club which maybe someday you could put together some funds and tour South Africa (lots of Rands for your Pound)

Good luck for the rest of your season and congratulations on your new club house. I would like to send a South African country districts one day shirt for your club house.

Thanks again for my wonderful stay.

Craig Nel

PS Married with 3 children"

12/07/07

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