Week 3 of the new Grades cricket season sees all four of the leading sides in Grade 1 having home advantage.

Bon Accord take on their co-tenants, Mannofield, at the Links; while Cults will be fancied to have the better of promoted St Ronald at the Allan Park; and Kintore have a home game against a Banchory side who have lost some key players over the winter.  Games between Ellon & Inverurie and Stonehaven & Gordonians complete the day’s programme in the top division.

In Grade 2 one of the matches of the day looks to be that at Harlaw between Queens Cross and 2^nd Cults, while Caledonian take on Artisans at the Duthie Park; and Grammar FPs welcome promoted 2^nd Kintore to Rubislaw.

Crescent play Anchorians in a Grade 3 city derby at Sheddocksley, while elsewhere Kemnay take on 2^nd Gordonians and Academy travel to 2^nd Stonehaven in games featuring sides which last year were two divisions apart.  Huntly Highlanders entertain 2^nd Grammar, and Portcullis play 2^nd Mannofield in Grade 4.

The Grade Select’s first round Three Counties Cup game versus Stonetwood-Dyce has been provisionally scheduled for Monday May 18^th at the Links with the following Monday as the reserve date if weather intervenes.