At the meeting of the Association on 28 February 2016 the following decisions were taken:

A minute’s silence was observed in memory of Leslie Turberville (City Police), Ian McCallum’s father (Fraserburgh), Simon Bennett (Dunecht), Cliff Duncan (Kintore), Steven Crawford (Ellon) and Nitin Shetty (Portcullis).

I am delighted to advise that the Making It Happen at Your Cricket Club workshop has been rescheduled to Monday 14 March, 2016 and will take place at 6:45pm at the Grammar FPs Club.

I highly recommend this workshop to all clubs and I’m sure you will come out of it with some ideas on how to improve your club.

Indoor Easter Cricket Camp, The Jesmond Centre, Jesmond Drive, Bridge of Don, AB22 8UR

Apologies that I could not make it along to the Spring GM on Sunday, I hope all went well?

You will be aware that there are a number of courses for both coaches and umpires scheduled to take place in and around Aberdeen pre-season 2016, namely:

The Community Sports Grants programme, which provides support to Talented Athletes, Coaches & Officials and local sports clubs is again open for applications. With the deadline date of Friday 4th March fast approaching, funding is still available in all three categories in this final round of 2015/16.

Alistair Robertson, Managing Director of Sport Aberdeen, who administrates the scheme on behalf of the Active Aberdeen Partnership and Aberdeen City Council stated, “I am delighted that the Partnership is able to assist local sports clubs and individuals in developing their sport and furthering their ambitions.  I would encourage people to discuss their applications with the team at Sport Aberdeen so that we are able to guide them.  These grants can make a significant impact for sports clubs and enable them to get more people playing their sport.  It’s the same for coaches, officials and talented athletes where a little can go a long way in helping to promote a promising career.”

Please find flyer with details of a Pre-Season Girls & Womens Cricket Coaching Camp lead by Kari Carswell.

Notice is hereby given that the Spring General Meeting of the Association will take place in the Function Suite, Shri Bheema’s Indian Restaurant, Parkway Inn, Balgownie Road, Bridge of Don, on Sunday February 28th 2016 at 3pm. Please find attached the relevant papers.

Hi everyone,

I am delighted to report that a `Making it Happen at Your Cricket Club` Workshop will take place on Monday 29 February, 6.30pm at the Mannofield Club.

I highly recommend this workshop to all clubs and I’m sure you will come out of it with some ideas on how to improve your club.

Aberdeen Association Of Cricket Officials (AAOCO) would like to invite you to the very first 'A Night at the Races' fundraising event at 7pm on Sunday 3rd April at the famous Ashvale Restaurant on Great Western Road, Aberdeen.

In the interests of transparency I thought it would be helpful if I shared with member clubs some of the issues surrounding the preparation of fixtures for 2016.

Following the AGM we have 33 teams in membership.  This is sufficient to allow for the continuation of four leagues, comprising 10, 8, 8 and 7 teams.  There are however issues over pitch availability.  The two new sides elected [Aberdeen Super Kings and 2nd Grampian] both require town pitches, whereas two of the three clubs who have withdrawn [2nd Banchory & 2nd Stonehaven] had their own grounds.  Additionally, it has been indicated that Inverurie may be unable this season to prepare/make available the ground at Kellands Park for other sides.

Please finds attached a letter from Cricket Scotland regarding an upcoming road show event, to be held in Aberdeen on Sunday 24th January, outlining their proposals for a revised governance structure for domestic cricket within Scotland, which I would be grateful if could be circulated to club secretaries and publicised on the Association web site.

Ahead of a full Minute, the following is provided for information as a digest of the principal decisions taken at the Association AGM on 22nd November 2015.

·          2^nd Mannofield withdrawn from Grades and transferring to SPCU.  Grampian CC promoted to vacant slot in Grade 3

Aberdeenshire Cup
A AGSFPs v Bon Accord
B Crescent v Knight Riders
 
C Cults-Artisans v Academy
D A v B
E Mannofield v Ellon
F Lahore Karahi v Gordonians

G C v D
H F v E

Bon Accord Cup
A Banchory v Methlick
B Fraserburgh v Kemnay-Kintore
C Crathie v Inverurie
D 2nd AGSFPs v QX/SD

E D v A
F C v B

Reid Cup
A Dunecht v Grampian
B Siyapa v 2nd Knight Riders
C 2nd Cults-St Ronald v Portcullis
D 2nd Gordonians v Stonehaven
  
E A v B
F C v D

Johnston Rose Bowl
A Turriff v 2nd Kemnay-Kintore
B 3rd AGSFPs v Aberdeen Super Kings
C 2nd Ellon v Bye
D 2nd Methlick v 2nd Grampian

E 2nd Ellon v D
F A v B

Subsequent to the circulation of the Agenda and papers. we have under Item 12 received a late application from Grampian to enter a second team, which we hope clubs will be willing to consider, and an intimation from Mannofield that they have decided to move their 4th “development” XI to playing what I understand would be Sunday games in Division 2 of the Strathmore Union, and consequently to withdraw from Grade 3.  

Along with the recent notification of Rule changes for consideration at the forthcoming AGM Clubs were, as a matter of courtesy, advised of a request recently submitted by a member of Stonehaven CC that an issue relating to the Wet Weather Guidelines be discussed, and the text of that Request was circulated. 

For clarification this request was simply as specified, one for discussion. There was no formal proposal at the forthcoming AGM for consideration of any specific change - the Wet Weather Guidelines in any event not being subject to Rule 26 procedures for amendment.