The Active Communities Team would like to invite you to attend our next Sports Club Network Evening on Wed 21st April 2010. This is our 3rd Sports Club Network and we would like to invite everyone who has been to previous evenings as well as any new club reps who haven't managed to come before.

Please find attached a flyer and application form for the Evening - the varied programme on offer will hopefully be of interest to your club. There is a funding theme to the Marketplace and another opportunity to attend a Running Sport Course (at a reduced cost than normal).

Please be advised that the Level 2 Coach Assessment day is to be held on SUNDAY 25 APRIL at THE GORDON SCHOOLS, HUNTLY starting at 10:00am. Exact details as to the format for the Day will be provided once the number of candidates to be assessed are finalised.

Would the Candidates please advise Adam Park-Elliot (07825 172347 adamparkelliott@cricketscotland.com with copy to Kevin Davies Kevin.Davies@aberdeenshire.gov.uk ) no later than Wednesday 31st March if you wish to be assessed at this date/venue.

The 2010 Grades Dinner Speaker will be Jeremy Coney former New Zealand Captain and now both commentator/ summariser for Sky TV and Test Match Special. See links for details.

The postponed "Introduction to Umpiring" course has now been scheduled for Friday 9th April starting at 6:30 at the Portlethan Academy

Thistle Sports (George) along with the G&M representative (Peter Cannon) will be displaying their Cricketing goods prior to the "Captains Meeting" which is scheduled to take place on Sunday 28th March. The Goods will be on show from 12:30 until the scheduled start of the "Captains Meeting" at 15:00.

All G&M goods will be subject to 20% discount on the day with huge further discounts on Thistle Sports goods.

All active member clubs in the Aberdeenshire Cricket Association are invited to send the captains of each of their teams,(or other appropriate representative), to attend an informal meeting at Mannofield commencing 3.00pm on Sunday 28th March when the topic will be "The Responsibilities of Captains" (specifically with reference to the Preamble to the Laws and the detail of Law 42 (Fair and Unfair Play).

Yours sincerely,

The link below takes you to an article on a Cricket Groundsmen's Forum which will be held at New Williamfield, Stirling County Cricket Club at 7pm on Tuesday 30th March.

At the Junior AGM on Monday 22nd February it was agreed that Alan Barron (Administrator, Aberdeen City/Shire Cricket Development Group) should circulate to clubs who are known to have juniors to establish how many youngsters they will have on their books at each age group of u11/u13/u15 (with the qualifying date for example being under-13 at 1st September 2009). The key message coming from those in attendance was that even if clubs have less than a quota for a team that they should still advise Alan of their numbers such that he can be creative and blend clubs together such that youngsters get games of cricket.

Who the youngsters play for and what they achieve individually is of less importance at younger age groups than the youngsters actually getting match time to compliment the coaching that Clubs are delivering and/or organising.

Therefore, can each club please complete the table below and return to Alan by Monday 22nd March 2010 so that he can blend players/clubs and generate a league structure prior to the Grades Handbook print deadline in late March.

Please find below WEB link providing details of the Cricket Scotland coaches conference scheduled to be held on the weekend of 6-7th March 2010 at Sportscotland's Inverclyde National Sports Centre. http://www.cricketscotland.com/CoachesConference

wytbu8  Feb 15 2010 - 4:47pm   

Notice is hereby given that – as previously agreed and intimated on the Association Web Site - the Spring Meeting of the Association 2010, will be held in the Bradman Suite, Mannofield, on Sunday February 21^st 2010 at 3.00pm.

Please find attached copies of the 2009 AGM minutes and the 2010 Spring Meeting Agenda.