Burnett Park, Banchory

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Dates For Your Diary


Banchory CC Junior Indoor Training starts: 15-Jan-2012 10:00 - 11:30 until 25-Mar-2012
(Except 26th February when the session will be from 9.00 to 10.00 And Nothing on 4th March)
Cost £10 for all 10 sessions. 

Banchory CC Seniors Indoor Training: 19th February, 11th March, 18th March, 25th March 11:30 - 13:00

Cost £8 for all 4 Sessions

ACA Spring Meeting and Captains Meeting: Sunday 26-Feb-2012
 
Banchory CC AGM: Thursday 1-Mar-2012 19:30 - 21:00


Bag Packing Result

Happy New Year to everyone and a special thanks to all those that helped out at the bag packing on New Years Eve; they managed to collect a fantastic grand total of £1219. This goes a long way to our objective of a new mower. Very well done!

Junior training starts on Sunday 15-Jan-12 10:00 - 11:30 and Callum would really appreciate your help to coach and impart your cricketing wisdom to the junior members. As senior folk please could you consider helping out for some sessions? Obviously more sessions the better, but if you are able to help for just a few, then that would be great too. 

Please could you register your willingness to help with Junior coaching at the following website:



Averages

1st XI Batting Averages for the 2011 Season

1st XI Bowling Averages for the 2011 Season


Annual Dinner and Presentation of Trophies

Banchory CC held their annual dinner on the 28th of October. An excellent meal and entertaining night was had by all, even the youngest member of the club, Daniel Mason at 2 and half months old, enjoyed proceedings and was heard to heckle his dad during the 1st XI captains speech!!

Prize winners on the night were; 

1st XI Batting - David Itter

1st XI Bowling - Craig Mason

1st XI All Rounder - Richard Perry

2nd XI Batting - Shaun Hicks

2nd XI Bowling - Tim Wilkinson

2nd XI All Rounder - Steve Redpath

Lewis Beddie Trophy - Niall Critchley

Boy Ollis Award - Sam Richards

Sad Farewell

Banchory said goodbye to one of the best players to grace the Aberdeenshire Grades with Sajid Hasan flying back home to Pakistan. Not only will his cricketing ability be missed but his general all round character.

Sajid joined the club in 2007 from Portcullis as result of a bet with current Banchory member Wajahat Ali, the bet was whoever scored the most runs that season and the loser would have to join the winners respective club. Thankfully for Banchory Wajahat won the bet. Sajid's loss was certainly Banchory's gain, he went on to accumulate a mammoth 1806 runs in his 4 and a bit years at the club with his highest score 110 vs Mannofield, he also passed the half century mark on 12 occasions.

He could also bowl a bit too and took a total of 116 wickets, his most impressive displays were 8 for 34 against Caledonian and 6 for 10 against Kintore.

Sajid was made captain for the 2010 season and led Banchory to 4th in Grade 1, the team spirit and camaraderie was evident all season and the whole team thouroughly enjoyed playing for him. His 40 wickets and 551 runs saw him earn the accolade of Aberdeenshire Grades Player of the Year. A fitting end to a wonderful spell in Scottish Cricket.

Sajid will be sorely missed but never forgotten and we're hopeful he'll be back for a visit soon. Everyone at the club wishes him well on his return home.

Teaching The Game

Pro Coach Cricket Academy and Cricket Scotland have recently formed an official partnership to deliver high quality junior coaching courses throughout the year for young cricketers aged as young as 8.  This partnership is an effort to allow as many young players to receive the opportunity to work with current Scotland Internationals, along with a range of English First Class Cricketers and Coaches.

Details of coaching courses, academies and master classes coming up in the region can be found at:

http://www.procricketcoachingacademy.com/venues/scotland.asp