The Club has an active Junior Section with teams competing in the Western Union Under 11, Under 13, Under 15, and Under 18 Leagues. We also play in the Under 18 Frank Smith Trophy, and the National Under 13 MCC Spirit of Cricket and Under 15 Nationwide BS Knock Out Cup Competitions. In addition our Under 10s enjoy Sunday morning kwik cricket festivals throughout the summer. We will continue also to promote girls’ cricket in 2008.    We have achieved and retained TopClub Bronze status and are working towards a Silver award.

On the playing front, we enjoyed an encouraging season with all our age group teams finishing in the top four of their respective league competitions and the Under 15s reaching the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup.

The junior player of the year was Graham Roberts, and special mention should be made of 11 year old Andrew Umeed who played for Scotland Under 15s in South Africa this spring. We have young players in all age groups of the new elite Western Academy and we hope that even more of our youngsters will make their mark in 2008.

The Club is always keen to recruit new young players, including girls, and we have greatly expanded our coaching programme for local primary schools this year. Any youngster who is interested is welcome to come along to our Monday Night Coaching Sessions. During the winter months we have structured indoor net sessions for our different age groups at least three times a week from 6pm to 7.30pm, but once the light and weather permit, practice takes place outdoors from 6pm to 8pm.. These sessions are run by our Junior Convener, Jim Young, (see Contact Us), and he will be assisted by qualified coaches Isaac Umeed, Gregg Watson , Tony Lewis, Stewart Leggat, Jamie Burton and Tim Larter, and qualified introductory helper Wilson Galloway and, during the summer, the Club Professional and Overseas Amateur, and other Senior Players. For details about Junior subscriptions, go to our  Membership page.



© Jim Young, April 2008