Please support the Joint Pub Quiz Night as shown below. Show how knowledgable you are while boosting funds for Hillhead and West - and having a great evening.

Let's not beat about the bush! This appalling weather is having a dreadful effect on our Finances. In this our 150th Anniversary Season there are still many opportunities for us ALL to help. See below!
BONUS BALL - Still places available - Contact Jim Young on jimyoung@bruntonmiller.com
BALL DONATION SCHEME - Still games available - Contact Jonny Graham on jonathan.graham@barclayswealth.com
SPORTS DINNER - A great start to provisional bookings - Thanks, BUT still a long way to go to secure a maximum attendance to provide an opportunity for a great fundraiser. Contact NOW either Douglas McCrea on Douglas@mccreafs.com or me on johnr.thomson@btinternet.com
SUMMER DRAW - Books will be issued this week. Please don't sit on them - get out there and sell - and contact me for more books. We need a great result - please be part of it.

When the going gets tough - the tough gets going. Let's show real team spirit ON and OFF the field. Thank you.

Douglas McCrea and I are organising the final event for West's 150th Anniversary Season.
We are planning a Sports Dinner, on either 28th October or 11th November and likely to be at Firhill.
This event has become EVEN more important due to the dreadful weather which is afflicting this cricket season and having a drastic effect on West's finances and cashflow.
We need 100 people to attend this event to produce a result. Dougie has already made a promising start in attracting provisional bookings and I am now seeking support from West members, their friends and business contacts to ensure that this event can be very successful.
Tickets will be £40 per head which covers 3 courses, tea or coffee and entertainment.
Dougie is lining up attractive and well known speakers.
Please let me know by Friday 24th June how many places you can provisionally take at this Sports Dinner. You can book any number of places from 1 upwards and we hope to plan table settings in groups of 6, 8 or 10.
We will also be contacting prospective contacts away from West so that we can get the best financial impact for the Dinner and for West but I earnestly request that every member of West makes a real effort to support this Sports Dinner - and your Club.
We look forward to hearing from you on - johnr.thomson@btinternet.com - by Friday 24th June at the latest so that we can move forward and finalise arrangements for the 150th Anniversary Sports Dinner

This Thursday sees NVT Poloc visit Hamilton Crescent for a West League Cup encounter.
On Saturday McCrea FS West travel to Ayr for a vital SNCL match while Partick entertain Whitehaugh at home in the Lions SNCL Reseve League ( I think!!).
Sunday brings Renfrew to West for a Strathclyde League match with the 3s.
All this, of course, is subject to the vagaries of the Scottish climate!

Summer Draw Books will DEFINITELY be issued next week - after yet another wedding.

Only thing to report on a wet weekend was an excellent win over Drumps 2s in deepest Coatbridge by Partick. Well done, guys.
See on facebook that the weather changed miraculously the next morning at nearby Uddy. Bet Hoffy doesn't call off a game so quickly again!
BBQ weather in Stonehaven on Sunday and a Bonus Ball win! Are things getting better? Of course!

Firstly allow me to apologise for the outrageous delay in updating the Fantasy League. It’s been a really busy month in terms of fixtures and getting hold of the scorebook isn’t always easy. Thanks though to Ian, Jonny and Duncan for ensuring the books were in the boardroom last night and allowing me to make this update.

I am delighted to announce for the first time that the current leader of the Fantasy League is in fact me. Rumours of corruption in sport are rife in this day in age and I’m sure Mr Grumpy (soon to be known as Daddy Grumpy) Iain Cran will already be concocting all sorts of conspiracy theories. Duncan Williams unfortunately named team ‘Saddle Sores’ occupy 2nd place in what is shaping up to be an extremely tight competition. 4th-13th positions are separated by just 120 points and this can be turned around in a weekend’s cricket. Captain and main club sponsor continue to show a united front in 19th and 20th positions respectively whilst Andrea Thomson is 130 points adrift in last position.

There is a transfer window looming large on the horizon and it is time for folk to separate the Nike’s from the Nick’s, the Lamborghini’s from the Lada’s and the Colin De Grandhomme’s from the Adrian Shankhar’s. What better excuse to get down to Hamilton Crescent and support whatever XI may be playing on that day? Let’s create a positive atmosphere around the place and get behind our players!!

Below is the full table, correct as of the 10th June 2011.

Position Name Team Points
1 Stewart Leggat David Hassel-Huff 1055
2 Duncan Williams Saddle Sores 1035
3 Liam Howgate The Chosen Few 1000
4 Gordon Thomson Ginger Prince 950
5 Dominic Gallagher Dom's Destroyers 925
6 Bob Coats Coatsy's Cruasaders 920
7 John Cameron Motherwell Not Nil 910
8 Bobby Kettlewell River Carron 905
9 Tony Lewis The Pertick Weekenders 855
10 Jatinder Singh Jat's Joyriders 855
11 David McNulty Go the Eels 840
12 George Ralston Il Gato e Velocie 820
13 August Pandey The Calendar Boys 820
14 Chris Ross Chris's Cruasaders 765
15 John Thomson JR Juggernauts 750
16 Colin De Grandhomme Got No Idea 745
17 Iain Cran All or Nothing 745
18 Aftab Talpur Shabash Lads 740
19 Ian Young 150 Not Out 740
20 Douglas McCrea McCreas Marvels 730
21 Bridget Rothwell The Great Escape 720
22 Douglas Lockhart Lockhart's Legends 715
23 Barry Fitzgerald Yes No Sorry 705
24 Ross Brown Simply The Best 680
25 Andrea Thomson Andrea's Avengers 550

Last weekend was a disappointment with defeats to Stoneywood Dyce on Saturday in the SNCL and to Greenock in the Scottish Cup on Sunday. We managed to bowl nigh on 40 wides in these two relatively low scoring encounters!
Partick also lost to Titwood on Saturday.
This weekend sees McCrea FS West playing Drumpellier at home and Partick travelling to Coatbridge to play Drumps 2s - just like the old days.
Your correspondent is heading north till next week so the Grand Summer Draw books will not be issued until his return. Lets hope for a better weekend this time!

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND WE ARE RUNNING TWO SUMMER CAMPS THIS YEAR. THE FIRST CAMP WILL RUN FROM MONDAY 27TH JUNE TO FRIDAY 1ST JULY (CAMP ONE) AND THE SECOND FROM TUESDAY 19TH TO FRIDAY 22ND JULY (CAMP TWO).

IF YOU ARE AGED 6 – 16, WEST IS THE PLACE FOR YOU. EACH CAMP WILL BE ORGANISED AND RUN BY QUALIFIED CLUB COACHES AND THERE WILL BE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE PLAYED BEFORE.

AT EACH CAMP SESSIONS WILL RUN FROM 10AM – 12 NOON and 1PM – 3PM EVERY DAY, AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR AS MANY SESSIONS OR DAYS AS YOU LIKE, EVEN THE WHOLE WEEK IF YOU PREFER.

PRICES ARE: £11 PER SESSION OR £20 PER DAY, OR A BARGAIN £90 FOR THE WHOLE FIRST CAMP. THE WHOLE SECOND CAMP IS £75.
AN EVEN BETTER DEAL IS £155 FOR BOTH WEEKS.

PLEASE PROVIDE A PACKED LUNCH AND SOME WATER AND ALLOW FOR THE SCOTTISH CLIMATE BY BRINGING SOME WATERPROOF CLOTHING.

TO REGISTER FOR EITHER OR BOTH CAMPS, PLEASE CONTACT JIM YOUNG, JUNIOR CONVENER, WSCC.

0141 950 6546 (H) or 0141 337 1199 (B) or 07711 985033 (M)

Gordon Smith's Chairman's Appeal is to raise £10,000 for the renovation of our Indoor School, a facility which has proved invaluable to many - not just West - players, but now needing upgrading.
Please support this Appeal by sending your donation to Gordon at WSCC, Peel Street, Partick, Glasgow G11 5LU -marked "150th Anniversary Appeal". If you are a UK taxpayer you can increase the value of your donation by 25%. Simply tell Gordon that you wish to apply Gift Aid. In anticipation of your support, thank you.

Tomorrow sees McCrea FS West entertain Stoneywood Dyce at Hamilton Crescent in SNCL and the following day travel to Greenock in the Scottish Cup.
Partick play Titwood at that ground tomorrow in whatever Western Union competition they play in. The season starts here - more early next week as well as The Summer Draw books which will be available then.