U13s Rescheduled Cup Match
Our wonderful Scottish weather got the better of the U13 Scottish Cup match last Tuesday. Fingers crossed the weather is better this coming week for the rescheduled match – details below.
| COMPETITON | U13s Scottish Cup |
| DATE | Wed 13th May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Dunfermline Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- Ross McMurdo
- Grant Horsburgh
- Greig Birrell
- Euan Muir
- Chris Hunt
- Jack Tuft
- Holly Jones
- Joe Middleton
- Calum Guiney
- Cory Bridgeford
- Jack Gourley
- Ryan Grant
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 5:30pm.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
| JUNIOR MATCH BALL SPONSOR | JUNIOR SHIRT SPONSOR |
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Juniors Team Selection
Three matches over the coming days for the juniors. The fixture information and team selections are listed below.
| COMPETITON | U11s League |
| DATE | Sun 3rd May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Largo Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- Jack Gourley
- Callum Guiney
- Greig Birrell
- Finlay Haig
- Ryan Grant
- Ashleigh Houston
- Sarah Paterson
- Cory Bridgeford
- Taylor Cox
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 9:30am.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
| COMPETITON | U13s Scottish Cup |
| DATE | Tue 5th May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Dunfermline Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- Ross McMurdo
- Grant Horsburgh
- Greig Birrell
- Euan Muir
- Chris Hunt
- Jack Tuft
- Holly Jones
- Joe Middleton
- Calum Guiney
- Cory Bridgeford
- Jack Gourley
- Ryan Grant
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 5:30pm.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
| COMPETITON | U15s Scottish Cup |
| DATE | Thu 7th May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Falkland Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Falkland Cricket Ground |
- Andrew Mackie
- Grant Horsburgh
- Greig Birrell
- Cameron Millar
- Chris Hunt
- Blair Lawrie
- Holly Jones
- Joe Middleton
- Rory Brown
- Liam Kelly
- Shane Munro
- Lewis Pour
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 5:30pm.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
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Juniors Team Selection – U15
| COMPETITON | U15 League |
| DATE | 29th April 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Strathearn Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- Ross McMurdo
- Grant Horsburgh
- Greig Birrell
- Cameron Millar
- Chris Hunt
- Blair Lawrie
- Holly Jones
- Joe Middleton
- Rory Brown
- Liam Kelly
- Shane Munro
- Lewis Pour
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 5:30pm.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar – 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
| JUNIOR MATCH BALL SPONSOR | JUNIOR SHIRT SPONSOR |
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Junior Training
Summer is here, well almost, and it is time for you to break out your bat and pads and head back to Friday night training sessions. They start this Friday at the park at Freuchie Cricket Club, Muirs Road, Freuchie at the usual time of 6:30pm until 8:00pm. The first night will be mostly taken up with registration and other administrative issues but if there is time we will try and do some training, This year the Club has decided that junior membership will be £6 for primary school age children and £12 for secondary school children and is due on registration. Please bring along your plastic membership card issued last year as this will be validated for 2009 .
Children interested in playing cricket are very welcome to come along to join in the fun. More information and details from Neil Millar.
To help parents and children to get to know each other the club is running a disco in the function suite using recently purchased equipment for all until 10:00pm. So I hope you will manage to stay for a short time and enjoy some time at the club. (The function suite is also available for function for club members so ask if you feel you would like to use the facility – donation welcome for its use).
The Club has also decided to get additional help with coaching and playing cricket from an overseas professional and an overseas amateur cricketer. This is a big financial commitment for the club but for the future of Freuchie Cricket Club players it is felt the best way forward. While no additional charges have been put in place to cover this cost it is hoped Junior well help with fund raising over the playing year. One way is to take part in the lucky number sheet every Friday. This will cost 50p per line where you pick 2 numbers from 20. If you get the correct numbers in the correct order you win at least a share of the money. If no one wins it rolls over to the next week. The current prize money is standing at £60 for this week. The draw is due to be done on Friday night. You got to be in it to win it so please take the opportunity by buying a line and also help the club fund the additional coaching staff.
The junior members were not able to take part in the sponsored cycle race between Christmas and New Year for club funds, Some members have asked to get involved in some way and so it has been decided to organise a sponsored cycle race of our own in June. This will involve all ages doing their own cycle race round the pitch or the cricket square depending on age. The plan for this is to take place in June more information will be posted on the blog and notice board.
Contact details
Neil Millar 07860864850
neilmillar@csccrop.co.uk
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Junior Training – It’s Back!
DON’T BE STUMPED FOR SOMETHING TO DO ON A FRIDAY NIGHT
FUN FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
NEW PLAYERS WELCOME TO COME ALONG. CONTACT NEIL FOR MORE DETAILS.
STARTS FRIDAY 24THAPRIL, 6:30PM-8:00PM AT FREUCHIE CRICKET CLUB
DON’T MISS IT!!!
Contact Neil 07860864850
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Season 2008 Trophy Winners
The following awards were made at the club’s presentation disco on 14th March:
First Eleven Trophies:
Strathie Cup, Batting Average, Robbie Birrell
FCC Cup, Batting Aggregate, Scott Gourlay
Dryden Trophy, Best Bowler, Scott Gourlay
David Smart Memorial, Best Fielder, Graeme Christie
Wood McHugh Trophy, Most Vital Innings, Scott Galloway (v Stenhousemuir)
Andrew Grant Trophy, Best Catch, Robbie Wright (v Kintore)
GD Crichton Cup, Player’s Player, Scott Gourlay
Second Eleven Trophies
FCC Cup, Batting Average, Alan Duncan
Ceilidh Cup, Batting Aggregate, Alan Duncan
FCC Cup, Best Bowler, Kris Glen
Christie Trophy, Best Fielder, Max Brown
Dick Morrison Memorial, Player’s Player, Robbie Wright
Junior Trophies
David Robertson Cup, Best Bat, Robbie Wright
Coughan Trophy, Best Bowler, Shane Munro
Christie Trophy, Best Fielder, Robbie Wright
Melville Cup, Most Promising Junior, Chris Hunt
Nette Cowan Trophy, Most Catches, Gordon Mutch
Fraser Irvine Shield, U13 Player of the Year, Ross McMurdo
Edmunds Shield, U15 Player of the Year, Robbie Wright
Roy Irvine Shield, U17 Player of the Year, Robbie Wright
Social Trophies
Furness Trophy, Dominos, Dave Cowan
FCC Trophy, Pool, Dave Cowan
Gregory Trophy, Darts, Scott Gourlay
The club also won Cupar Sixes and our own Freuchie Sixes.
Some boy the Robbie Wright, though, eh?
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Winter Training
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Tour de Freuchie 2008
Another great day. Expect a fuller report in a few days, but the main facts for now -
We had fifteen teams
Fastest race time was 1 hour 48 minutes 52 seconds
Fastest laps were 12 minutes 16 seconds and 12 minutes 20 seconds (from the rider of laps four and eight of the winning team)
These times compare with last year’s figures of 1 hour 50 minutes 26 seconds and fastest laps of 12 minutes 54 and 12 minutes 20, again from the rider of laps four and eight.
So our competitors are getting fitter ….. Well, some of them are. And chaps and chapesses, if you want to succeed in this event, you have to do something about this guy who is turning in these super-fast laps ….. A few drawing pins? A can of Instarust for his chain? Or just make him ride the bike that our unfortunate team of juniors was using – it wouldn’t be quite true to say that they spent more time trying to fix it than they did cycling it, but that’s not far off the mark.
And chapesses? A team of ten ladies had the fifth best start to finish time of the day at 2 hours and 34 seconds, although it has to be admitted that they completed five laps against the others’ eight. They went round in pairs, and if it looked a bit on the leisurely side at times, just be aware that at least two of the lap times beat some of the men’s.
We think we raised about £2,900 for our fund for Junior (and senior) coaching in 2009. Details to come. That’s a great, great effort from everyone, from organiser Alan Wallace to all the riders, all the marshals, the couple sitting in the car tracking times and shouting desperately “what number was that that just came in?”, the ladies with the soup and the pies, the spectators – everyone.
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Kiddies Party
Yesterday was the annual Kids Xmas Party here at Freuchie Cricket Club. The youngsters enjoyed themselves immensely, especially as the sound of Jingle Bells raised the roof of the clubhouse and sounded the arrival of Santa, who had travelling down to Freuchie from the North Pole. Thank you Santa.
The new Club President made his first public outing and speech to a captivated audience, well the youngsters could well have been captivated by Santa! President Paterson thanked everyone for their hard work and wished the members and their families a very Merry Xmas.
It was just unfortunate that the sound system broke down during the children’s games, leaving Faye Dick to do a grand job of belting out the songs at the top of her voice like Ethel Merman on speed.
Photos: Photos from the Kids Xmas Party 2008
At this point we’d like to quash the rumours circulating that President Paterson reacted just like Elf (video below) when he was told that Santa would be coming to the party. No truth in that rumour at all!
Finally, Santa has passed on a message to say he hopes all the children are being especially good as he doesn’t want to see anyone from Freuchie moving from the nice list onto his naughty one!
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Press Release: Tour de Freuchie
Freuchie Cricket Club will be ushering in their 2009 season next Saturday afternoon with their annual winter sponsored cycle race to raise funds for the cricket club and other clubs in the area.
Teams of 4 will compete against the clock in a relay race for 2 laps each of a 4 ½ mile circuit around the village. The record time from last year’s race was 1 hour, 50 minutes and 26 seconds for the winning team to complete the total distance.
Photo: Dave Cowan and Robbie Birrell getting in some training
Cricket club first team captain, Robbie Birrell, who was out on his bike practicing last weekend, told us:
“It’s a great way to get all the family out in the fresh air, work off some of those extra pounds gained over Christmas and get ready for the Hogmanay celebrations. Some of the cycling can be a bit tricky at this time of year on wet roads, but we’ve got marshals all round the circuit to keep everyone safe”.
The Fife club, who are the only ever Scottish cricket team to win the UK Village Championship at Lords, managed to raise over £3000 at last year’s event. This year they are also inviting other local sports clubs to join the race and use it as their own fundraising opportunity too.
Vice captain, Dave Cowan, who was also out getting in some training last weekend, added:
“There was a great party atmosphere last year with families out supporting the cyclists, having something to eat and drink, and a disco in the evening to award the prizes. We are hoping to repeat the same success again this year and would welcome anyone from the village or further a field to come along and join in the fun”.
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The race starts at midday next Saturday 27th at the rear of the clubhouse on Muir Road, Freuchie. There will be refreshments available all day and anyone who wants to enter either as a team or as a club, or come along to the evening disco should contact the event organiser Alan Wallace on 07872 379224.
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Editors Supplemental Notes
- Freuchie Cricket Club was founded in 1908
- In the 1985 final at Lords, Freuchie became the only ever Scottish team to win the UK Village Championship
- Christiegait in Freuchie is named after Dave Christie, the Captain of the victorious 1985 team
- Freuchie’s first team play in Division 2 of the Scottish National League, the second team in Division 2 of the East of Scotland League and the club have 4 junior teams playing in various age groups
- Freuchie Cricket Club is both a sporting and social venue at the heart of the Howe of Fife village’s community
For further information on Freuchie CC please contact Richard Blanchfield, Press Officer, on 01337 858433.
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