Club News Archives - 2010

If you have a club news item to contribute, we would be grateful if you would email it to us... To make room for new stories on the 'Club News' page, all of our stories will eventually move here to the archives but they will stay available here for future reference... 26/11/2010 News and pictures from Club dinner... The Club's annual dinner was held on Friday 19th November and was the usual sociable occasion, allowing the Club to honour its oustanding achievers of the season past. We now have the photographs from the night available (our thanks go to Ivan Walker for those), as well as a full list of prize-winners from the night. Full details on the dinner can be found here. 25/11/2010 Club draws holders Merrion in Senior Cup... The draw for the 2011 Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup was made on Monday 22nd November at the Cricket Ireland Cricket Committee meeting in Dundalk. The dates for the rounds of the competition will be released in due course. 2011 Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup Draw Limerick Raiders v Phoenix Eglinton v Cork County Limavady v The Hills Brigade v North Down Bonds Glen v Civil Service North Strabane v Railway Union North County v Ballymena YMCA v Waringstown Clontarf v Coleraine Malahide or Rush v Donemana Leinster or Terenure v Muckamore Instonians v Fox Lodge CIYMS v Bready Bangor v Glendermott Carrickfergus v Merrion (holders) Lisburn v Pembroke or Old Belvedere 24/11/2010 Taiaroa's ton of talent surfaces... Mikey has been in brilliant form with 3 consecutive hundreds in the space of a week. He scored a ton for his club Cornwall CC on Saturday 6th and followed it up with another for his Province of Hawkes Bay the following day: "Taiaroa's ton of talent surfaces", featured in Hawke's Bay Today. He subsequently notched up a third century on the following Saturday 13th November for his club, Cornwall. Mikey is duee back in Carrick on 6 December when he is returning to spend Christmas and the New Year with girlfriend Nikki. Meanwhile Ross has also been doing well in South Africa picking up 6 for 13 for his club Uitenhage a couple of weeks ago. Let's hope they both carry on like this when they return to Carrickfergus next season! 27/10/2010 NCU AGM sees move to 8 team leagues... The NCU AGM, held at Newforge on 22nd of October was an absorbing affair, according to Gordon Scott of CricketEurope Ireland. The headline, inevitably, the passing of a motion to establish 8 team leagues after successive defeats at two previous AGMs. Additionally, the culmination of much work by Andy Clement and colleagues on the Junior Cricket Task Force was rewarded with their recommendations for ground-breaking changes in the Junior form of the game were approved unopposed. Gordon's full report on CricketEurope Ireland makes for fascinating reading and is highly recommended. 13/09/2010 Coaching Award for Carickfergus' Eagleson... Our own Ryan Eagleson's services to the grassroots of local cricket was recognised at the recent Oval Test betwen England and Pakistan when he was presented with a coaching certificate by former Englad Test Captain, Mike Atherton. Full story can be read here. 02/07/2010 Jordan named in Ireland U-17 squad... Congratulations also go to Jordan McClurkin, who has been named in Ireland's U-17 squad for the European Championships next month. The team will be coached through the Championships by Carrickfergus' very own Ryan Eagleson. Full details on the squad can be found on the CricketIreland website, here. 21/06/2010 Carrickfergus players feature in NCU U-13 squad... Congratulations to two young Carrickfergus cricketers, Andrew Forbes and Ben Kane, who have been selected for the NCU Under 13 squad for the Inter-Provincial series. Full details on the squad can be found on the NCU website, here. 21/06/2010 Woodburn win Kwik Cricket tournament... Carrickfergus Cricket Club held its annual Kwik Cricket tournament for local primary schools at Middle Road last Monday, with over 80 children taking part. Woodburn PS were the eventual winners, defeating Greenisland PS by just 3 runs in a closely contested final. Both sides contained a number of players from the Cricket Club's Under 11 team. The Cub is grateful to Subway for their continued sponsorship of the event, and proprietor of the local franchise, Mr David Montgomery was on hand with mascot "Subman" to present the trophy to winning captain Kyle Hutton. The tournament was well organised by Carrick coach Ross Gelderbloem who along with Cricket Ireland Talent Identification Officer Ryan Eagleson and other club coaches, kept an eye on preceedings. The local club wishes Woodburn PS good luck in the Northern Ireland Regional Finals held at Stormont this week. Click the thumbnails below for full-size pictures: . 13/06/2010 Carrickfergus players feature in U-14 squad... Three young Carrickfergus Cricket Club players have been named in the Belfast squad for this year’s Ford Lord's Taverners Inner Cities Under 14 Cricket Cup. Pace bowling all rounder Gavin Richards, left arm spinner Ben Kane , and medium pace bowler Adam Boyce have been named in the 13 man squad for this year's tournament. Belfast have previously won the tournament on three occasions, the most recent being in 2005. They will again this year play two qualifying round matches against Birmingham and Liverpool to earn a place in the national finals. Belfast play host to Birmingham on Thursday 24 June at Carrickfergus CC, and travel Liverpool on Tuesday 29 June where thay will play at Liverpool CC's Aigburth ground. The group winners qualify to join seven other UK cities in the tournament proper, which as usual takes place at Arundel in West Sussex, from 10-13 August. The side will be captained by Holywood's Mark Adair, who was also a member of last year's squad. The 13 man Belfast squad is: Mark Adair (Holywood; captain) Jack Beattie (CIYMS) Peter Bell (Derriaghy) Adam Boyce (Carrickfergus) Ben Kane (Carrickfergus) Matthew Lindsay (CSNI) John Matchett (CIYMS) Gareth Millar (CIYMS) Ryan Moore (Lisburn) Jack Owens (CSNI) Paddy Park (CSNI) Gus Portig (Instonians) Gavin Richards (Carrickfergus) 19/03/2010 Alex and Jordan named in NCU U-17 squad... Carrickfergus Cricket Club's 2010 season gets underway at the weekend when the 1st XI travels south for two pre-season friendlies. On Saturday 17th they face Leinster CC at Rathmines in Dublin, while on Sunday 18th they move to north County Dublin to play Rush CC. Their first league match will be on the following Saturday 24th when they travel to Waringstown for a tough opening fixture. Read more in the season preview. 19/03/2010 Alex and Jordan named in NCU U-17 squad... Congratulations also go to young Carrickfergus cricketers, Alex Haggan and Jordan McClurkin, who have both been named in a strong 17 man panel for the NCU, who will take part in trials ahead of this season's inter-provincial championship. Full details on the squad can be found on the CricketIreland website, here. 19/03/2010 Ryan honoured with prestigious coaching award... Our warmest congratulations go to Club Captain, Ryan Eagleson, who was recently honoured in the European Sky Sports Coach Awards 2010 where he was the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution and Services to Cricket Coaching Award. The award was received for his work as Talent Identification Officer for the ICU and principally for his work with the Under 17 and Under 19 squads as well as his lead on the regional development programme for Under 11 to Under 15 age groups. ICC Regional Development Manager Europe, Richard Holdsworth, delivered a warm tribute to Ryan's efforts and commitment. A complete report on the awards can be found on CricketIreland, here. 26/02/2010 Junior teams' fixtures also now available... All youth fixtures and the Twenty20 fixtures are now available via the Fixtures Section" - see link in the left hand menu or click here. 05/01/2010 Senior teams' league and cup fixtures available... The 2010 fixtures page has now been updated to display all First, Second, Third and Fourth XI fixtures for both league and cups (except Twenty20 Cup which are not currently available). All youth fixtures and the Twenty20 fixtures will be added when they become available. Visit the "Fixtures Section" via the link in the left hand menu or click here.