Club News Archives - 2011

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... 27/12/2011 Senior teams' league and cup fixtures available... The 2012 fixtures page has now been updated to display all First, Second, Third and Midweek 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. 29/11/2011 News and pictures from Club dinner... The Club's annual dinner was held on Friday 18th 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 as well as a full list of prize-winners from the night. Full details on the dinner can be found here. 23/11/2011 Ulster Bank Challenge Cup Draw... The draw for the Ulster Bank Challenge Cup 2011 was made on Tuesday and resulted in arguably the toughest draw imaginable for Carrickfergus C.C. with the Club facing holders Waringstown away. The full cup draw can be found here. 01/07/2011 Greenisland win CCC Kwik Cricket... Carrickfergus Cricket Club held its annual Kwik Cricket tournament for local primary schools at Middle Road last Tuesday, with 8 teams and over 80 children taking part. Greenisland PS were the eventual winners, defeating Eden PS by just 16 runs in a closely contested final. Both sides contained a number of players from the local Cricket Club's Under 11 squad. The tournament was well organised by Carrick coach Ross Gelderbloem who was assisted by Mikey Taiaroa, Jamie Holmes, and Alex Haggan. Click the thumbnails below for full-size pictures: Greenisland PS - 2011 Carrickfergus Cricket Club Kwick Cricket Final Winning Team. Eden PS - 2011 Carrickfergus Cricket Club Kwick Cricket Runners-Up. 23/04/2011 Outdoor practise schedule details... The outdoor practise schedule for the coming season is as follows: Mon 6-9pm - Junior Practise 6.00-7.30 pm - Under 13's (Years 8 & 9) ** Except 2 May ** 7.30-9.00 pm - Under 15's (Years 10 & 11) Tues 6-9pm - Club Practice Night (All players to attend). Wed 6.30-9pm - Under 11 & One-to-one 6.30-7.30 pm - Under 11's (Primary School) 7.30-9.00 pm - Under 15's (One-to-one coaching for all age groups by invitation). Thur 6.30-9.00pm - 1st/2nd XI Squad (All 1st / 2nd XI players to attend). Qualified coaches in attendence at all sessions. Teams are fielded in league and cup competitions at U11, U13, U15, and U17 age groups. Carrickfergus Cricket Club has achieved Clubmark NI accreditation having met quality standards in: Effective Management, Quality Coaching and Competition, and Safety in Sport. 23/04/2011 Cannon Motors continue support of Club... Cannon Motors Website. Cannon Motors Limited, the local Hyundai dealers have once again provided a sponsored car for the Club's overseas coach. This is the fifth year Cannon Motors have provided this invaluable sponsorship for the Club, for which we are most grateful. Ross Gelderbloen received a Hyundai i10 1.2 Classic from Peter Morgan, Cannon Motors' Dealer Principal at their temporary headquarters in the de Courcy Centre. Cannon Motors will move back to their newly refurbished premises on the Belfast Road in June, and the Club wishes them well, and thanks them for their valued continuiing support. 23/04/2011 Ulster Bank in major new NCU sponsorship... Carrickfergus Cricket Club has become the latest club to One of Ulster’s leading banks has completed a cricketing hat trick with the announcement of two major sponsorships. Ulster Bank already sponsors the Northern Cricket Union’s Senior League. It has now scored a league and cup double by putting its name to the Senior Challenge Cup and the Bank will also sponsor the NCU’s 125th Anniversary Dinner at which the guest of honour will be the former England captain Michael Vaughan. Full details on this major new sponsorship deal can be found here. 31/03/2011 Carrickfergus CC achieves Clubmark Accreditation... Carrickfergus Cricket Club has become the latest club to be accredited on the Cricket Ireland / Clubmark NI Club Accreditation Scheme. Click here for full article and here for the Sport NI website listing accredited clubs. 01/03/2011 Pakistan ODI's and match re-arrangements... Ireland will play two ODIs versus Pakistan on Saturday 28 May and Monday 30 May 2011 at Stormont. The NCU has declared Saturday 28 May a closed date for all cricket including schools cricket. The following will apply: Challenge and Junior Cup These matches will be played on Sunday 29 May. (Reserve date 5 June). Clubs who have opted not to play on Sunday will play on Saturday 4 June (Reserve date 11 June) CSNI will play on Sunday 5 June (Reserve date 12 June) Senior League Fixtures To be rearranged in normal way Postponed matches from earlier in the season due to be played on 29 May and will be further postponed due to rearranged Challenge and Junior Cup fixtures can be extended to 12 June Junior League Fixtures Normal rearrangement rules will apply The Union is pleased to be hosting Ireland's first home fixtures after the ICC World Cup and are sure our clubs and their members will turnout at both games to give a warm welcome to Ireland and their opponents. Please see the Cricket Ireland website for details of the games. 15/02/2011 Remaining league and cup fixtures available... The 2011 fixtures page has now been updated to display all remaining fixtures for both T20 and youth teams' league and cups. Visit the "Fixtures Section" via the link in the left hand menu or click here. 22/01/2011 Senior teams' league and cup fixtures available... The 2011 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. 12/01/2011 News from cup draws... Northern Cricket Union Chairman Roger Bell and President Dr. Murray Power made the 2011 draws for the various NCU Cup competitions at Newforge Country Club on Thursday. Carrickfergus 1st XI have been drawn at home to Bangor in the NCU Challenge Cup, the match due to be played at Middle Road on 28th May. Carrick last met the Co Down side in the cup in the quarter final of the 2007 competition, which Carrick won convincingly by a margin of 116 runs. In the Clubturf Ulster Cup, Carrickfergus have been drawn at home to Strabane in the 1st Round. Carrick's 2nd XI have been favoured with a home draw in the Junior Cup, against Section 3 side Dungannon. The 2nd XI have also been handed a home fixture in the Ulster Plate, against Eglinton II The 3rd XI receive a bye in the first round of the Minor Cup before facing a tricky second round match at home to North Down III, while the 4th XI travel to play Instonians IV in the first round of the Minor Qualifying Cup.