Welcome to Murrayfield-DAFS Cricket Club dedicated Youth web-page. This webpage will have details about our youth training activities and future plans, other CS led activities and opportunities, junior memberships, and how to take part and join-in, key contacts, our child protection policy and other relevant documents.
We are part of Cricket Scotland's Top Club programme - and are currently accredited with Active Status -working towards Bronze. Our Club Coaches hold accredited governing body cricket coaching qualifications, are Disclosure Scotland cleared, and have attended First Aid courses.
Webpage last updated on 22 June 2011
2010-11 MDAFS Youth NewsPrimary School Cluster Cricket Festival
On Thursday 23 June we are hosting a Primary School cluster festival at Roseburn Park– 10am to 12.00– featuring children from Roseburn, Stenhouse and Gylemuir primary schools.
Juniors defeat Watsons u13
Another big win for Murrayfield-DAFS u13s, once again set up by MDAFS skipper Ben Falconer with another retired innings of 30 runs– his 15 ball innings featuring 1 sixes and 5 fours. Dan Murphy hit 16 before a mini-slump saw MDAFS at 62 for 5. The innings was held together by an excellent knock of 19 by Lewis Mulholland and Robbie Dowie (12 retired) in only his second ever bat! A late wag of the young MDAFS tail with Nairn Ross hitting 11, Andrew Towns 9 not out and Vignesh Venkatesh 6 not out as MDAFS post 128 for 8 wkts off 20 overs.
Callum Harris and Blair McLaughlin both take 2 wickets each aided by a good fielding display by Watsons with 5 catches taken (no drops I can recall) and two well executed run-outs. The twenty extras conceded (16 wides) being less than the norm of late. Special mention to the Watsons keeper, Sarah Bryce, with a very tidy performance with the gloves.
The Watsons reply is immediately rocked by the loss of Milne to Venkatesh’s first ball. But with Sarah Bryce looking in good form and Georgia Henderson defending well, the MDAFS boys are held in check until a pull for 4 by Sarah is immediately followed-up by a yorker from Abhilhash Bharadwaj to end Sarah’s innings for 10. Callum Harris (9 runs) and Georgia get the total up to 30 before a double strike from Ross Kneebone reduces the visitors to 30 for 4 off 7 overs. Harris is then caught by Lewis Mulholland off Venkatesh from the last ball of a pacey over from Vignesh and it’s 32-5 off 9. Three wickets are then taken by Callum Hogg in two overs, including an extraordinary caught and bowled which somehow lodged between his legs and another catch for Lewis Mulholland. Louis Robinson next executes a stunning split-second pick-up, turn and throw down of the stumps with the batsman, Oliver, having only encroached a yard or so from his crease. The coup de grace was administered by Dan Murphy with the final wicket to dismiss Watsons for 60 off 18 overs. A highly impressive team display by MDAFS with bat and ball.
In the completed ‘after-match’ overs Ben Falconer, in his last u13 game for MDAFS, claims two wickets in the 20th over. With the bat this season Ben has amassed an impressive 167 runs in 5 innings with no dismissals – a 40 not out and 4 retired not outs (31, 33, 33, 30).
League Tables can be found at the Lothians Juniors website.
MDAFS Kwik Cricket Festival
On Sunday 19 June we hosted the next round of the LJDG u-11 kwik-cricket tournament at Roseburn Park featuring teams from West Lothian, Livingston, Grange (2 teams), Edinburgh Accies, Carlton and ourselves. MDAFS won 2 of our 3 games - just being pipped by West Lothian in the final over of our last game which meant West Lothian finished with a 100% record.
Midweek Juniors U15 - Wed 15 June
On Wednesday 15th, our joint U15s (Carlton-MDAFS) were due to play Edinburgh Accies U15 at Newfield. Accies could only raise 5 players so conceded the match to continue our winning streak. We played a friendly instead with those there with Carlton-DAFS (featuring Louis and Anas) beating Accies-DAFS (Fin and Ross). Bragging rights to Louis (14 - 3 fours) and Anas (17 - 3 fours) in their mini-battle of bat v ball versus Fin and Ross!
Midweek Juniors U13 - Mon 13 June
Murrayfield-DAFS u13s U13s took on Corstorphine U13s at Barton in a LJDG League match which ended in a convincing victory for MDAFS set up by a blistering 33 (retired) off just 12 balls by skipper Ben Falconer – his innings featuring 3 sixes and 2 fours. A late flourish by young Abhilhash Bharadwaj of 10 not out, including his first ever hardball league match boundary, saw MDAFS to 116 for 7 off 20 overs. Our total helped also by 38 extras being conceded by Corstorphine. Stuart Thurlow bowled tidily with figures of 4 overs 23 runs for 2 wickets but the main Corstorphine threat was Rory Oliphant with 3 for 9 off four overs.
In reply, Corstorphine immediately lost C Shiel run out first ball by a Robbie Dowie direct hit, but recovered well with A Poore hitting 10 off the rest of the first over. But when Poore fell for 11 to Kneebone (2-0-20-1) to a fine catch by Dowie the inexperienced Corstorphine reply faltered in the face of accurate MDAFS bowling. Honourable exception being Stuart Thurlow who finished with 16 not out when the final wicket fell for 46 in the 12th over. Four wickets (1.2-0-2-4), two catches and a run out for Robbie Dowie to cap a great debut performance. Also a wicket for 10 year old Hector McIntosh (1-0-8-1) in his first ever hardball game. Other MDAFS wicket takers Callum Hogg (2-0-3-1) and Louis Robinson (2-0-3-1).
Midweek Juniors U15 - Wed 8 June
U15 game v Edinburgh CC was cancelled after 9 overs due to the rain making the artificial too slippery for play.Midweek Juniors U15 - Wed 1 June
Murrayfield-DAFS/Carlton 130 for 8 (Dan Murphy 33) defeated Haddington U15 - 94-6 (Patrick Halliday 2-4).Midweek Juniors U13 - Mon 30 May
Mdafs 113-4 defeated Haddington u13s (88 ao) by 25 runs - Ben and Dan both retired with 33 and 30 respectively and Nairn Ross with 2 wickets for 6 runs.Edinburgh Academy concede U15 game
Unfortunately EACC could not raise a team (only 2 players) so they conceded the U15 match versus Carlton-MDAFS. We had tried to run a practice game instead but that was rained off when the heavens opened at 5.30 just as the lads started to arrive!!
Ben stars in MDAFS U13s game against Carlton
A match dominated by some fine batting on a damp pitch and full sized outfield at Peffermill. Ben Falconer, the Murrayfield DAFS skipper, hit another rapid 30 before retiring as per the U13B rules. Dan Murphy also batted well (26) before falling to Charlie Kydd, who was the pick of the Carlton bowlers with figures of 3-1-4-3. Some rash strokeplay from the inexperienced and younger MDAFS players and accurate bowling saw wickets tumble until Ben resumed his innings at the fall of the 9th wicket. MDAFS posting 99 all out off 19.4 overs with an impressively mature Ben not out on 40 (four 4s and one 6). 12 wides and 5 no balls being bowled did not help a slow over rate.
With darkness descending and some disagreement remaining over the total to chase (88 or 99?? – the Carlton coach not accepting the ‘retiral AND resume’ batting rule), the Carlton openers, Ashral and Dent, set off brightly in reply. Dent is sharply caught behind for 6 by Ben off the bowling of young Nairn Ross (10yrs). Ashral (three 4s) continues on to 31 before retiral. Kydd is bowled by Hogg for 6 and Maudsley bowled by Towns for 0. A Whyte hits four 4s in his innings of 26 not out and Farrer 1 not out, as the innings is brought to an end on the 16 over point with Carlton on 96-3 - the light was rapidly failing at past 9pm!! Again many extras (15 wides and 2 no balls) did not help the progression of play again.
As to the result, the Carlton coach will no doubt claim a win by passing 88 (the MDAFS score at 9 wickets down when Ben resumed his innings). However rule 6 clearly states a batsman retires at 30 and resumes his innings in order of retiral. So the Carlton innings actually falls 3 runs short of victory as per our scorebook book!! Diplomatic accord may require the recording of the result as ‘match drawn – game abandoned due to bad light’.
CMDAFS U-15s Defeat Edinburgh CC
Another victory for Carlton Murrayfield DAFS U15s at the cricketing paradise that is the Meadows. This time against the u15s of Edinburgh CC. And a very 'just' victory at that.
Batting first CMD lost Ben for 5 to a steepling delivery from ECCs Ali and then Arvind for 2 to the very tall quick, Hassain Arshad. Finlay Ross dug in with support from Anas Tahir and then Louis Robinson to simply keep out the openers; Anas perishing for 0 to a leg side heave. Fin departs caught for 20 (two fours) and Louis caught behind for 9. Olly Fenton is bowled by Danesh for a duck but another decent knock from Ross Kneebone of 10 keeps the innings ticking over - retired to allow other lads to have a bat at the end. Calum Everett of Carlton hit a sprightly 8 not out (including one four), ex-ECC Zain 2 and Alex Short run out 0 off the last ball. CMD finishing on 94 for 8 off 20 overs. 38 extras conceded by ECC helped our cause.
ECC are immediately pegged back off the seventh ball as Anas induces a big top edge for Arvind to take to dismiss Sahil for 1. With Aqib hitting anything loose well, ECC are progressing nicely until a double strike from Ross Kneebone to bowl both Aqib and then Ali next ball. Louis Robinson bowls Zain for 4 and a smart runout (after a couple of missed opportunities) by Anas to Ben saw Bilal dismissed for 3. Huzeif is stumped by Ben off Alex Short and then young Hassain very smartly stumped off a wide for a duck. in the descending gloom (9.00pm!!) the final ECC resistance falls with the dismissal of Adil for 10 caught by Olly Fenton off Fin Ross. The very impressive Carlton u13 Calum Everett (3-7-0) bowls a tight final over and ECC finish 14 short on 80 for 8. Only negative point in a David v Goliath style performance was the 31 extras conceded by CMD.
A very worthy and satisfying victory, well led by Captain Ross and Sgt-Major Falconer behind the stumps.
U-13s Defeat Edinburgh Academy in League Opener
MDAFS u13s kept up the run of club victories with a 90 run victory over Edinburgh Academy. MDAFS posted 141-4 off 20 overs, our highest junior twenty over score yet and biggest margin of victory. Top scorer was skipper Ben Falconer with an excellent innings of 31 (retired not out), mixing powerful shot-making with crafty single-taking. Other top scorers were our other opener, Dan Murphy, with a fine 30 (also retired), Louis Robinson with a personal best of 26 including one six, and Lewis Mulholland with 16. Both Louis and Lewis also retired to give the all the other lads a shot at batting.
In reply Accies reach only 51-5 off their 20 overs. Wicket takers for MDAFS were Alex Watson and Louis Robinson with two wickets each and one for Callum. Two stumpings for Ben Falconer. Nine bowlers used to ensure all that wanted a bowl got one. An excellent performance at a sunny but chilly Roseburn.
Ben Stars in First Carlton-MDAFS Juniors Match Victory
This was an excellent performance from the newly formed joint Carlton-Murrayfield-DAFS U-15 team who very quickly bonded into a strong unit in this opening League match v Watsons B at Roseburn Park on Wed 27 April.
Batting first in glorious evening sunshine, the Carlton-MDAFS innings was dominated by a 73 run second wicket stand between opener Tim Harvey and Ben Falconer. Ben batted superbly, accelerating the innings with clean hitting – including one marvellous six – and sharp running between the wicket, finally retiring on 33 (1 six, 3 fours) in style with another fierce drive for a boundary.
Watsonians however battled back well with a flurry of wickets claimed by Jones (2-11), Henderson (2-12) and Richardson (2-5). Tim Harvey, who had steadied the innings, finally fell for a patient 19 to Henderson.
A final flourish with the bat by Ross Kneebone (11) and Keshav Arvind (9 not out) saw Carlton-Murrayfield-DAFS to 125 for 7 off the allotted 20 overs.
In reply, Watsonians never got going in the face of excellent tight bowling and no batsman got into double figures – M Henderson batting at 10 top scored with 7. Watsons finishing on 50-9 having recovered from 28-8.
The bowling was shared around the Carlton-MDAFS team with 9 bowlers used. The pick of the bunch Sam Galloway with 3-3 from 2 overs, and other wicket takers Louis Robinson with 1-7 from 3 overs, Keshav Arvind 1-1 from two excellent overs of spin, and Ross Kneebone 1-7 from 2 overs. Three well worked run-outs were also executed by the team.
Man of the match undoubtedly goes to Ben Falconer not only for his excellent 33 but also an excellent wicket-keeping display with constant encouragement provided to his new team mates from behind the stumps.
2011 Juniors Fixtures and Outdoor Practices
MDAFS Juniors have a full set of fixtures coming up this season with action at u-11 kwik-cricket level, u-13 League and U-15 league (joint team with Carlton CC). Details below. Outdoor practices also start up again on Friday 6 May at Roseburn Park - from 6.30pm to 8pm. Any queries to Ian Shiels on 07730 074174.
| Wed 27 April | Junior U-15 | Watsonians | Roseburn |
| Wed 4 May | Junior U-15 | Edinburgh CC ?? - tbc | away |
| Wed 11 May | Junior U-15 | Edinburgh Acad | Roseburn |
| Wed 18 May | Junior U-15 | Preston V/Musselbh | away |
| Wed 1 June | Junior U-15 | Haddington | Roseburn |
| Wed 8 June | Junior U-15 | Edinburgh CC ?? | Roseburn |
| Tues 14 June | Junior U-15 | Edinburgh Acad | away |
| Wed 22 June | Junior U-15 | Preston V/Musselbh | Roseburn |
| Wed 29 June | Junior U-15 | Haddington | away |
| Wed 3 August | Junior U-15 | Watsonians | away |
| Mon 2 May | Junior U-13 | Edinburgh Academy | home |
| Mon 9 May | Junior U-13 | Carlton B | away |
| Mon 16 May | Junior U-13 | Grange | Roseburn |
| Mon 23 May | Junior U-13 | Edinburgh CC | Roseburn |
| Mon 30 May | Junior U-13 | Haddington | Roseburn |
| Mon 13 June | Junior U-13 | RH Corstorphine | away |
| Mon 20 June | Junior U-13 | Watsonians B | Roseburn |
| Mon 27 June | Junior U-13 | Penicuik | away |
The Kwik Cricket tournaments we will be entering in is as yet to be confirmed - there are plenty this year including our own on the 19th June.
Full list of Tournaments:
| 15th May Clackmannan CC 22nd May West Lothian CC 29th May St Modans CC 29th May Edinburgh Academicals 5th June Haddington CC (TBC) 5th June Kelso CC (TBC) 12th June Grange CC 12th June Stirling CC 19th June Murrayfield DAFS CC 26th June Stewarts Melville CC 26th June Doune CC 3rd July Royal High Corstorphine CC 3rd July Hawick & Wilton CC 10th July Stenhousmuir CC 10th July Watsonian CC 17th July Penicuik CC 24th July Livingston CC 24th July Westquarter & Redding 7th August Manderston CC 7th August Carlton CC 28th August Club National Kwik Cricket Festival, Dollar Academy |
2011 LJDG Indoor 8s Tournament
Our U-13s were competing in the LJDG Indoor Tournament at Westwoods in a indoor 8s game versus Grange. We ran them close in a 8 run loss - 190 v 182. Grange were 1 run ahead in their last over and batted sensibly to close out the win, though a sharp single off the second last ball did almost result in a run out which would have left scores tied with one ball left, had the shy at the stumps hit! A really good game that could have gone either way. Watsons could not raise a team for the 6th - game now re-arranged for the 20 Feb. After that 20 March will see us play against a team from Pool B - time tbc.
U-11s will be in action on Sun Feb 13 at Westwoods at 12-45 - Iain Martin arranging this one.
LJDG Fixtures (Revised at 13-2-11):
LJDG U-11s
13 Feb.
1245 Murrayfield-DAFS v Watsonians
1345 Watsonians v Grange
20 Feb.
1345 Carlton v Murrayfield-DAFS (time tbc)
13 Mar.
1245 Carlton v Watsonians
27 Mar.
1245 Murrayfield-DAFS v Grange
1345 Grange v Carlton
LJDG U-13s
6 Feb.
1245 Grange v Murrayfield-DAFS
20 Feb.
1245 Murrayfield-DAFS v Watsons(time tbc)
20 Mar.
Final/Playoffs
2011 MDAFS Juniors Indoor Practices and News
Juniors sessions start up again at the Academy Sports Indoor Hall from Saturday 29 January from 12-2pm. Details can be found in the attached Juniors Publicity Flyer.
This years annual Juniors membership will be £20 - the 2011 MDAFS Junior Membership Form is attached.
This year we will be again entering teams in the Lothians Junior Development Group competitions - indoor u-11s and u-13s in Feb/March; during the summer season we will enter the U-10 kwik cricket festivals again (hosting one of our own at Roseburn Park) and the LJDG U-13 B League, plus for this coming year we are exploring options to enter a joint team at U-15 level with another club. We will also be running the usual (likely to be) Friday evening summer practices too. So another busy year of juniors cricket and where help and assistance from MDAFS members and parents will be most very welcome. An ICC Intro to Cricket Course is being held on Feb 12 - being run by Scotland captain and CEC Cricket Development Officer, Gordon Drummond - please see the attached coaching course flyer.
2010 MDAFS Summer Cricket Camp
Murrayfield-DAFS CC are running a Summer cricket camp from Monday 26 July to Friday 30 July 2010 at Roseburn Park. There will be a softball camp each day from 10am to 1pm and then a hardball camp from 2pm to 5pm. The cost is £45 for the whole week or £10 per day. The camp is being led by UKCC Level 2 Community Cricket Coach, Tony McKenna, supported by our club coaches.
If interested, and to make a booking, please contact Tony McKenna on: 07912 556636 or email Tony at anthony_mckenna@hotmail.co.uk
2010 Kwik Cricket Festivals
Great news as MDAFS emerge unbeaten and are outright winners of the West Lothian Kwik Cricket festival held on 20 June - a good all round performance with Lewis Mulholland the standout performer.
MDAFS fielded a U-10 team in the Sunday 23rd Penicuik and then Sunday 30th May Grange Kwik Cricket festival. We lost all 4 games at Penicuik and at Grange lost 3 won 1; highlights were running Watsons close (a loss by 2 runs) and victory over SMRH in our last match by a convincing 42 runs with a loan of a player from SMRH who took great pleasure from beating his team-mates!!
2010 LJDG LEAGUE CRICKET ACTION
In addition to the games below we finished the season off with a series of friendlies and a winning streak with victories over Corstorphine Ladies XI, a Grange XI and a Carlton XI - so a great way to end the year!
MDAFS v Watsonians U-13 at Roseburn Park
Our Juniors action on Monday 31 May saw another close game for our U-13s against Watsonians who were pushed to the end of the 19th over before passing their 84 run target with the loss of 5 wickets. Earlier Finlay Ross continued his good form with the bat with 31 retired not out. Fin also took a wicket first ball of the Watsons reply and Vignesh Venkatesh took 2 wkts for 12 runs.
MDAFS v Edinburgh U-13 at Leith Academy
The match against Edinburgh CC was washed out after 7.3 overs (ECC U-13 on 52-3 with Ross Kneebone taking 2 wickets and Finlay Ross 1 wicket. The game will be replayed probably on Mon 5 July.
MDAFS v Carlton B U-13 at Roseburn Park
Another close game as we ran Carlton U-13 B close. MDAFS scored 45 but kept Carlton pegged back with the Carlton lads only reaching their target in the 19th over - an over that when completed saw Finlay take another 2 wickets after Carlton had reached their 46 run target to add to his previous one. Wickets also for Ross Kneebone (a sharp caught and bowled) and Andrew Towns. Also a direct hit run out by Louis Robinson.
MDAFS v Grange B U-13 at Roseburn Park
A much improved performance and an excellent contest against Grange B. Grange scoring 77 off 20 overs - bowling highlight was 3 wickets in Finlay's final over and a great catch by Ben. MDAFS Juniors in reply came within 4 runs of victory with Fin capping off a fine all-round display, having earlier retired on 31, returning for the last 2 balls of the match but not quite able to get us to the win.
MDAFS v SMRH U-13 at Inverleith
The next Monday U-13 Juniors match saw MDAFS take on SMRH U-13s at a very chilly Inverleith. SMRH scored 95 for 4 from their 20 overs with D Sharkey 23 (retired) and E Campbell 21 (retired). Abhilhash Bharadwaj took 2 wkts for 5 runs for MDAFS. Unfortunantly we batted poorly finishing on 40 for 10 with Mr Extras finishing top scorer, but a creditable 6 for Antony and a not out 4 for Charlie, up top Ross F showed promising technique in his stay at the crease. A defeat by 55 runs - J Pennell 2-2; J MacDonald 2-3; E Campbell 2-1 top bowlers for SMRH. Bowling and fielding generally good for MDAFS but some more patience and application needed with the bat.
MDAFS v Edinburgh Academicals U-13 at Roseburn Park
The first Monday U-13 Juniors match saw MDAFS play Edinburgh Accies at Roseburn. MDAFS scored 50 from their 18 overs with Finlay Ross top scorer with 16. A strong Accies opening partnership saw them to their victory target but Ross Coats claims a wicket as the allotted overs are bowled out.
Youth Practice at Roseburn Park
Outdoor Practice starts up again on Friday 30th April at Roseburn Park from 6pm till around 8pm and then every Friday till the end of August. Coaching sessions will be a mix of hardball and softball depending on age and experience. Beginners welcome.
Juniors U-13 League Fixtures
We have entered the LJCDG U-13 League in Division B again this year. This time more fixtures as more clubs have entered this division. Fixtures as below and also in this LJCDG U-13 B Fixture List. 6pm starts.
LOTHIAN UNDER 13 LEAGUE - FIXTURES 2010
DIVISION BWeek 1 – Monday 26 April
Murrayfield-DAFS v Edin. Academicals
Week 2 – Monday 3 May
SMRH v Murrayfield-DAFS
Week 3 – Monday 10 May
Murrayfield-DAFS v Grange B
Week 4 – Monday 17 May
Murrayfield-DAFS v Carlton B
Week 5 – Monday 24 May
Edinburgh v Murrayfield-DAFS
Week 6 – Monday 31 May
Murrayfield-DAFS v Watsonians B
Week 7 – Monday 7 June
Haddington v Murrayfield-DAFS
Week 8 – Monday 14 June
RH Corstorphine v Murrayfield DAFS
Week 9 – Monday 28 June
Murrayfield-DAFS v Fauldhouse Victoria
Murrayfield DAFS U-13 Coaching Contacts
Ian Shiels 07730 074174 ian_shiels@hotmail.com
Iain Martin 07973 105818 ijmartin@talk21.com
MDCC Community Coach
Tony McKenna 07912 556636 anthony_mckenna@hotmail.co.uk
2010 Kwik Cricket Festivals
Details of the Lothian Kwik Cricket Festival 2010 Schedule (U-10/11 Soft ball) - likely to be more dates added. Mixed boys and girls teams generally:
30 May Grange Festival (Stockbridge)
6 June Haddington Festival (TBC)
13 June: Murrayfield DAFS Festival (Roseburn park)
20 June: West Lothian Festival (Linlithgow)
15 August: CricketScotland U-10 Festival (venue TBC) - Separate boys and girls
sides
Cricket Scotland U-11 Hard Ball Cup
The Cricket Scotland U-11 Hard Ball Cup is a new competition. It will be an 8-a-side game played by kwik cricket rules. The draw is still awaited but the 1st round will be played in May. Finals Day 22nd August 2010.
Easter Coaching Camps
Tony McKenna, our community coach is leading a series of Youth Cricket Coaching Camps this Easter as part of a partnership between MDAFS and Corstorphine CC. Details as below:
3 day Kwik Cricket camp3 day Hardball Cricket camp
Venue: Stewart Melville Sport Centre, Queensferry Road, EH4 3EZ
Dates: Mon 12th, Tues 13th and Wed 14th April
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Camps are available for children aged 12 - 17, all levels of experience and
abilities are welcome.
Cost: £30 for three days or £12 per day
Camps will be run by Level 2 coach and Corstorphine and Murrayfield-DAFS Community
Cricket coach Tony McKenna. The camp will work on improving skills and techniques
in all areas of the game.
If interested contact Tony McKenna on: 07912556636 or anthony_mckenna@hotmail.co.uk
Three New Coaches Pass UKCC Level 1
Three MDAFS players and parents recently took the UKCC Level 1 Cricket Coaching course and we are delighted to say all three passed. So congratulations and well done to Jean-Pierre Cruz Rocha, Dougie Adamson, and Patrick McCarthy.
U-13s Sign off with a Thrilling Tie
Our U-13s final indoor tournament game saw them pitched against Heriots. Again another great performance with the ball and in the field saw Heriots restricted to just 246. We started cautiously, determined not to lose wickets (and lose 5 runs for each) but after a tumble of wickets in the middle overs attempting to accelerate it was again up to our final batting pair, Ross and Fin, to pull one out of the hat as 40 odd was needed off the last 3 overs. It came down to 5 off the last ball to tie - 6 to win, the final ball was bowled well to prevent the six but with great prescence of mind, the lads keep running and pressurise the Heriots fielders into going for run-outs and somehow they scramble 3 runs to add to the 2 for the wall-hit and so a dramatic tie as a result! Our U-11s have their final match on Sunday v Fauldhouse at 1.15.
Junior Cricket Update
Our Juniors have continued to be in action at U-13 and U-11 Level in the LJCDG Indoor Tournament. On Sunday 21st the U-13s were involved in great game against Penicuik. The lads had what was arguably their best performance to date with excellent bowling and fielding to restrict Penicuik to 258. In reply we lost a flurry of wickets early doors to make the target tougher (loss of 5 runs per wicket) but with 18 neeeded of the last over the lads so nearly got there, but a vital loss of a wicket 2nd last ball meant that Penicuik just shaded it by 4 runs. Generally there has been very satisfactory progress as the lads go up the learning curve which bodes well for the future.
Junior Section in Indoor Action
MDAFS Juniors kicked off the 2010 season with an indoor U-11 LJCDG match against Watsonians. Unfortunantly Sonians were firing on all cyclinders and our lads were understandably a bit rusty as we lost too many wickets in our reply. Still, a good experience for the lads. Next up will a tough challenge for our U-13s in a match at 2.15 at West Woods v a team from Loretto.
Junior Section Indoor Nets
Our spring Junior Nets are being held at Academy Sports Centre (Edin Academy Junior School, Arboretum Rd) as follows:
Sat 20 Feb12-2pm for each. £3 members and £6 non-members.
We found that 1 hr sessions were a bit too rushed for previous indoor nets - but the Centre wouldn't do 90 mins hires. So we have 2 hr sessions which should provide plenty of opportunity for skills work/drills.
LJCDG Indoor 8-a-side Tournament
We have entered the 2010 Lothian Junior Cricket Development Group Indoor 8-a-side Tournamentat both Under-13 and U-11 level this year.
Games are as follows - all at Westwoods, Fettes:
Sun 17 January - 1415 - U11 Watsonians v M-DAFSCommunity Cricket Coach Appointed
MDAFS are delighted to announce that we will have the services of a new Edinburgh Council backed Community Cricket Coach for the next two years. The post is being funded by CEC, the CSDT and by us and Corstorphine CC. We were part of the interview panel which met recently and appointed Antony McKenna (a young and enthusiastic Level 2 coach). Antony will be of great help to us in progressing our Junior section further forward. Talking of coaching we still have funds available for anyone wishing to take a formal coaching course - let me (Ian Shiels) know on 07730 074174.
The Club generates nearly all of it’s income from membership subscriptions and match/practice fees. Running a cricket club is - as you can imagine - not cheap and the Club needs to carefully ensures that it can balance its books and make provision for future major capital purchases. We will investing much in the facilities, playing surfaces and developing the storage building at Roseburn Park into a proper cricket pavillion.
The 2011 Youth Membership rate is just £20 - compared to £85 for
full Adult member. For further details on benefits and a Membership Form please
see Membership below.
Members will get reduced rates for training sessions and matches. For example, attendance at Youth Training and Nets sessions will cost only £3 compared to £5 for non-members for a two hour session. Outdoor match fees will be £2 for members in 2011.
Contact the MDCC Youth Convenor, Ian Shiels, on 07730 074174 or at ian_shiels@hotmail.com or see below for a Youth Membership form.
This years annual Juniors membership will be £20 - the 2011 MDAFS Junior Membership Form is attached.
Our MDCC Youth membership has the following benefits:
• reduced rates for cost of attendance at MDCC Youth indoor coaching sessions
(£3 rather than £5 non-member)
• reduced rates of match fees for games,
• priority in selection for youth matches over non-members,
• members are covered by the Club Insurance Policy while playing and practising.
Annual subscriptions can be paid at the practice sessions or, if you wish, to send a cheque by mail, payable to Murrayfield-DAFS Cricket Club, please enquire with Ian Shiels, MDCC Youth Convenor, as to a postal address.
As a full member of the Club, it also means a youth member has the same rights for selection for any of our adult fixtures, where this is appropriate. Note our policy for senior League games is to pick the strongest balanced team available - we believe that if you are good enough and mature enough then age (young or old!) should not matter. Selection for midweek and sunday friendlies is based simply on availability and we try to ensure all members get a fair crack at these fixtures if they make themselves available.
Back to Top of PageFor indoor sessions, children should wear comfortable training gear - would be best if footwear had non-marking soles.
For summer outdoor practice at Roseburn Park, children should be appropriately dressed for outdoor physical activity. It would be best also if they brought along their own drinks.
Murrayfield-DAFS coaches will supply playing equipment for use in training sessions, but children are welcome to bring their own.
If anyone needs any advice on buying cricket equipment then do get in touch. Our Club Website Links page lists a number of on-line retailers.
We have a basic stock of youth equipment (bats, pads, r-h gloves, helmets)
courtesy of receiving a U-11 Youth Cricket bag from The Lord's Taverners cricket
charity and some of our own stock. However we would ask you to purchase items
such as youth/boys sized thigh pads, and the very necessary (for hard-ball cricket)
'abdominal protector' and 'athletic support'. Or in old language, a cricket
box and jock-strap! The kit bag will have a stock of these items but it would
better for the boys to be kitted out with their own for obvious reasons!
For help on sizing, there’s a good kit size guide on-line at the Owzat Cricket website size guide .
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If you have any questions or want to discuss anything further, then please phone Murrayfield-DAFS Vice-President and Youth Development Convenor, Ian Shiels, on 07730 074174 (email ian_shiels@hotmail.com) or Iain Martin, Club Secretary on 07973-105818 (email ijmartin@talk21.com).
We also have a designated Club Child Protection Officer - Nick Hill - contact number: 07761 475539. Full list of coach contacts can be found at Key Club Contacts
Please find a Code of Conduct for youth players, coaches and parents/guardians .
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MDCC Youth Development Contacts:
Ian Shiels - MDCC Vice-President and Chair of Youth Development Committee - Level 1 Qualified Coach - 07730 074174MDAFS Host Sunday Kwik Cricket Tournament
On Sunday 21 June MDAFS host our first ever Youth Kwik Cricket Tournament at Roseburn Park - the action and fun starts from 9.30am. Ten teams are taking part.
MDAFS Juniors first League game played versus Grange
Our youngsters played their first ever U-13 League B Division game on Monday 25 May versus Grange 'B' at Roseburn Park. Murrayfield DAFS batted first and scored 46 for 8 from their 20 overs. Max Hancock took 2 for two, and Jack Mullins 2 for six for Grange. Grange replied with 73 for 5 from their 20 overs. Max Hancock scored 12. For MDAFS, Daniel Barker took 2 for two and skipper Ben Falconer took an excellent tumbling catch at square-leg/mid-wicket. Every player on both teams contributed in some way to the game, and despite the cold and drizzle in the closing stages everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
MDAFS Juniors League Adventure Continues
The Juniors took on Carlton 2 and Edinburgh Academicals - although both games lost the lads have gained valuable match experience and continue to develop well. Result details can be found at the Cow Corner Lothian Junior Cricket Development League webpages.
Outdoor Youth Nets Sessions
Thursday practices are now underway from 5pm to 6.45-ish again at Roseburn Park. Sessions are weather dependent - we will text around parents mobile contact numbers if cancelled. We also run ad hoc outdoor weekend hardball net sessions at Roseburn Park - contact Ian on 07730 074174 for details of day and time.
MDCC enters LJDG U-13 League
We have entered a Juniors team to play full 11-a-side hardball 20/20 matches in the Lothian Junior Cricket Development Group Youth Cricket League - U13 - Division B. Please find link to the full U-13 League fixture list. Games are played on Mondays at 6pm. Cow Corner (www.cowcc.com) are sponsoring the Leagues and have produced an excellent website for the Lothian Junior Cricket Development League.
Sunday 1 February 2009 - MDCC v Edinburgh CC - LJDG U-11 Indoor 8s
A small but significant landmark for the club was reached today (Sunday 1 Feb), as MDAFS fielded it's first Youth team in competitive action. We played Edinburgh CC Youth in our first fixture in the Lothian Junior Development Group U-11 8-a-side Indoor Tournament at West Woods. The format is 12 overs a side - with 4 pairs of batters having 3 overs each - runs scored off walls etc. Both teams start with a score of 200 - with a 5 run deduction per wicket. MDAFS scored a net 282 runs (losing 7 wickets) off their 12 overs and Edinburgh 304 (losing 4 wkts)- so a 22 run win for ECC. For MDAFS there were partnerships of 33 (no wkts) between Finlay Ross and Joe Loughrey and another 33 partnership between Ben Falconer and Antony Ozkan ( 2 wkts lost).
Next up in 2 weeks time (Sun 22 Feb) is Grange.
Sunday 22 February 2009 - MDCC v Grange CC - LJDG U-11 Indoor 8s
Grange 281 - (3 wkts)Our next game was predictably tough for MDAFS Juniors as Grange ran out comfortable winners, due in the main to their excellent and accurate bowling.
In Grange's innings - two main stands of 23-0 by Jack and Lorne and then 32-1 by Aseem and Oscar saw Grange up to 281 for loss of 3 wickets. Wicket takers for MDAFS were Faisel Javed, Ben Falconer and Joe Loughrey. Good bowling from Grange caused problems straightaway for the MDAFS batsmen and wickets fell steadily as MDAFS tried to play aggressive strokes. Only the pairing of Joe Loughrey and Brennain Fraser managed to keep the Grange bowlers at bay, losing just the one wicket in their partnership of 11. For Grange, top bowler was Oscar with 5 wickets for 7 runs, Sandy, Max, and Lorne each took 3 wickets and Azeem 1 wicket.
Sunday 8 March 2009 - MDCC v Carlton CC - LJDG U-11 Indoor 8s
Another brave attempt by MDAFS Juniors against a superior outfit - Carlton.
MDAFS Juniors showing great team spirit and learning fast with each successive
game.
Carlton won toss and elected to bat first.
Carlton 296 with loss of 4 wickets.
MDAFS 215 with loss of 13 wickets.
Carlton pairs batting:-
Oliver F and Milo 26-1
Rory and Harry 16-3
Calum and Joe 38-0
Oliver B and Archie 26-0
Wicket takers for MDAFS: Ben Falconer 3 wkts for 19 and Finlay Ross with 1-31.
Also worth mentioning a tight single over from Joe Loughrey with just 4 runs
of it. Excellent commitment from MDAFS boys in the field who are learning fast.
MDAFS pairs batting:
Antony Ozkan and Joe Loughrey: 19-6 - but were up against excellent fast bowling
of Rory and Oliver B in particular.
Mark/Ewan Adamson and Abhilhash Bharadwaj: 23-2
Ross Coats and Faisel Javed: 12-3
Ben Falconer and Finlay Ross: 21-2
Wicket takers Carlton:
Rory 3 for 12
Oliver B 3 for 10
Joseph 1 for 9
Harry 3 for 7
Calum 3 for 11
Sunday 15 March 2009 - MDCC v Penicuik CC - LJDG U-11 Indoor 8s
Penicuik 260 - (3 wkts)MDAFS continued to show improvement with a close finish in this game with MDAFS needing 11 off the final over to win. But a couple of run outs and good bowling by Penicuik's Scott Charleston saw Penicuik to victory.
Penicuik pairs batting:-Wicket takers for Penicuik:
Euan 2 for 7
Jack 1 for 11
Henry 1 for 12
Scott 3 for 16
Sunday 22 March 2009 - MDCC v Watsonians CC - LJDG U-11 Indoor 8s
After coming close to victory in last weeks' game, MDAFS Juniors notched up their maiden victory with an win over Watsonians by 18 runs in the final round of matches. The boys have been learning fast with each game and were rewarded for their efforts and spirit with this landmark victory. Well done lads. Details below:
MDCC 257 (8 wkts)
Watsonians 239 (8 wkts)
MDCC win by 18 runs.
Watsonians won the toss and fielded first.
MDCC Batting pairs:
Joe Loughrey and Antony Ozkan 26-1
Ross Coats and Abhilash Baradwaj 20-3
Ewan and Mark Adamson / Brennain Fraser 22-3
Ben Falconer and Finlay Ross 31-1 (including a big 6 by Ben)
Watsonian's bowling:
Patrick 2-10-2
Christopher 3-23-3
David 1-7-0
Aidan 1-9-0
Cameron 1-8-0
Kathyrn Bryce 2-13-3
Matthew 2-27-0
Watsonians Batting Pairs:
Aidan & Patrick 24-2
Kathryn & Ross 15-2
David & Cameron 17-1
Matthew & Chris 19-3
MDCC Bowling:
Finlay Ross 2-17-1
Antony Ozkan 2-18-2
Ben Falconer 2-8-2
Abhilhash Bharadwaj 1-8-0
Joe Loughrey 2-10-1
Daniel Barker 1-3-1
Ross Coats 1-5-0
Mark Adamson 1-6-1
For 2009 we want to build on the success of the 2008 pilot project. After a successful series of spring activities, our summer plans are detailed below:
MDCC Youth Activities - Plans for Summer 2009 Activities
During the summer season we will be again running outdoor Youth cricket practice sessions at Roseburn Park – confirmed dates are from Thurs 7 May to Thurs 21 August 2009 from 5pm. This will be a mix of soft-ball kwik cricket for children from around 7-10 years/beginners and hard-ball nets practice and training for 10 years upwards & hard-ball experienced youth.
Please find attached a flyer for the Thursday sessions - please publicise to friends and colleagues.
We will also run some sessions on some Sundays and also Saturday mornings before the Senior games at Roseburn Park - and of course parents and children would be welcome to stay on to support our League teams in action and watch our collection of talented athletes in their full glory. Contact Ian Shiels on 07730 074174 to find out ehrn the next outdoor weekend hardball net session will be run.
We have entered a Juniors team to play full 11-a-side hardball 20/20 matches in the Lothian Junior Cricket Development Group Youth Cricket League - U13 - Division B. Please find link to the full U-13 League fixture list. Games are played on Mondays at 6pm.
MDCC Youth Activities - Spring 2009 Activities
Over the Spring of 2009 there were the following activities and opportunities:
Balgreen Primary School - After School Club - March to June
MDCC Spring 2009 Indoor Net Practices
Lothian Junior Cricket Development Group - 2009 Indoor Cricket Competition
We were invited to submit a Youth team into this 8-a-side indoor competition which is being held at Westwoods Health Club at Fettes and following a trawl round the parents then we are delighted to be able to field a team. Our first fixture is Sunday 1 February at 14:30, next game after that is the 22 Feb also at 14:30.
Full list of fixtures can be found at this link to LJDG U-11 Indoor Fixtures.
We will be entering a team into the U-11 category but given the age range spread of our new youth section then we will be permitted to play two over-11 aged children in our team.
There will be small cost per match day – £1 for MDCC Youth Members
and £2 for non-members.
Balgreen Primary School - After School Club
MDCC will be supporting Balgreen Primary School in the running of an After School Club from March 2 repeated on Mondays from 3.30 to 4.30. Full list of dates as below:
2 March
9 March
16 March
23 March
30 March
27 April
11 May
25 May
1 June
8 June
15 June
For further details or queries please contact Ian Shiels on 07730 074174 or ian_shiels@hotmail.com
Sessions were also run on our behalf by the CS Cricket Development Officers and coaches (Gordon Drummond and Lea Tsui) at Gylemuir PS.
MDCC Spring 2009 Indoor Net Practices
To start preparing for the new season the Club booked a series of indoor “nets” practices from the end of January up to near the start of the new season. We used the Edinburgh Academy Sports Centre at Arboretum Road, Edinburgh for these.
In addition to the Senior sessions, we booked some slots for the hour before our Senior sessions which we used for youth development.
The indoor sessions we ran were:
Saturday 24 January - 12-1pm
Saturday 7 February - 12-1pm
Saturday 28 February - 12-1pm
Saturday 7 March - 12-1pm
Saturday 14 March - 12-1pm
Saturday 21 March - 12-1pm
Saturday 28 March - 12-1pm
Saturday 4 April - 12-1pm
Saturday 11 April - 12-1pm
The cost per session was £1 for MDCC Youth Members and £2 for non-members.
Note that our coaches (some of which are pictured below with club shirt sponsor) hold accredited governing body cricket coaching qualifications, are Disclosure Scotland cleared, and have attended First Aid courses.
Edinburgh City Girls Development Centre
There is a big push from Cricket Scotland for developing Girls cricket in 2009.
Gordon Drummond (Edinburgh Council Cricket Development Officer) is running a
Girls Cricket Development Centre, aimed at girls aged 9-13, at Westwoods Health
Club at Fettes on January 18th and 25th, February 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd; and
March 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th. Lea is also helping with these sessions
too. If you know of anyone who may be interested in this course, indeed any
others listed, then please do bring it to their attention - here's a link to
the Girls Cricket
Development Centre Publicity Flyer (word doc). For more details and bookings
please contact Gordon Drummond (Edinburgh Council Cricket Development Officer)
at gordon.drummond@edinburgh.gov.uk
(tel: 07771 666614).
We are an ambitious club who we feel is on an upward path of development, indeed has attained Active Status in Cricket Scotland's Top Club scheme. Establishing and developing our own dedicated youth session and having junior teams playing competitive cricket games against other cricket club youth sections is all part of our vision and our development plans. We feel passionate about playing cricket and want to share that passion about this glorious game with the next generation of youngsters. We hope you can help us achieve that.
2008 Youth Pilot Outcomes
Last summer (2008) we started up pilot Youth project that involved Club Coaches putting on regular youth training sessions at Roseburn Park on Thursdays 5.00-6.30pm from 5 June to the end of August. 12 sessions were scheduled only 2 fell to the wet weather! From an initial start of around 5-6 children we had doubled the numbers by the end of the season and were to enter some Kwick Cricket festivals... but the wet weather intervened! As the majority of children were beginners, we introduced them to cricket using softball/Kwik-Cricket. It was good fun and a deemed a very successful start, so we are building on that start next year as described above.
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