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About our Club  Introduction
A version of 'The Book' edited down and dedicated to one of our former players provides an amusing look back at the early life and times of EKCC. Converted to 'PDF' format, it is available to be downloaded from here. The Cricket Club was a founder section of what is now East Kilbride Sports Club. In addition to our cricket ground, situated in a lovely country park, there are four tennis courts and two rugby pitches. We field two Saturday teams and also play mid-week cricket. New players are always welcome at all levels of ability and age. Juniors The Junior Section has its own committee. The Club has gained Bronze Award status under Cricket Scotland's 'Accreditation Scheme'. We have a pro-active youth policy, coach in local schools and run evening coaching sessions for children and young adults during the summer. In the winter we train one night a week at a local school.
We enter teams in local competitions at a number of age ranges. Check-out our Junior Section page for details of our Junior set-up.
New young players are welcome to come and try our sport for the first time or to improve their skills with the help of our team of qualified coaches and Team Managers.
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EKCC 1964 |
 The Club was created in 1962. The photograph shows the attendees at the Inaugural Meeting where the first Club Officials were elected.
In the early days the Club consisted of a group of friends, who got together to play Sunday ‘friendlies’. If the weather was bad they simply stayed in the Bar.
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1965 Murray Cup winners
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1985 Season
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 1st XI Home Game - Season 2004 |
The Club now competes in Divisions One and Three of the ‘Brunton Miller’ Western District Cricket Union
. We also play mid-week and run a number of junior teams.
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We have identified additional names on 'Founders' pic. Some names are unfortunately are still unknown to us. If you can help please contact the Club.
Season 2007 The Club started their League season on the 28th of April with the 1st XI travelling to Kelburn in Western Union Division 1, while the 2nd XI played host to Weirs at Torrance House in division 3. This season we shall also be competing in the SCU Trophy, Rowan Cup, Western Cup & West League Cup as well as the 20/20 Evening League.
This season we will have to live with the loss of four key players to other clubs, Gavin Bradley, Scott Dalgleish, Brain Dundas & Adnaan Raees, while Alistir Dalgleish is heading for the United States in May to play Rugby. The spirit around the club is still upbeat. Matthew Kellett takes the reigns as 1st XI Captain for the second time with Jim Gibbes as his vice captain.
We welcome back South African left arm quickie Rikus Weideman, who showed some potential last year. He is joined this year by fellow countryman Francois Bronckhorst, an opening batsman who has spent most of this winter playing Cricket & Hockey in New Zealand.
Brian Kampman is looking to return to 1st team Cricket which should bolster the middle order and provide some accurate bowling. With the afore mentioned players moving on, the younger members of the squad must see this as a real opportunity to break into the 1st XI and maintain a place in the side, providing they can pitch in with the runs & wickets that they are certainly capable of.
The 2nd XI will be captained again by Nick Ralphs, as they look to build on some of the good work from last season.
The Club would like to thank all our 2007 Sponsors - R-Mac Construction, Trilight, TRL, Taj Palace, Royal Bank of Scotland, Enterprise rent a car, Fone valley & James M Anderson & Son. If you are interested in possibly sponsoring our Club details can be found below. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Rules of Cricket | |||
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