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Pre-season meeting
The Edinburgh Leisure Cricket Pre-season Meeting will take place on 7th March '19 at Meggetland (grandstand normally). This is the normal pre-season meeting for clubs using Edinburgh Leisure grounds to discuss any matters ...
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As some may have seen, we now have the leagues for the 2019 season posted on the website, ready for fixtures to be finalised. It has taken far longer than we had hoped, but for a number of good reasons. We thought we'd share some of the what ...
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As we negotiate the final throes of a turbulent, Brexit filled 2018, we are on the eve of a possibly equally turbulent 2019. As importantly the new season is a little under four months away - a long time in anyone's book, and hopefully time enough ...
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For those who may not be aware, Law 41.7 covering high, full pitch bowling will change on 1st April 2019. See link here: https://www.lords.org/news/2018/november/mcc-announces-intended-changes-to-law-41-7/
In summary, as is already the case ...
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There is a small change in the system for booking pitches with Edinburgh Leisure.
Sandra Brown has been Paul Bailey's contact for many years, and she has been wonderful in helping us to book grounds. Now that all bookings, both for schools and ...
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As you will be aware the ESCA Dinner is coming up on Friday 23 November and if not yet signed up for what promises to be a fantastic event, please do contact Peter Kingsbury (as cc) ASAP, sending ticket monies (£25 per head) to the account set out ...
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Livingston Cricket Club is looking to recruit a Club Development Officer.
This post, supported by SportScotland, will deliver quality extra-curricular coaching sessions, will build the important link between schools and Livingston Cricket Club ...
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Just a reminder that the ESCA Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 14th November at Inverleith (Stewarts Melville Clubhouse EH5 2DW) at 7.30pm. Presentation of Fairplay Trophies & Divisional Batting / Bowling Prizes will be ...
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The ESCA Players' Dinner and Awards will take place on Friday 23 November at Prestonfield Golf Club (Edinburgh, EH16 5UT), 7pm for 7.30pm. As well as the presentation of all the annual ESCA League Trophies, we are delighted to announce two guest ...
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An update for all Clubs as regards Promotion / Relegation for season 2019 ESCA Leagues.
Following Eastern Premier League Play-Off yesterday in which Kelso failed to secure promotion to the Eastern Premier League and with Glenrothes having been ...
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Further to the sad news of the passing of Richard Ellis, the memorial service for him will take place on Friday the 14th of September at 3 pm.
The venue will be Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh (EH1 2QQ) and afternoon tea will be served afterwards.
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Broomhall CC are holding a memorial cricket match and BBQ, this Sunday (19th Aug '18) from 13.00, in honour of Mike Jones, a recent Broomhall CC Skipper and player, from Edinburgh, who sadly passed away earlier this year. All who remember Mike are ...
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We are nearing the business end of a season where a lot of cricket has been played due to the good weather. This has meant, unfortunately, that the Competitions Committee, Disciplinary panel and ESCA in general have also had to deal with more than ...
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The Murgitroyd Masterton final this year will take place on Thursday 26th July 2018 at Carlton CC's ground in Grange Loan, Edinburgh starting around 6pm.
The final will see Carlton CC (who beat Grange by 8 wickets) take on RHC (who beat Heriots ...
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With the league stages of the Murgitroyd Masterton 2018 competition now complete, we have the draw for the semi final. This is as follows:
Grange play Carlton 17th July (reserve 18th July).
Heriots play RHC on 19th July (reserve 20th ...
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Given we are now into holiday season, a reminder that that under the rules adopted at the SGM, player loaning is allowable in principle. The ESCA rules state:
Dual Registration - Players Playing for Other Clubs:
Any player (“guest”) ...
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So last weekend was halfway through the 2018 season and, as agreed at the SGM/preseason meeting, we are looking for constructive criticism on the div 5 experimental rules. We want to hear about your experiences, thoughts and suggestions on the ...
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The Lord’s Taverners are delighted to announce that David Gower OBE, former England Captain and cricket commentator will be entertaining guests at a lunch to be held in Edinburgh on 8 June at the Waldorf Astoria – The Caledonian in Edinburgh. ...
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Attached to this post through the link below is a recently completed guide to umpiring fieldcraft produced by Neil Davidson on behalf of ESCOA. This should greatly assist new umpires, when combined with comprehensive knowledge of Laws and Playing ...
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A short, interesting article worth a read on ESPN Cricinfo on climate change and how it is affecting cricket.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22353170/cricket-hardest-hit-climate-change
It's a shame the article is so short, but does ...
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