Sunday the 16^th March saw 7 teams from across Scotland come together for the annual Cricket Scotland Indoor Girls Tournament held at Westwoods Leisure Centre.

his is the second year that this event has been run and the numbers taking part are up on last year.

The draw gave all teams the opportunity to play 2 matches with scoring runs and taking wickets the order of the day.  Newcomers to this year’s tournament were Kinross CC, McLaren Development Centre and Berwickshire High School.

The opening round of fixtures saw 2 of the newcomers Kinross and McLaren play each other and on the other pitch Berwickshire High School played against a superb outfit in Angus.  Kinross won by 21 runs and a more experienced Angus defeated Berwickshire High School by 49 runs.

Second round matches saw Kinross in action again against SportCentral Dollar with Borders taking on a Watson’s team representing the East.  SportCentral Dollar won against Kinross in a tight match by 13 runs and in an even closer match Borders sneaked home with a 4 run victory against Watson’s.

Borders faced Angus and McLaren were up against SportCetnral Dollar both of which looked close games on paper.  Angus ended up victorious by 19 runs and SportCentral Dollar by 21 runs.

The last game of the day saw Berwichshire High School face Watson’s.  Watson’ winning the game by 25 runs. 

With SportCentral Dollar and Angus both ending up with the maximum 4 points from the games SportCentral Dollar had scored 522 runs and taken 9 wicket with Angus finishing with a total of 514 runs and 7 wickets meaning SportCentral Dollar picked up the trophy and the gold medals.

Kari Anderson, tournament organiser and National Under-17s coach said ‘the success of (this) tournament is a tremendous boost to girls cricket in Scotland. The turnout has been tremendous and a testament to the hard work going on by a select few in promoting the girls game.’

She added ‘I am doubly pleased that so many girls are now enjoying cricket but also with the SportCentral Dollar girl’s achievement in winning the tournament that they finished 4^th in last year.’

Following on from the success of last year there will be an indoor tournament on the 20^th April at the Gytes Leisure Centre in Peebles.  Further details are available from Borders Women’s Co-ordinator Kathryn White at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or Cricket Scotland’s Development Officer Neil Cameron This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Cricket Scotland’s development team have been working hard to organise and implement a national programme of events for 2008 that is nearly completed.  The events include 4 development days held around the country encouraging girls to take up the game and to continue to support those who are already playing.

Season 2008 promises to be one of the busiest for the girls U17 squad who will be taking part for the first time ever in the ECB County Championships Northern division.  This includes 2 away matches against Yorkshire, Durham, Lancashire and Cheshire

Picture Shows winning SportCentral Dollar Team.

Back Row (L-R) Kari Anderson (Coach) Gemma McNaughton, Rebecca Duncan, Jennifer Duncan, Hazel Crookston, Morven Ross, Gillian Brown and Hayley McMinn.

Picture shows winning captain from SportCentral Dollar – Morven Ross for Clackmannan County Cricket Club

Well done and thank you to everyone involved in making the day so successful and hopefully next year we will see some more teams making their debuts in the competition. 

For more information about the tournament or how to get involved in girls/women’s cricket please contact Kari Anderson on 01786 432323.