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For the 2012 season Waringstown will again be running its coaching scheme for children aged between 6 and 13 years.
Using the club professional & players from the senior teams the club will provide coaching sessions for 13 Monday nights between 14/05/12 & 20/08/12.

Sessions will run from 18.45 to 20.15 Each age group will be allocated two coaches for each session. Please note Monday evenings

The cost will be £25 per child.  If there is more than one child from one family attending, the addition cost per child will be £10.
For those attending on Monday nights, a T shirt with embroidered logo will be available to purchase for £10.

Registration will take place in the Pavilion on Monday 30/04/2012 at 18.45 or in advance by making a cheque payable to Waringstown Cricket Club & sending it to either of the following addresses:

Alan Waite                                        Garfield Harrison
3A Station Road                              24 Tudor Lodge
Moira                                                 Waringstown
BT67 ONE                                        BT66 7SX
Telephone 07050 658909            Telephone 07779 713794
Email alan.waite@brake.eu          Email garfield@4squaremedia.net

Club Child Protection Officer : Geoffrey Heyburn

If there is adverse weather conditions please check that the session will run before leaving off your children

There may also be occasions that a session has be cancelled if a senior game has to be rescheduled.

‘Night at the Races’

Saturday 14th April 2012 at 7.30pm in the Roy Harrison Pavillion.

To sponsor a race £25

To buy a horse £5

Entry for non horse owners £3

Anyone interested let me know ASAP – kylemccallan@hotmail.co.uk

WARINGSTOWN have signed South African all-rounder Glen Addicott as a replacement for his compatriot Obus Pienaar.
The 26-year-old, who has been in prolific form with the bat in the South African domestic season with KwaZula-Natal, will link up with the Bob Kerr Irish Cup holders in mid-April.
Waringstown turned to Addicott after Pienaar’s franchise, the Knights, ruled that he would not be allowed to spend the South African winter abroad because of concerns about a long-term back condition.
Waringstown captain Kyle McCallan said, “We are delighted to have secured the services of Glen Addicott for the coming season. He comes highly recommended and his performances over the winter in South Africa underline that he is a high quality cricketer. While it was a disappointing that Obus could not return for a second season, we are confident Glen will prove to be a great asset for the club. We are looking forward to challenging for honours again this summer and defending the NCU Challenge Cup and Bob Kerr Irish Cup that we won in 2011.”
Addicott was the second-highest run-scorer in the Cricket South Africa one-day challenge competition this winter, and he also bowls useful medium-pace. He will a strong Waringstown top order along with McCallan, James Hall, last year’s outstanding batsman, Lee Nelson and the likes of Simon Harrison and Andrew Cousins.

Congratulations to the following WCC boys who got selected for the NCU Regional Development Squads for 2012:

Under 13

Jack Carson

Morgan Topping

Under 15

Adam Dennison
Craig Kennedy
James Mitchell
Sam Wilson
Matthew Hurst
Ross Waite
Marcus McClean

For further details see the Northern Cricket Union web site

INJURY is to prevent South African all-rounder Obus Pienaar from returning to Waringstown for a second season.
Pienaar, who enjoyed a brilliant debut season at The Lawn in 2011, informed the club at the start of the week that he will be unable to fulfil his commitments for the coming summer.
A back problem ruled Pienaar out of the Knights’ most recent franchise game and further tests have concluded that the condition will require treatment and rest over the South African winter.
Pienaar said, “I was really looking forward to linking up with my Waringstown team-mates later this year, but unfortunately this is now not going to be possible. I will keep in touch with Waringstown and wish Kyle McCallan and the guys every success in the 2012 season.”
Waringstown skipper McCallan said the club understood that Pienaar’s long-term fitness had to come before his Waringstown commitments.
“Of course we are desperately disappointed that Obus will be unable to come back for a second season at The Lawn. His performances last season were among the best we have ever seen in club cricket in the NCU, and I’m sure he would have had just as big an impact in 2012. However, Obus has to look after the rest of his career. We will now start the search for an overseas professional for the 2012 season.”