Selkirk Cricket Club

Selkirk backed up their Division 3, week 1 victory over Melrose with a largely convincing win over Haddington at Philiphaugh on Saturday.

An opening partnership of 135 from 26 overs was the perfect start for the souters. Greg Fenton led the way with a brisk 80, the highlight of which was a straight six over the fence and on to the football ground.  The captain ultimately fell to a solid catch by Pearce on the mid wicket boundary from the bowling of McDonald (1 for 45).

Fenton was partnered by Rory Banks for the duration who was constantly finding fielders with his best shots.  Banks raised a disappointed groan from teammates when, on 49, he skied a delivery from Syme (2 for 19), the bowler strolling underneath to take the catch himself at short cover.

The size of the boundary and the slow conditions, overcome by the openers, was more of a challenge for incoming batsmen and runs slowed from then on. Selkirk were 40 or 50 short of what they may have expected, but still posted a decent Philiphaugh total of 178 for the visitors to chase.

Haddington struggled to get going with Banks and Greg Fenton opening the bowling and returning miserly figures of 1 for 18 and 0 for 16 respectively. Where Selkirk had been able to scamper for twos and threes the visitors were under much greater pressure from the hosts in the field.

Wickets were always going to be hard to come by on a slow pitch but first change Daniel Heard managed to knock over the openers so at 20 overs down Haddington were struggling at 43 for 2. Heard was the pick of all bowlers on the day and finished with 4 for 23, with a niggling feeling that an LBW decision should also have gone his way.

In the field Selkirk were sharp and didn’t let many chances go by them with Gardiner’s catch at mid on off of Heard’s bowling to remove Cruikshank (17) being the catch of the day. Spectators would have been excused to think that Gardiner wasn’t going to make it but retreating and turning, all legs and arms, he managed to get himself under the ball and took the catch.

Haddington hirpled to 113 for 7 from their 40 overs with Gillie taking the other two wickets to fall, removing the need for an umpire’s decision by clean bowling both Blades (18) and Doutwood (2). Logan top scored for the visitors with 28 not out, and he and Borrowman (25) were striking the ball well and will probably feel that they left a few runs out in the mossy outfield.

Selkirk will hope to take this form to Edinburgh on Sunday coming where they take on Murrayfield DAFS. 

Register online at – All Stars (5-8 years olds) and Dynamos Cricket (8-11 year olds)

Dear Members

I am pleased to confirm that Selkirk Cricket Club will be open for the sale of alcohol indoors and outdoors as of Thursday 20^th May at 5:30pm with level 2 hospitality guidance in operation.

The club and beer garden facilities will be open to members only; we hope to relax this in the near future.

We will be operating under the Level 2 restrictions for hospitality:

• A maximum of 8 people from 8 households can meet outdoors where alcohol is permitted
• A maximum of 6 people from 3 households can meet indoors where alcohol is permitted. The indoor area must be fully closed (unless for toilet access) at 22.30hours.
• There will be table service only, this includes ordering, consumption and payment.
• Queueing indoors is not permitted.
• At this time, booking a time slot of 2 hours is required for in indoor consumption of alcohol.  
• The bar, lounge and beer garden will be subject to a “maximum capacity”, the capacity in each area will be displayed at each entrance.  You may therefore be refused entry or asked to move into a different area should the maximum capacity be reached.  Our staff are aware not to exceed the maximum capacity so please do not be offended if entry is refused or if you are asked to move to a different area within the club.

For the safety of you and our staff, we will be operating on the social distancing rule of 1m.  For your protection, sanitising stations will be provided at door entry/exits, the ladies and gents toilets, and at a number of other access points.

Face coverings must be worn when not seated.

Table service will be provided.  Table service includes ordering, consumption and payment (contactless card transactions are preferred).

Test and Protect (T&P) information is mandatory and will be taken for each customer.  We will be registering the dates and time you visit our club facilities and we will also take this opportunity to make sure we have all your correct contact details.

The opening hours are:

Monday to Wednesday – Closed

Thursdays – 5pm to 9pm

Fridays – 4pm to 10:30pm

Saturdays – 11am to 10:30pm

Sundays – 12:30pm to 9:00pm

Please keep an eye on our social media platforms for updates.

Please remember that it is Strictly Members Only.

We look forward to welcoming you inside the club facilities.

Roger Arnold, Chairman SCC.

The All Stars/Dynamos sessions are now three weeks away. These will run on a Friday afternoon from the 4th June. We have had some contact from parents about registering online. Having run these programmes in the past we are confident that your information is confidential and the ‘stripe’ payment process is secure. However, we are also offering a confidential and secure registration process through the club. This will also allow us to be true to our ‘pay what you can’ offer. If you want more information on registration through the club then please contact me directly – neilgentleman@hotmail.com

Neil Gentleman, Junior Convener, Selkirk CC