Cricket Belgium is to run an Open Sixes competition at a number of grounds on Saturday September 18 to raise funds to assist victims of the devastating Pakistan floods.

Seventeen youngsters have taken part in a five-day sports camp in the city of Lier with cricket featuring for three hours every morning and on some of the afternoons.

Belgium has finished sixth in the 10-nation European Under-17 Division 2 Championships at the Isle of Man.

The Belgian Under-17s left for the Isle of Man today to take part in the 10-nation European Division 2 Championships.

Cricket has begun a five-week run as one of the sports at this year's Hercules Trophy, a team-building event for a wide range of companies in Belgium.

The Belgian national squad has beaten the German squad by 99 runs in the first of two 50-over matches in Antwerp.

ES Mol's first team has won this year's schools trophy.

Bryan Rouse, one of the best-known umpires in European cricket for many years, has stepped down as Secretary of BLACU, the Belgo-Lux Association of Cricket Umpires.

Two new clubs for juniors have been launched in Belgium.

The Cricket Belgium - Cricket Vlaanderen awards for 2009 were presented by Richard Holdsworth, head of ICC-Europe, in a ceremony at Antwerp's Ramada Plaza attended by 110 people on Friday evening.

After a cancellation due to weather conditions, national age-group winter training in the Barn at the British School Brussels got under way on Sunday January 17.

De Wijze Eik School in Mariakerke, near Ghent, has won the Cricket Vlaanderen School of the Year Award for 2009.

Some 30 youngsters from the Ghent region have learned cricket at a five-day summer camp in early July.

Cricket Vlaanderen Development Officer Patrick Demaerschalk, his wife Sevil, and national coach Fazil Mahmoud headed south to Luxembourg in mid-July with 15 young players from the Cricket Vlaanderen schools-clubs development programme.

More than 60 young students from eight schools and clubs took part in an exciting and absorbing ICC Centennial ‘Catch the Spirit’ competition at the weekend.

The Belgian national Under-19 team will launch their European Division 2 championships year with a match against the Dutch club Ajax-Leiden.