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New Domestic season ready for off
TJF
Cricket.
NEW DOMESTIC SEASON READY FOR OFF.
After the flurry of visiting sides in April, the scene is now set for the start of yet another domestic season on the Rock of Gibraltar and there are some interesting developments to note. Two of Gibraltar’s longest established sides, Grammarians and UKCCC, disappear from the scene, though the latter will continue to compete at senior level under the new name of Mediterranean CC. Gib RFU will be the fourth club to contest the Wiggins/Benrimoj Shield which opens next week-end. On Saturday GCC will take on Mediterranean CC whilst Gib RFU make their debut on Sunday against Calpe CC. Both matches will be of thirty overs per side, though under the new rules agreed by the GCA Executive Committee earlier this year, each side will bat fifteen overs alternatively. The venue will be the Europa Oval, times of start still to be decided.
The mid-week twenty overs league continues to grow in popularity with no less than fourteen teams competing. Newcomers to this level of cricket are Gib RGU CC, Hassans CC, Night Owls CC, Price Waterhouse Coopers CC, Sharaabi’s CC and Sloggers CC.
Looking further ahead, the GCA will be involved in three European competitions this season. In July the under nineteens travel to Jersey, whilst in August the under twenty threes go to Guernsey and the under fifteens to La Manga in Spain. It promises to be an interesting few months ahead!
-TJF
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