Scotland and Ireland both struggled in their C&G Trophy matches against English county sides. More… Nearly 70 representatives and guests from member countries, partner organisations, sponsors, suppliers, media and the EDP coaching and umpiring team arrived at Lord's on Saturday 18 May for European Presidents' Day. More… Our contact in Lithuania, Chris Butler, has been put in touch with the International School in Vilnius, where one of the teachers, a South African called John Nette, has been teaching cricket to 8-11 year old beginners all winter and spring. More… Chris Torrisi has been appointed Coach to the National Senior Women's Cricket Team on contract for the summer months. More… After the Imagination' Roadshow finale in Paris, Richard Beghin (Flicx) and Alex Oltmans (Mechelen CC) drove up to Mechelen, where club chairman Ozzie was presented with the Flicx pitch which the club had won as a result of the tremendous effort put into developing the game there. More… Fourteen players recently attended a National Training Camp in Bern on what turned out to be a cool but sunny day. More… Level III French coach David Bordes recently ran two highly successful introductory courses in the Aquitaine region. More… The ECC and Spain made history in April by running the first European Cricket Academy. The two-week Academy was based in Alfaz (near Benidorm) and Jávea, in the Alicante area, with participants from ten different European countries More… To read reports from the Academy Squad, click here An introduction to cricket was held at the National Sports Academy in Sofia on 13/14 April, hosted by Nikolai Kolev, and attended by about 25 Bulgarian students from all over the country, including Varna and Gabrovo as well as Sofia. More…