Ivo Favotto from Horgen, Switzerland was recognised for outstanding services to grassroots cricket by Mike Atherton

The Spirit of Cricket Thrives as 50 Kids from the Lac Leman Region Enjoy the 2nd Annual Gingins CC Cricket Camp

Please come, enjoy 2010 Pickwick cup finals to be held at Fronwald, Zurich Affoltern on 22nd August, Sunday.

Net Run Rate will be used to break the tie, if teams are tied on average points in SCA League.

3 big wins, one loss and a draw for young Swiss cricketers in Copenhagen

The Swiss Under 17s return from the Isle of Man with a record 5th place in the European rankings following an exciting and high-quality ICC Division 2 European Championships

The Swiss under 17 team is going to the Isle of Man to compete in the ICC under 17 Division 2 championship to be held from 24th July to the 30th of July.

Interested in participating in Women's cricket festival in Budapest ? Then read further.

Olten CC and Power Winterthur CC will clash in the Pickwick finals 2010.

An ECB Level 1 Coaching Course is scheduled to be held in Basel on the weekend of 18th/19th September. Participants from the senior teams are especially welcome.

EGM of SCA Member clubs will be held on the 17th of July 2010 14.30 hrs at Bern.

12 teams participate at the 2010 Zuoz Junior Tournament with teams from Basel, Cossonay, Gingins, Lyceum Alpinum, Zurich, a composite team the Wanderers, and special guests Munich

Newspaper article features Geneva Region Youth Cricket in Manchester

Message from SCA Competition Chairman to all Clubs.

Pickwick draw - 2010 held in Oliver Twist Pub in Zurich on 23.march.2010.

Switzerland to tour Austria in September 2010

SCA Council meeting - 2010 League schedule and format finalization.

Switzerland's Ivo Favotto wins Europe's ECB Sky Sports Outstanding Coaching Award. This is the second time a Swiss coach has won this award.

Pickwick draw 2010 - 23rd march 2010, Oliver Twist Pub, Zurich at 07.00 p.m.

SCA Annual membership base 2010, votes in favour of experienced faces.

32nd Annual General Meeting - Swiss Cricket Association, 30 Jan 2010

Swiss Federation Of Cricket Umpires holds Annual General Meeting in Bern, Switzerland

Entertaining Swiss U15 indoor tournament, which took place on 14/15th November 2009

Power Winterthur defeated Bern by 6 wickets to lift SCA league trophy.

Bern cc to compete with Power Winterthur cc for the SCA League 2009 championship.

SWITZERLAND finishes 2nd in the ICC European Division IV championship, which got concluded in Cyprus on the 13th of September 2009.

Cyprus - ICC European Division IV , schedule and Results, September 8-13.

Semi-finalists of SCA league identified.

Geneva CC won the Pickwick cup 2009 defeating Power Winterthur CC.

Switzerland's Under 15 team beat Israel and Gibraltar and are awarded 'Spirit of Cricket Award' at European Championships in Bologna, Italy

SCA League quarterfinalists have been identified. The Quarterfinals are scheduled from 23.08.2009.

SCA has announced the national squad for the ICC Europe Division IV tournament to be held in Cyprus(September 8-13).

Dr Louis Adihetty, passed away after an unsuccessful bypass operation early this week.A longstanding member of the Bern CC, both as an impressive player and as an administrator.

Mr Revindaran, aged 73, passed away yesterday in the Bruderholz Hospital after a long sickness.Ravi was a player of the early days of Swiss Cricket.

Clubs are requested to verify their league points. In case of queries contact SCA Competition's Chairman.

Power Wintertthur CC and Geneva CC reach Pickwick finals.

Due to cup matches involving clubs from the West the proposed Zonal Matches on 27th June and 4th July have been postponed. Watch this space.

The first Zonal match for selection of the Swiss National Team will be held in Basel on Saturday 27 June

Perfect conditions grace eight teams at 4th Zuoz Junior Cricket Tournament

The Swiss Cricket Assocation (SCA) is aiming to take cricket more close to the local Swiss crowd.

The Swiss U11 team went to the 2009 Future Cup as title holders and with high hopes for the 2009 tournament after a successful indoor tournament in Munich in March

SCA's Youth Development Officer organized a 3-day elite player coaching course with Hampshire's John Cook for 19 players from all six of the junior clubs in Switzerland

The latest ECB Level 1 Coaching Course pushes coaches' numbers to over 50 in Switzerland.

Swiss Youth Development extends warm welcome to SCA, families, friends and all cricket-lovers at this year's Junior Zuoz Tournament in mid-June

Top of Europe: Two Swiss Under 17 players from Geneva and Swiss Under 15 coach from Zurich attend Centre of Excellence

At ICC Europe's recent inaugural Coaches Association Awards the award for ‘Outstanding Coaching Achievement’ was deservedly won by Switzerland's Michael George.

CCAS coach wins European Award while 26 applications have been received for 2009 Level 1 coaching course

The two Swiss teams take first and second places at Bavarian Under 12 Cricket Championships in Munich

The Swiss Under 14 team recorded another junior success in the first tournament of the year in Munich

Swiss Under 10s take 2nd place in Munich against teams from Austria, Slovakia and Germany

Swiss Under 17 team from Geneva wins Tegernsee Under 22 Tournament

First training session for potential Swiss national players in the west of Switzerland on March 7th

Trois jeunes du Club de cricket de Gingins (CCG) ont été sélectionnés par l'Association Suisse

Two new Executive members, two new SCA members and positive developments at AGM in Berne

John Cook, an ECB Level III Coach and UKCC2 Tutor from the Hampshire Cricket Board, to work with Swiss juniors

Switzerland's Jay Singh attends Europe’s first Umpire Tutor Training Seminar held at Lord’s in January

ZIS Upper School Gymnasium in Adliswil host the Swiss Cricket Association’s Junior Selection Trials

Preparations for Division 4 Championships in Cyprus get off to an early start in 2009 with the first training session for players in the east of Switzerland

Three national tournaments for the Under 11s, Under 13s and Under 15s, involving all the main junior clubs in Switzerland, took place in November

A great day in Cossonay for the SCA League final is enjoyed by all

SCA League 2008 - Knock out phase, FINALS schedule & results.

SCA League 2008 points table

In the face of such issues as the impact of Twenty-20, the influence of new money and the future of Zimbabwean cricket, cricket fanatics may be in danger of ignoring a more significant development - the sudden rise of Swiss youth cricket

At the Indo-Swiss Friendship Treaty celebration in Zurich the Swiss Cricket Association launched a publicity drive to promote cricket at all levels

Swiss Under 17s finish in 8th place at the European Under 17s Championships in Germany and leave with the MCC Spirit of Cricket Fair Play Award

ICC Europe's selection of 12 participants to be involved on the ECB Head Coach course (International Level III) includes Swiss coach

The Swiss Under 11 team enjoyed a successful tour to Middlesex in August, winning one match and losing one, with the third ending in a nail-biting tie

Encouraging signs ahead of Under 17 European Championships

The Swiss Under 17s returned to action after a month’s break with a disappointing loss

Swiss Under 17 squad prepares for “ICC European Under 17 Division 2 Championship” in Germany, and Swiss Under 11 team ready to tour Middlesex in August 2008

On the weekend of June 14/15 the Third Swiss Zuoz Junior Cricket Tournament took place. Hosted by the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz and the Swiss Cricket Association more teams than ever took part this year.

The Cricket Coaches Association of Switzerland (CCAS) was officially launched in Zuoz on Saturday 14th June 2008.

On 4th May the Zug Junior Cricket Club met for training for the first time. The club got off to an excellent start with over 30 children signing up.

Gingins village in the Lac Leman Region is now host to the junior Gingins Cricket Club (GCC). Launched in March this year initial interest has been overwhelming, and with over 40 youngsters signed up the training sessions are full. On May 24th Gingins Under 11s team played their first ever match. Hosted by GRYCC the match ended in an exciting tie. The next match, against Cossonay juniors, is already lined up.

The second half of the ECB Coach Award course in Switzerland took place on May 10th-11th in Zurich with the two instructors Richard Bedbrook and Richard Skyrmie.

The ICC Europe Centre of Excellence took place from the 7th April – 12th April at La Manga Club, and was a fantastic success. With 26 players and 14 coach/leaders, 14 countries were represented in the biggest intake yet. Switzerland's two Zurich Crickets CC players Cedric Cohen and Lukas Kuster were accompanied by Patrick Henderson, Switzerland’s Youth Development Officer.

Nine Swiss junior cricketers bumped into England hero Freddie Flintoff at a training session in Lancashire.

Switzerland's under-11s side win their second title of 2008 as they triumph at at the 7th International Youth Cricket Tournament in Vienna.

Eight Swiss coaches take part in the first ever ECB Coach Award course provided by ICC Europe.

Over 100 children from five countries competed in the Bavaria Indoor Junior Cricket Championships held on 8-9 March in Munich and Tegernsee. A total of 17 teams competed in three age sections, U11, U13 and U19.

Two Zurich-area youth cricketers are among 28 of Europe’s most talented teenagers selected for 10th ICC Centre of Excellence.

Switzerland's under-11 and under-13 teams taste success at the 2008 Bavaria Cup tournament.

Switzerland wins Photograph of the Year in the Europe section of the 2007 ICC Development Program Regional Awards.

Former England bowler Mike Smith and champion jockey Peter Scudamore attend the 20th anniversary of the St Moritz cricket on ice tournament.

Swiss cricket received a huge boost in January as sixteen new coaches qualified as UKCC Level 1 coaches, swelling the total number to 38.

Zurich United CC are crowned 2007 Swiss Cricket Association league champions following a high scoring record breaking final against Nomads.

The 60th anniversary of Indian independence was marked by a Day of Cricket held by the Indian Association Zurich and cricket clubs in the region.

Winterthur Cricket Club celebrated their 25th anniversary by winning an international eight-a-side tournament staged in honour of the landmark.

Nomads CC met beat Geneva CC in the Pickwick Cup Finals played in Bern on 19 Aug.

The Lyceum Alpinum school in Canton Graubünden celebrated another memorable weekend's festival of international cricket by winning the tournament in their own backyard on June 24.

Over 100 players, a couple of hundred spectators, 4 adjacent cricket pitches at an altitude of 1750m, and two days of perfect weather all helped to set the stage for the second Swiss Zuoz Junior Tournament.

Two Swiss under-11 teams demonstrated the rapid strides being taken in the country’s youth development system by dominating a recent tournament in Denmark. The enthusiastic and skilful boys and girls from Zurich and Geneva powered their way to the final in Copenhagen in early July, with the more experienced Geneva side clinching overall victory.

At the end of four days of intensive, exciting and, sometimes, rain-affected cricket, the Swiss team emerged triumphant at the Under 16s level, while Zurich Crickets were comfortable winners of the Under 13s group at the inaugural GRYCC International Festival of Cricket in Geneva held in May.

Two Swiss junior cricketers, John Gallon (17) and Richard Marsden (17) accompanied by coach and country leader Jay Singh attended the La Manga Centre of Excellence program from 15th - 19th April.

Switzerland’s Under-13s got junior cricket off to a winning start in the 2007 season by defeating an international cast of teams to lift the trophy at the Munich Bavaria Cup tournament in Germany. The victory kicked-off an exciting season of action, including tours to Vienna and Denmark, a tournament hosted by Zuoz in Switzerland and a number of home matches.

Some 80 Swiss junior players and support staff assembled in Basel on November 4 to take part in the annual indoor tournament following yet another successful summer season for Switzerland's youth cricketers.

Switzerland has gained seven more ECB Level 1 (Europe) coaches to join the five who passed the course last winter. ECC coaches Adam Cole and Dave Gelling put the volunteers through their paces over two weekends in Zurich and Geneva.

Youth Development Officer Patrick Henderson was at the home of cricket to pick up his deserved award as European Volunteer of the Year in the ICC Development Program Annual Awards ceremony at Lord's cricket ground in London.

With a couple of theoretical sessions under their belts the newly formed Zurich women’s club enjoyed their first session in the indoor facilities of Hottingen school.

Switzerland’s Under-13s got junior cricket off to a winning start in the 2007 season by defeating an international cast of teams to lift the trophy at the Munich Bavaria Cup tournament in Germany.

The Geneva Region Youth Cricket Club under-13s played a weekend of cricket on 15/16 September against our friends from Euratom.

On November 24th GRYCC played Zurich in a close and thrilling U13 encounter in Zumikon. The GRYCC team was represented by Barrett and Scott Fransen, Jai Sinh, Jamie Hadden, Jed Poole, Njabulo Mendlula, Rory Adams and Tom Kirby.

Two Zurich-area youth cricketers are among 28 of Europe’s most talented teenagers selected for 10th ICC Centre of Excellence. Zurich Crickets CC’s Cedric Cohen and Lukas Kuster have been had-picked to travel to La Manga in Spain in April, accompanied by Youth Development Officer Patrick Henderson, to take part in the annual training camp.

Bern CC loosened Geneva CC's iron grip on the SCA league championship with a thrilling one run victory in the 2006 final. The two teams could only be separated after a steward's (umpire's) inquiry, following a gripping contest, that finally confirmed Bern as victors by a solitary run.
The tightest of results ended Geneva's two-year domination of the competition and inflicted only their second league defeat in three years. Bern were crowned 2006 champions after amassing 147 for 9 and bowling out Geneva for 146.

Basel CC had an easier ride in the Pickwick Cup final, beating Nomads CC by the comfortable margin of 121 runs. Batting first, Basel racked up an impressive 187-3 before skittling Nomads out for 66. Basel are fast becoming Pickwick Cup specialists after retaining the trophy they won last year.