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Welcome to the home page of the Guernsey Cricket Association.
Within this site, you will find comprehensive details on all aspects of Guernsey Cricket. The Associations rules are all detailed within this site, as well as a full list of all member clubs together with their contact details. In addition the site acts as the definitive source for fixtures across the competitions locally including the fixtures of the Island sides and GICC.
For Clubs wishing to bring touring sides to Guernsey each page has contact details at the bottom, following such contact the Guernsey Island Cricket Club (GICC) will reply and be actively involved in assisting to make your tour to Guernsey an enjoyable one.
Our highly respected Junior Development Scheme (GYCDC) run sessions for four separate age groups all year round, starting at year 3 running through to year 11. In all, over 1200 children feature in sessions run by the development officers throughout the year. Cricket is in a boom phase on the Island, with further development work starting up through both girls schools, and the disabled groups. We already have more teams than the whole of Kenya and almost three times the number of registered players in Namibia, two countries who played in the World Cup. It is our sincere hope and intention in the next ten years to not only be competing against these sides in the ICC World Cup but also beating them!
This year the Senior Island Squad will be competing on home soil in the European Cricket Council Division Two tournament in the week beginning 18 August. There is also of course the 'little matter' of the HSBC Inter Insular against Jersey. Following the exciting 2007 game that also marked the 50th Anniversary of this annual 'battle' Guernsey will be going full out to ensure we bring the trophy back home.
Due to the very social nature of the Island, Evening League cricket continues to be very popular with 44 teams competing this season across 5 Divisions. There is also a thriving Weekend League cricket scene in the form of a 1stXI Championship and Second Division structure and also limited overs Knockouts. Weekend League cricket is now being played primarily on grass improving standards in the purest form of cricket.
While sponsorship continues to be a vital lifeline in sport, I make no apologies for the advertisements and banners that head up all of the pages on this site. We are very grateful to all of our sponsors and are delighted to endorse their sponsorship, we could not provide the service to our members without their continued support. Thank you.
I would also like to thank all of you who I know regularly visit the site, be it to look at the recent results, check the tables, or to access other sites through the links at the bottom of the page. Over 120,000 pages are read on this site each year proving the value of the Internet.
Finally, a request; on the site you will find a page dedicated to the Lords Taverners with whom the GCA are working ever closer with cricketing initiatives for the development of Guernsey Cricket. The Lords Taverners run a number of fund raising dinners during the season culminating in the County 'long' Weekend. All are designed to generate money that is ploughed back into local charities and our sport. We need and desire your support at these events and buying tickets in the raffle or biding for auction items. We desire to see more grass wickets available for use in the Island together with ever improving general facilities and we can only do this with additional fund raising activities. It is therefore vital we get your support in attending these functions. Keep a look out for more information as the year progresses
Thank you for taking the time to visit the site and to read this and other items.
Happy cricket !
Mark Latter
Hon. President GCA.
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