Here you will be able to find our image gallery and blogs dating back to 2015.
Timeline of events from 2015 - 2017
Sandgreen - Beach Cricket
Galloway Cricket Club take part in a "blurred lines" cricket match!
Women's Indoor Tournament - Sunday 15th February 2015
A team of 6 ladies from Galloway Cricket Club and a team of 6 girls from Castle Douglas High School travelled to Loretto School in Edinburgh for the second indoor cricket tournament of the winter season.
Galloway Indoor Tournament - Sunday 25th January 2015
Galloway Cricket Club held their first ever indoor cricket tournament at Dalbeattie High School. Around 30 players entered with a mix of men, women, boys and girls making up 4 teams who competed against each other in a round robin format of 6 over games.
The winning team were "Batsman and Robin" and 10 year-old Orla Montgomery was named player of the tournament.All winners were presented with a medal.
End of Season Awards Night & Ceilidh – 6th September 2014
This year player of the year awards were reintroduced in all categories of the club and a really great night was held in the Murray Arms Hotel in early September which took the form of a short awards presentation followed by a fantastic ceilidh with live music from Whigmaleerie. Player of the year for the first eleven was won by Ben Flack, the award went to Willie Martin for the second eleven player of the year, Tegan Line won ladies player of the year, Tom Mein won junior player of the year and James McCulloch was presented a special recognition award for his positive attitude, enthusiasm and commitment shown during his first few months of playing cricket. 
Fundraising BBQs/Mixed Games
Throughout the summer the club took advantage of the fantastic weather and a number of fundraising evenings were held at the ground in Gatehouse where players were mixed up into teams of men, women, boys and girls and played fun matches followed by a BBQ.
Girls Kwik Cricket Festival – 24th August 2014
The club took a team of 8 primary school girls to take part in a girls only kwik cricket tournament organised by Cricket Scotland where 12 teams from all over Scotland gathered to play against each other and afterwards had the opportunity to watch 22 of Scotland’s best female cricketers play an exhibition match.
Kids Cricket Summer Camps 2014
The club has made progress with encouraging children to take part in the sport with several taster sessions being delivered at local primary schools prior to the summer holidays followed by two successful kids summer cricket camps as well as regular training sessions at Castle Douglas and Gatehouse. The junior section is looking very positive for the future of the club with many talented young players emerging with heaps of enthusiasm and commitment.
Pop-up Café at Threave – Easter weekend 2014
Another first for the club was a pop-up café which was run for four days over the Easter weekend at Threave Castle visitor’s centre. Lots of yummy home-baking and hot drinks as well as great service from members of the club were available all weekend. This also provided an opportunity for the club to promote themselves to an array of locals and tourists with photo displays and plenty of cricket chat!
Race Night– 29th March 2014
Fun for all the family – this was the first year the club has run this event and it was a huge success. This was one of the major fundraising events of the year and was enjoyed by all generations.
Girls cricket tasters at Castle Douglas High School - February 2014 Kari Carswell (Cricket Scotland Women’s Cricket Manager) and “wildcats” from the Scottish national squad, Lynne Dickson and Samantha Haggo visited girls at CDHS to deliver a taster session. This was such a great success that an after school club was set up at the school and has continued throughout the year with the girls attending their first indoor tournament in November in Glasgow.
