Saturday was probably the nicest day of the year so far, a perfect one for a game of cricket. Unfortunately not at Glenpark as the ravages of earlier in the week rendered the ground unfit for play and thus the second pre-season friendly of the year, this time against Hillhead, bit the dust. We do now seem to be in for a reasonable spell of weather and should this last to next weekend, then surely we will see some play. Time will tell.

The 2024 season starts this Saturday, 13th April, when West of Scotland will be the visitors for the usual pre-season friendly.

But surprise, surprise, the game has already been called off as Glenpark is quite unable to host the game due to the incessant rain that seems to have fallen unceasingly since the end of the previous season. And even at this early stage, next week's fixture with Hillhead must be in doubt, given that there is just no sign of a dry spell in the forecast. It is really quite depressing.

The February monthly draw for the Glenpark Supporters Prize Draw (GSPD) was carried out on Saturday 30th March 2024. The four lucky winners were Kevin Flack, John McGachy, Isobel Robinson and Craig Lyons.

Congratulations to everyone on their wins.

The next draw will take place on Saturday 27th April 2024 for the usual prizes. At the same time, the Spring Jackpot prize will be drawn.

We are always looking for new members to join the draw, the receipts from which are used to improve the facilities of the Club for all members. If you wish to join, please contact Brian Papworth using the details to be found at the Contacts link at the top of this page.

The February monthly draw for the Glenpark Supporters Prize Draw (GSPD) was carried out on Saturday 24th February 2024 by Callum Kelly. The four lucky winners were Alan Currie, Colin McDougall, Stewart Robinson and Kevin Flack.

The draw for the 2024 Scottish Cup was announced today by Cricket Scotland and sees the 1st XI on their travels to the north-east of Scotland as they have been drawn to take on Aberdeenshire, the match to be played on Sunday 5th May. Success in that game will see another away fixture, this time to the winners of the Carlton and West of Scotland tie.

The WDCU have now issued the league and cup fixtures for the forthcoming 2024 season. The 1st XI fixtures can be found here while those for the Glenpark XI are available here.

The 1st XI averages have now been calculated and can be found at this link. The cumulative records for the Club stretching back to 1931 have also been updated.

The 2023 Awards Evening was held on Saturday 26th August when the clubhouse was packed to see a number of awards handed out to players and supporters. Gregor Chambers was chosen as the Players 1st Player of the Year while Emily Norris was accorded the same honour for the Glenpark XI. Sam Sanghera was named the Club Player of the Year in recognition of his whole-hearted enthusiasm over the season.

Thanks are due to Peter Hempsey for penning this article that documents all the awards that were handed out and to Angela Prabhu for taking photographs throughout the evening. More of her photographs have now been added to the article.

In 2020, when no cricket was played due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a number of articles relating to the history of the Club were published on the website. These can be read via this link.

The Club records have been updated again, this time to cover the years from 1931 to 1937. Each year that has been added to the archives has a summary of all games played by the 1st XI together with full averages, selected scorecards and a short review of the season. The cumulative records of the Club have also similarly been updated.

This new update covers the years when the Club's professional was Reg Hollingdale, from Sussex, who can reasonably be claimed to be one of the best professionals employed by the Club. During this time, the Club won the Western Union title on two occasions while there were any number of memorable games, not least the time when Jack Hobbs played at Glenpark in June 1935. 1937, though it did not result in title or cup success, was a year when there were some outstanding personal performances, such as John Kerr hitting two centuries in four days at the age of 52.

As with previous updates, there a number of caveats that need to be kept in mind and these are detailed in this brief article.

Work will now start on the next update which is likely to cover the years from 1925 to 1930.