During the cricket off-season, use this link to check out what is happening at the Club's Hockey section, where 3 Gents and 2 Ladies teams are in action throughout the winter.

The January monthly draw of the Glenpark Supporters Prize Draw was made on Saturday 28th January and the four lucky winners were Jonathan Hempsey, Roger Hardie, Greg McDougall and Dave Sharma.

The next draw will take place on Saturday 25th February 2012 with the usual monthly prizes.

There are now over 140 members of the draw but additional numbers are still being sought. Remember, the more members, the bigger the prizes. If you wish to join, please contact either Peter Hempsey or Brian Papworth at the numbers or email addresses as listed here.

The December monthly draw of the Glenpark Supporters Prize Draw was made on Monday 26th December and the four lucky winners were Rona Lochhead, Greg McDougall, Matthew Smith and Hugh McClure. In addition, the Boxing Day Jackpot was won by Jonathan Hempsey.

Cricket Scotland have today released the Cup and League fixtures for the 2012 season. These reflect the new structure that was announced last month and see Greenock start their season with a trip to Falkland on April 21 for a Scottish Cup group tie.

Two further cup matches follow before the first league match against Dumfries on May 12. After the first 7 league games have been completed, the reverse fixtures in the Scottish Cup are played, followed by the 7 reverse league fixtures, the season culminating in an away game against Clydesdale on September 1.

The full set of fixtures can be found via the link on the right-hand side of the page.

2012 sees the 150th anniversary of Greenock Cricket Club and, as might be imagined, a number of events are planned to celebrate this achievement. First up will be a Dinner Dance in Greenock Town Hall on Saturday 17th March 2012. Tickets for this event will be £30 per head and Willie Gorman and his band, old favourites at the Club, will provide the music.

Announcements on merchandising, such as sweaters and polo shirts, to commemorate this anniversary will also be made in the near future.

Remember to keep checking this website to keep up-to-date with all the events that will celebrate this momentous achievement.

The Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held on Monday 19th December 2011 in the clubhouse at 8pm. All the relevant reports will be sent to members, by email or post, at the end of this week.

Glenpark youngsters, Reiss Armstrong and Neil Flack have been awarded places in this winter's West Regional Development Centre Training squad where they will be practise and train under the wings of coaches Andi McElnea and Ian Young.

The 1st XI averages for the recently-finished 2011 season are now available and can be found at this link. Nobody should be too surprised, given the season's performances, that they do not make for good reading.

The Glenpark XI averages have been prepared by team correspondent, Dave 'Snake' Sharma, and these can be found at this link. Needless to say, our correspondent's name features strongly, although not strongly enough for his liking as, much to his chagrin, he was pipped to the bowling honours by Waleed Jamal.

The Junior section of the Club held its annual awards evening recently. President Peter Hempsey presented the awards and commended all the players, coaches and parents for their efforts in what was a most difficult season, weatherwise.

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