After another week of sunshine, the weekend weather curse has struck again with Saturday's friendly with Helensburgh succumbing to the wet condtions. The forecast for Sunday is none too promising either but hopefully it will improve to allow the final pre-season friendly against Hillhead to go ahead.

The 1st XI will be hoping for better luck with the weather this weekend when they play their last two warm-up games prior to the start of the league season next Saturday. This Saturday sees Helensburgh the visitors to Glenpark and they will be led by former Greenock opening bowler, Gregor Chambers. Whilst he will get a warm welcome back, that will hopefully not extend to the result of the game.

Sunday's visitors are Hillhead and the home team make a number of changes to the side fielded on Saturday in order to give match practice to as many players as possible.

Both games are scheduled to start at 12 noon and both will be streamed live, Saturday's at this link and Sunday's at this link.

The 1st XI's away league fixture on Saturday 10th May against Glasgow Accies has been moved to Sunday 18th May as New Anniesland is not available due to a high-profile rugby fixture featuring the Barbarians being played there on the original date.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Graham Prodger, who died early this morning at the age of 88 after a brief illness.

Graham was a true one-off, a force of nature, who threw himself into everything that he did. Arriving in Inverclyde in 1968, he announced himself to Greenock supporters with a swash-buckling and match-winning century in his first game for the 2nd XI. A left-handed bat, he took the attack to the opposition bowling at every opportunity, trying to hit the first ball he faced for a boundary. He wasn't always successful but refused to change his tactics. He could be the most exhilarating batsman to watch. He was also an outstanding fielder, one game at Hamilton Crescent fielding at leg slip lives long in the memory.

Graham became President of the Club in 1987-88 and worked tirelessly to improve the fortunes of the Club in these two years. On retiring from his employers, Shell, he and his family moved down to Cornwall, firstly to Mousehole and latterly to Penzance, but he kept a keen eye on all things to do with Glenpark, returning occasionally just to make sure nobody forgot him. As if they would! Our sincere and deep condolences go to his widow, Gill and sons, Martin and Stewart and all his friends. He will be such a sad loss and will never be forgotten by all who met him.

We will remember Graham with great affection and are glad that we were able to recognise the scale of the contribution that he made to the Club by appointing him to the position of Honorary Vice-President at the AGM last December.

The March monthly draw for the Glenpark Supporters Prize Draw (GSPD) was carried out on Saturday 29th March 2025. The four lucky winners were Stewart Robinson, Jane Young, Linda Robertson and Angela Prabhu.

Congratulations to everyone on their wins.

The next draw will take place on Saturday 26th April 2025 for the usual monthly prizes and the Spring Jackpot prize will also be drawn on this occastion.

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 captains and vice-captains for the teams this year have now been finalised.

Skippering the 1st XI for the first time will be Aryan Sanghera and his vice-captain will be Cammy Calder.

Eddie Ahmad continues as the Glenpark XI captain and his vice-captain this season will be Hamidullah Safi.

With the Club entering teams in the Sunday and Midweek Leagues this season, there is the need for the Hillend XI to have an appointed skipper and this role will be taken by PJ Bryceland with Rakesh Kumar as his deputy.

Everyone at the Club wish the captains and vice-captains all the best for the coming season.

Members will be sad to learn of the passing of Bobby Proverbs, at the age of 78, on 12th February. Bobby, who was the son of Laurence Proverbs, a leading member of the 1st XI in the 1950s and early 1960s, first played for the 1st XI in 1966, having played with success in the 2nd XI from a young age. He retired from the game in 1970. having played 48 games for the 1st XI in which he scored 371 runs, mainly as an opening bat.

After his retiral, he maintained a keen interest in the game and the Club and maintained his membership up to his passing. He will be sadly missed and our condolences go to his widow, Margaret, and his family and friends.

The club will this season be competing in the CS Challenge Cup rather than the Scottish Cup and the draw for the first round of that competition has resulted in a home tie against Dundee HSFP, the match to be played on Sunday 8th June.

The WDCU have now issued all the fixtures for the forthcoming 2025 season. The Hillend XI will be playing in Division 2 of the Sunday League and in Division 3 of the Midweek League this season in an effort to give more opportunities to the playing members.

The group stage of the McCulloch Cup has been changed this year in that teams will no longer meet on a home and away basis but will just play each other once.

The 1st XI fixtures can be found at this link, the Glenpark XI ones at this link and the Hillend XI ones at this link and these will be updated as further details are released by the WDCU.

The February monthly draw for the Glenpark Supporters Prize Draw (GSPD) was carried out on Saturday 22nd February 2025. The four lucky winners were Brenda Connor, Bob McGill, Joanne Clark and George McNaught.

At last night's AGM in the clubhouse, Jack Clark, who could reasonably be regarded as the greatest bowler in the club's history, was unanimously elected as Honorary President of the Club. Tom Black, Wilson Evans, Roger Hardie, Brian Lang and Graham Prodger were similarly elected as Honorary Vice-Presidents in recognition of their service to the Club, both on and off the field.

Andy Gunn, one of the oldest surviving players of the Club, sadly passed away this morning at the age of 89. Andy made his debut for the 1st XI in August 1953 and went on to bat 128 times for the eleven, mainly as a solid opening bat, scoring over 1400 runs in the process. His job limited his opportunities to play for a time and the latter period of his playing career was spent as a stalwart of the 2nd XI. Our sincere condolences go to all his family and friends.

Following on from the passing of Steve Kelly, members will be further greatly saddened to learn that Bill Jamieson, like Steve a long-standing member of the Club, has passed away. Bill played for many years for both the cricket and hockey sections and also served as Treasurer of the Club for a period of time. Like Steve, Bill will be sadly missed and our sincere condolences go to Margaret, Karen and David and all his family and friends. Bill's funeral will take place at Greenock Crematorium on Thursday 5th December at 2pm. Those attending should feel free to wear a dash of colour, if they so desire.

The Club is delighted to announce that its new online shop, in collaboration with VX3, is now open.

Please click on the headline or on the link below to read the full article regarding this exciting development.

Members will be greatly saddened to learn that Steve Kelly, a long-standing member of the Club, has passed away. Steve's initial connection with the Club was through the Clutha hockey section, but he continued to support the Club after his playing days were over and he was a popular figure around the clubhouse for many years. He was particularly proud of his granddaughter Emily as she developed her playing career with the Glenpark XI. Steve will be greatly missed by all who knew him and our sincere condolences go to Emma and Emily, Hilary, Graeme and all his family and friends.

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.