CRICKET ESPAÑA TALKS TO TOP ECC COACH CE—First of all, welcome to Spain Dave. Can you tell us a little bit about your qualifications. DG—Well I am pretty much independent but I have contracts with the Army Cricket team, I am part of the ECC European Staff and also I am on the Hampshire Coaching Education…

SPANISH CRICKET ON THE RADIO Want to find out more about Spanish cricket ? Well now you can by listening to REM (Radio Europe Mediterraneo) every Tuesday and Thursday at 11.30 in the morning when recent match reports and the latest Spanish cricket news is brought to you by the presenter of the day. Frequently,…

CLIVE WOODBRIDGE RETIRES AS ALFAS CHAIRMAN.        SPORTING ALFAS       The Spanish season starts this weekend with two differing fixtures. Firstly, on the 27th of January a Costa Blanca XI play a Spanish National XI at La Manga, starting at 11 am and then this Sunday at Albir a Chairman’s XI, selected by Phil Pennick will play a Directors XI,…

SEVEN NEW ECC LEVEL ONE COACHES FOR SPAIN  After a weekend of intense theory and practical coaching at La Manga, Spain now has seven new Level One ECC Coaches to be proud of. Under the watchful eye of Dave Gelling, Hampshire Youth Academy Coach and ECC European Staff Coach the enthusiastic cricketers from three different…

SPANISH CRICKET ON THE UP Junior cricket is on the up in Spain at present with a lot of effort being put in to the Spanish junior cricket section. Recently junior cricketers have visited Belfast to play in an indoor international tournament, six local Juniors Matt Winter, Joel Brook, Christian Munoz Mills, Brad Seekings, Jake…

NATIONAL TEAM FIXTURES 2007  The Spanish National Team can look forward to some enticing fixtures in the 2007 season.They start their campaign with a game against a Costa Blanca XI at La Manga on the 27th of January. Then sees the return of Spencer who will also play at La Manga in April. Last years…

POSSIBLE DATE CHANGE FOR JUNIOR TOURNAMENT Due to high summer accomodation sales issues, La Manga Club have asked the ECC if it would be possible to move the tournament back by two days. This would mean the tournament starting on Sunday 26th August (arriving Sat 25th) and finishing on Saturday 1st September (departing Sunday the 2cd)….

CRICKET IN ARGENTINA     Argentine Cricket celebrated its 200th Anniversary in 2006. The first recorded match dates back to October 1806 played by the British Soldiers in San Antonio de Areco.   The 200 years festivities were a success, with numerous touring teams visiting Argentina including the South African Country Districts, MCC & Hampshire Hogs.   Other…

LOOKING BACK ON 2006 2006 was a progressive year for Spanish cricket.It saw the birth of the Women’s team, a successful Junior tour of the UK, Alfas win the league, and sadly, the loss of one of the pioneers of Spanish cricket. On the ladies front coaching started in May 2006 in Albir, with on…

 CRICKET ESPAÑA     Welcome to Cricket España the new name that we shall now utilise. For legal reasons we can no longer use the crown in our logo and the name Asociacion in our title, so we are now going under the banner of Cricket España. With the new name we also have a new logo…