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…

 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…

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 IN IBIZA The words Ibiza and Cricket for some reason do not always spring to mind however the club was founded over 20 years ago in 1986 by the late Desmond King with Len Hamilton-Smith becoming its first captain. Lens captaincy from 86-91 proved to be very successful, winning numerous trophies including the inaugural…

TOURNAMENTS 2007 Spanish cricket continues to be on the upsurge and two tournaments involving Spanish national teams are planned for August 2007. The full national squad will be in Antwerp, Belguim from the 19th-25th August for the ECC 3rd Division European Championship.Consisting of a format of 50 overs per side the international teams competing are…

  ECC LEVEL 1 COURSE The AEC is pleased to announce that a ECC level 1 coaching course has been confirmed for La Manga from the 19th-21st January 2007.Eight people have been nominated for the course,having already shown an interest in coaching juniors and ladies cricket teams at Mojacar, Albir and La Manga respectively. It…

  JUNIORS/LADIES MATCH DEC. 2006    With the Columbus Oval at Albir being available to the AEC for the third time in as many weeks the association made full use of the facilities and had its second combined ladies and juniors match similar to the one that proved so successful on the 19th November.   The…