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Posted 20100720: Congratulations to Jon Houghton of St Aulaye for sterling work as a member of the French senior side which missed out on qualifying for the big time in Kuwait... by 5 measly runs. Next year will be the year!
Posted 20100713: TheCup results are starting to come in, and the top two places in each pool have been secured.... for all the gory details, please look at the Results page.
Posted 20100621: The Rules for this year's Siddalls Cup are now available, on the Regulations page.
Posted 20100520:
* Congratulations to John Harding of Saint Aulaye Cricket, selected as a member of the French U17 international team for 2010, starting with the forthcoming European Championship.
* Talking of Saint Aulaye, they are re-instated in the National League and will complete the second half of their programme. The various fixture lists and table have been updated.
Posted 20100426: The season has started! The results of the first 3 League matches are on the Fixtures&Results page. And the English-language version of the Code of Conduct is on the Regulations page.
Posted 20100412: Finally! Rules for the League, on and off the field. Tournament regulations (in French and in English) plus guidance on what to do on the day of the match in terms of team lists, reporting of results, and such like. All on the Regulations page.
Posted 20100317: With apologies for a break in information flow.... editor tied up with France Cricket AGM and such.
* The latest versions of the fixture lists are on the Fixtures page (click here). There's one per region and also the composite list (useful for when you want to see which days might be free for friendlies).
* A re-cap on the allocation of the Big Matches: For the League, the pool play-offs (aka regional semi-finals) will be at Eymet on Sat. 31 July & 1 August. The winners of those matches meet on 5 September, to produce the side which play in the grand National final against a Paris side, at Saint Aulaye on 26 September. For the Siddalls Cup the semis (on Sat. 14 & Sun. 15 August) and the final (on 29 August) are all at Damazan.
* The FC AGM on 13th March approved the final version of the Regs for the National League. We'll now work on an English-language version for the region; but nothing of real substance has changed since last year. When this document is ready we'll give the Regulations page a full make-over.
Posted 20100121:
* Sad news with which to start off the New Year: Andy Crawford has been obliged to withdraw Tarn CC from this year's competitions, owing to a chronic shortage of players. Here's hoping that this is just a one-year break. But a new name on the Siddalls Cup this year, then!
* Bordeaux-Giscours now know their Super Ligue opponents for this year. Having beaten St Brice Seconds to get there, they are up against their Firsts! See the full draw from here.
Posted 20091129: The minutes of the 2009 AGM have been published: click here.
Posted 20091101: The ECB guidelines on young fast bowlers have been modified. There will be an update here in time for season 2010!
Posted 20090928: Go to the Results page (from here) to read about Bordeaux's lifting of the country-wide National League title!
Posted 20090914: There's a brand new Magazine about cricket in France. And it's in French so that you can use it to show the indigènes why it's the best game around. Link from here to load a copy.
Posted 20090902: News of an important Umpiring course coming up! Go to the Umpiring page, from here.
Posted 20090727:
* We have struck a deal with an excellent supplier - Surridge's. All clubs affiliated to France Cricket are eligible for a 50% discount, on the entire catalogue.
Important! There's a new number to use if you have the misfortune to have to record a claim with the Federal insurers, Generali. Be ready to quote your club name & number (see the Clubs page) and the licence number(s) of any person(s) involved. 0800.506.642
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