Latest News!

On 15th June, for the second week in a row, Eyliac clocked up a League win; but ongoing ground-access problems at Toulouse forced another match to be postponed.

Go to the Competitions Results page for details!

The revised calendar - and matching umpire roster - are now visible on their respective pages.

The Umpires Page shows the Availability and Allocation of our travelling umpires. And the Competitions pages show the fixtures, the regulations and, of course, the results!

Member-clubs held an EGM, by videoconference, on Tuesday 11th March.

They approved the composition of the pools for 2025, plus the draw for the Cup and T20 tournaments. Ditto the competition  regulations.

Go to the AGM page for the published minutes.

ACCSO's 2024 AGM was held at Damazan on Saturday 30th November.

The Minutes and all the key documents debated - on the AGM page of this site.

Peter Brown and Hui Scheers were re-elected as President and Secretary. Hui also picked up the VP seat, left vacant with Peter Townsend stepping down.

Catus CC beat Montpellier BCC in the Blevins Franks League Final at Lac Vert on 15th September!

The Final of the Blevins Franks Cup - our Flagship tournament - was played at Eymet (Bretou) on 8th September. And the local side lifted the Cup by beating Catus CC near the end of a rain-affected match.

Our generous sponsors closed the event with the traditional awarding of cups and medals.

Nîmes CC lifted the T20 trophy at Lac Vert on 18th August.

Go to the Competitions Results page for details!

The full 2024 calendar is available on the Competitions Fixtures page.

The 2024 Match Regulations are published on the Competitions Regulations page.

Four experienced umpires have volunteered their services, each in his respective zone of travel, for the 2024 season.    

Their availability  can be seen on the Umpires page.

And a good number of club-members have completed the MCC e-learning programme!

Bravo!

Earlier News

An EGM was held on Saturday 10 February 2024, ahead of season-2024.

Principal subjects were the status of clubs' affiliation projects and participation in 2024 competitions.

Provisional minutes have now been pulished to the clubs and a copy is now showing on the AGM page

The EGM approved modifications to ACCSO's        Disciplinary Code and approved a new Policy on Pitch Standards and Player Safety. These documents are now available on the Competitions Regulations   page.                                                                               The EGM also approved modifications to ACCSO's Règlement Intérieur - now available on the ACCSO Organisation page.

AGM 2023 was held at Damazan

on Saturday 2nd December 2023.

A new Secretary was elected and revised Contact details are now accessible on the ACCSO Organisation page

Member-clubs agreed on their affiliation strategy for 2024. ACCSO's core documents will be updated accordingly and presented for approval at an imminent EGM, ahead of season-2024.

The documents considered on 2 December are accessible on the AGM page.

Earlier Major News:

The death of former ACCSO president Ian Brown was the loss of a good friend and deprived the cricketting community of the greater south-west of France a great supporter and tireless administrator.

His ashes were scattered in the churchyard in his Dordogne village.

Thank you, Ian, for all that you have done to make our cricket possible.

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