{"id":638477,"date":"2026-04-29T13:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638477\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:03:09","slug":"gala-cricket-club-suffer-two-losses-as-season-gets-up-and-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638477\/","title":{"rendered":"Gala Cricket Club suffer two losses as season gets up and running"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The Meigle Park side travelled to Penicuik for their first Championship fixture of the season and were beaten by 182 runs. The hosts batted first and scored 289 all out, with Iqbal Qasim (3-22) and Sebastien Loumeau (3-41) performing well with the ball.\n<\/p>\n

\n Unfortunately, the batters never got going in the reply with just three players reaching double figures as Gala were dismissed for 107. Loumeau top scored with 32.\n<\/p>\n

\n The following day, the club exited the Scottish Cup at the first round stage following a 133-run loss to Edinburgh CC. Edinburgh batted first and scored 211, with Gala again unable to build momentum with the bat as they were bowled all out for just 78.\n<\/p>\n

\n They\u2019ll be looking to get their league account up and running on Saturday when they host Grange Second XI, while the Second XI are due to face Carlton Fourth XI on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n

\n The club would like to welcome overseas amateurs Darius Maritz and Ben Potgieter to Galashiels<\/a> and Scotland.\n<\/p>\n

\n The club are also still actively looking for new players who wish to join the club for the new campaign. Training takes place every Monday and Thursday from 6pm at Meigle Park. Anyone interested in joining, or finding out more, can contact the club either via social media or at galacricketclub@gmail.com<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n Membership form is now available to complete, either online or in person with forms available at the bar. Online form can be accessed via\u00a0the club\u2019s website where you can also access the sponsorship brochure. The club would like to thank all the support from current sponsors and supporters.\n<\/p>\n

\n The club is hosting a race night on Saturday, May 16 – if you would like to buy a horse (or horse, jockey and two free bets for \u00a310 deal) please contact George Liddle (Georgeliddle63@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0or 07856 497144). Thanks to Stuart Scott for helping with event.\n<\/p>\n

\n Junior training takes place every Tuesday from 6.30pm to 7.45pm with any new players even if haven\u2019t played cricket before very welcome. Our membership form is available at http:\/\/www.galacricketclub.co.uk\/membership-forms<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\n The club has also signed up for All Stars this season, starting May 22, sign up at https:\/\/www.ecb.co.uk\/play\/all-stars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Meigle Park side travelled to Penicuik for their first Championship fixture of the season and were beaten…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-638477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}