Taking a team to Malta
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Marsa Sports Club:
www.marsasportsclub.com
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MARSA SPORT CLUB
Cricket Section
Marsa - HMR 15
Malta
Telephone: (+356) 21233851 / 21230664 Fax (+ 356) 21231809
CLUB CHAIRMAN:
Mr.Michael Caruana
VICE CHAIRMAN
Mr. Kevin Krishna
SECRETARY:
Mr.John Rusher
TREASURER:
Mr. Andy Lenard
CLUB CAPTAIN:
Mr. John Grima
TOURING TEAMS SECRETARY:
Mr. Tony Slater (Tel: +356 7948 8477)
Marsa Cricket Club Malta - Tour Info
We thank you for contacting us and we will try to help you as much as we
can with information regarding your Cricket tour to Malta.
The cricket pitch is inside the Marsa Sports Club complex. Cricket has
been played on the existing site for over a century. A cricket match is
played every Saturday at the club with touring teams offered both
weekend and weekday matches
The most popular months for teams to tour Malta are in March, April,
May, September and October. Tours are sometimes booked 12 months in
advance by our repeating visiting teams so we have to confirm with you,
BEFORE any final bookings/flight arrangements are made.
Fixtures
Touring teams usually arrive mid week so that they get two games on
Saturday & Sunday, then another game during the week. On many occasions
we have visiting teams overlapping their stay so they can play each
other during the week, outside the local team schedule.
The starting times for each format are as follows: -
40
overs-10.30am
Twenty20-1pm
Matches will be 40 overs per innings unless negotiated beforehand. If
you do require a different start time and format, please let us know
beforehand.
Occasionally on Sundays, the Marsa Sports Club needs to make use of the
cricket ground in the afternoon. Therefore, the game start times will be
9am.
If your requested dates coincide with one of these Sundays, you will be
notified at the time of your initial enquiry
Umpiring
We normally appoint two qualified umpires from Malta ACU&S. These are
appointed by Martin Llewelyn (martinllewelyn@hotmail.com
<mailto:martinllewelyn@hotmail.com>).
Please notify him as soon as possible if you are bringing your own
qualified umpire with you. Umpires are often appointed 2 months in
advance as a number of umpires from Senior UK Leagues combine a holiday
in Malta with umpiring a few games for us.
Match Fees and payment details
All teams wishing to be included on our fixtures list must pay
directly into the Malta Cricket Association (MCA) Bank Account a non
refundable deposit of EURO100.00. Only after this has been paid,
will the fixtures secretary include the name of the team on the fixtures
list.
If a touring team has paid the deposit but wishes to defer their tour to
a date that occurs within two months of the originally booked tour
dates, then the deposit will not be lost.
However, only one deferral will be allowed.
The match fees
are as follows: -
Normal 40 over games
EURO18.00 per player per game - a total of EURO198.00
Reduced Over games
Twenty20 game
EURO12.00 per player per game - a total of EURO132.00
Example match fee
1 Weekday game: 11 x EURO18.00= EURO198.00
1 Saturday game: 11 x EURO18.00 = EURO198.00
1 Sunday 20/20:11 x EURO12.00 = EURO132.00
Total= EURO528.00
Deposit Paid:= EURO100.00
Total Amount Payable
14 days prior to arrival= EURO428.00
All touring teams must pay directly into the MCA's bank account no later
than 14 calendar days prior to the first tour date the full amount of
their tour fees. In the event that these fees are not paid, the deposit
shall be kept and the touring team advised that their tour has been
cancelled. The Final payment shall be adjusted to take into account any
deposit already paid.
This includes;
Club entrance fees and Match fees
Club facilities, Showers etc,
Water - for drinks breaks during the match
A light lunch between innings (for 40 over games)
A team memento and a player of the match award for each game
Important:
Umpires, scorer and 12th man (plus coaches or teachers regarding
school/university teams) ONLY entitled to join in for the lunch
supplement with the team and will be covered by the team match fees.
Other players, guests and partners can buy food from the bar and are
subject to a Marsa Sports Club day-pass entrance fee if using the Club
facilities, showers, etc.
Unfortunately, in the past, we have had touring team non-playing
members, guests and families helping themselves to the team lunch,
before the players themselves and not leaving enough food!!
Nets/fielding practice
Should your team want a session/day of nets/fielding practice; apart
from match days (considering ground availability) the fee is €60.00 for
the session for the whole team. We also have a Bola Bowling Machine
complete with an remote-control, automatic ball feeder that can be made
available for an extra EURO25.00. (
<http://www.bola.co.uk>
)
Please note that lunches will not be provided for nets/fielding practice
but are available from the Main club at reasonable prices.
Bank Details
All payments made in respect of a tour are to be made by electronic
transfer to the following bank details:
Kindly ensure that all payments are inclusive of local and foreign Bank
Charges (ie the full amount is received, not the full amount less
charges)
HSBC Bank Malta plc
St. Anne's Street
Floriana VLT01
MALTA - EUROPE
A/c. Details:
Malta Cricket Association
MTL Current A/c. 089-046957-001
SWIFT CODE: MM EB MT MT
IBAN No. MT61 MMEB 4489 7000 0000 8904 6957 001
A receipt for payments can be obtained upon request
Cricket Pitch and Pavilion
Regarding our cricket pitch, it is an artificial wicket and all our
cricketers here play with rubber pimpled sole shoes (RECOMMENDED) or
normal sports shoes, that is for fielding and batting. NEVER any
spikes or studs! Even shoes which take studs, but have no studs screwed
in, are not very good either as that sort of 'bulge' where the thread is
on the sole of the shoe is hard and can be slippery as we have found out
through past experience. Again, rubber soled shoes are recommended and
please pass this info round to the players as many times, unfortunately,
players have had to borrow shoes from other players in order to bat!!
We have nets facilities for warm ups before matches. As shown in Ground
Layout below.
In our pavilion, besides a changing room we also have mens toilets
and showers.
We also have
Sky TV and a pool table for entertainment. The pool table is EURO 1.00 per
game. We also have Wi-fi internet access running at 3.6Mbps but do
request a small donation of EURO 10.00 per team.
Travel
European countries passport holders will have no problem entering Malta,
but if any of your players are travelling on any other passport from
outside Europe you may have to check if they need special visas to
enter.
Touring sides accommodation is usually found in the popular tourist
areas of either the Sliema / St. Julians Bay area which is 15
minutes drive from the cricket ground or the Bugibba / Qawra / St
Pauls Bay area and this is about 25 minutes away.
Team Information
If you would please include the below information requested when you
reply in your next email for our records, we would appreciate it.
We will be delighted to correspond by email, which saves time, but you
are welcome to contact us on the above phone numbers.
Team name:
Team/Club Full Address:
Chairman/ Secretary/Tour organizer:
Team contact person/s:
Telephone number/s:
Mobile phone number/s:
Fax:
Cricket league participation:
Marsa Sports Club Facilities
Marsa Sports Club (<http://www.marsasportsclub.com/>
) also houses an 18 holes golf course, driving range, tennis courts and
squash courts. Besides the cricket side of the tour we have people at
our end that can help you with playing golf or other sports, etc. Let us
know what or when you intend to play and we will sort it out for you and
give you the details you like to know.
During the summer months , the outdoor swimming pool is available and is free
of charge
Club Restaurant / Bar
The Marsa Sports Club has a restaurant (for breakfast, lunch,
dinner) and a separate Club bar for refreshments and food snacks
(sandwiches, crisps, etc). The match fees cover entrance to the Club bar
for players and officials but all beverages/food consumed have to be
paid extra. The beverages prices are very reasonable at the Club.
Golf
A round of golf is EURO51.00 per person. The clubs can be hired at
EURO12.00 per set and the trolley is EURO3.60. At short notice, it's best to
book the games at least a couple of days before if possible. Weekends
are mainly occupied with local golf tournaments. By request, it is also
possible to organize a round of golf with (or competing with) members of
the Royal Malta Golf Club and there is a discount on Green fees for such
games.
Tennis
A tennis court can be hired for 90 minutes play. Floodlit and clay
courts are also available.
Squash
A squash court can be hired for 45 minutes play.
Only persons with adequate footwear and equipment are allowed to use the
courts.
I hope the above information is what you were looking for. If there is
any other information required from us please dont hesitate to write.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Tony Slater
Fixtures Secretary
Malta Cricket
+356 7948 8477
maltacricket@yahoo.co.uk