Malta Cricket
E-mail: maltacricket@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:maltacricket@yahoo.co.uk>
Homepage: www.maltacricket.biz
Marsa Sports Club: <http://www.marsasportsclub.com/>
Postal address:
MARSA SPORT CLUB
Cricket Section
Marsa - HMR 15
Malta
Telephone: (+356) 21233851 / 21230664 Fax (+ 356) 21231809
CLUB CHAIRMAN: Mr. Michael Caruana
VICE CHAIRMAN Mr. Sam Dhandapani
SECRETARY: Mr. Tony Slater
TREASURER: Mr. Marc Sacco
CLUB CAPTAIN: Dr. Sarfrz Ali
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 can supply two ACU&S umpires for each game requested. Alternatively, we can supply one ACU&S umpire and the other supplied by the touring Team. Once fixtures have been confirmed, our head ACU&S umpire, Mr. Martin Llewelyn ( martinllewelyn@hotmail.com <mailto:martinllewelyn@hotmail.com> ), will contact you.
Match Fees and payment details
All teams wishing to be included on our fixtures list must pay directly into the Malta Cricket Associations (MCA) Bank Account a non refundable deposit of 100.00. 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 for 2008 are as follows: -
Normal 40 over games
18.00 (Eighteen Euros = approx £12.25) per player per game - a total of 198.00
Reduced Over games
Either: -
30 over game
14.00 (Fourteen Euros = approx £9.50) per player per game - a total of 154.00
25 over game
13.00 (Thirteen Euros = approx £8.50) per player per game - a total of 143.00
Twenty20 game
12.00 (Twelve Euros = approx £8.00) per player per game - a total of 132.00
Example match fee
1 Weekday game: 11 x 18.00 = 198.00
1 Saturday game: 11 x 18.00 = 198.00
1 Sunday 20/20: 11 x 12.00 = 132.00
Total = 528.00
Deposit Paid: = 100.00
Total Amount Payable
14 days prior to arrival = 428.00
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 (a selection of sandwiches, pies, pasta and pizza)
· Please let us know if there are any special dietary needs
A team memento and a player of the match award
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 25.00. ( <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 exclusive 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.
Travel
European countries passport holders will have no problem entering Malta, but if any of your players are traveling 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.
Should you wish for us to arrange your travel and accommodation, please let us know as we are associated with Globalair travel company that specializes in sports travel. <http://www.globalairtravel.com>
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:
As regards other information from you the usual things we ask for prior to the tour are:-
Total number in the touring party i.e. players, umpires, scorers, accompanying partners, etc and tour leaders name.
Arrival & departure dates, times and flight numbers. Name of hotel where youre booked in.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE DO NOT BOOK/CONFIRM FLIGHTS OR ACCOMMODATION BEFORE RECEIVING CONFIRMATION FROM US.
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 51.00 per person. The clubs can be hired at 12.00 per set and the trolley is 3.60. 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