Stoneywood Cricket Club and Dyce Cricket Club merged in 1991. When the two clubs came together, they fielded teams in Grades One and Four of the Aberdeenshire Grades. In 1994, the club entered the Strathmore and Perthshire Union and won it in both 1996 and 1997, with the latter triumph being followed by success in a play-off to enter the Scottish National Cricket Leagues. A successful 1998 saw the club reach the dizzy heights of the SNCL Premier League for the 1999 season. Our club has teams playing at all levels of cricket in Scotland:
- 1st XI playing in SPCU North Each Championship
- 2nd XI playing in SPCU Division 1
- 3rd XI playing in Aberdeenshire Grades Cricket
- Women's XI playing in the Cricket Scotland Challenger League
- Opportunities to be selected for the WPL North East Select team
- U13/U15 XI playing against clubs around Aberdeenshire and Cricket Scotland Cup Competitions
Alongside the progress of the senior sides, we have a thriving and vibrant junior section. Led by Shaun Finch, our Junior Convener, and supported by up to 6 qualified volunteer coaches. we provide junior training all year round at Sheddocksly Community Centre in the off-season and Peoples Park during the summer. We also run very successful ECB All Stars and Dynamos programmes in the summer aimed at 5-8 year olds and 8-11 year olds taking up cricket. Our latest batch of junior hardball cricketers are starting to compete in senior cricket at early ages based on merit! In total we have over 50 children and young people participating every week!
The club has had remarkable success at Junior Representative Levels since Stuart Coetzer was the first to make the breakthrough into the Scotland U13 side in 1995. Further evidence of the club’s success and of the commitment of it’s youngsters came when Kyle Coetzer joined the Academy at Durham County Cricket Club in 2003 and made his senior debut for Scotland, Kyle went on to make his First Class debut for Durham in 2004 and was followed into the Scotland side by Gordon Goudie then older brother Stuart Coetzer. Gordon joined the MCC Young Cricketers set up in 2005 and played for Middlesex CCC 2nd XI in 2006. Also add Scott Redhead joining the Durham Academy in 2007, the appointment in 2008 of Fiona Urquhart as captain of the Scotland Ladies side and Michael Leask making his debut for Scotland in 2014. All of these players benefited from the sound cricket structure at SDCC to take their first steps on their cricketing journey. To this day the club still produces players of an International standard. Jack Lambley and Ross Kennard are both home grown talents and have represented Scotland at u17 level. We also have a fantastic record for having players in the Caledonian Highlanders regional team at various different levels, with our previous 1st XI captain Jamie King having represented SDCC in the team previously. The club is incredibly proud of the talent it has produced and continues to produce!
New members for all teams and age-groups are always welcome. To request more information please get in touch using the Contact Us page, or just come along to one of the training sessions.
For new member information about SDCC, see the New Member Information page.