McGill Memorial Match (25th July)

Holy Cross ACC will be holding a commemorative cricket match at home on Sunday the 25th of July to celebrate the immense personality and legendary feats of Colin 'Coco' McGill. Although it is over a year since Coco passed away, the COVID crisis has only now allowed us to hold an event in his honour as substantial as he deserves. As well as the players themselves, we hope to have space available for other well-wishers who may want to attend, including bar facilities.

The match format will be a forty over game featuring a mix of current and former Crossers, starting at 1pm. The teams have been selected by a faceless politburo in the knowledge that demand for places will naturally exceed spaces available so please accept our regrets if you have not been approached to play. A particular apology to Coco's many younger fans as the sides are mainly chosen from Coco's playing heyday in the last century.

Clearly we are still restricted by COVID regulations, so unfortunately we are not in a position to offer a blanket invitation beyond the confines of this correspondence list for now, but we are optimistic that by the time of the match we will be able to host a good, if limited, number of spectators. We will update you on the necessary restrictions as the situation develops. As things currently stand we are allowed 30 attendees for the match and another 30 for a parallel event hosted in the clubhouse (with easy access to the playing field). If interest is high we may be able to extend the numbers by splitting the clubhouse event into an afternoon session and an evening session. We should have a better idea after 19th July.

In spite of the complications, we hope to have a lot of interest in this event. To help us gauge the level of attendance, if you would like to come down please reply to this email or drop us a line at holycross.availability@gmail.com. It promises to be a wonderful chance to remember the great man in the way he would have most enjoyed.

Mark Robertson.