| Welcome
to the Marsa Cricket Club housed within
the facilities of its parent Main Club,
the Marsa Sports & Country Club. Situated
in the Mediterranean, the Maltese Islands
boast a temperate climate enabling for all-year-round
cricket. Very occasional rain showers might
fall in the Winter months of Nov –
Feb but matches are rarely cancelled or
abandoned. However the opposite occurs during
the Summer months of Jun – Sept with
shade temperatures around 40°C in August.
During the other months, expect exceedingly
mild conditions with a slight breeze to
top up your sun-tan.
Cricket has been played
on the existing site for over a century.
A cricket match is played every Saturday
at the club, with touring sides offered
both weekend and midweek matches. Any keen
cricketer, on holiday or business, is very
welcome to join the locals in one of the
regular Saturday matches.
The club is centrally located
but no tourists resort is in the adjacent
vicinity. We organise transport to and from
the cricket pitch for all visiting teams
and the most you will have to travel would
be for a mere 20 minutes. The Marsa CC is
affiliated to the Malta Cricket Association.
The facilities include
a well-grassed outfield, net-practise area
and a colonial-style pavilion. The oval
measures some 125 metres by 90 metres wide.
The pitch is a concrete strip with an artificial
mat (Wimbledon Unreal Grass) glued on top.
This makes rubber-soled shoes a pre-requisite.
Maltese limestone building-bricks demarcate
the boundary and make up the large sight-screens.
The pavilion is also built
from these bricks and houses a changing-room
with showers and a kit-room. Outside the
pavilion is a wooden-fenced enclosure. To
one side of the pavilion are two practise-nets
of similar construction to the central pitch.
The grass outfield is kept green throughout
the year by means of a sprinkler system.
Surrounding the ground are mature trees
and bushes which have been known to claim
the odd cricket-ball.
Numerous touring sides
have enjoyed playing at Marsa with many
returning on a regular basis. Most tourists
come from England however there have been
teams from many other countries, including
America, Australia, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany,
Holland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia,
New Zealand, Pakistan, Switzerland and Wales.
Many Royal Navy ships have enjoyed playing
at the club during their short breaks in
Valletta’s Grand Harbour.
Interest in touring to
Malta is constantly on the increase. We
suggest that you make your enquiries as
early as possible. To avoid disappointment,
some clubs book their dates as early as
two years prior to travelling. The busiest
months tend to be mid-March to early-May
for pre-season outdoor match practise and
late-September to early- November for post-season
social matches.
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Cricket
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Tours including airport
transfers, 7 nights accommodation
in 3 Star accommodation
on BB, all match fees
and transfers for 3 matches
with 40 overs along with
light lunches and water
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November
till March (excluding
festive periods) |
Starting
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216 |
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April, May, June
& October |
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from Euro
263 |
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August & September
(including
festive periods) |
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from Euro
333 |
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Apr
09 >
This is just a note to sundreamstravel.com
for your great organization
of our tour, the tour was enjoyed
by all, but most importantly
by the boys themselves who had
a great time on and off the
pitch. I am buying a cover for
my pint glass to use when at
the club, or might start drinking
out of bottles. Some of us are
seriously considering a holiday
in Malta and will certainly
be in touch soon if we decide
to come. Phil
