Connells Estates CC general manager Andy Mellon flew back home from New Zealand specially to open the new seating areas added to the Connells Estates Cricket Ground as part of a £100,000 expansion programme. This raises the capacity to 17100 with new space for covered seating and a vastly-improved members area - some of the large number of new members over the past year had been complaining of the smell in the standing area! The ground has been safety-tested, and is ready for Connells' next game against Young Boys Burn on Friday at 10:30am.

The club has also announced plans to make repairs to the youth academy, to be completed soon.