Treadwell Gibbons Jr. has joined the ranks of Arbroath Cricket Club in Scotland.

The Western Stars and Under 19 national team cricketer has been recruited as Arbroath's sole amateur player for the upcoming season.

Gibbons, pictured, son of former Flatts and Stars wicketkeeper/batsman Treadwell Sr., arrived in the UK early yesterday morning and is now scheduled to see action this weekend when Arbroath's pre-season preparations intensify with limited overs warm-up matches against Fort Hill Cricket Club and Stathmore Cricket Club on Saturday and Sunday.

Legendary former St.George's Cup Match bowler, current development manager of Central and Northern cricket in Scotland and Arbroath vice president Clarence Parfitt played an integral part in securing a deal for Gibbons at the club where he previously enjoyed a colourful professional career.

Gibbons will be fighting for a spot as an opening batsman for the Scottish National League North Division club.

The left-handed Stars opener is the fourth Bermudian to play cricket at Arbroath, following in the footsteps of Parfitt, Noel Gibbons and Lionel Cann.

Gibbons was scheduled to practise in the nets late yesterday afternoon.

"This opportunity will be a great benefit in the long term if he (Gibbons) can knuckle down and score some good runs," Parfitt told The Royal Gazette.

"If you can play cricket over in this part of the world, then you can play in any other part of the world because the wickets and everything else are completely different from what you get in Bermuda or the West Indies.

"This is why every country sends players over here . . . to learn how to play and Treadwell will learn how to bat and play straight on fields twice as big as they are in Bermuda. And he will also learn how to hit the ball along the ground."

But first, Parfitt stressed, Gibbons will have to quickly adjust to the slower pace of the batting strips in Scotland.

"The wickets here tend to be slower and that's why I was surprised Bermuda (national team) went to the Caribbean," he added. "I think they should have been over this way because in Trinidad the wickets are quick while in Ireland they are going to very slow and green."

And Parfitt, who declined the job offer to succeed Mark Harper as national coach, gave interim coach Gus Logie his warm blessings.

Logie is currently putting Clay Smith's national team, preparing for July's International Cricket Council (ICC) Trophy Tournament in Ireland, through their paces in Trinidad.

"I was offered a four-month job as coach," Parfitt divulged. "But I told them (Bermuda Cricket Board) there was no way I could give up a job and take another job for four months.

"I know Logie because he used to play out here (Kilcadly Cricket Club). He played professionally in Scotland for a few years and he will probably do a good job.

"I would never knock anybody and hopefully he does a good job for Bermuda."

Arbroath, meanwhile, will compete in four warm-up matches before officially kicking off the new season in two weeks time, added Parfitt.