Sport
Boys’ Games T his year was a challenging year for everyone. We were unable to have sporting fixtures before the summer, therefore we needed to be creative with our Games sessions. We continued to train hard in Football, Rugby and Hockey and were pleased to see lots of improvement from our boys throughout the Michaelmas term. We are excited to see how they will performnext year when hopefully we are back to a full fixtures calendar. We did have our house matches and as always it was fiercely competitive. In Football, Waymouth came out on top and took the trophy. In Rugby, it was Waymouth again who took the trophy, but Sutton and Fiske gave them a run for their money. Cricket was a much closer this year, with all houses in with a chance, but it was Sutton who came out victorious. Amongst the four traditional sportswe alsohadBasketball, Dodgeball and Baseball tournaments. The pupils loved this and showed just how versatile they are. This year has been all about adaptability and flexibility. Our pupils have coped incredibly well and should be recognised for this over a very difficult year. In Cricket this summer, we managed to have boys and girls playing mixed fixtures across all year groups for the first time which was a positive step forward. It had been over 14 months since our last school fixtures and there was much anticipation. Throughout the summer term all our teams were made up of boys and girls and all training sessions took place together. There was a strong sense of community in the group and everyone supported one another. There were several cancellations leading up to the first matches. Our U9s in particular were very unfortunate to have all except one match cancelled. However on the 5th May we played our first home game against St Faith’s. All teams played softball for this match to give everyone the opportunity to get back into match play.
U11B/C won both their games but by less than 5 runs in both. Both these matches were very competitive and came down to the final over. Thank you to St Faith’s for starting the season. Our next match was on the 19th May and was a close fought battle with the Kirby U12A squad. It proved to be an absolute nail biter with some excellent performances from both sides. It all came down to the final over and the final ball. In the end finishing with a draw. Junior School U11A 124 vs Kirby U12A 124. The next match was on the 9th June and was a home fixture against Junior King’s. Again we had three brilliant matches. Our U11B team fought valiantly and were narrowly beaten by a very good bowling side. U11B 252 vs 270 JKS. The U11C again with an almost identical score were beaten by a good King’s side. U11C 251 vs 269 JKS. However, we were able to get one back with our U11A hardball side who won with an impressive score. U11A 140 vs 57 JKS. Our opening batters Afraz Malik and Connor Grantham-Stevens put on an impressive start with Afraz retiring on 50 not out. There was a fantastic mix of wicket takers with Lexie Durrant seeing off the last of the batters. Our one and only U9s cricket match was against Wellesley House on the 17th June. We were lucky to have some good weather and set off to our away match. Wellesley House were very good, particularly their bowling and were able to take all three victories. All our players came back with smiles and said they had really enjoyed it which was superb to hear. The final U11 game of the season was againstWellesley House on the 23rd of June. It certainly did not disappoint. The U11B and U11C lost in two closely fought matches. The U11B lost by just 3 runs. Final score U11B 254 vs 257 Wellesley House. Despite these two losses the U11A team managed to win a thrilling match away from home. SLC were all out for 77 and knew they had a challenge ahead. The one thing this group has is a real
Results below:
U11A won 257 vs 207 U11A second match won 239 vs 209
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