Town Cluster Dynamos Cricket Competition
Town Cluster Dynamos Cricket Competition
@ North Runcton Cricket Club Monday 20th May
Nine children from Years 5 and 6 took part in this annual event which always proves enjoyable, the setting is lovely. It began as a dull but dry day and ended up sunny and warm which caught the children out a little as there is no shade. The children were as enthusiastic as ever to be playing against other schools but nervous as we had not played a full game before the event.
Our pool comprised of St Martha’s, the eventual winners who scored over a 100 in all their matches, Holly Meadows and Howard Junior. The other pool had Gayton, Fairstead who finished 2nd, Ashwicken who were 3rd and North Wootton in it.
Our first match was against Howard Junior, it was very close and with some tentative but steady bowling we won, second up was Holly Meadows, our confidence was growing and once again we won. Everyone was feeling happy, supporting each other and enjoying the matches but we knew St Martha’s were here to win. Unfortunately we could not match them in anyway; we gave it our all and never gave up and were sporting to the end.
However we finished 2nd in our pool and went on to play Fairstead who were the pool 1 winners, St Martha’s played Ashwicken. To their credit our children never gave up but the bigger schools were better than us and we went on to lose against Fairstead and then in the 3rd/4th playoff to Ashwicken therefore finishing 4th overall which was a great result given the size of our year groups.
Thank you to the family members who popped over to support and for their lovely comments, it was very much appreciated.
Over the whole day our confidence grew and with that so did our skills, there were some super catches, consistent bowling and batting but importantly they worked as a team, encouraging and supporting each other, that really is what we do best!
