Earlier today, eight children from years 4, 5 and 6 represented the school in a Kwik Cricket festival at Fordhouse’s Cricket Club.

There were four schools who attended and these played each other in matches, with the winning team going onto play in the city finals competition. Each school had eight overs to field and eight overs to bat, with the team with the most runs winning.

Our first game was again St Bart’s who had all year 6 boys in their team, with some very talented cricketers. They scored 289 runs, with our children scoring 214. This was a tough start for our children but they didn’t let their heads drop.

Our second game was against The Royal school. They batted first and set another huge total of 284. Our children came out very determined and there were some fantastic shots from Autumn,  Ariyan and Jorawer. After our eight overs, we had scored 262 runs. Just short of the Royal’s total but a massive improvement on the first game, our children were buzzing!

Our final game was against Stowheath Primary School. Our captain, Ariyan, chose to field first so that we had a total to try and beat. Stowheath batted very well and scored 244 runs. We started off very well with Reuben scoring some sixes and our other pairs also batting well. Then in the final over, Stowheath got their best bowler in and he got three wickets in a row. This meant we had lost 15 runs! Fortunately, we had built up enough runs in the previous overs and we finished on 251 runs! A great result for the team and a great way to finish an excellent morning of cricket.

Well done to all the children involved!