U13 Report 2007

The Under 13s fielded a squad of 25 players this year many of whom had by now been with the club for five seasons and everyone was looking forward to a summer of cricket.

Sadly the poor summer weather meant that more matches were cancelled than played and in the end the team only played four competitive matches and one hastily arranged friendly fixture. The best match was a thrilling one in the second round of the Barfoot Plate played against Saint Cross C which ended in a tie, St Cross eventually going through on the count back. 

There were some good individual performances - great bowling from Alex Reidy and Chris Brown who both averaged under 10 runs per wicket for the season - some aggressive batting from Luke Ardley and James Byrne -  some superb fielding and throwing from Ben Cook and Joseph Osborne and three stumpings and two catches from Nick Moreland behind the wicket. 

Many thanks to Adrian Brown, who in only his first season as coach , had to step into the breach as Mike McKenzie was working overseas for a lot of the summer. Hopefully by next season he will have leaned that there are six not seven balls in an over (sorry Adrian!)

The season was concluded by the club presentation ceremony where prizes were awarded as follows:-

Best batsman:         James Byrne

Best bowler:           Alex Reidy

Best fielder:            Ben Cook

Coaches award:      Luke Ardley

P.Moreland (U13 manager)

17.04.2008