Youth

The last junior practice of the season was scheduled to be the grudge match of the season….the parents and coaches playing the Juniors in a pairs match. There were a few kids excited to be bowling against their mums and dads and there was certainly one or two apprehensive parents in the ranks. There were […]

With most of the U11s having played in the tied U13 game at Brixworth on Monday night, the crowd [well, the coaches anyway] were hoping for a slightly less exciting finish from the visit of Old Wellingburians to a cloudy Compton Park for the last home match of the season. Having won the toss and […]

The U13s travelled to the splendid Dallas Burston Ground in Brixworth with the possibility of a 4-win weekend on the cards, with the senior 1’s, 2,s and junior U11s all already having won over the weekend. It would take some digging into the history books to find the last time it happened – if ever […]

After last weeks disappointment with the basics in all areas letting us down the message this week in the pre-match team talk was all about keeping things simple and focusing on the basics. Anya lost the toss and we were put into bat on the artificial wicket on a glorious sunny morning. The opening pair […]

OW’s U13s arrived at Cogenhoe having only played once this season due to bad weather or unavailability. Cogenhoe were reduced to 10 players due to a late illness withdrawal but there was some optimism that our opponents would be equally inexperienced. OW’s batted first and rotated their batsmen to give some of the boys a […]

Saints U11s were the visitors to the Compton International Arena on Sunday. A good crowd was in as Saints won the toss and elected to bowl first. I’m not going to dwell too much on today’s performance as there were some good bits, some developmental bits and plenty of indifferent bits across the board. Saints […]

The U13s hosted Heyford looking to a] build on the positive performance the week before against Saints and b] see if we could complete the U11 & U13 win double over Heyford on the same weekend. It was clear from the toss when the 6 foot tall Heyford skipper shook hands with Jake that it […]

After the season-low showing against Horton House two weeks ago, the U13s travelled to Saints looking to put in an improved all-round performance against a Saints team littered with their developmental/squad players to keep the game [hopefully] competitive. Saints came out to bat with intent and with a quick outfield, it meant that the Cooks […]