Students at Taunton School had a unique opportunity to question a sporting superstar last week. Through his ambassador role for sports brand Grays International, former England cricketer Sir Alistair Cook works with schools to give advice to aspiring cricketers and this term Taunton School were chosen for a Q&A with the record-breaking batsman. The session, which took place virtually due to...
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A 14-year-old cricketer at Monmouth School for Girls will begin training under the England Women’s Academy coaches this winter. All-rounder Sophia Smale, a student at Monmouth School for Girls, has been selected for the England Spin Bowling Group based at Loughborough. A top-order batter and left-arm spinner, Sophia has been playing cricket since the age of five and this is a major step towards her...
Staff and pupils at Denstone College were delighted to meet Joe Root, the England Cricket Captain, over the weekend. Joe surprised the school with his request to make use of the fantastic indoor cricket facilities at Denstone following a discussion with close friend and Director of Cricket, Mr Simon Guy. He gave up some of his valuable time in-between hitting balls to do a Q&A with the pupils,...
Burgess Hill Girls pupil Tia Joseph has been named the Best Batter in the South East. If it wasn’t for her mum enrolling her in a summer cricket club where she was the only girl, Tia might never have discovered her passion for the game. Within a year of she was playing regular club cricket for Brighton and Hove and was selected to join the Sussex Cricket Pathway. The opportunity for her to play...
From January, Bishop’s Stortford College will be an MCC Foundation Cricket Hub, giving greater access to superb cricket facilities to a wider group of young people. The MCC Foundation, the charitable arm of the MCC, runs a network of Hubs across the UK, providing free coaching and match-play to state-educated 11-15 year old boys and girls with the aim of improving their cricket ability and boosting...
Felsted School’s tennis and rugby players travelled to new climates over the summer in preparation for the new academic year. The tennis players travelled to Miami for an intense ten days of matches against local schools on clay and hard courts, helping to refine their skills. They also had time built into their tour for other activities such as canoeing, paddle-boarding, sailing, swimming and...
Kent College’s Open Day for 2019 was one to remember this year, with a trio of England’s greatest sporting heroes attending for a morning of coaching followed by an exclusive interview for all to attend. After a morning of coaching preparing the students for the upcoming 19/20 season, prospective and current students, parents (and some lucky staff) gathered in School’s newly opened Great Hall for...
Felsted School hosted the 33rd annual English Cricket Board U15 festival over the summer holidays. Known as the David English Bunbury Festival, the school welcomed 56 of the best young cricket players across the country. One of these talented young cricketers was Felsted sport scholar Harry Gallian, who is currently on the Essex Emerging Cricket Player Programme playing for Essex County Cricket Club...
Felsted School U18 girls’ cricket team have been crowned National Champions in the Shrewsbury School U18 National Cup after beating Millfield and Shrewsbury. Batting first against Millfield, Felsted set a score of 115-6 to beat, which looked to be an easy target after the opposition scored 102 in their first 14 overs. However some excellent bowling and fielding brought the score level, taking the team...
Bedford School's 1st XI and U15Cs hockey teams have gone the whole season undefeated, winning 100% of their matches. The 1st XI went down in the school’s history books for winning all of their fixtures – the first hockey team in quite some time to end the regular season with a 100%-win record. Impressively, they have been unbeaten in block fixtures over the last two years and only lost five block...
Haileybury U13 girls’ cricket team have been crowned county champions at the Lady Taverners Indoor Cricket competition. Nine of Haileybury’s Lower School 1 and 2 (Year 7 and 8) girls, took part in in the final, who played against The Priory School, Ralph Sadlier and John Warner. The girls won their first match by 22 runs thanks to the Captain Ruby and her teammate Tamara. Ruby continued her good...
Bedford School’s cricket teams have enjoyed success in multiple competitions this season. The U14s are county champions after a convincing win over local rivals Bedford Modern School, with the U15s, U17s and U18s also in prime position for national titles. The 1st XI set the standard with 215-run victory over Stamford to progress to the quarter finals in the National Schools T20 Competition. An...
Taunton Preparatory School’s cricket teams have won their Somerset School’s County Cup semi-final ties. The U11s beat Millfield Preparatory School by 14 runs, before beating King’s Hall to secure their place in the Regional Finals. On a winning streak, they then defeated county teams from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Bristol/Bath to become Regional Champions. The U12s faced King’s Hall in the...
Taunton School has announced that its elite partnership with women’s cricket team Western Storm has been agreed for the 2018 and 2019 seasons. Western Storm are the current champions of the Kia Super League and will be looking to retain their title when the league begins next month. The school is keen to develop and inspire young female cricketers with this sponsorship, with both organisations...
Cricketers from Monmouth School for Boys recently played at Sophia Gardens cricket ground as part of a new partnership with Glamorgan County Cricket Club. The school’s U15s faced the Wales U14s side at the ground, losing by five wickets in the final over. Joe Harris top-scored with 51 and put on an 81-run opening partnership with Michael Burger as Monmouth posted 213-6 from 40 overs. Despite bowling...
Monmouth School for Boys’ cricket team have recently been on a tour of Sri Lanka. The trip was the school’s first to the country since 1985, when a squad including former Glamorgan and England opener Steve James toured the island. The squad was drawn from last year’s U13 and U14 squads and achieved three wins in six matches. The tour began in the city of Kandy where Monmouth lost by 92 runs to...
A former sportsman and BBC commentator recently gave a talk to upper sixth students at Bromsgrove School. Alastair Hignell CBE spoke about his career as a professional cricketer and rugby player, as well as his diagnosis with MS and his current work in spreading awareness and fundraising for research. The Cambridge-born fullback captained the prestigious university in both sports and made his rugby...