Author: David

Coaches from Cricket Shropshire were delighted to be part of Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin’s annual School Games Finals Day this week.

We had a really great morning of competitive indoor cricket held at the Shrewsbury Tennis Dome.

Six teams from across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin, who were successful in their regional competitions, came together at Shrewsbury Sports Village.

The six teams taking part were St Marys Bridgnorth, Oswestry Primary, Sir Alexandar Fleming, Ludlow Primary, Oakmeadow Primary from Shrewsbury and Captain Webb from Dawley.

At the end of the event, Oakmeadow Primary were crowned champions.

Cricket Shropshire’s Schools and Community Programme Manager Sacha Lee said: “Congratulations to all the schools who took part.

“Thank you to Energize and Schools Games for hosting this amazing event – it was great to see 48 teams from 35 schools taking part in all the activities.”

In total 375 youngsters were involved on the day along with 55 young leaders. In addition to cricket there was netball, rugby, tri golf, athletics and archery events.

A spokesperson for Energize said: “It was a fabulous event for everyone involved filled with movement, music, mascots and healthy snacks.

“Thank you to our sponsors: Keon Homes Limited and Housing Plus Group and to Shrewsbury Sports Village Serco Leisure for hosting.

“Also huge thanks to  our suppliers: Cricket Shropshire, Embrace, @EnglandNetball, Sportshall, The Golf Foundation and Louis Gray facilitating the archery.”

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Runs down the order helped Cricket Shropshire’s Under 15 Boys to victory when they hosted Worcestershire U16s Rapids at Frankwell.

They found themselves in some trouble early on batting first at 55-5 then 86-6 with opener Dylan Barkley hitting 24.

But Jake Adams hit 76 with support from skipper Ralph Davies (33) and Sayak Mukherjee (20) to see their side to 241-9 from their 50 overs.

In the reply, the Shropshire bowlers kept things tight and kept chipping away to restrict the visitors with Davies taking 3-28 from his ten overs and George Jenkins claiming 2-9 at the end of the innings.

The Pears were dismissed for 168 to give Shropshire victory by 73 runs.

The Girls Under 14s had a big victory when they hosted Herefordshire at Willey CC in the first round of the County One Day KO Cup with skipper Mills Jones leading the way.

She hit a superb unbeaten 102 from just 75 balls before her side was bowled out for 246 in the 40^th over with Gouri Cherukuri chipping in with 23.

The bowlers then got to work, dismissing the visitors for 80 with Verity Pardoe claiming 3-11, Sophia Kundu 2-13, Lexi Thavenot 2-11and Esme Bartlett-Minton 2-27.

They then travelled to Walmley CC to take on Warwickshire in a national Under 14 County One Day Group Game and found the going a bit tougher.

The hosts batted first and finished their 20 overs on 156-6 with Emma Brown claiming an impressive 3-18 and Verity Pardoe 2-24.

In reply, Shropshire were dismissed for 100 with Mills Jones top scoring with 28.

Two Shropshire schools have reached the Midlands semi-finals of their national competitions.

Quatt claimed the delayed 2025 Dave Vart Memorial Under 15s trophy with a hard-fought victory over Church Eaton at Oswestry CC.