Girl's Club Cricket

Kent Under 13s Girls finals

2011-09-01T11:10:27Z

On Bank Holiday Monday 29th August the semi-finals and final of the under 13s County Championship took place at Polo Farm, Canterbury.

Thankfully, although a little chilly at times, the weather was quite kind to us. The two semi-finals resulted in wins for St.Lawrence + Highland Court over Bexley.

Batting first Bexley attained 61-4 in their allotted 16 overs with St.Lawrence reaching their target at 65-0 in 9.1 overs.

In the other semi Leeds and Broomfield reached 108-2 and restricted Colfeians Falcons to 88-4 both teams batting out their 16 overs.

In the 3rd/4th play-off Bexley reached 74-5 in 16 overs with their local rivals Colfeians knocking off the runs in 9.2 overs in reaching 76-2.

St.Lawrence and Highland Court took the honours of the day by winning the final when they restricted Leeds and Broomfield to 68-2 in 16 overs and reached their title winning score of 70-0 in 10.2 overs.

Congratulations to St.Lawrence and Highland Court.

Lady Taverners Girls Under 11 Competition

2011-09-01T10:38:57Z

Tunbridge Wells Under 11 girls recently took part in the Lady Taverner’s Under 11 Competition, eventually losing to Worthing Chippinghams who were a very good side.

Match results (team batting first listed first):-

Old Chelmsfordians (Essex) 201-5 v TW 264-0
TW 259-4 v Finchly (Middlesex) 196-7
Worthing Chippinghams (Sussex) 249-0 v TW 234-5
Spencer (Surrey) 183-10 v TW 258-2

News of an Indoor Girls tournament during winter 2011/2012

2011-08-17T09:59:34Z

News of an indoor League for Under 15 girls running during the winter months has reached us.

To be played at the 442 Club, in Gillingham, the costs and all the other details are laid out in the flyer that we’ve received. You’ll almost certainly want to know what the rules are!

If you’re interested the first thing to do is register with the event organiser Nicki Collins whose email address is nickicollins@live.co.uk.

Let us know if you intend taking part - we’ll be very interested to hear from you.

Latest Girl's Competitions results

2011-08-04T17:10:30Z

Under 15 Lady Taverners Regional Round:
Bells Yew Green (Sussex representatives) beat Colfeians (Kent representatives) on 3rd August by 1 run.

The Under 13 match that was supposed to be played today, 4th August, between Colfeians and St Lawrence and Highland Court had to be cancelled.

A reminder that the Kent Under 13 Girls League Finals Day is at Polo Farm, Littlebourne Road, Canterbury on August Bank Holiday Monday from 10am.

The Teams involved are the top two from each of the North and South Kent Leagues.

St Lawrence and Highland Court or Bells Yew Green will play Bexley
Leeds and Broomfield Girls will play Colfeians

These Play offs will determine 4th through to 1st placed teams in Kent.

Female cricket in Kent - Second edition

2011-07-20T10:28:00Z

Following the success of the first edition of Kent Cricket Board’s newsletter about the female game in Kent a second edition has now been produced.

As before it’s meant to be a communication tool and its main ambition is to be a support for clubs trying to develop girls and women teams from scratch or to take their existing teams further forward.

Here is the second edition. Any comments, please pass them to the Editor John Daniels whose details are in the newsletter.

Kent Lady Taverner's Girls Under 11 Festival at Hayes

2011-07-19T06:45:15Z

Congratulations to Tunbridge Wells Under 11 Girls cricket team. They triumphed in the Kent Lady Taverners Kwik Cricket festival by beating Bexley in a most exciting final by just one run.

Nearly one hundred girls from ten clubs took part in the festival, hosted by Hayes Cricket Club. Dodging in and out of the heavy showers, the first round of matches were completed, with Tunbridge Wells, Bexley, Castle Hill and Whitstable emerging as the semi finalists.

Blue sky appeared overhead for a few moments. It presented a marvellous opportunity for all the girls to receive their Lady Taverners certificates from Hayes, Kent and England stars Lydia Greenway and Laura Marsh. This was an absolute thrill for all the young girls, and it showed in their happy, smiling faces as they stood for photos and collected autographs from England players.

Laura Collins, Chairman of the Kent and Sussex Lady Taverners was also on hand to congratulate the four teams that had reached the semi finals.

The weather abated for the last hour enabling the last few matches to be played in dry conditions. David Sear, festival organiser, said “it was a good day. We did very well in tricky conditions to complete most of the festival and end up with a winning team for Kent. Everyone including the girls, team managers, scorers and parents were superb.”

For the record, Castle Hill beat Whitstable to take third place, but it was the impressive Tunbridge Wells squad who took the honours over a plucky Bexley outfit by the narrowest of margins.

Tunbridge Wells go forward to represent Kent at the Regional Finals on 30th August at Shenley.

Some photographs from the event:

Swale Girls District Festival 17th June 2011

2011-06-20T22:07:36Z

Here is a visual report of the Swale Girls District Festival held on 17th June 2011

The Festival was the first one ever in Swale and the intention was to support the future development of a Girls club in the district.

Anyone wishing to make enquiries or know more can contact Adam Hodder by emailing him at adam.j.hodder@hotmail.co.uk who is the District Development Officer for Swale or Darren Nokes of Rodmersham CC at nokesy198@hotmail.com

Kent Young Cricketers Under 11 Girls Assessment Day 10th September 2011

2011-06-20T19:41:05Z

Kent Cricket Board welcomes applications from primary aged girls (currently Year 5 and below, Under 11 at midnight on 31st August 2011) to the above cricket day.

We are looking for girls to join local cricket clubs across the county and also to identify girls who have the potential for selection into a Kent girls Under 11 squad for winter training and summer matches for the 2012 season.

Previous experience may be advantageous but not essential as there will be plenty of opportunity to develop cricket specific skills if selected for further training. However, if you like sport and would like to do more cricket, then this day would be suitable for you.

Full details and an application form are included in the attached notice. Please note that if you are interested, you should contact David Sear (details in the notice) directly and not the KCB office.

KCB Women and Girls Cricket Newsletter number 1

2011-06-16T10:38:37Z

Kent Cricket Board have produced what is, at this stage, an experimental newsletter about the female game in Kent.

It’s meant to be a communication tool and its main ambition is to be a support for clubs trying to develop girls and women teams from scratch or to take their existing teams further forward.

Here is the first edition - and it really is worth reading

Girls Festivals 2011 - Report from Bells Yew Green

2011-06-16T10:24:45Z

Congratulations to Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club. They won the second of the season’s Kwik Cricket Festivals for Under11 Girls club teams, which was hosted by Bells Yew Green Cricket Club. Considering that they have only had a dedicated girls section for two years, this was a remarkable achievement.

Girls club cricket in Kent is continuing to flourish, and this was borne out with a record entry of twelve clubs and fourteen teams participating. We welcomed Old Elthamians entering a girls team for the first time in the club’s history.

In order to participate, Leeds and Broomfield formed a team by combining the girls from their own club, plus other girls from the neighbouring clubs of Hollingbourne and Marden. This is a splendid initiative that other clusters of clubs should be encouraged in order to give more girls the opportunity to play.

For the record, Tunbridge Wells won all four of their festival matches, beating the consistent Castle Hill and the May festival winners, by 19 runs in the final. Bells Yew Green were 3rd with Canterbury a creditable fourth, their highest position in two years.

St Lawrence and Highland Court beat Whitstable in the Googly Plate Final, with Bexley sneaking 3rd place by one run off the last ball over near neighbours Hayes.

Old Elthamians won the Yorker Plate League, defeating Sidcup (first appearance this season), and Leeds and Broomfield.

Old Colfeians took the Bouncer Plate League by defeating second teams from Tunbridge Wells and Bells Yew Green.

In spite of wet conditions, the whole afternoon passed off smoothly with everyone playing in good spirit. Once again, David Sear, Festival Organiser, paid tribute to all the adults who had organised and coached the girls’ teams, and also adults who helped to score and umpire.

The next festival, which doubles as Kent’s entry into the National Lady Taverners Under 11 Girls Festival, is to be held at Hayes Cricket Club on Sunday 17th July, 1.00pm start.

All the results from a very successful event can be found here