The Squad for the Festival is:

• Deanna Cooper
• Jennifer Hamer
• Rebecca Johnson (Gillingham)
• Rebecca Johnson Sevenoaks
• Hannah Mowbray
• Riti Patel
• Sophie Simmonds
• Lily Summers
• Dee Tress
• Phoebe Unwin
• Georgina White
• L. Arman
• J. Deniff

An invoice for £140 will be sent direct from the KCB

KCB Staff attending:

Phil Pass - 07702 422002
Nicki Collins - 07800 607527
Emily Gerke

Please arrive by 4pm on the Sunday 23rd August at 3.30pm for room allocation. If you cannot make it by then please let Mike Ling know so Nicki can be advised.

The following girls have still not returned the consent form to Phil Pass that was handed out in your packs a while ago. Please bring on Saturday or post to:

42 Cloisterham Road
Rochester
Kent ME1 2BW

Deanna Cooper
Rebecca Johnson (Gillingham)
Hannah Mowbray
Sophie Simmonds
Lily Summers

Saturday 2nd May 2009
Start time: 1:00 pm

Opponents: Frindsbury Under 17 boys - Home match

Match type: Friendly
Venue: BAE Systems Sports and Social Club
Bells Lane, Hoo ME3 9JD

Team selection:

• Jennifer Hamer (Captain)
• Hannah Mowbray
• Lily Summers
• Emma Perry
• Riti Patel
• Rebecca Johnson (Gillingham)
• Elyssa Hubbard
• Sophie Simmonds
• Georgina White
• Deanna Cooper
• Nicki Collins (Player/Manager)

Scorecards, match reports and photographs will appear here

Saturday 16th May 2009
Start time: 1:00 pm

Opponents: Essex - Home match
Match type: To be confirmed

Venue: BAE Systems Sports and Social Club, Bells Lane, Hoo

Team selection:

• Jennifer Hamer (Captain)
• Rebecca Johnson - Sevenoaks (Wkt Keeper)
• Dee Tress
• Phoebe Unwin
• Deanna Cooper
• Elyssa Hubbard
• Sophie Simmonds
• Rebecca Johnson - Gilllingham
• Lily Summers
• Riti Patel
• Hannah Mowbray
• Emma Perry

The full scorecard can be seen here

Match Report by Bipin Patel - Kent win a humdinger!

Kent Under 17 girls beat Essex in their opening match of the 2009 season in a sensational manner at the BAE ground in Hoo on Saturday 16th May 2009.

Essex won the toss and asked Kent to bat first on a turgid surface with uneven bounce. Kent openers Jennifer Hamer and Riti Patel had a testing time against some accurate Essex bowling supported by tight fielding.

Beth Langston got an early breakthrough for Essex by trapping Hamer leg before wicket when the score was 19.  Scoring was never easy and wickets fell at regular intervals and Kent finished their innings on 132 for 7 off 45 overs.  Hannah Mowbray (30) was the top-scorer for Kent with Riti Patel (20), Deanna Cooper (20) and Elysa Hubbard (19) making useful contributions.

Essex started their pursuit of the modest target in sunny conditions. Dee Tress bowled with purpose for Kent and got a much needed wicket in her third over with the score on 11 but Lauren Onojaife, as watchful as ever and Elissa Penketh steadied the Essex innings taking the score to 57 before Penketh was run out with a direct hit by Emma Perry.

With intermittent sunshine and strong breeze blowing across the ground the pitch was playing a lot easier and boundaries started coming with increasing frequency in a quicker outfield.

Essex made steady progress largely due to sensible batting by Onojaife who was in a determined mood to carry the team to victory.

With the score on 120 for 5 in the 40th over it looked all over for Kent until Deanna Cooper, who had extracted some disconcerting bounce throughout her second spell, bowled Jennifer Lees and Tia Moore off successive deliveries, finishing her overs with outstanding figures of 2 for 10 off 9 overs.

Just in case this wasn’t decisive enough she took an astonishing catch at silly mid-on off the very next delivery bowled by Lilly Summers to dismiss Lauren for 66 exposing the Essex tail-enders to the now rampant Kent girls. Scoring soon dried up and Essex could only manage 8 more runs in 4 overs finishing on 128 for 9 leaving Kent winners by just 4 runs!

Some photos from Bipin Patel

Kent Under 17 Girls 16th May 09 - photos copyright Bipin Patel

Saturday 23rd May 2009
Start time: To be confirmed

Opponents: Sussex - Away match

Match type: To be confirmed
Venue: Blackstone Lane, Woodmancote BN5 9TA

Team selection:

• Jennifier Hamer (Captain)
• Rebecca Johnson - Sevenoaks (Wkt Keeper)
• Dee Tress
• Phoebe Unwin
• Deanna Cooper
• Elyssa Hubbard
• Sophie Simmonds
• Rebecca Johnson (Gillingham)
• Lily Summers
• Riti Patel
• Hannah Mowbray
• Georgina White

On standby please: Emma Perry  (who will definitely be in the team for 30th v Surrey)

Please confirm availability by Tuesday 9.00pm

Scorecards, match reports and photographs will appear here