Cricket

Under 15 Girls

The girls have taken a while to warm up to this year's cricket season! Right from the beginning of term we started with the bare 11 and after much encouragement the girls have stuck with it and have come on leaps and bounds; resulting in them really enjoying themselves. Sophie Haworth has captained the team and has done a fantastic job encouraging players enthusiastically and positively throughout and her love and knowledge of the game made her the right fit for the job. We have had a mixture of softball and hardball fixtures and a few cancellations due to the weather, a range of scores but two solid wins under our belt against Ryde and St Johns College and a strong draw against PHS. I've enjoyed coaching the girls and hope they look forward to some cricket next year, before they get stuck into their GCSE's.

Under 14 Girls

The Year 9 Girls Cricket squad embraced a new challenge in the form of hard ball cricket this Summer. Playing tough opposition including the likes of Seaford and Lord Wandsworth College, the team put up a valiant display of batting and bowling to keep the scores close. Fielding several teams each week, over 21 girls have represented the Year group this season and should be very proud of their efforts. Some honourable mentions must go to Eva Durrant for her 34 runs against a tough Seaford bowling attack and Amy Nightingale and Lissie Knox who shared a combined total of 18 wickets across all matches.

Every player made significant progress over the course of quite a short season and I am very excited to see them develop upon their skills and passion for the game in Year 10.

Under 13 Girls

Under 13 Girls

This year has been quite unusual for cricket, with COVID cancelations and most matches being rained off. Despite that, this season has been so much fun. We really enjoyed bonding again in our teams and being there to encourage each other on and off the pitch. Elizabeth and AJ’s bowling and Charlotte, Yasmin and Elspeth’s batting have been incredible throughout the matches and in training and of course I must mention Olivia Hemmings, who has played on the boy’s teams. Even on the Mondays, when it is pouring with rain and freezing cold, we still manage to have fun. I am so glad that we have been at school for this year’s cricket season and thank you to Miss Clark and Ms Tweddle for teaching us and helping us all to become better players and better people. We will miss you and are wishing you all the best for the future.

Cecelia Cameron fixtures against other schools, making training as enjoyable as possible and so much more. I (Simone) personally have really improved my batting and now I really like it. Hannah’s bowling has also improved massively.

It has been very fun to play cricket with my friends and use those skills I have learned in friendly match play. Unfortunately, due to COVID, the number of games has been very limited. Despite this, all the Year 7 girls have been very involved with PGS cricket and shown lots of improvement. I am really looking forward to sport, especially cricket, in Year 8 .

1st XI Boys

After the huge disappointment of missing the whole 2020 season the 1st team cricketers were excited to return to pre-season nets at Hilsea during the dry but chilly Easter holiday.

Under 12 Girls

The U12 girl’s cricket season has been great and we have really enjoyed learning new skills and rules, such as bowling and boundary rules. The games staff have done so much to ensure that we have as much fun as possible by setting up Heavy rain prevented the opening fixture versus Churcher’s College so our first match was against KES who were bowled out for 88 in a fine bowling display culminating in a hat trick for Will Parvin who ended up with 5 wickets. Unfortunately rain swept in between innings

Back row: Isaac Ghassemi-Allgood, William Chapple, Oliver Davidson, Archie Simmons, Monty Bond, Toby Cooper, Daniel Betsworth Front row: Max Bushby-Harris, Lewis Ndahiro, Ryan Nay, Suly Amin, Nikhil Sen, Oliver Aldridge

and the match was abandoned. Our next fixture against Canford was cancelled following confirmation of a number of COVID cases at their school. excellent example to others and will greatly missed. We look forward to welcoming back all our leaving cricketers to future OP’s fixtures.”

Our first completed match was after half term at Seaford College. Zac Gadsby was finally unleashed and showed his potential by spearheading our attack to skittle a strong Seaford batting line up for 98.Our captain Alex Beckett and Lucas Hutchinson provided excellent support in the seam department coupled with a fine fielding display. In reply our batting looked understandably rusty and we failed in the run chase against Seaford’s excellent spinners. Our next fixture was a T20 v Churcher’s College. We restricted them to 110tone with some tight bowling from Tom Stone, Luke Anstey and Zac Gadsby. Billy McBride and Alex Davidson were cruising to a win at 46 for 0 when persistent rain forced another abandonment. The annual MCC fixture was an enjoyable day with Toby Foord scoring a maiden fifty to earn us a draw. Our penultimate match was away to Ryde where Toby Foord continued his fine form with another fifty and Alex Beckett secured our victory with a tremendous score of 83. We finished our season with a comprehensive win against Lord Wandsworth College, restricting the visitors to 156 and then cruising to 160-4 with fine performances from Alex Beckett, Billy McBride and Jack Lee. We look forward to a fixture packed and sun filled season in 2022. Our sincere thanks and best wishes must go to our leavers, in particular Alex and Billy, who as captain and vice captain set an

1st XI Boys

Under 15A Team This year’s season has been long anticipated with a Year 10 group of boys that showed great depth and an abundance of potential. With the first couple of weeks being training games and much disruption due to the weather, the boys were more than ready to get started with their first competitive matches of school cricket in nearly two years. On first outing Sam Kalra hit an impressive 50 whilst Jack Nay showed some explosive batting in the early rounds of the Hampshire Cup 20 Over format. Excellent bowling performances were starting to take shape from Ben Reilly, Lucas Hutchinson, and James Curwood. This team was starting to gain some momentum, which was needed with their first real test against Winchester College. The team pulled through a very competitive match before surpassing Sherborne School at Hilsea in the final round before the Regional finals. So far, the mastermind tactics and quick hands behind the stumps by captain Ben Feeney had impressed many, but his biggest test was yet to come with a Regional Semi-final against Millfield. The toss was won and PGS elected to bat first, setting the pace through an impressive

innings from Lucas Hutchinson. A massive win in this match gave the boys a shot at the National finals with on a very good Bradfield College standing in their way. Again the toss was won and the game plan remained the same, but the boys couldn’t quite repeat the same energy and decisiveness that enabled them to defeat Millfield. Losing in the last over of the final was gut wrenching for all the boys who had given everything to this season. So many of them improved over the short season and contributed to a fantastic team effort that they can all be proud of. Bring on Summer 2022.

Alex Leach

Under 15B Team

A solid season for the U15B team only being beaten by a strong Ryde side in both home and away fixtures. This season saw Elliott Hartridge Captain the squad supported by his Vice captain Henry Collins. The season was one of two halves, in that Elliot chose to rotate his team each game. That meant opening batsmen opened one week and then the tail end opened the next. Some good performances from

individuals, notably Sam Bradshaw's bowling and Fin Hoddle's batting with the latter standing fast against a hostile pace attack from Ryde in the away fixture. A great team spirit shown in this stop start season by all the team and I must add my thanks to all the 'C' team squad players that stepped up to the mark to ensure a strong team took to the wicket each week. The U14A’s have seen captaincy experience given to Lewis Ndahrio, Ryan Nay and Nikhil Sen. All have shown strong cricket awareness and have learnt valuable skills in how to manage a team and work out how to lead when in the field. Lewis and Ryan have been our leading run scorers displaying excellent batting skill. Lewis achieved the teams top score in an impressive knock against Seaford. Ryan played numerous attractive drive shots. All remaining team members are able to contribute with both bat and bowl and it is great to see so many boys an U14A level it be able to be involved in both facets of the game. These talented allrounders consist of; Max Bushby-Harris, Oliver Davidson, William Chapple, Monty Bond, Nikhil Sen, Toby Cooper. For next season it will be crucial for the boys to continue to improve their consistency of line and length and bowl five/six balls in the correct spot rather than two or three. Other batters that have contributed in our small number of fixtures include Archie Simmons, Monty Bond and William Chapple.

As with their bowling the boys will need to invest more time and concentration when batting in fixtures as on too many occasions they gave their wickets away too cheaply. Archie Simmons should be commended for his work behind the stumps. He has made outstanding

Under 13 Team

Under 13 Team improvement to his keeping from when the boys were last out in whites in the 2019 season. We look forward to a full season next year where the boys can continue to show case their continued improvement.

Under 14B Team

After losing many of our fixtures to rain or COVID, it may seem that 2021 would be a cricket season to forget. However, there were some notable performances. Home to Seaford College, we managed to keep the visitors to 193 runs of 25 overs. Rufus Millar was the pick of the bowlers with two wickets from four, including an excellent catch by Suly Amin. Being bowled out for 56 in response, it was clear our batting needed some work. But Harry Cooper and Dan Betsworth were our top scorers.

Away at Lord Wandsworth, Harry Cooper improved on his promising score against Seaford, achieving the teams top individual score for the season. Marvin Leung showed himself to be a tight bowler, taking a couple of wickets. He has been the teams leading bowler showing outstanding and accuracy during all his bowling spells. Sadly, Lord Wandsworth were able to chase down our target of 73.

The bowling and fielding performance against RGS Guildford was very good. Suly Amin was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets. Rufus Millar bowled economically with only 15 runs scored from his 4 overs. Fielding highlights include two impressive catches by Piers Webb and a sharp run out by Marvin Leung. Sadly, we could not chase down RGS Guildford’s score of 162 from 25. However, Marvin Leung and Harry Cooper were the pick of the batters .The U14Bs are a promising team, and a delight to coach. However, we will need to work on our fielding and our batting to be more competitive next year.

Under 13A Team

For the U13A we enjoyed eventually being able to complete a relatively normal season. The team was relatively stable throughout which allowed all the pupils to contribute with either the bat, ball or in the field. George Jameson’s and Huw Kalra’s innings and Sam Miller’s 4 wickets against LWC were highlights of our best game as a team. Tom Rait’s 33 vs Ryde and Tom Pritchard’s 28 vs Churchers were also some of the better batting scores this year. George and James Christie also had excellent innings against a very strong RGS team with James also being the pick of the bowlers this day with his economical bowling. All the players should be pleased with their commitment this year and I wish them the best of luck next year.

U13B Team

The U13B side played six fixtures across the course of a rain interrupted season. Throughout these games an amazing 23 players played for the side. Yelisey Hodell became a key figure when batting with an impressive 35 not out against Ryde and another knock of 42 against Lord Wandsworth College. The bowling of the side improved over the course of the season with an attacking line up of Olivia Hemmings, Vivaan Dixit and Max Priestly all taking a number of quality wickets. The team was ably skippered by William Brine-Howe who was assisted by Felix Wright across the course of the season. The side will want to continue its improvements next season in what we hope will be a more traditional season with less games cancelled due to the weather.

U12A Team

The Year 7 boy cricketers have enjoyed the term and their first competitive fixtures for the school. They have worked hard to improve their cricket and have turned up to training and fixtures consistently. There have been some excellent performances from a few of the players with Will Aldridge scoring a quick fire 50 against Ryde. Reuben Teasdale has batted well throughout the term and scored an excellent 38 against Churchers on a difficult pitch. Reuben Cooper also batted consistently and showed this with a couple of high scoring innings and a 50 against Perrins. Ollie Davies finished the season with a very good 30 against RGS Guildford. All the boys should be proud of representing the school and I hope they are looking forward to more fixtures next season.

Under 14 Boys. Back row: Will Magro, Oliver Barden, Harry Cooper, Freddie Lowe, Roman Robertson-Cross, Alfie Harris, Suly Amin, Isaac Diffey, Dan Betsworth Front row: Marvin Leung, Augustas Corbett, Charlie Hill, Rufus Millar, Piers Webb, Charlie Nicholls

Under 12 Team

Under 12 Team

Under 12 Team

Back row: Beth Evans, Scarlett Smith, Lisse Knox, Katie Livermore, Chloe Mackley, Emily Farrar, Bella Cameron, Milly Wilson, Amy Nightingale, Martha Bell Front row: Sophie Escott, Lucy Harris, Rebecca Cheung, Eva Durrant, Evie Howard, Mia Cossey, Isobella Palmer-Ward, Willow Armstrong