Congratulations to our Under 11C team who won the plate competition at the annual Bexley festival, on Sunday.
We took a young, developmental side, based around last year's successful Under 9 team. We won our opening group match but then lost to two older, more experienced sides.
After lunch we moved into the plate competition and from here our boys improved markedly through the day, particularly in running between the wickets (which was hesitant in the first games but was great in the play-off games); bowling and fielding (especially backing up throws) improved too. The performances were spread around, with everyone contributing runs, wickets, catches and run outs at different times.
We gained a thrilling last-ball win over Sidcup in the quarter finals; batted assertively to chase a high score against Old Dunstonian in the semis, then, batting first, set a competitive total and kept our discipline to overcome Bexley II to win the Plate final.
Jack McCrossan captained the side very well and all the boys contributed throughout the day - our team included Charlie Deighton, Dylan Hoad, Finlay Michael, Sammy Oswald-Barnshaw, Will Peters, Harry Roberts, Ishan Sabharwal and Alex Valder.
I was most impressed with the the boys' team spirit and sportsmanship during an exciting and exhausting day.
My particular thanks to Graham Woods (scorer), Ken Hoad (coach) and to all the parents and families who supported us throughout what was a long and enjoyable day.
Alan Peters
Manager - Under 11C
