Merryhills Cricketers visit Lords!!
As part of the Chance to Shine project that has been brought into schools across the borough, Merryhills were invited to take part in a Kwik Cricket tournament, to be played at the ‘home of cricket’ – Lords.
On Friday 10th June 10 of the Year 6 cricket team along with Mrs Richards (SEN Specialist/Chance to Shine coach) and Miss Davies (Year 2 Teacher) travelled to Lords on the tube. There we were met by Beth Morgan, who is part of the ladies England cricket team, and Richard Darwin, Manager of Chance to Shine. We were 1 of 6 schools representing from the North London area.
We were allowed to have a walk around the main ground where we had pictures taken and were allowed to touch the grass in the hope it would bring us good luck!
Our matches were to be played on the nursery ground, we were lucky enough to be able to play 1 whole game.
Unfortunately rain stopped play and we had to make a hasty retreat indoors. All was not lost as we were able to continue with a slightly modified version of kwik in the indoor nets.
When all the scores were calculated Merryhills and Fulham were to play in the finals. Fulham batted 1st and despite a very good team effort we came runners up.
However, we never lost our Merryhills magic, everyone agreed it was a very magical day all-round, after all it’s not everyday you get the chance to shine and play cricket at Lords!!
Well done to our cricket stars Francesca, Kishan, Emily, Lorenzo, Akshay, Cameron, Lilly, Kush, Vincent and Belle and a big thank you to Mrs Richards and Miss Davies.
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