U13s girls cricket tested at South Ribble tournament

REPORT BY MISS BEESLEY, PE TEACHER

The U13's girls cricket team attended their first indoor tournament of the year last Tuesday. 

Held at the South Ribble Tennis Centre, the girls team consisted of Year 7 and Year 8s who, to say it was their first time playing together officially as a team, did not let us down!

The tournament consisted of two leagues - Priory were up against Lostock Hall, All Hallows and Penwortham Girls. 

We got off to a fantastic start with an excellent batting duo performance from Lainie W-S and Millie D whose batting skills enabled them to score enough points to both retire at 15. The batting continued with some great shots from Lily W and Maci H, resulting in 72 runs. 

All Hallows were up next against Priory and, with the first game out of the way, the girls knew what they had to do. Our opening batters again retiring at 15, showing amazing teamwork and getting us off the a flying start. This was again backed up from Bella and Imogen who kept topping up the runs to gain an admirable 98 runs off 8 overs. On the bowling front, Ruth demonstrated a great technique challenging the opponent's batting side, also backed up by great fielding from Willow and Maci. We thought we had the win, but sadly All Hallows pipped us by 10 runs. 

Last up were Penwortham Girls High School. Priory put up a great fight against the girls' school however their speedy bowlers showed it wasn't meant to be.

Priory came 4th overall, however did not disappoint; great teamwork, involvement and definite skills to develop - well done girls!

TEAM: Front row: Willow P, Lainie W-S, Millie D.  Back row: Bella D, Ruth W, Maci H, Lilly W, Imogen C.