On Thursday 22 nd May, six teams of boys and girls took part in a year 5 and 6 cricket
tournament organised by ActivePlay Education and Cambridgeshire County Cricket
and held at Ely Outdoor Sports Association.
One team from Ely St John’s Community Primary School, two teams from Millfield
Primary School, two teams from The Lantern Community Primary School and one
team from Wilburton Church of England Primary School were split into two groups of
three. Using Dynamo cricket rules, each team of 8 players, played those within their
group. With both underarm and overarm bowling allowed, each player bowled 5
balls before rotating to the next player and each batting pair played 10 balls,
ensuring that everyone had an equal opportunity to bowl and bat.
After the group games, the winning team from each group played each other, as did
those in 2 nd and 3 rd place. In a close fought final match, the overall tournament
winners were Lantern 2s who beat runners up Ely St John’s.
As well as a cup and medals being presented to the winning team, a Player of the
Tournament medal was awarded to a player from each team who showed the best
team spirit and sportsmanship.
Tournament organiser Julia Gilbert of ActivePlay Education said ‘There was some
really good cricket played by all the teams and it was great to see the kids really
enjoying themselves as well as getting quite competitive! Some children had played
more cricket than others but the encouragement and support that every child gave to
their team mates was fantastic and testament to what these tournaments are all
about. We’d like to thank Matt Morley of Cambridgeshire County Cricket for all his
help in organising and running the tournament.’
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