U11 Cricket Tournament at Leicester Grammar

On Wednesday June 10^th Copthill took a team of U11 cricketers to a 6-a-side tournament at Leicester Grammar School.

Whilst the weather was a bit blustery, the cricket was great fun and very competitive.  In the round robin tournament where each team bowled five overs and wides and no-balls received four run penalties, Copthill won their first two games.  The first game was won with a score of 23-2 against 11-4 against Kibworth.  The second game versus Witham Hall was won 51-1 against 33-2.  The third game against LGJS was a close affair with skilful batting from both sides; however Copthill lost 37-1 against 62-1.  In the fourth game, Copthill were unlucky to lose out in a close game on a very small pitch 47-2 against 50-0.  The last game saw Copthill up against the eventual winners of the competition Spratton Hall, a team comprising five district players and one county player.  Despite Spratton’s impressive bowling and batting, Copthill only lost 42-0 against 72-0, turning in their best batting performance of the day.

Copthill ended a creditable fourth with Ben Brittain captaining the side very effectively and Will Kong producing some very fast and difficult to play bowling.  The whole team played well and were a credit to the school.