Cricket tournament 2014

Just after nine o’clock we set sail in our school bus for Bruce Pulman Park. While we were driving there, the girls and boys were laughing and having a great time.  At 9:15am we arrived at our destination. As we got off the bus I looked around at the other teams that we had to challenge, I started to get nervous, but I reminded myself that I had a lot of faith in the girls in my team.

Mr Dawson called all the teams together and explained the rules and expectations of the day. He also shared his words of wisdom and encouragement; this made us want to try our very best.

Our first game was at pitch 3. While we were waiting for Finlayson Park to get ready we had a little warm up session. We were up first to bat and got 62 runs. I was really confident that we could win our first game but with a lot of no balls and wide bowls we lost by just 6 points. I told the girls that it was okay because it was our warm up game and we still had two games to go.

While we walked over to pitch 4 for our second match we shared advice and tips that we had picked up from our training sessions at school. During our game against St Annes the girls got two people out by hitting the wickets and three out by catching on the full. Once again we had the belief that we could take this match however unfortunately after using all our power towards our fielding and bowling we lost the game. It was a great game though with some really exciting achievements. Our bowling skills improved immensely during this game.

Our third game was a difficult one. We were versing The Gardens; they are a really good team. We played our best and had a lot of fun but unfortunately we couldn’t get a win from this game.

Overall the day was fantastic. Our team worked well together and had fun. Although we didn’t get a win we had great team spirit and we left feeling very proud of our efforts. Bring on 2015!!!

By June Palelei