02/08/2026
MATCH REPORT - U9 & U11 GOLDS at home to Langley Park and Bearpark CC.
With the Maroon U9s cancelled at Hunwick, the South West Sunday morning league season was brought to a conclusion in a double header v LP&BP at Brandon Cricket Club.
U9s report by James Walker
Captain Jack G lost the toss and the golds were elected to bowl.
The bowling and fielding was some of the best of the season and wickets were on the MENU. The Golds needed 37 to win and came out on a mission. Great start from James and Theo set the score board ticking towards victory. Tom and Patrick played fantastic and added valuable runs. Captain Jack took the crease in 3rd pair and with the support of Zach played the perfect partnership. Jack scored an incredible 38 runs and the training over the season showed as his shots were beautiful. That allowed the big hitters Edward and Tristan to go big and they did. Sixes, fours, 1’s and 2’s allowed the Golds to win by 70+ runs.
As always a big shout out to the Brandon Army. You guys are the reason the boys and girls at the club have such a special chemistry.
Finally thanks to Kev for helping I really appreciate your help.
U11s
Mixed feelings on the result for this one, but not on the performance of the team. All hardball newbies in 2026, this teams progression has been brilliant.
We should've ended the season with 3 wins in a row, but allowing the opposition to play with 7 has cost the Golds (again), as the player they chose to bat twice was their captain and best player. Our ethos for this team has always been development first, but we've seen that wins are part of this, and I'm not sure its correct for our players to come off deflated, seeing a team celebrate a victory they only have via an unfair advantage. That's on me, and perhaps my learning curve in my first year of leading teams in competitive junior cricket.
Aside from that, have a look at the detail of the scorecard. Our lowest amount of extras all season (5 wides and 2 no balls = 14 runs) and 7 wickets taken shows amazing improvement in our bowling. Standout performances from Hannah, Aria, George and Ralph with with ball shows our girls and future U11s sections are in good shape. With the bat the team are looking more solid, losing 5 wickets and scoring 80+ again. Promising stuff from James E and George, and a fine 19 from 14 balls from Hannah.
Thanks to Simon Hodgson for his amazing efforts with this team this year.
Congratulations once again to the MAROON U11s and U9s SOFTBALL teams for their league victories 🏆, and to all of our U9s and U11s Girls who we have no doubt will continue the amazing development and success our junior section has seen in recent years.
Some of our teams now go into playoff action against other regional winners, and there may be some other friendlies arranged.
Thank you to all the coaches and parents that have made 2026 Sunday mornings possible. Its been hard with 5 teams, but we've made it through!
And one final BIG thank you is to Ian Johnson who continues to work away, mostly in the background, preparing our practice wickets, match wickets, setting out cones, doing the kitchen, etc, etc. Also, securing the £14k council funding and sourcing materials and labour for the new permanent net cages has been a major improvement to our practice area and improves safety for our growing junior section.
PJ 🐗🏏
