- South Dartmoor back to winning ways in cups
- Tom Allin tournament raised more than £5,000 for air ambulance
- Taverners kit bag delivered to Sri Lankan youngsters
- Devon trying to contact the class of 56
- Paceman Tshepo running in Virgin London Marathon
- Five Devon women in Western Storm squad for Kia Super League
- Registration night for all ages at Topsham on Monday
- Lots pouring in for auction at Allin Memorial tournament
- Thames Valley Gentlemen Cricket Club
- Bradninch add Argentinian flavour to Devon League
- Ipplepen youth registration night on Friday
- Final call for Groundsmans first seminar this year
- Devon League official tackling London Marathon for charity
- Bovey on familiar territory in Aaron Printers Cup
- Brockman Cup - Cup Kings lie in wait for holders
- Shepherd Trust helps Kingsbridge build for sustainable future
- DCL - Umpire Appointments 2016 (May 7th - July 2nd)
- Long standing records beaten
- North Devon see off Paignton chase
Schools News - January 2015
Devon Indoor U13 School County Championships
8 teams from schools across the County descended on Exeter University for a day to battle it out for the right to be named Devon Indoor U13 School County Champions 2015.
Upon arrival, teams were greeted by members of the Exeter University Student Volunteer Scheme (SVS) and provided with their schedule and order of play. After a short briefing the preliminary pools commenced. Each game was overseen by a professional umpire appointed by the Devon Association of Cricket Officials (DACO) with further SVS students assisting with scoring. The standard of play was good – and more importantly there was not much difference between the participating teams. Both pools had 3 way ties in terms of points with even the difference in runs scored being incredibly small.
Bideford and Uffculme could both consider themselves unlucky to finish 4th in their pools. In their play off match Bideford came out on top to secure 7th place leaving Uffculme in 8th.
Colyton Grammar comfortably overcame Churston Ferrers Grammar meaning they finished 5th and 6th respectively.
In the first semi-final South Dartmoor posted a challenging 91. This was set up on the back of an unbroken opening wicket stand which saw both batters retire. After 4 overs of their reply Devonport High (DHSB) were up with the run rate. However, the steady loss of wickets slowed their progress and they finished 12 runs short of the South Dartmoor total.
Meanwhile in semi-final 2 St Peters batted first and set what looked like a modest 74. A couple of tight early overs in which both openers were removed suddenly brought the game back into the balance. However, a big partnership for the 3rd wicket steadied the Ivybridge ship and despite losing 2 wickets in the penultimate over they reached the total with 3 balls to spare.
The 3rd place play off was a re-run of the pool game between St Peters and DHSB with the result going the same way meaning DHSB grabbed the bronze medals.
8 teams from schools across the County descended on Exeter University for a day to battle it out for the right to be named Devon Indoor U13 School County Champions 2015.
Upon arrival, teams were greeted by members of the Exeter University Student Volunteer Scheme (SVS) and provided with their schedule and order of play. After a short briefing the preliminary pools commenced. Each game was overseen by a professional umpire appointed by the Devon Association of Cricket Officials (DACO) with further SVS students assisting with scoring. The standard of play was good – and more importantly there was not much difference between the participating teams. Both pools had 3 way ties in terms of points with even the difference in runs scored being incredibly small.
Bideford and Uffculme could both consider themselves unlucky to finish 4th in their pools. In their play off match Bideford came out on top to secure 7th place leaving Uffculme in 8th.
Colyton Grammar comfortably overcame Churston Ferrers Grammar meaning they finished 5th and 6th respectively.
In the first semi-final South Dartmoor posted a challenging 91. This was set up on the back of an unbroken opening wicket stand which saw both batters retire. After 4 overs of their reply Devonport High (DHSB) were up with the run rate. However, the steady loss of wickets slowed their progress and they finished 12 runs short of the South Dartmoor total.
Meanwhile in semi-final 2 St Peters batted first and set what looked like a modest 74. A couple of tight early overs in which both openers were removed suddenly brought the game back into the balance. However, a big partnership for the 3rd wicket steadied the Ivybridge ship and despite losing 2 wickets in the penultimate over they reached the total with 3 balls to spare.
The 3rd place play off was a re-run of the pool game between St Peters and DHSB with the result going the same way meaning DHSB grabbed the bronze medals.
The final was also a re-run of a morning pool game. This time South Dartmoor batted first and started solidly. The steady loss of wickets in the second half of the innings slowed their progress and much to coach Scott Chappell’s dismay they were dismissed with 5 balls to spare! So, 89 scored and Ivybridge’s reply got off to the worst possible start as they lost a wicket to the very first ball. Good partnerships kept them level with the South Dartmoor run rate until the end of the 5th over. At the end of the 7th over they were on 73. After 7 runs from the first 3 balls all results were still possible. The tide turned though as South Dartmoor took 2 wickets in consecutive balls to take the tie just out of reach. Ivybridge finished on 86 – just 4 runs short of victory meaning South Dartmoor reversed the earlier result and were crowned County Champions.
4th Place: St Peters Bronze Medallists: Devonport High School for Boys
Runners Up: Ivybridge College County Champions: South Dartmoor Community College
South Hams and West Devon Indoor Cricket
The South Hams and West Devon area Indoor Boys cricket competitions were hotly contested. Both U13 and U15 age groups were played in a round robin format with results between the participating schools being very close. In the U13s Ivybridge came out on top narrowly ahead of Okehampton who were County Finalists last year and Kingsbridge. Meanwhile, Kingsbridge were victorious in the U15 event ahead of Okehampton and hosts Tavistock.
U13 Winners Ivybridge College U15 Winners Kingsbridge College