19.11.2014 Year 5/6 Boys Cricket

On Wednesday 19th November, the Rydon Boys Cricket Team travelled to Paignton to compete in an indoor tournament. The first game saw Rydon narrowly defeated by 7 runs with South Brent the victors. The next game saw an ever improving Rydon side win by 62 runs against All Saints. Rydon finished second in their group and were then put into the play-off group for 4th, 5th and 6th respectively. Their next match was against Canada Hill and some great fielding and bowling saw Canada Hill restricted to 208 runs. Rydon were quickly on the offensive with the bat and scored a massive 260 runs. Broadhempston were the next opponents and some more great batting saw Rydon emerge victorious. The boys had a great day and did Rydon proud. Well done.

Year 5/6 Indoor Cricket Tournament 12 November 14

On Wednesday the 12th November, 8 girls from years 5 and 6 headed down to the Indoor Cricket Tournament in Paignton.  Having won the event last year the girls were keen to replicate the previous girls success. The first 3 matches were part of the group phase of the competition and in each match the girls grew in confidence beating Chudleigh, Abbotskerswell and South Brent. These fantastic results meant that we were through to a semi final match which we won convincingly. Nervously the girls faced Exminster in the final. Both teams were showing signs of nerves, Rydon had chosen to field first and were under pressure when the first 2 batsman from Exminster smashed the ball around the room scoring lots of runs between them. We held our own though and with some careful fielding and accurate bowling we were able to keep them increasing their total too much, ending the innings on 215 runs. Faced with our target the girls took educated risks and ran cleverly to achieve a victory with a winning innings score of 240......Champions again!!!
Well done girls, you showed some fantastic skills and also a very kind sporting attitude that was clear to see.