Cricket Academy News
Term 1 Overview
Year 8 & 9 Cricket Academy
Both year groups have had a terrific start to the year. The work ethic and camaraderie on display has been great to see and this is reflected in the results against other schools. Out of the 9 games played against Kent Street, John Forrest and Butler College, we have won 8 of them across the year groups.
The mentality ‘train like you play’ has really flourished amongst these two year groups and is seeing immediate results in the training and game scenarios. The students are not only developing on the field but they are also becoming well-rounded individuals off the pitch, something that the Cricket Academy is really proud of. All students are to be commended and there are exciting times ahead.
Belridge SC First XI Cricket 2019
Belridge SC First XI have had a fantastic campaign for the Kim Hughes Shield for 2019. Belridge were victorious in all 4 out of the 5 round games against Newman College, Darling Range SC, Kent Street and John Forrest SC. As a result Belridge finished second on the ladder in the Metropolitan division and were then drawn against Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School in the semi-final to be played down south in Bunbury. Belridge, after a shaky start, settled and ended up piling on the runs and finished with 280 runs. We ended victorious by 150 runs. The final took place on Monday 1st April at the WACA against Kent Street Senior High School. Belridge won the toss and elected to bowl first. It was a good start from Belridge who had Kent Street 6-100 after 30 overs. However some solid batting from Kent Street got them to 9-197 after the 50 overs. Belridge fought hard with Cooper Connolly, Jack McDonald and Mitchell Slattery all getting starts, but unfortunately Belridge fell about 70 runs short in the end.
Each student that represented Belridge should be extremely proud of themselves, playing hard, competitive cricket whilst demonstrating great sportsmanship along the way. The team were led brilliantly by Callum Andrews, as well as some terrific individual performances along the way and a big congratulations goes out to those students.
Finally, a big thank you to Mr Scott Ogilvie who has worked extremely hard with these students in and out of school hours to help them develop as young men and cricketers. Congratulations on a great job!
Brent Jarvis-Spinks
Health & Physical Education Teacher
