It's been a busy and highly successful week of sport this week as we catch up on all the latest results. In cricket, there were big wins for our 1st XI boys while the Shiplake Open Tennis Tournament came to a close with its Finals Day over the weekend. And, fresh off the back of a successful National Schools' Regatta, our Boat Club were in side-by-side action at Reading Amateur Regatta.
Cricket
After a tough match for the 1st XI against Marylebone Cricket Club, the boys rallied superbly over the weekend in their match against Pangbourne College. After scoring 166 runs after 20 overs, including 44 for Z McConkey and 75 for J Wilson, the team restricted the opposition to 122 all out. There was also a strong performance from our Lower School 1st XI. After bowling out Moulsford for 89, Shiplake won the game by a single wicket to end the season with a fantastic finale. T Jackson scored the winning runs with lovely 4. And for our U15s, the side put in a dominant fielding performance to bowl out Pangbourne for 43 with 3 wickets for O Woodward, and 2 for J Andrews, Z Miles, J Ellison, and L Tate.
Other results from the pitch include:
- Boys’ 1st XI vs Reading School: won by 4 wickets
- Girls’ 1st XI vs Bloxham School: defeat by 8 wickets
- 2nd XI vs Reading School: won by 3 wickets
- 2nd XI vs Pangbourne College: defeat by 81 runs
- Lower School 2nd XI vs Moulsford Prep School: defeat by 37 runs
- Lower School 1st XI vs Claires Court: defeat by 2 runs
- Lower School 2nd XI vs Claires Court: won by 8 wickets
- Boys’ U12A vs Claire Court: won by 7 wickets
Rowing: Reading Amateur Regatta
We had a brilliant evening on Friday 13 June at our annual Boat Club Dinner which we will cover separately, but there was plenty of action over the weekend at the Reading Amateur Regatta.
Fresh off the back of a famous National Schools’ Regatta double, winning Girls and Open Championship Eights, our senior eights continue to build momentum. On Saturday, we were victorious in Band One Women’s Eights after triumphing over Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA, by three and a half lengths in the final having beaten London RC earlier that morning. And on the Open side of things, it was Hampton School in the final after we bear Reading Blue Coat School. In the end, the boys ran out winners by two lengths.
In other results, the girls’ quad won their event, as did the boys’ quad. The J14 quad of C Craig, W Wackerle, Z Hashemi, and F Jenkins also won their event after beating Wallingford in the final by 2 and a half lengths.
On Sunday, the J14, J15, and J16s were all in action. Three crews made a final however only J14 C crew were victorious beating Kew House in their final. Congratulations to the crew of D Piers, E Morgan, S Harrison, H Lawrence, A Richardson, A Kimyani, G Huckle, L Ellison, and O Schofield.
Shiplake Open Tennis Finals
Tennis at Queen's Club may be well underway but the real action was here over the weekend for our Shiplake Open Finals Day! There were some fantastic matches played on the pristine grass courts as players battled it out for victory. In the Gentleman's Singles, Z Fisher played a brilliant match to defeat W Fisher while P Brown defeated A Godfrey in the Ladies’ Singles. P Brown then teamed up with A Humphreys in the Mixed Doubles final as they defended their title against Mr Johnston and Miss James. The junior pair then split for their Junior Doubles and Junior Singles clashes with A Humphreys avenging last year’s final to claim the singles title. He then completed a clean sweep by winning the Junior Doubles title with his partner J Hunt against P Brown and D Crisford. In the Senior Doubles final, S Murray and Z Fisher put in a strong performance but narrowly missed out as Mr Johnston and Mr Shaw defended their title. The winning staff pair then faced off in the Staff Singles final on Tuesday 17 June with Mr Johnston triumphing 7-5 6-4 in a tight, but thrilling match.
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