Fourth Form Girls compete in North Shropshire Tennis Tournament

Congratulations to Amelia Mercer, Megan Williams and Jessica Pugh who put in solid performances at the North Shropshire Tennis tournament on 21st May. They represented the School impeccably as always.

Junior Netball League winners

Oswestry School pupils Sian Grice and Bethan Edwards (Second Form) as part of the Oswestry Bobcats team have won Shropshire Junior Netball League U14 Division 3.

The team narrowly beat the Baschurch Stars 17-16 to take the CVL Division title. Sian has also been awarded the Coach’s Player certificate for her efforts this season.

Alex Dewing (Third Form) has been playing for the Oswestry Ospreys which play in the U14 Division 2 and team have come top of their table.

The Central Venue League is Shropshire’s only Junior netball league and team matches are played monthly.

 

 

Glittering success for KS1 gymnastic team

Seven pupils from Years 1 and 2 entered the North Shropshire Gymnastics Competition held at the Marches School on Wednesday 15th May.

The team came second overall which was a fantastic achievement. The girls each performed a floor and a vault routine. Collectively the team came away with four golds, 4 silvers and 6 bronze certificates.

In Year 2 gold and silver certificates were presented to Olivia Philbin, Lydia Willmore and Emily Pritchard for their routines. Megan Hill was awarded Gold and Bronze, Imogen Rees Silver and Bronze.

In Year 1 Melissa Sudlow and Katie Young were both awarded Bronze certificates for their routines.

Miss James, who accompanied the team was extremely proud of their

committed performances on the day.

 

U13 XI cricket win against Royal Wolverhampton School

On a sunny afternoon Oswestry School’s U13 XI faced Royal Wolverhampton on their home pitch. Wolverhampton won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Oswestry School’s opening batsman were Will Baker and Xavier Clarke who started the innings off well by getting Oswestry School into the 30's. After this they were out and Oswestry lost wickets at regular intervals. The team eventually finished on 86-7 off 20 overs.

Next it was Oswestry School’s turn to bowl, they soon had Wolverhampton under pressure with some good bowling.

Xavier Clarke led the way with 5 wickets, Will Baker 2, Matt Davies 2 and Jacob Lloyd 1. All bowled well to bowl Wolverhampton out for 54. There was also some good fielding and catching, and Mr Miles was a very happy coach!

M. Davies

1st XI convincing win against Queen Mary's Grammar School

On 4th May Oswestry School's 1st XI played against Queen Mary's Grammar School. Oswestry School won the toss and decided to field.

The game started brightly with Robin Edwards and Liam Kirk opening the bowling with quality. Robin played a blinder with a wicket inside the first few overs.

Oswestry School's aim was to keep the pressure high and score minimal. More wickets came from Charlie Morris who got 3 and Dominic Kular getting 2.

Queens Mary's obtained 100 from the 30 overs and Oswestry felt very positive.

Robbie Clarke and Christian Blount-Powell opened the batting with aggression. Christian hit 19 of the first few overs then had to retire.

Robbie and Ryan Morris maintained a high run rate obtaining 77-0. There was a collapse late on but Oswestry convincingly chased Queen Mary's 5 down.

C Blount-Powell

U19 and U13 fixture versus The Grove School

This fixture was a good start for both teams giving them the platform to assess their strengths and weaknesses against unknown opposition.

Both teams level pegged the opposition after the end of the first innings - U13 at 4.5 rounders and U19 at 5.5 rounders.

The U19 were able to capitalise on their experience and this match concluded with a 10.5 to 9.5 victory.  The U13 team put in a valiant effort, but were unable to deny Grove players their ensuing 8.5 rounders.

Certain points have been identified to work on, which are invaluable to the U13 team in developing their skills and knowledge of the game.  This keeps the final score of 13-7 in perspective and is a launching pad to sharpen up the focus of the team.

Mrs Willis

First game of the season for U15 v Rydal Penrhos

The U15's first game of the season saw them host Rydal in a 20/20 game.

At the start of the game it was decided to play win, lose or draw which would allow pupils to play their own game and develop their skills for the rest of the season. Oswestry won the toss and put Rydal into bat.

It was a cold April morning and the fielding conditions were not easy, as a result there were many miss fields and a few dropped catches.

Rydal batsman A.Sabris was the star and batted well unbeaten for 79*. Oswestry's bowlers struggled but figures from Elliot Blount-Powell 4 overs– 9 runs – 1 wicket and Nick Cyffin-Jones 4 overs – 15 runs – 3 wickets. Rydal posted a total of 170 for 5.

In return Oswestry struggled with the bat and found runs hard to come by. Jamie Jones scoring 16 and Elliot Blount-Powell 17. Pick of the Rydal Bowlers was M.Welldon 4 overs- 13 runs – 2 wickets and A. Sabris 4 overs – 13 runs – 1 wicket. Oswestry ended up on 66 for 3 off their 20 overs. The match ended in a winning draw for Rydal and a losing draw for Oswestry.

 

Mr Evans

South African Cricket Coach arrives

Oswestry School is delighted to welcome a cricket coach from South Africa. Ryan Fynn, who lives just outside Port Elizabeth in a small village called St Francis Bay, arrived at  the beginning of the term and is helping with the 1^st XI and U11 squads. This is the second year the school has hosted a cricketer from South Africa.

Ryan has been coaching cricket since he was 20 years old and has completed Level 1 and 2 cricket coaching courses, coaching numerous teams and individuals in the last ten years. Before coaching he studied human movement sciences and has a degree from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

Ryan commented, “My coaching philosophy is first and foremost to see the players develop their cricketing skills in a fun, safe environment where they can get the most enjoyment possible from playing the beautiful game of cricket.

I hope that during my stay at Oswestry School I get to help and develop as many of the children who attend this fantastic school as possible and expose them to the joys of playing a sport and being part of a team environment in which they can develop whilst having fun.”

Senior Table Tennis team win Title

Oswestry School's senior team have been playing in the Oswestry and District Table Tennis League and have won the second division title.

Caereinion B had been leading second division over the Easter break. However there were some crucial remaining matches to be played.

Llansilin who have stuggled all season played against School and the final score was 10-0 in the School's favour.

The final match was against the Criftins team who needed 6 points to push themselves into the lead.

Eric Lin, Eric Ma and Jack Yeung however won this match again with a 10-0 score.The title was secured and promotion to the first division.

Many thanks to Mrs Fensome for guiding and transporting them through their matches and congratulations to the three boys.

Pupil coaches at Flintoff Cricket Academy

Ben Dugan (5th Form) received an offer to be a volunteer coach with the Andrew Flintoff Cricket Academy which took place during the school Easter holidays at Shrewsbury School.

Ben is a very keen cricketer and is hoping to complete his level 1 ECB cricket coaching course this year. Ben commented: “I am delighted to receive the invitation and feel it will be a great help towards my cricket coaching qualification.”

The Academy is for children between the ages of 5 and 12 years old.  Test Cricketer, James Anderson, Lancashire and England fast bowler paid a visit during the week long course. He shared bowling tips with coaches and the aspiring cricketers and commented; ‘the coaching I’ve seen here is excellent’.

This is not the first encounter that Ben has had with the fast bowler. He took part in the Flintoff Academies as a youngster and cleaned bowled him!

Ben will continue to help out at  two further cricket courses to be held during the summer holidays.