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Rehearsals are in full swing for this year’s production of Shakespeare On The Lawn comedy Twelfth Night, and we recently had the opportunity to meet and chat with two of the show’s main characters; Sir Toby Belch and Viola –  Year 9’s Fergus and Georgia to all in School. 

Meeting regularly over the next few weeks ahead of the production performance on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 July, small groups of students get together at different times to rehearse on the lawn under the shade of the trees just outside the School Chapel.  Along with Miss Mayes and under her direction, actors/students not only go through their lines, but discuss their characters, stage direction and translate some of the Shakespearean language where required, to ensure everyone understand exactly what is happening in the scenes. 

Georgia, who joined Woodbridge in Year 5, has a real passion for Drama and was extremely excited to be offered the part of Viola in the production commenting, “I was so surprised to be offered the part!  I’ve acted in productions such as The Wizard Of Oz and the Lion King in the past, but to be involved in a Shakespeare production is wonderful – especially having the opportunity to perform outside on the lawn, it’s really very special.  It was really exciting auditioning as no one was going for a specific part, so yes, I’m really happy with being asked to play Viola.” 

Fergus, who joined Woodbridge in Year 1 also shares that passion and enthusiasm for Drama having performed in a number of School productions, and also in The Wizard Of Oz and The Lion King as well as Fame!  Invited to play Sir Toby Belch he commented, “I love my part, there’s so much I can do with him, and he’s great fun to develop – he has a real edge and could be described as a comedy character.  We don’t get to audition for specific parts, so to be chosen for this is a real compliment and I think had I been asked what part I’d like Sir Toby would have been one I would have chosen.” 

Every year’s Shakespeare On The Lawn is special, but this year we will be inviting a number of OWs who performed the first time Twelfth Night was performed on the lawn in School, so it looks set to be quite an occasion.  Filled with energy and enthusiasm, Year 9’s production is sure to be a delight for all involved as well as those watching. 

Tickets are available from Seckford Theatre | Twelfth Night 5- 6 July – Seckford Theatre and those coming to watch are encouraged to bring a picnic to enjoy as they watch the performance. 

This week saw our end of year summer Art department show and exhibition, taking place alongside our Design show.  There were lots of visitors and some great feedback, a very positive day for everyone involved.  Mr Hutch has asked Art Teacher Mrs Chapman-Ross to report on the event first hand, talking about the students exhibiting at and experiencing the event. 

Ms Ross, Art Teacher 

Let me paint a picture for you (pun intended).  

It’s 6.30pm on Tuesday evening, the sun is shining, it’s Pimms o’clock, work’s done for the day… it doesn’t get better than this right?  Wrong.  The Woodbridge School Summer Art Show is in full swing; 80 outstanding exhibits from our very own Year 11, 12 and 13 artists, designers and photographers.  What an absolute treat it was.  

Not just an obvious abundance of talent, but a showcase of utter fearlessness.  There’s this tangible sense of bravery, a sense that these individuals are being just that, individual.  Their honest and real selves.   

Exquisite fashion garments, ‘human’ sushi, breath taking portraiture and the newest series of Woodbridge Edition Prints for sale (https://www.woodbridgeschoolartdepartment.com/). 

If you missed it, check out https://www.instagram.com/woodbridge_schl_art_department/ 

Photos (C) Colette Smith

On Tuesday 14 June we were delighted to welcome students, parents and their families to this year’s Design Show – the first time since Covid!  It was wonderful to finally have the opportunity to come together and celebrate the diverse range of exceptional work created by our GCSE and A Level students.   

With three dimensional outcomes such as resin table, architectural models, lighting concepts and set design on show, there were lots of amazing comments about the students’ work.   

Equally there was a fantastic response to our Graphic Communication which gave us branding designs, character development and album cover concepts.   

With an amazing buzz in the department visitors were also treated to an exhibit of the outcomes of this year’s Creative Excellence Award for students from Year 8 and 9.   

Our design show continues up until Tuesday 21 June, so if you weren’t able to join us earlier this week, you still have the chance to come into School and see the work for yourselves – please email our Head of Design Mrs Cracknell at dcracknell@woodbridgeschool.org.uk

Rehearsals continue a pace for our annual Gala Concert, which takes place on Sunday 26 June at Ipswich Corn Exchange, with over 130 performers (including our parent choir) coming together to perform Faure’s sublime Requiem!     

As we look ahead to this spectacular event, we met with Year 11’s Jasmine whose composition, ‘Ben Aan’, will be performed at the concert, it is a piece she was commissioned to compose especially for the occasion.  

“The brief was to compose a piece of music that could be performed at the Gala Concert; to be played with a full orchestra and with a Scottish theme to compliment Hamish McCunn’s ‘Land of Mountain and Flood’ which will open proceedings at next Sunday’s concert.  It was a huge challenge, but one I’ve been excited to take on.  I will be also be performing in the piece  on cello, it begins one might say with a rather sinister and dark feeling, but develops into a fun jig that then culminates in a combination of the two.  Although I’m a little nervous, I can’t wait to play it.”   

Jasmine plays cello, piano and sings at School as well as being a cellist in the Suffolk Youth Orchestra.   She will be playing cello throughout the Gala Concert, and is excited to be playing to such a big audience in such a beautiful space.  

The Gala Concert is certain to be a wonderful night, and our Director of Music Mrs Emma Kent will be conducting throughout.  Tickets are now selling fast and we hope you can join us. Tickets are available directly from the Corn Exchange Ipswich by clicking here.    

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Last week, 55 students and several teachers from Year 9 and 12 embarked on their Spanish study trip to Salamanca, Spain.  As well as taking in the sights, sounds and flavours of the Province, including staying with host families, students also learned Spanish for four hours every morning.  Mr Morton reports on the trip, alongside Year 9’s Erin, and Year 12’s Lucy. 

Mr Morton, Spanish Teacher 

The Year 9 Spanish intensive groups and the Year 12 A Level students had a thoroughly enjoyable week in Salamanca, a ‘golden’ city just to the west of Madrid.  It is said to have the purest form of ‘castellano’ Spanish in Spain and is also famous for one of the oldest universities in the world and its jamón!  The staff all agreed that the students behaved very well and were fantastic during the week and a huge credit to our community.  We look forward to returning in June 2023 with the next cohort!  

Lucy, Year 12 

After going on the trip to Salamanca in Year 9, returning in Year 12 was an opportunity I’m glad not to have missed.  The combination of having more freedom to explore the city, choosing our activities more selectively and being able to understand the language better, made the trip even more enjoyable than before.  As well as joining certain activities with Year 9 students, such as visiting Salamanca’s two cathedrals, extra experiences such as being taken on a tapas night by our Spanish teachers and playing the popular Spanish sport, ‘pádel’, contributed to making this year’s trip more special than before.   

Erin, Year 9  

We stayed in Salamanca for a week full of activities, lessons and touring some beautiful landmarks.  Leaving our host families after breakfast at 8.00am, we walked over to Colegio Delibes – the school we attended from 9.00am to 1.00pm to learn Spanish in the form of two lessons: grammar and communication.  Afternoons in Salamanca were spent with our host families eating home cooked lunches, having some free time to explore the city and then meeting outside later on to take part in activities such as touring the city, cooking, visiting museums and the market, a photo rally, tapas tour, salsa dancing and more.  Each night, after these activities we had the chance to have up to two hours of free time each night to explore the city on our own (and definitely do some souvenir shopping).  We met back up at the Plaza Mayor afterwards to walk back to our flats for dinner and a much-needed night’s sleep.  Although, on Tuesday, because of our tapas tour which consisted of visiting three different bars and trying some popular tapas dishes, we were out in the city much later (until around 10. 15pm!) and got a chance to see the stunning lights switched on in the Plaza Mayor when the sun had set.  Overall, the trip was packed with fun and new experiences organised by our lovely teachers – by the end of the week we were all completely shattered! 

School athletes travelled to the Bedford International Athletic Stadium last Friday for the East Area Prep School Athletics Championships, and to the English Schools Athletics Track and Field Cup Regional Round East Anglia on Thursday.  You can read more about it in our reports from Head of Athletics, Mrs Scahill.

East Area Prep School Championships  

Everyone was up early to travel to Bedford for the East Area Prep School Championships last Friday; 32 of our Year 7 and 8 students had achieved qualifying times and distances to compete against athletes from 50 other schools in the East region hoping to gain a place in the National finals at Nuneaton on Monday 4 July. 

It was a sunny day and team spirits were high as the competitors enjoyed a great day with many personal bests and the majority of athletes coming in the top ten for their event.  Huw won the shot, Romilly came second in the 800m and Jasper second in the 1500m to qualify for the Nationals. 

Third placed athletes who just missed out on qualification were Felicity 1500m, Oscar javelin, Amelie discus and Eloise long jump.   

Thank you to the staff helping and parents supporting and a very big well done to all the athletes who gave maximum effort and were a great credit to Woodbridge School.  

Athletics English Schools Athletics Track and Field Cup Regional Round East Anglia 

Both the Inter and Junior girls teams qualified for the Regional Finals of the Athletics Track and Field Cup to compete against teams from Cambridgeshire, Essex and Norfolk.  A team of twelve/fourteen students have to cover all events between them, doing two events each (one track one field) scoring points for their distances and times.  Juniors is Year 7 and 8 and Inters is Year 9 and 10.  

An early start saw the teams off to Grays in Essex on Wednesday 15 June 2022.  The Intermediate girls were slightly depleted with two team members missing however this didn’t deter the rest of them, they showed great tenacity and competed to their best on what turned out to be a very hot day! 

It was a mixture of results with personal bests and some scoring more points than in qualification, and some less. Year 10’s Nancy was again the top scorer of the team with 47 points followed by Year 9’s Ella and Year 7’s Georgia with 29, and  Year 9’s Lilianna with 24.  Their overall team position was 11th.  

The Junior girls, with a full team, had more success and came 6th out of 12 teams.  Top scorer for an individual event was Year 8’s Charlie with 26 points in the 1500m. Top scorers for two events were Year 7’s Romilly and Felicity with 41 points for 800m and relay.  Not far behind were Year 7’s Eloise and Lyrah, with 36 and 32 respectively.   

Well done to everyone that took part, and to both teams competing on a hot day  – and during exams.

Our U12A, U13A and U15A Cricket teams were out in force over the weekend, bringing in three wins for the School playing against St Jo’s.  You can read more about the matches, the players and the winning scores in our individual match reports below. 

U12A Woodbridge vs St Jo’s – Match Report From Mr Davis  

A glorious sunny Saturday morning and a batting deck to die for! The day began with Woodbridge winning the toss and deciding to bat.  Barney and Liam set about their work in style and rarely looked uncomfortable taking us to 101 without loss in 15 overs.  Liam made his maiden half-century and Barney contributed 42 as Woodbridge scored 127 for 1 from their twenty overs.  

St Joseph’s were always slightly behind the required rate and thanks to careful fielding fell a little short of the total required for victory.  Barney had a good day with the ball too bowling four overs for just 9 runs and then taking a diving catch in the slips. 

Well done to all the boys on display – a good team performance even though only some get mentioned in dispatches. 

U13A Woodbridge vs St Jo’s – Match Report from Mr Simpson 

After Winning the toss and deciding to bowl, Woodbridge went out to field, full of confidence and with a great plan to beat the opposition.  Charlie and Oscar opened and bowled excellently, with Oscar taking a wicket in the 2nd over and Charlie one in the 3rd over.  

The rest of the team worked hard, continually stopping St Jo’s scoring easy runs and putting the batting team under more and more pressure.  In Charlie’s fourth, and his last over he took a wicket with the 1st ball, when the batsman edged to Jasper, who took a very sharp catch at slip, he then took another wicket in the over and once Oscar and Charlie had finished their opening 4 overs each they had held St Jo’s to 33-3 from 8 overs. 

 Joe and Tom then continued with the tight bowling ensuring that St Jo’s never got and easy runs, and the wickets kept tumbling, Joe taking 2 wickets in his 4 overs and Tom taking 2 wickets in his 3rd and 4th over ensuring that St Jo’s were bowled out for just 78 in 18 overs.  This was an excellent fielding and bowling display and limited St Jo’s.  

In reply Woodbridge lost a wicket in the second over, however Rowan and Alex set about the task manfully, making positive connections with the ball and gently keeping the scoreboard moving forward, slowly reeling in the St Jo’s total; unfortunately with 20 runs left Rowan was forced to retire hurt and was unable to complete the innings, however Angus strode in and with Alex ensured that the team reached its target with 7 overs remaining. 

Top performances to mention came from Charlie with 3 for 12, Tom with 4 for 23 and Alex with 33 not out. 

U15A Woodbridge vs St Jo’s – Match Report Mr Pineo  

An amazing game for our U15s against St Jo’s, at one point during the match the opposition were 130/3, and we bowled them out for 145, with special mention for Oscar W and Oscar H who did incredibly well.    

Batting we were at 40/0 then 45/7!  Amelie and Nancy steadied the ship for us before Tolly came in and blasted 23 off 8 balls.  We needed 7 off the last with Jack facing.  Two dots, then Nancy ran a wide to the keeper.  They ran into each other and St Jo’s messed up watching those two crash.  4 off 2 needed and Nancy whacked a boundary, charging off screaming and celebrating – and rightly so! 

An amazing win, and really great to see.  Lots of parental support at the match too which made it an even lovelier afternoon. 

Joe captained the side extremely well and deserves lots of credit for the way he changed the bowlers and made sure they only got 145.  Well done everyone! 

The School’s Equestrian Team competed against riders from all over the country at The All England Jumping Course, Hickstead from 28 to 30 May.  Head of Athletics Mrs Scahill shares more details in her report. 

Ali Scahill, Head of Athletics 

The Woodbridge Equestrian team, comprised of Year 7’s Harry and Edie, Year 9’s Eve and Oscar, Year 10’s Sophia and Year 11’s Ada, were very excited to be off to Sussex to compete against teams from all over the country.  They were competing in the finals of the Eventers Challenge, after qualifying earlier in the year.  

We saw our 70-75cm team of Harry, Zac and Edie jump three fantastic clears to finish 4th out of 32 teams in a very strong field.  Zac rode a brilliant round for individual 5th place with a close optimum time; he was competing in a field of 176 riders.    

The 80-85cm Team took forward Harry, Zac, Phia and Oscar.  The course was very technical but the team rode some brilliant rounds to finish 17th out of 46 teams.   

Our 90-95cm team of Oscar, Eve, Phia and Ada started with a super clear from Eve but a few errors dropped us down the leader board as a team; however a lot of experience was gained.  

Unfortunately we had to withdraw from the Dressage, 100cm Eventers Challenge and Show jumping teams due to several horses suffering injuries – we wish them a speedy recovery. 

However, Eve was still able to compete as an individual rider and she achieved a fantastic clear to finish in 10th place in the 100cm Eventers Challenge.  A fantastic result taking into account how technical the course had been built. She followed it up with an 11th place in the 100cm show jumping. 

Well done to our teams and the parents supporting the riders. 

Our annual Gala Concert takes place on Sunday 26 June at Ipswich Corn Exchange, with over 130 performers (including our parent choir) coming together to perform Faure’s sublime Requiem!     

Rehearsals are in full swing and as part of our lead up to the event we recently met with our piano soloist Etiane (Y13), who talked about being part of this wonderful musical delight.  

“Mrs Kent approached me last year and invited me to take part in the Gala Concert, offering me the piano solo for the event.  I’m going to be playing the Piano Concerto No. 23, KV488 by Mozart; the second and third movements.  I knew that I’d probably never get another opportunity like this in my life, to play at the wonderful Corn Exchange with the orchestra – there was absolutely no chance of me not taking this opportunity.  I’m incredibly excited to be part of this.”  

Etiane has been playing piano since she was four years old, achieving her Grade 8 at the age of 14 and is now playing to Diploma standard.  Etiane also plays the cello and will be leading the cello section of the school’s Symphony Orchestra for the rest of the programme. 

The Gala Concert is certain to be a night of splendor, and all conducted by our Director of Music, Mrs Emma Kent. Do join us, you can get your tickets directly from the Corn Exchange Ipswich at www.ipswichtheatres.co.uk.

Junior Young Musician of the Year 2015 in Suffolk
A photo from the Woodbridge School archives of when Etaine won the Woodbridge School Prep Music competition in 2015.

If there’s one sure sign that summer is in full swing (or at least is trying to be, given the changeable weather lately!) it’s an explosion of cricket at School.  We’ve match reports for our Juniors (Years 7 and 8), Junior 1s girls, Junior 2s girls, Junior 4s girls, Junior U13E, U13B, U14B, U14  and U15A girls and our 1st XI teams who’ve been playing recently.  Our match reports include details of the teams, players, opponents and scores

Woodbridge U14 Girls vs Culford – Match Report From Matt Davis 

This was a thrilling competition to match lovely warm weather and beautiful green surroundings.  Culford batted first and set a good score of 129 for 7 off their 20 overs.  All the Woodbridge bowlers contributed something with Ella, Georgia, Lily and Tabitha all getting a wicket each and Nina bagging two.  From behind the stumps the ever-reliable Eve also chipped in with a run-out and Juno took two solid catches in the deep.  In the run-chase Woodbridge stayed up with the required rate thanks to some quick running between the wickets and some savage blows that went to the boundary.  Juno and Libby scored 21 and 27 respectively and we all knew we were heading for a tight finish.  25 needed off 24 balls, then 12 needed off 12; but Lara had done the maths and her excellent 42 NO saw Woodbridge over the line with just 1 ball to spare.  Well played to all the girls involved in such an exciting match.  Culford: 129 for 7 off 20 overs.  Woodbridge 130 for 3 off 19.5. Woodbridge win by 7 wickets. 

Woodbridge 1st XI vs Culford – Match Report From Ian Simpson 

Woodbridge batted first, James and Tom opening and setting about scoring quickly with both players pushing the runs and working hard following their record stand last week.  After 5 overs we had reached 38-0 when a slight mix up caused Tom to be run out.  James knuckled down and continued to work hard scoring at a run a ball and eventually being out for 29.  The last few overs saw a few wickets lost and a slight loss of momentum until in the last 3 overs Barny Anderson and Will Hodge ensured we ended up on 111 from our 20 overs.  In reply Culford Made a rapid start and reaching 57 for 2 off 10 overs and looking like they were cruising.  Some excellent middle order bowling and some good catching in the deep by Fazil  saw the game tighten quickly and the Culford run rate drop quickly, reducing Culford to 82-6.  The bowling continued to be tight and with five overs to go Culford reached 96-6.  With the last 2 overs approaching Culford were on 103 requiring 8 to win.  Culford then pushed their luck and forced a couple of fielding errors from the Woodbridge Fielders leaving Culford requiring 2  from the last over.  Whilst Woodbridge took the game to the last over, Culford scored the winning runs with 4 balls to spare.  The 1st XI worked hard and forced the game into the last over of the match, unfortunately in the end Culford were just too strong for the 1st XI, but great play from all. 

Woodbridge U14B Girls vs Culford – Match Report From Ian Simpson 

Another lovely afternoon of cricket was witnessed at Culford, where the U14B girls played a softball pairs games against Culford.  The Woodbridge girls reacted to a softball game extremely well with a few girls playing their first ever game of cricket and after gentle persuasion, even trying to bowl and having some great success.  Culford were restricted to 141 runs off 21 overs for the loss of 10 wickets, resulting in a total score of 91 runs (losing 5 runs per wicket).  The Woodbridge reply was solid, scoring runs at a slower pace than Culford, however losing less wickets than Culford.  Eventually scoring 129 runs off 21 overs for the loss of just 6 wickets, meaning a total score of 99.  This meant that Woodbridge won the fixture and a congratulations must be said to all girls who represented Woodbridge for the first time in cricket and had lots and lots of fun in the sun. 

Woodbridge U13B vs Framlingham – Match Report From Ian Simpson 

It can only be described as fun in the sun on Wednesday afternoon!! The U13B team ably led by Year 8’s Arlo who decided to bowl first against a very good Framlingham Side.  Framlingham batted extremely well, with all top three batsmen retiring on 25 and Woodbridge facing a huge score to chase, however some solid mid innings bowling from Year 8’s Arlo and Angus, as well as Year 7’s Liam and Ambrose meant that the Framlingham charge was halted.  This good bowling was aided by some solid fielding and catching, which eventually stopped Framlingham at 132 from 20 overs.  During the change over the Woodbridge boys were shocked at what they had to chase, however some positive encouraging words and some really positive words with each other the opening batsmen went about their task manfully with Angus having to retire on 25 leading the way.  However a couple of quick wickets put a little bit of doubt in the boys heads, however Arlo came to the wicket and started to play a few masterful strokes and the run rate crept up quickly, putting the Framlingham bowlers under more and more pressure.  With 3 overs to go Woodbridge needed 16 runs, a couple of 4s and some excellent running meant that Woodbridge reached the total with 7 balls to spare, with Arlo hitting the winning runs and getting to 25 with the winning shot.  An excellent game of cricket from both sides and a well-earned victory from The U13B team.  

Woodbridge Junior U13E vs Framlingham – Match Report From Ian Simpson 

An excellent  first game for the team, beating Framlingham College convincingly by 147-74 runs. The opening partnership of Zac and Henry were retired at 81 having won the game. The rest of the team each played two overs and added 67 between them to the score.  Seb took a lovely catch off a nick from Zac’s gloves, with Seb, Nathaniel and Frank all taking wickets.  Well done boys a great team effort.  Team comprised of Year 7’s Zac, Elijah, Edward, George, Seb and Frank, as well as Year 8’s Robert, Nathaniel, Mika, Oliver and Henry. 

Woodbridge Girls Junior 1s vs Framlingham – Match Report From Ian Simpson  

Woodbridge came up against a very good side at Fram.  Having been put into bat Year 7’s Amelie showed some patience and skill scoring 23 runs before getting bowled out.  Fram’s bowlers gave little opportunities to score until Year 7’ws Rosie  and Year 8’s Millie added some quick fire runs in the closing overs of the innings, Woodbridge finished with 77 runs.  Fram got off to a flyer and put on a 50 partnership for the first wicket.  A wicket for Year 8’s Aurelia and a fantastic direct hit for a run out from Amelie  were the highlights of the inning for Woodbridge.  Fram managed to chase our score; a great learning experience for all involved. 

Woodbridge Girls Junior 2s vs Framlingham – Match Report From Ian Simpson  

Woodbridge bowled first, doing well to contain Fram to 96 off their full 20 overs.   Accurate bowling meant it was hard to score quick runs but there was not enough to threaten batters into loose shots.  Year 7’s Rosa and Grace manufactured a run out each.  Fram bowled with pace and bounce, which caught the Woodbridge openers off guard.   Early wickets meant that it was going to be a tough ask.  Year 7’s Sophie steadied the ship, batting for the largest part of the innings, while Year 7’s Violet and Issy tried to score some quick runs but it was not enough as Woodbridge was bowled out in the 18th over 25 runs short of the target.  Issy was named player of the match by Fram, with good bowling figures and sensationally hitting the only six of the match. 

Woodbridge Girls Junior 4s vs Framlingham – Match Report From Ian Simpson  

Junior 4s played their first match of the summer in a pairs format.  They bowled first and although there were moments of brilliance, a few too many wides cost us vital runs.  Wickets came from a couple of well taken run outs and one player bowled.  When it was Woodbridge’s turn to bat, we started very strong and the run rate looked very promising.  But Fram then tightened up their bowling and gave away fewer extras which meant that by the end of the match, Woodbridge lost by a narrow 12 runs.  Overall a great experience for the girls and motivation for hard work to improve in vital areas. 

Woodbridge Junior 3s (Years 7 and 8) vs Framlingham Prep – Match Report From David Brous 

On a wet afternoon, Woodbridge Junior 3s went in to bat.  Andrew started off the innings superbly, scoring 24, Arthur continued where he left off, scoring 23 in the team’s total of 112 in the allotted 16 overs.  Bowling second, our bowlers bowled extremely tight, limiting the number of extras.  Importantly the team used the skills they had learnt about fielding such as walking in, backing up the wicket and general fielding skills, whether close or on the boundary to bowl the opposition out and win by 17 runs.  Bowlers of mention must be Arthur who took 3 for 11 off 3 overs, and Harry Tucker who took 2 for 6 off 2 overs.  Oliver  kept superbly behind the wicket and the team should be proud of how they approached the game; an excellent team effort.       

Woodbridge U15A Girls vs Culford– Match Report From David Brous 

In a cup match we arrived at Culford and quicky had to focus as we rushed onto the field and were asked to bat.  We started badly and found ourselves at 14 for 5 off 6 overs, however a great rescue job by Ella  and Charlotte – who both batted the rest of the match, Ella only going out the second last ball of the innings with a superb 39 and Charlotte with 18 not out – allowed the team to post a respectable 92 for 7 off 20 overs.  We started the bowling well and picked up 2 quick wickets, however Culford’s Norfolk player batted superbly, with 40 not out off 54 balls (and also taking 4 wickets for 3runs off 3 overs in her bowling), meant that Culford surpassed our total 3 wickets down to win the match.  Mention must be made to Amelie  who bowled superbly, taking 2 for 16 off her 3 overs.    

Woodbridge U15A Girls vs King’s Ely – Match Report From David Brous 

With no practice at all due to bank holidays and the start of term we boldly went off to King’s Ely to play.  We lost the toss and were put in to bat.  Rosie and Eloise  did exactly the opening job required of them, with Rosie batting the first 13 overs before going out.  Charlotte upped the run rate with 13 off 18 balls and Sophia backed that up with 9 not out off 11 balls and excellent running between the wickets.  With a team total of 135 for 7 off out 20 overs we were in a good position.  King’s Ely started well, but 2 excellent run outs changed the nature of the game.  However one of their batters batted superbly and put a little pressure on the outcome.  However, we took all our chances and fielded superbly, Charlotte taking an outstanding one-handed catch at cover, and the bowlers bowled an excellent line and length to eventually bowl Ely out for 109.  An excellent team effort, well done.