Head's Newsletter -7 July 2023

Cricket at Tiffin

It ’ s been a season of mixed success for our A teams but in general our strength in depth has helped the B teams to win a fair proportion of their matches. Interest in the game has never been stronger and despite the absence of critical players at the top of the school, we have been able to field 4 senior teams when required. 1 st XI Captain Datta Vasireddy has been a tower of strength of Tiffin cricket for 7 years! It has been delightful to see upwards of 50 boys at nets on week day mornings. If only we could find enough matches for them all to play regularly ’! Individual success can be judged by the Leading Performances sheet. Team success has been very good but also at times, disappointing. The 1 st XI, beat the MCC in the most exciting match of the season, won 6 other matches but lost heavily to Hampton and King ’ s Wimbledon. The much improved U15 side was within a whisker of beating Epsom College in the quarter final of the Surrey Cup but many of the team ’ s players enjoyed distinct success. At U14 level results were mixed, at U13 were very good and at Under 12 level they were very much a work in progress with Atharva leading the way with the bat. Remarkably, the school season is all but at an end but it was extended beautifully into February with the U14 and U15 tour to Dubai. What a joy that was! The U12 and U13 teams also enjoyed their mini tour to Exeter and Budleigh Salterton at half term.

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