b'THE ELLESMERIAN Senior Half: Morgan Yorke, Ella Jones, Orson ORorke, Adam Thwaite. The School entered the following competitions providing an Yr 11 Full: George Owen, Henry Appleby, Tom Dyson, Charlie Boys. exciting, challenging, frantic girls and boys fixtures programme, both in terms of development friendlies and challenging cup Lower School Spirit of Cricket Awards for Performance, Commitment,competitions for the schools pathway players. They achieved the169Leadership, and Teamwork were awarded to the following: following competition outcomes:Coaches Award: Oliver Dyson and Skye ThomasLower School Colours were awarded to the following:National Boys U14 ESCA CompetitionCounty Semi Finals.Full: Oliver Dyson, Skye Thomas, Harry Walker, Ralph Cornwell, Henry ECB Boys 2015 National CompetitionCounty FinalRoberts, James Skillicorn, George Sandiford, Nathan Draco, Imogen ECB U15 and U13 Boys and Girls National Indoor Competition Spencer-Blow, Kiri Kilgannon, Imogen Edwards, Payton Marski, Esmaewon U15 boys and girls. Girls runners up in the Midlands.Noss, Hannah Orme, Lucy Rayner, Elinor Winn.HMC T20 National Competitionlast 16 in West Midlands section. National U17 Boys Competitionlast 8 in the North West.The U11s and U9s were very much involved in the ELLESMERE National U17 Girls Trophylast 16 nationallyCOLLEGE POWERPLAY CRICKET AWARDS. The Cricket School Sports magazine U18 National T20 Girlslast 28 nationallyDevelopment Programme with Academy Pathway very much focuses Girls Cricket Paper U18 National Cup 100 ballNorth Midlands on individual player development offering enjoyment, opportunities, andsemi-final and last 16 nationally.challenge where appropriate. One such opportunity and challenge has School Sports Magazine U15 National T20 Girlslast 23 nationallybeen the development of the ELLESMERE COLLEGE POWERPLAY U12 National Bunbury CupQuarterer FinalCRICKET AWARDS starting at Bronze level and progressing through a Silver level, Gold level and eventually to Platinum level. This year allParticular cup successes were the U15 Girls who won the ECB U15 Lower School pupils achieved on the programme. While room dictatesArea County Finals and represented Shropshire in the regional finals. that not all can be named, it is worth noting those who achievedThey were runner-up in the Midland Final, narrowly missing out on the Platinum level were Oliver Walker, Rory Dunlop, Thomas Balakrishna,National Finals at Lords Cricket Ground. They also progressed to the Ethan Harrison, Fox Fearnall, and Florance Sandiford. last 16 U15 National hardball competition. The U13 boys represented Shropshire as County Champion in the National stages of Bunbury Cup, Hopefully all of the pupils will be looking to challenge themselves tomaking it through to the final 16 teams.reach the next level in the future.GOSUMMER FIXTURES PROGRAMMEIn addition to the indoor competitions it was good to see that there was a full summer terms fixtures programme of 100 planned hardball and softball fixtures, with a number of the usual friendly matches for the following 25 teams:Boys - 1st XI, 2XI, U17, U15 (A & B), U14 (A&B), U13 A&B, U12 A&B, U11, U10, U9. Girls - U18 Seniors, U17, U15 A&B, U14, U13 A&B, U12, U11 and U9.'