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In 1998, our Year
7 rounders' team had a dream and that was to be the Havering
Borough Champions. Little did they know that this passion
was going to take five long years to achieve. Despite various
semi-final plays and runners-up honours, it seemed by Year
10 that this dream was beginning to die. However, the team's
determination never wained and just before they left school,
Year 11 team did themselves proud and brought home the Champions
Cup.
After Year 11's success, the Year 10 Rounder's
team were ready to take on the rest of the Borough in their
Havering Rally. Playing superbly well, the team quickly dismissed
the other teams in their section and only met some strong
opposition in the semi-final against Abbs Cross. They won
this match convincingly and in the final met old rivals,
Coopers Coburn who beat Hall Mead last year. Hall Mead batted
first and established a good score - Coopers Coburn 'catch
up' performed well but were never a real threat and Hall
Mead comfortably won the match, becoming Havering Champions.
Then it was Year 9 Rounder's team's turn
- this team had become the champions in the previous year
as Year 8's and they had no intention of returning to school
without a trophy! The defending champions cruised their section
and met Gaynes in the semi-final - a good team but clearly
out of their depth when faced with the team from Hall Mead.
In the final, facing Coopers, our girls knew what they had
to do to win and with excellent hitting and field skills
they did just that, our third team to become Havering Champions.
Our Year 8 team, beaten finalist last year,
were excited about the prospect of becoming Havering Champions.
The earlier rounds were somewhat a formality but the semi-final
against Sacred Heart was tough with Hall Mead narrowly winning
by half a rounder. This was enough to get us into the final
against, guess who, Coopers Coburn. Unfortunately, although
we put up a good fight Hall Mead just did not have the quality
hitting to beat their old rivals from last year.
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Summing up, Hall Mead Year
7 to Year 11 teams have played 53 matches this season
and to date have only lost the one match. AMAZING!
Year 8 Team: Z Atkins,
S. O'Riordan, C Aldridge, K Veares, L Woolford, H Chapman,
T Murphy, J Hilton (Captain), R Horton.
Year 9 Team: J Wallis,
Z Hadji Gregoriou (Captain), J Watts, S Pattison, C Semon,
E Burgess, L Smith, H Charman, L Stone.
Year 10 Team: A MacGregor
(Captain), R Horton (Captain), S Burns, K Pennell, S Hammond,
G Bushby, L Curran, K Vogel, K Farrow. |
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