The sun shone throughout the season and the performances and results shone just as brightly. It has been both an enjoyable and successful season. Our thanks to the parents / carers for transporting the young people to the games and practice sessions.
U11A: The U11A team won the U11B League with an undefeated record. Luke Rogers has won the batting trophy for the league as the top scorer. Five of this team are eligible to play again in the team in 2026. Our thanks to Stephen and Ann Rogers for looking after the team on Monday evenings.
U11A club awards:
Batting: Luke Rogers; bowling: Luke Rogers; fielding: George Smith; coaches award: George Smith.
U11B: The U11B team grew into the league with many new to the game of cricket and finished 3rd. Our thanks to Matt Cooke as player agent. All of these eight year olds will be playing for 3-4 more years at this age level. Fergus Cooke stood out with the bat winning the league batting award and Quinn Morris was runner up in the league bowling award.
U11B club awards:
Batting: Fergus Cooke; bowling: Quinn Morris; fielding: Lucas Mahaffey; coaches award: Ellis Wilkes
U13: The U13s had an excellent season, finishing second behind Tenterden, with only one defeat. There was revenge with victory over Tenterden in a post-season friendly. Soul Summers stood out with the bat and ball. Soul was second by 10 runs in the league awards. However he played two games fewer due to match cancellations.
U13 club awards
Batting: Soul Summers; bowling: Soul Summers; fielding: Charlie Cooke; coaches award: Alex Welch
U16: It was tough at the start with poor availability due to exams and school games. But once we got past those the team played well and finished runners up in the U16B League. Skipper Oscar Wincott Stone dominated with his performances and won the league batting award and was runner up in the league bowling award.
U16 club awards:
Batting / bowling / fielding / coaches: Oscar Wincott-Stone
There is also a big thank you to Rush Witt Wilson our long time sponsors of the junior section and to the Ted Baker Trust for their generous support of junior cricket at Rye.
We look forward to the autumn practice nets starting on October 9 at Rye Sports Centre.
Image Credits: Martin Blincow .