SPORT// CRICKET / TENNIS
Day 3 saw us play local rivals Hymers.
Batting first Pocklington failed to garner
any momentum losing wickets at regular
intervals, eventually dismissed for 66.
Pocklington took 5 Hymers wickets but
had insufficient runs to defend, losing
to the festival winners by 5 wickets.
Overall an enjoyable experience.
Unfortunately, the boys failed to
deliver the quality of cricket they
would have liked but the introduction
of several younger players shows the
potential in and around the squad for
future years.
Mr H Perham
TENNIS
ISTA Eton Tennis
Tournament 2019
What a privilege is has been to
experience this huge tournament at
Eton College. Bella Byass and I have
been lucky enough to play twice
representing
Pocklington
School,
but this year it was a fabulous new
experience for the six other U15 girls
who travelled down to play.
In the sizzling first day 21 degree heat,
the 1st Senior Pocklington pair started
bright and breezy at 9am, leaving the
rest of the team to wake up and cheer
us on. Soon enough all 4 pairs were
playing here, there and everywhere
over the 40 playing courts ranging from
clay to astro to acrylic, with every court
being played on.
All the girls trained so hard prior to this
tournament, which definitely paid off,
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THE POCKLINGTONIAN
showing off some great winning shots
and keeping in control of great rallies
against tough competition. As tennis
captain I felt so proud of them all for
their commitment and dedication to
Pocklington School Tennis. Jess Dyson
and Jess McDowell played exceedingly
well to get through to day two ‘Knockout
Stage’. Unfortunately the draw was a
challenging draw for the first match,
both girls should be extremely pleased
with their performance over both days.
Taggy Medforth and Izzy Prescott had
some great games winning two of three
games on the first morning, as well as
both girls bringing great energy and fun
to the team. Amy Jordan and Isabelle
Scanlon also stepped up to the action
playing incredible tennis and serving a
fair few aces! towards the end of the second day.
The standard of tennis throughout
all years was incredibly high, and also
very inspiring to watch some of the
best tennis schools playing in the finals Millie Goode
For any aspiring tennis players at
Pocklington School, work hard over the
tennis season to hope to be selected for
next years trip!