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Church Langley edged out Nazeing at rounders

Congratulations to Church Langley who secured the Brister Cup in this year’s Rounders Finals. Again the rounders event was held during the school day at Harlow Town CC with 24 teams scheduled to play. Despite the early morning rain, the children were superb and the standard of play was incredibly high throughout. As we have come to expect the support from the school staff enabled us to ‘rattle’ through an intense schedule and even finish ahead of time.

Teams participating were:

Nazeing A and B, Church Langley A and B, Freshwaters A and B, Fawbert and Barnard, Purford Green,  St Lukes A and B, Hare Street, William Martin, Tanys Dell A and B, Holy Cross A and B, Churchgate A and B, Hare Street, St Albans, Potter Street, St Nicholas, Little Parndon, Cooks Spinney and Roydon.

The morning saw 6 groups of teams play out some pool matches to find a group winner, who then went forward into 2 smaller groups of three to find the finalist. In the semi-final’s Roydon performed amazingly well and were narrowly edged out by a superb performance from Nazeing. In the final, Church Langley pipped Nazeing by the smallest of margins (1/2 a rounder); it really was a fitting end to the legacy created by former William Martin teacher, Mrs Angela Brister. We would again like to express our thanks to all the parents who came and supported (sunbathed) the children, many cheering as best as they could despite the complicated rules! Thanks also to the staff who managed their teams so well and umpired many games so efficiently; with special thanks to Gill Pardoe and Rebecca Lott (Church Langley) who ‘helped’ David Stacey (SGO) to mark out all the pitches the night before, administered first aid to the injured and umpired throughout the day!

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