Sports News
BEECHEN CLIFF V MANGOTSFIELD
SOMERSET CUP – 7TH MAY 2013
The hottest day of the year for the West this year saw Beechen Cliff take on Mangotsfield in the first round of the Year 7’s Somerset Cricket Cup. Mangotsfield elected to bat first and saw their opener Duggan well caught by Beechen Captain, Van Gelderen off the bowling of Hugo Davies in the first over. Clayton (15) and Stevens (15) batted soundly slowly taking the score to 40. Hatter added a further 16 but by the 12th over wickets tumbled but Mangotsfield managed to push on to 66 for 8 in their 20 overs. Beechen used 9 bowlers, the pick of the bunch being the precise Van Gelderen who bowled two maiden overs. Declan McDonald chipped in with 3 wickets for three runs and Louis Bradley took one for none off two overs. With Beechen needing 67 to win, Griffiths and Dudman set about the Mangotsfield attack and reached the target in the 8th over. Griffiths not out on 20 and Dudman not out on 32. A splendid sporting match.
17May
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WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL v BEECHEN CLIFF – WELLS 1ST MAY 2013
The sunshine greeted Beechen Cliff’s first competitive match of the season at Wells. Beechen Cliff lost the toss and Wells put Beechen Cliff into bat.
Openers Tom Griffiths and Owen Dudman started confidently until the 4th over, with the score on 23, Griffiths got a top edge and was caught by the Wells wicketkeeper. Captain Tom Van Gelderen joined Dudman and the pair swiftly pushed the score on to 124 when Dudman was retired after his maiden half century for Beechen Cliff. Van Gelderen reached his maiden half century with a fine straight drive and was also retired with the score on 133.
In the final two overs, Beechen Cliff tried to hit out and lost two quick wickets, Tom King falling cleaned bowled by the impressive Wells fast bowler Padget for a duck and Declan McDonald followed three balls later for 1.
Tom Matthews batted confidently and saw out the full 20 overs scoring 21 with Louis Bradley supporting him on 1.
With a target of 158, Wells slowly pushed the score to 12 in four overs before losing their first wicket to a fine delivery from Tom King. Wickets tumbled and some accurate bowling saw two wickets for William Sayers, two wickets for Hugo Davies plus three catches, two wickets for Tom Van Gelderen, one wicket for Harvey Squire and one for Declan McDonna leaving Wells on 45 for 9 after twenty overs.
7May
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Beechen Cliff Crowned County Champions
Beechen Cliff’s 1st XI produced an incredible defensive display to beat Writhlington’s football Acadmey 1-0 in the Somerset County final at Street FC. Writhlington dominated possession and Beechen Cliff were disciplined to keep the current holders chances to a minimum. When chances came, Writhlington were foiled by Beechen Cliff’s goalkeeper, Max O’Leary who tipped over from a close range header and later in a one-on-one when he somehow got a hand to the striker’s effort to keep the score goalless at half time.
Beechen Cliff made a tactical change in the second half, bravely sending three up front to counter Writhlington’s attacking play. This helped in midfield too with Ollie Noad sitting in front of the back four with Connor Lavington and Josh Parkyn working hard in front of Noad. These three, and latterly Charlie Maddison who replaced Parkyn, were excellent and forced Writhlington to play wide where full backs Zak Vyner and Joe Oswin did well to restrict the impressive wide men from too many crosses. Writhlington had chances but failed to take them, Man of the Match O’Leary again the saviour twice more denying the full time side. The outstanding centre back pairing of Hugh Tayler and Josh Read were calmly absorbing pressure and Read consistently showed great strength of character to play out from the back.
Beechen’s attacking play was limited but Josh Beresford-Brown, Courtney Gibbs and Joe Vyner worked tirelessly and on 85 minutes Beresford-Brown rolled a pass to Gibbs who spun his marker to drill home and stun the Radstock based side. Beechen safely saw out the last minutes of the game which sparked jubilant scenes. Skipper Hugh Tayler raised the County cup and there couldn’t be a more deserving captain. Hugh has led the side brilliantly, on and off the pitch and has been so dependable as a player and a leader.
Congratulations to the whole squad who deserved this win. Their focus and discipline in this match matched their fluent attacking play against lesser opposition on route to the final.
Pictured, Back row Ollie Noad, Zak Vyner, Connor Lavington, Josh Read, Max O’Leary, Jo Vyner, Josh Beresford-Brown, Joe Lyndsay, Alex Stock. Front row Joe Oswin, Harry Veal, Hugh Tayler, Josh Parkyn, Courtney Gibbs, Charlie Maddison.
01May
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Beechen Cliff Lose Close Encounter In BaNES Final
Beechen Cliff u/14 basketball team lost out in a thrilling Banes final to Wellsway School 31-28. A very tight game with both teams showing a high standard of basketball. It was nip and tuck all the way but Wellsway finished stronger in the last 5 minutes to take the crown.
01May
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Almost all squad members contributed in what was a special occasion at a special sporting venue. Credit goes to all squad members who contributed to an excellent victory.
Excellent team work, movement off the ball, quick passing and intelligent play meant that at times BCS were able to play their creative style of football. When not in posession, high levels of concentration,communication and strong tackling allowed BCS to deal well with pressure from an organised and determined Chew Valley. This built the platform for Eliot Dugan to score 2 top quality goals, combining strength, speed and superb team work in the build up.
All players were outstanding but along with Dugan, Hamer-Webb's towering defensive play, yet again, needs special mention.
Well done all!
01May
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01May
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Beechen Cliff’s 1st XI start with a big victory
Beechen Cliff 1stXI cricket started their 2013 Monkhouse Sports Cricket league with a positive display against rivals Monkton Combe. In the picturesque setting, skipper Hugh Tayler elected to bat first and try and set Monkton a challenging total. Hugh took the responsibility of opening with Samir Shoilapurkar and both looked comfortable against the danger man Rorke. However it was Whortehocvk’s swing that deceived both openers for 4 and 9 respectively leaving BCS 30 for 2. This brought Max O’Leary and Harry Veal to the crease and both batting superbly. Both players hit the ball cleanly and along the floor and shared a stand of 159 before Max skied a full toss in a rare error for 71. At 186/3 with 12 overs remaining, Harry Veal took control to ensure a big total was set. He scored 20 runs in four balls to bring up his century and hit his fourth and fifth six of the game to take his to 120 before being bowled. In seven years of 1st XI cricket this was the highest total I have seen an individual set and in the process set 263 – the highest team total.
Monkton had two danger men in Jenkins and Arney the latter scoring a century last season against us. So when Ollie Weaver had them both caught by Sam Cooper and Mike Jones the game looked won. But the team maintained their high fielding standards and the bowling was very disciplined. Ross Newman went for just 10 runs from his six overs and Harry Veal 2-15, O’Leary 2-10 kept good pressure throughout. Mike Jones’ spin then cleaned up the tail taking 3-13 from his four over spell.
This was a great team effort and all aspects of the teams play was good. I congratulate Harry Veal on his fine 120.
25Apr
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Beechen U14s Complete the Treble
Beechen Cliff's U14s signed off an unbeaten season in style, by beating St Bedes 46-0 to add the Somerset Cup to their Bath Schools and South West Schools trophies. It has been a magnificent season for the unbeaten champions who won all 17 of their matches, while amassing 743 points and conceding only 30points (3 tries, one conversion and a penalty). Highlights of the season include becoming the first Bath School to be crowned South-West Schools Champions, and winning a ferocious encounter with St Thomas Rich's – a highly rated team from Gloucestershire.
Next season the side will enter the National Daily Mail Schools Championship, and they have the potential to compete with the top schools from around the country. Team coach Lee Sumsion has been so impressed with the team ethos this year: ‘It is very rare for a side to go unbeaten all season, yet what is more unique, is the manner in which they behaved after winning each trophy. After winning each Cup final they didn’t gloat, to be honest they hardly celebrated, they simply regrouped and focused on the next challenge.’
25Apr
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