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FESTIVAL: 02'
In 2002 Bucks ran it's first ever Women's/Girls
cricket festival. The week ran from Monday 22nd to Friday 26th July and
included four days of cricket for girls and women both in
Buckinghamshire and outside. The week was a huge success with over 130
women and girls participating.
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The week started with a bang at Aylesbury CC. A
Kwik cricket competition was held in the morning providing grass
roots cricket for girls from all over Buckinghamshire.

From
there some of the girls were invited to stay on for the
inter-district U15 eight a side competition: An afternoon of
highly competitive good fun cricket. Day one was capped off with
an Bucks 'Oldies'
v Bucks Juniors twenty over match, a good spirited match, with
some skilful cricket in it, the 'Oldies' came out eventual
winners.
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Day two and the Bucks Girls U13 Single Wicket was
hosted by Winchmore Hill CC. Despite some inhospitable weather
the U13 turned out in force. The day proved a huge success with
the knockouts from the first round of the cup automatically
going into the plate competition the U13s were kept busy with a
packed day of competitive cricket. Alex Rogers and Emily Grey
were the eventual winners of the U13 Cup and U13 Plate
competition respectively
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Day three and the Festival moved to Marlow CC and
Marlow Park CC, for what proved to be one of the highlights of
the week. The inter-counties U15 sixa side competition.

With
teams from Berks, Herts, Bucks, Middlesex and Cambridge
competing on a glorious summers day. The cricket was fast and
furious with local intercounty rivalries helping to spice up
proceedings byadding an additional good spirited competitive
edge to the proceedings. In a closely fought final Berkshire U15
came out as eventual victors over the hosts Bucks U15.

Ex Bucks
junior and now England star Isa Guha came to present the awards
to all the teams who'd participated and helped make the day the
memorable one it was. In the evening Isa starred alongside some
of her old Bucks team-mates in a Bucks All Stars XI v Reading
Ridgeway eight a side women's match. The Reading side used their
experience and expertise to come out eventual winners over the
'all stars'.
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The final day of the festival at
Shardloes CC brought quite possibly the sunniest day of the week
with not a cloud in the sky. The morning began with a grass
roots kwik cricket, young girls from the local area were able to
come and get an introduction into the game of cricket. In the
afternoon the Bucks U13 had a county match against the tough
opposition of Essex U13 the U13 battled hard showing the
benefits of the packed program of cricket they'd had over the
previous week. Essex came out deserved eventual winners.
The
week was capped off with a mother and daughters fun game and
barbecue, the game proved to be a good fun end to a highly
successful week with many of the mums surprising themselves with
there cricketing skills!
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All in all a great week for girls and
women's cricket in Bucks. Special thanks must go to the organizers,
without whom none of this would have happened: Eileen Powell and Tina
Turner.
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