ACTIVE SCHOOLS

The P5’s have been getting to grips with their cricket skills this term, through a block of Kwik Cricket taster sessions in the school playground on Mondays and Wednesdays this term. The sessions have been coached by Bill Polson, from the Edinburgh South Cricket Club based at the Inch, and current Scotland cricketer and City of Edinburgh cricket development officer Gordon Drummond.

The pupils have participated in 6 weeks of coaching, starting with fun relay races and hand eye coordination games before progressing onto basic bowling and batting skills and then more advanced batting and fielding. Each session culminates in a mini game, with the pupils testing their skills against each other, which always ends up very competitive and closely fought!

The taster sessions have been hugely popular with the pupils and many thanks must go to Bill and Gordon for all their help and hard work over the block and also for their gift of a Kwik Cricket set to the school to ensure cricket continues during PE.

If your child is interested in participating in cricket on a regular basis, or you would like to find out more information on Kwik Cricket or the Edinburgh South Cricket Club, please contact Bill at billpolson@tiscali.co.uk or on 0131 620 8716. Alternatively, for cricket opportunities across the city, please contact Gordon Drummond at gordon@sporting-chance.org or on 07771666614.
We are currently looking at starting a Sciennes Cricket team started after Christmas to compete in the new national primary school cricket competition, kicking off in term 3, so watch this space or contact Active Schools Coordinator Gael Logan at Gael.Logan@sciennes.edin.sch.uk or on 07799861473 for more information.