Way back in the 2019/20 Indoor Season, our current Under 12s made it through to the Final of the County Under 10s Indoor Competition! Because of Covid, the Final was postponed until yesterday when our Boys played and beat Stanmore. The cover picture shows our winning Team with their Trophy.

Coach Tair Hussain reports -

“The boys produced a solid and very competent display against a well organised Stanmore side. A strong team performance in which the boys showed great game management skills meant they ran out comfortable winners without needing to anything spectacular.”

The same team also featured in the 2020/21 Under 11s Final played immediately after the Stanmore match. This time our opponents were local rivals North London. Here is Tair’s report on the second final which ended in defeat for our boys -

“After a strong start to the match taking wickets in the first couple of overs, the boys looked well set to dominate the match. However, North London fought back very well to put on a challenging total of around 77. In theory, based on past performances, the chase was well within reach and nothing daunting especially as our opening pair have always laid a solid foundation for others to build on. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be this time. A bad start, losing multiple wickets in the opening pair, meant we were well behind and always chasing the game. The pressure told and boys fell short. North London showed great focus and intensity and were the better side. They deserved their victory.”

For many years, the Junior Indoor Leagues have been brilliantly organised and run by the Midd’s own Pete Hollman. He deserves a massive vote of thanks for keeping indoor cricket going in very difficult times when suitable venues are in such short supply. Well done Pete!

Pete remains in charge and will shortly be publishing the fixtures for the 2021/22 Indoor Season scheduled to start in early November. The Midd has entered teams as follows –

Mixed Leagues (entering all available Leagues) – Under 10; Under 11; Under 13 (2 teams); Under 15 (2 teams); Under 17

Girls’ Leagues – Under 12; Under 14.

All the matches will be held on 2 courts at Gunnersbury on Sundays between 3pm & 7pm or 8pm. For more on this venue visit -

https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/london/gunnersbury-park/gunnersbury-park-sports?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=bau&utm_term=gunnersbury%20park%20sports%20hub&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvLX54o3l8gIVS7TtCh3NCQgJEAAYASAAEgKks_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds