Herons Hit the Rounders Heights
Heron Way School won the Horsham Primary Schools Rounders Tournament this morning at Millais School rising to the top of a big field of 18 teams drawn from 11 local schools.
Millais’s field was set-up with six pitches to provide the required capacity for the large entry. Each pitch hosted a first phase group from which a number of the usual big school suspects dominated, namely the A teams from Kingslea, North Heath, Leechpool, Heron Way and Southwater. However little St John’s broke into the club from Group F, courtesy of narrow victories over Holbrook A and Kingslea C.
Winners Pool A was close fought. In the crunch match between Kingslea A and Leechpool A the latter shaved it 7.5 to 5.5. Winners Pool B however was much more clear cut with Heron Way beating both Southwater A and St John’s by big margins.
Heron Way’s strength saw them through in the final versus Leechpool A too but the scoreline of 9-6.5 gave indication of the first time the opponents had brought real pressure to bear. Southwater A took third in another good game, 7-4.5 against Kingslea A.
Thanks go to the Millais year 9 sports leaders who did fantastically to execute the tasks involved in making the event go smoothly – umpiring, chaperoning and results recording. Unfortunately they did not do quite so well in the traditional winners v leaders end match, the Herons demolishing them!
RESULTS
| PITCH 1 | PITCH 2 | PITCH 3 | PITCH 4 | PITCH 5 | PITCH 6 |
| POOL A | POOL B | ||||
GROUP A 1st Kingslea A 2nd Slinfold 3rd Northolmes | GROUP B 1st North Heath A 2nd Southwater B 3rd Holbrook B | GROUP C 1st Leechpool A 2nd Shelley 3rd St Rob South | GROUP D 1st Heron Way 2nd Kingslea B 3rd Leechpool C | GROUP E 1st Southwater A 2nd Leechpool B 3rd North Heath B | GROUP F 1st St John’s 2nd Holbrook A 3rd Kingslea C | |
9.40-10.10am | Kingslea A 7 V Northolmes 4 | Southwater B 6.5 V Holbrook B 5 | Shelley 5 V Leechpool A 6 | Leechpool C 4 V Heron Way 9.5 | North Heath B 4.5 V Southwater A 7.5 | St John’s 6 V Kingslea C 5.5 |
10.12- 10.42 | Kingslea A 12.5 V Slinfold 6 | Southwater B 1.5 V North Heath A 7.5 | Shelley 5.5 V St Rob South 3 | Leechpool C 3 V Kingslea B 7 | North Heath B 8.5 V Leechpool B 8.5 | St John’s 6.5 V Holbrook A 5 |
10.44-11.14 | Northolmes 8 V Slinfold 10.5 | Holbrook B 2 V North Heath A 5.5 | Leechpool A 10.5 V St Rob South 4 | Heron Way 10.5 V Kingslea B 3 | Southwater A 6.5 V Leechpool B 5.5 | Kingslea C 5.5 V Holbrook A 7.5 |
| WINNERS POOL 1st Leechpool A 2nd Kingslea A 3rd North Heath A | RUNNERS-UP POOL 1st Shelley 2nd Slinfold 3rd Southwater B | THIRDS POOL 1st Northolmes 2nd Holbrook B 3rd St Rob Southwell | WINNERS POOL 1st Heron Way 2nd Southwater A 3rd St John’s | RUNNERS-UP POOL 1st Holbrook A 2nd Kingslea B 3rd Leechpool B | THIRDS POOL 1st Leechpool C 2nd North Heath B 3rd Kingslea C |
11.16-11.46 | A v B Kingslea A 9 v North Heath A 5.5 | A v B Slinfold 9.5 v Southwater B 8 | A v B Northolmes 7.5 v Holbrook B 3 | D v E Heron Way 10 v Southwater A 3.5 | D v E Kingslea B 8.5 v Leechpool B 8 | D v E Leechpool C 6.5 v North Heath B 6.5 |
11.48-12.18pm | B v C North Heath A 6 v Leechpool A 9 | B v C Southwater B 4 v Shelley 6.5 | B v C Holbrook B 5.5 v St Robert Southwell 5 | E v F Southwater A 11 v St Johns 7.5 | E v F Leechpool B 4.5 v Holbrook A 9.5 | E v F North Heath B 7 v Kingslea C 6.5 |
12.20-12.50 | A v C Kingslea A 5.5 v Leechpool A. 7.5 | A v C Slinfold 5.5 v Shelley 8 | A v C Northolmes 8 v St Robert Southwell 7 | D v F Heron Way 15.5 v St Johns 1 | D v F Kingslea B 7.5 v Holbrook A 10 | D v F Leechpool C 11.5 v Kingslea C 10 |
| PLAY-OFFS | |||||
12.52-1.22 | 1ST PLACE 1st Pool A v 1st Pool B Leechpool A 6.5 V Heron Way 9 | 3RD PLACE 2nd Pool A v 2nd Pool B Kingslea A 4.5 V Southwater A 7 | 5TH PLACE 3rd Pool A v 3rd Pool B North Heath A 8.5 V St John’s 6.5 | 7TH PLACE 4th Pool A v 4th Pool B Shelley 8 V Holbrook A 5.5 | 9TH PLACE 5th Pool A v 5th Pool B Slinfold 10 V Kingslea B 10 | 11TH PLACE 6th Pool A v 6th Pool B Southwater B 6 V Leechpool B 9 |
13TH PLACE 9 Northolmes v Leechpool C 6 | 15TH PLACE 6 Holbrook B v North Heath B 7 | 17TH PLACE 6 St Robert Southwell v Kingslea C 5 |