Sam’s batting this season has at times been thrilling to watch. In several games, the authority and dominance of his batting has completely taken the game away from the opposition and effectively decided the outcome of the match. Sam also kept wicket very capably in three matches and has taken useful wickets with his bowling. Last and certainly not least, Sam has also shouldered the responsibility of being Captain – not an easy job with a group of eleven to thirteen year-old boys, for whom concentration is not always their strong point! Crucially, Sam obviously had the respect of his team.

Most Improved Player: Noah Greenwood

Noah has been a revelation this season, indeed he was a strong challenger for Player of the Season. Noah’s batting technique may lack the class of others but it is simple and effective. His aggregate runs for the season tells the story and includes a remarkable run of four innings in succession without being dismissed. Noah is also a reliable and effective bowler, taking important wickets. His all-round contribution to the team this season has been huge and a massive step up from the previous season.

Team Player of the Season: Charles Wilson

Throughout the season Charles has continually demonstrated his enthusiasm and love of Cricket. Charles is always the player most obviously encouraging his team mates, whilst at the same time showing respect and appreciation to the opposition. Charles is also a very elegant opening batsman and a thoughtful bowler, capable of bowling either seam or spin as the situation demands. His sportsmanship is an example to all, typified by his actions in the Nonington match.

Key Personnel

Coach: Glynn Perry

Assistant coaches: Tom Payne, Gareth Meers

Manager: Pat Bergin

Squad: Charles Wilson, Bradley Wake-Smith, Sam Ansell (capt.), Sean Howard, Noah Greenwood, Max Yorke, James Golding, William Taylor-Gammon, Isaac Bergin, Jonathan Stewart, Edward Lello, Max Fisher, Marcus Fisher.

Summary of Matches Played

Note: All matches were Saxon Shore League fixtures unless stated otherwise.

Sunday 2nd May – Hawkinge (away game)

Match cancelled due to rain.

Sunday 9th May – Folkestone Tredwell (home game)
Sibton Park won by 58 runs
Sibton Park 129/4 from 20 overs
Charles Wilson – 32 not out
Sam Ansell - 30 not out
Folkestone Tredwell 71/5 from 20 overs
Bradley Wake-Smith – 3-1-8-1
Sean Howard – 2-0-3-1
William Taylor-Gammon – 2-0-3-1
Charles Wilson – 2-0-5-1
Sam Ansell – 3-1-8-1
Sibton Park U13:
Charles Wilson, Bradley Wake-Smith, Sam Ansell (capt.), Sean Howard, Noah Greenwood, Max Yorke, James Golding, William Taylor-Gammon, Isaac Bergin (wkt.), Jonathan Stewart, Edward Lello.

Sunday 16th May – Betteshanger Colliery Welfare CC (away game)
Match cancelled due to opposition withdrawing from the SSL (although they did not tell us this and their club chairman confirmed the game was on – he was unaware himself that their U13 team had pulled out of the league. We therefore all had a wasted trip to Deal).

Sunday 9th May – Folkestone Jones (home game)
Folkestone Jones won by 33 runs
Folkestone Jones 155/3 from 20 overs
Bradley Wake-Smith – 4-0-14-1
Noah Greenwood – 4-0-20-1
Sibton Park 122/9 from 20 overs
Bradley Wake-Smith – 20
Noah Greenwood – 30 not out
Sam Ansell – 28
Sibton Park U13:
Charles Wilson, Bradley Wake-Smith, Sam Ansell (capt.), Sean Howard, Noah Greenwood, Max Yorke (wkt.), James Golding, William Taylor-Gammon, Isaac Bergin , Jonathan Stewart, Edward Lello.

Sunday 13th June – Hawkinge (away game) – rescheduled from 2nd May
Sibton Park won by 39 runs
Sibton Park 113/3 from 16 overs
Charles Wilson – 30 not out
Sam Ansell - 32 not out
Noah Greenwood – 31 not out
Hawkinge 74/7 from 16 overs
Bradley Wake-Smith – 2-1-1-1
William Taylor-Gammon – 2-0-5-2
James Golding – 1-0-8-2
Sibton Park U13:
Charles Wilson, Bradley Wake-Smith, Sam Ansell (capt./wkt.), Sean Howard, Noah Greenwood, Max Yorke, James Golding, William Taylor-Gammon, Isaac Bergin, Jonathan Stewart, Edward Lello.
Man-of-the-match – Sam Ansell
Team Player Award – Charles Wilson
Comments:
This was a very tricky up-and-down wicket, making batting very difficult.
Match reduced to 16 overs per side as the Hawkinge groundsman needed to get the pitch prepared for a mens’ match.
For this match we introduced two new awards – a Man-of-the-match award and a Team Player award to go to another player who also made a significant contribution to the game. Man-of-the-match went to Sam for a blistering innings on a tricky pitch (including one huge six) which effectively took the game away from Hawkinge. The Team Player award went to Charles Wilson not only for his own fine innings but for two excellent slip catches and a further great stop in the slips which certainly prevented a four.

Sunday 20th June – Sandwich (home game)
Match cancelled due to opposition not being able to field a team.

Saturday 3rd July – Diabetes Fun Day (6-a-side tournament held at Elham)
Played 4, won 2, lost 2.
Squad:
Noah Greenwood, James Golding, Mathew Golding, Sean Howard, Adam Howard, Isaac Bergin, Max Yorke, William Taylor-Gammon

Sunday 4th July – Nonington (away game)
Sibton Park won by 27 runs
Sibton Park 141/4 from 20 overs
Bradley Wake-Smith – 31 not out
Noah Greenwood - 31 not out
Nonington 114/5 from 20 overs
Bradley Wake-Smith – 3-0-8-1
Sean Howard – 3-0-8-1
Charles Wilson – 3-0-8-1
Sam Ansell – 3-0-17-1
Noah Greenwood – 2-0-9-1
Sibton Park U13:
Charles Wilson, Bradley Wake-Smith, Sam Ansell (capt.), Sean Howard, Noah Greenwood, Max Yorke, James Golding, William Taylor-Gammon, Isaac Bergin, Max Fisher, Marcus Fisher (wkt.).
Man-of-the-match – Noah Greenwood
Team Player Award – Charles Wilson
Comments:
A very sporting game played in a great spirit from both teams.
Debuts for Max and Marcus Fisher.
Man-of-the-match went to Noah for a fine all-round performance. The Team Player award went to Charles Wilson again, who very sportingly pointed out to the umpire that he had wrongly given a Nonington player out caught off his boot, thus allowing the umpire to call the batsman back. The Nonington coach commented on how gratifying it was to see this kind of sportsmanship in this age group.

Sunday 11th July – St. Margarets (home game)
Sibton Park won by 5 runs
Sibton Park 111/7 from 20 overs
Sam Ansell – 34 not out
Noah Greenwood - 30 not out
St.Margarets 106/7 from 20 overs
Bradley Wake-Smith – 3-0-14-1
William Taylor-Gammon – 3-0-18-2
Charles Wilson – 3-0-11-1
Sam Ansell – 2-0-6-1
Noah Greenwood – 3-0-15-1
Sibton Park U13:
Charles Wilson, Bradley Wake-Smith, Sam Ansell (capt.), Sean Howard, Noah Greenwood, Max Yorke, Edward Lello, William Taylor-Gammon, Isaac Bergin, Max Fisher, Marcus Fisher (wkt.).
Man-of-the-match – Sam Ansell
Team Player Award – William Taylor-Gammon
Comments:
Closest game of the season – could have gone either way!
Most disciplined bowling performance of the season.
Man-of-the-match went to Sam for another crucial innings. The Team Player award went to William Taylor-Gammon for taking a couple of vital wickets just when it looked like the opposition were getting ahead of the required run-rate.

Friday 16th July – Sandwich (home game – rescheduled from 20th June)
Sandwich won by 109 runs
Sandwich 167/1 from 20 overs
Sean Howard – 4-0-32-1
Sibton Park 58 all out from 19 overs
Harry Wren – 14
Noah Greenwood – 13
Sibton Park U13:
Charles Wilson, Harry Wren, Sam Ansell (capt.), Sean Howard, Noah Greenwood, Max Yorke, James Golding, William Taylor-Gammon, Isaac Bergin, Max Fisher, Marcus Fisher (wkt.).
Man-of-the-match – Harry Wren
Comments:
Worst performance of the season – although Sandwich were excellent.
Several players were unavailable (including opening bowler Bradley Wake-Smith) – so Harry Wren stepped up from the U11s.
Man-of-the-match went to Harry for being the Sibton top scorer. No Team Player award this time as the performance was so dire.

Sunday 18th July – Hythe (away game)
Match cancelled due to Hythe having a boot fair on their pitch that morning.

Friday 23rd July – Hythe (home game – rescheduled from 18th July)
Match cancelled due to opposition not being able to field a team.

Sunday 25th July – Elham (home game – should have been away but Elham had a fixture clash with their U11s)
Sibton Park won by 23 runs
Sibton Park 113/6 from 20 overs
Sam Ansell – 28
Noah Greenwood – 29
Max Yorke – 18
Charles Wilson - 16
Elham 90/7 from 20 overs
Max Fisher – 1-0-10-2
Isaac Bergin – 2-0-3-1
Charles Wilson – 3-0-16-1
Bradley Wake-Smith – 3-0-11-1
Noah Greenwood – 2-0-6-1
Sibton Park U13:
Charles Wilson, Bradley Wake-Smith, Sam Ansell (capt. / wkt.), Sean Howard, Noah Greenwood, Max Yorke, James Golding, William Taylor-Gammon, Isaac Bergin, Max Fisher, Marcus Fisher.
Man-of-the-match – Noah Greenwood
Team Player Award – Max Fisher / Isaac Bergin
Comments:
Another close game until Elham lost wickets towards the end.
Man-of-the-match went to Noah for another fine all-round performance. The Team Player award was shared by Max Fisher and Isaac Bergin, for taking crucial wickets in the closing overs, just when Elham were looking to accelerate their scoring.

Friday 30th July – Hythe (home game – rescheduled again from 18th July)
Match cancelled as neither Sibton Manager nor Coach were available to organise the game.

Friday 3rd September – Elham (away game – Friendly)
Elham won by 9 wickets
Sibton Park 91/1 from 15 overs
Charles Wilson – 20 not out
Noah Greenwood – 20 not out
Elham 92/1 from 14.3 overs
Bradley Wake-Smith – 3-0-14-1
Sibton Park U13:
Charles Wilson (capt), Bradley Wake-Smith, Sean Howard, Noah Greenwood, Max Yorke, James Golding, William Taylor-Gammon, Isaac Bergin, Max Fisher, Marcus Fisher, Edward Lello.
Man-of-the-match – Charles Wilson
Team Player Award – Edward Lello
Comments:
A very close game that went to the final over, played in a good spirit. Sam Ansell was unavailable for this fixture, so Charles Wilson stepped in as Captain.
Man-of-the-match went to Charles for a good all-round performance and for agreeing to be Captain.
Team Player award went to Edward Lello for taking an excellent catch and also making some great stops in the field.

Sibton Park U13 Season – Player Awards

Player of the Season: Sam Ansell

Most Improved Player: Noah Greenwood

Team Player of the Season: Charles Wilson