Green Point Christian College’s senior boys cricket team won the Super 8s Tournament for the first time in the school’s history on Tuesday, February 17
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Green Point Christian College (GPCC) primary sport coordinator Mr Nathan Lambert said it was a massive day for both of the school’s teams, who travelled down to Jamison Park in Penrith to compete in the competition.
“Memories of last year’s close final where Green Point Christian College just went down, would still have been fresh in their minds,” Mr Lambert said.
“This year, they wanted to make amends. “The day did not start off as planned, as we needed to move to a new ground due to closure of some fields.
“The Green Point Christian College B Team played their first game with spirit, only just losing on the second last ball against Carinya.
“We scored 29 from our seven overs and Carinya reached that total with two balls to spare and only just scraped away with a win. “In their next match, they easily were victors against the second Northcross side, surpassing the 29 from their previous match and scored over 50 runs.
“Jesse Drennan starred with the bat, retiring once he had reached 20. “Northcross could not reach the total. “Green Point Christian College B Team were focused and bowled with accuracy and fielded aggressively.
“Due to the points at the end of all of the round matches, the Green Point Christian College B team just missed out on playing in the quarter finals on a countback.
“The Green Point Christian College A Team started off their campaign against the other tough Northcross side.
“They did not perform as well as they would have liked with the bat, only scoring 58 runs. “Northcross reached that total in the last over and were victors in the first game.
“The A Team’s next match was a much better performance, scoring nearly 100 runs in seven overs against Macquarie, the team that actually beat Green Point Christian College in the final of the CSSA Cricket Knockout in Term 4 last year.
“Our bowling and fielding was spot on and Green Point Christian College won convincingly.”
“This victory put Green Point Christian College in third spot, meaning that they would play their quarter fi nal against Macquarie again.
“Macquarie were bent on defeating Green Point Christian College after their last loss and bowled strongly, but Green Point Christian College were in too good a form.
“They again scored freely, reaching a total of 85. “Macquarie came out firing with the bat but again, Green Point Christian College’s bowling and fielding was spot on and Macquarie fell 20 runs short.
“The semi-final was played against one of the strongest Christian Schools in NSW, Pacific Hills.
They were unfortunately no match for Green Point Christian College and lost by 20 runs.
“With their confidence soaring, Green Point Christian College went into the final on a high.
“The Final was played against Northcross, the team that beat Green Point Christian College in the first game.
“Our openers came out fi ring with the bat, with both David Spragg and Michael Drake retiring at 20 runs yet again, giving Green Point Christian College the start that they needed.
“This momentum continued with our remaining batters keeping the runs flowing, reaching an impressive total of 90 in seven overs.
With the upper hand, GPCC put in a superb display of bowling.
“Their line and length was perfect, giving the batters no room to play their shots. “In the end, Northcross scored 42, falling way short of the massive total set by our boys.
“Not only did both teams put in such a sensational effort into their matches, but also playing on a hot day in Sydney’s West and not getting home till 6:37pm (exactly … not 6:36pm) due to the delay at the beginning of the day.
“I take my hat off to the boys for giving more than 100% into the day,” Mr Lambert said.
Newsletter,
19 Feb 2015
Nathan Lambert,
Green Point Christian College