Cricket Gala Day
by Ashleigh
The students of Stage 3 who participated in the T20 Blast Cricket Day went to Onslow Oval in Camden on the 8th September 2015.
When the students arrived at the oval, there was a feeling of excitement in the air. There were lots of other schools, ready to compete to and have lots of fun. The day started off with some simple rules and then everyone got prepared to start playing. There were two teams representing MACC, a boys team and a girl's team.
During the first game, the girl's lost the first game but that didn't let them down. They had lots of fun and enjoyed themselves when they were playing. The girls had played against Harrington Park PS. Even though the girls at MACC lost, there were still plenty of high spirits.
The boys team also lost their first game to Narellan Vale PS. The boys had much harder competition than the girls.
In the second game, the girls team won their game against Narellan PS. The girls were cheering and were so happy. The girls on the MACC team hit the ball a bit further than they had in their previous game. The girls were able to get to the other wicket before the ball did.
The boys lost their second game to Harringotn Park PS.
After the first 2 games, It was lunch time. Some people from the local Cricket club had organised a sausage sizzle for some of the participants who had money to get a yummy lunch.
After the lunch break, the students prepared themselves for the next game. The girls were ready to verse Camden South PS. The Camden South PS girls obviously had had lots of training. When the MACC girls were bowling, the Camden South girls were hitting the ball hard and far. The MACC Strikers lost to Camden South PS Thunder. The boys team also lost to Narellan Vale PS Strikers. Though the boys had lost, no one had gotten upset. The boys were still cheerful and ready for the final game.
The final games were to see who came what on the leaderboard. The MACC Strikers (girls) were fighting for 5th place against a second team from Harrington Park. The MACC Stars were fighting for 7th place... And the Stars won! That game was the only game the Stars had won and they were so happy! The Strikers were happy because they had also won their final game. The Strikers were jumping and cheering. After all of the games had finished, the organisers had an assembly to announce the winner of the girls comp and the boys comp. The winner of the girls comp and going to compete against other schools in the state is... Narellan Ps Hussey. The winners of the boys comp and also going against more schools in the state is... Camden South PS Scorchers. The captains of the winning teams got to receive a certificate for the team. All of the other teams including the winning teams got a certificate signed by the Sydney Thunders Mascot. They also got a poster with some of NSW Cricket men's and women's teams. They also got a small packet of Milo.
The students really enjoyed themselves that day and were glad to have a rest on the bus back to school. The students were exhausted after that day and were glad to go home. When the cricket teams got back to school, They greeted their classmates that didn't get to go. School was just about to finish so they didn't have to worry about doing school work.
