Sherborne School

Getting closer...

Across all our fundraising sources, Sherborne's total now stands at just over £4,000...  great effort everyone, and still a little time left!

An excellent end...

Yesterday saw the 30th - and final - match of our Cricket Week: a tremendous game between MCC and the School, which our guests won by just 18 runs.

Day 5 and the sun is really shining!

A great day today for our Prep Schools' Tournament, which was won by Twyford School - many congratulations to them!  Tomorrow is the final day of Cricket Week, with the 1st XI playing the 100th match of the 2024 season against MCC.  The match is sponsored by World Class Willow, who will have a stall on the ground, whilst souvenir brochures, prints and draw tickets are still available...  The draw will be made during the tea interval tomorrow - do join us if you can! 

Day 4

Today we are delighted to welcome St Andrew's College from Grahamstown in South Africa to The Upper for a 50-over match against the 1st XI.  Then, Bow House (our staff side) takes on Perrott Hill Plodders in an evening T20.  The weather forecast is fabulous, so do join us if you can!  Meanwhile, it's a non-uniform day for all the boys at school as a further fundraising effort...

A glorious day!

Day 2 of Sherborne's RSF Cricket Week saw a fantastic match between the 1st XI and Sherborne Pilgrims, in which the School triumphed in bright sunshine by just 19 runs in a tremendous contest.

One day, five matches...

And Sherborne's RSF Week is up and running.  A tremendous performance from Blundell's to win the 1st XI match, but super matches in glorious weather throughout.  Tomorrow sees the 1st XI take on the Sherborne Pilgrims, from 11.30am in a declaration match.  Do join us if you can!

The wait is almost over!

Tomorrow - Saturday 22nd June - is day 1 of Sherborne's RSF Cricket Week, starting with matches 1-4 against Blundell's School.  The weather forecast is promising and the players are raring to get underway, so do join us from 11am if you can...

Three days to go...

until Sherborne's RSF Cricket Week 2024 gets underway, and the sun is shining!  One of the events that lots of the players are looking forward to is the 'Beat the Batter' competition on Wednesday.  A £10 donation gets you two overs at one of our 1st XI batters - if you get them out, you get tickets into the draw, so do come along and have a go!

One week to go...

and excitement is building to fever pitch ahead of Sherborne's RSF Cricket Week!  We're really looking forward to welcoming lots of people to one or more of the thirty matches, and we hope that loads of you will be able to join us at some point during the week.  Just keep your fingers crossed for some sunshine!

Just 20 days...

until our RSF Cricket Week gets underway with matches against Blundell's.  Don't forget - every £10 donation also buys five tickets to the prize draw!

Another super prize...

Again, courtesy of Jimmy Adams OS, this time it's a men's Southern Brave kit bundle, with pre-game shirt, training shirts and hoody - as worn by all the best-dressed players and fans!

Sherborne's RSF Cricket Week Match Schedule

The full schedule of matches in our 2024 RSF Cricket Week is now confirmed...

Sherborne School v MCC - Thursday 27th June

I'm delighted to announce that for this - the final game of our RSF Cricket Week and of Sherborne's 2024 season - our match day sponsors will be the renowned Somerset batmakers, World Class Willow!  

 

With just 30 days to go...

The next fabulous prize is James Vince's Southern Brave playing shirt, signed by the man himself!

Only five weeks...

until the start of our 2024 Cricket Week!  Here's hoping that the weather is kind and that The Upper looks as glorious as it does in this wonderful photo, taken by our very own Ollie Senneck!

And the next great prize!

Courtesy of Sir Ian Botham Wines, this fantastic gift set containing the All Rounder Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay in a hand-embossed gift box - looks great and tastes even better!

Prizes, prizes, prizes...

Next up is a stylish Southern Brave women's kit package, courtesy of Jimmy Adams OS.  The bundle includes long and short-sleeved training shirts and a hoody, and makes a great addition to any cricket wardrobe!

Just 50 days to go...

As of today, there are just a half-century of days until Sherborne's Cricket Week begins.  Thirty matches, a brilliant prize draw, a non-uniform day, 'Beat the Batter', souvenir brochures and prints...  It's going to be fab!

The prizes keep coming...

Next up - three great books by the renowned cricket historian Peter Oborne.  All three - 'Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan', 'Basil D'Oliveira: Cricket and Conspiracy' and 'White on Green' - are signed by the author who is, himself, an Old Shirburnian (d, 74)!

More great prizes...

A Sydney Sixers match day shirt and a pair of batting gloves, both signed by Hampshire and England star James Vince!  And there will be a new prize announced each week until Cricket Week...

And the next super prize is...

A limited edition framed print of The Upper by the acclaimed artist Jocelyn Goldsworthy, generously donated by the Old Shirburnian Society - a wonderful addition to any wall!

Another great prize...

As the countdown to Sherborne’s RSF Cricket Week continues, I’m delighted to announce that our next great prize – very kindly donated by Jimmy Adams, 1^st XI assistant coach at Hampshire CCC and an Old Shirburnian – is 4 tickets to a Hampshire home match (in either 2024 or 2025), with the opportunity to meet the players, and to be shown around the pavilion and changing rooms. 

100 days and counting...

Today marks 100 days until Cricket Week begins at Sherborne!

 

To start the countdown in style, I can now reveal the first prize in the draw: Zac Crawley's signed England match shirt (Test player number 695) from the 2023 Red for Ruth Test match against Australia.

 

Cricket-themed prizes...

Look out for details of our fabulous cricket-themed prize draw; every £10 donation buys five tickets for the draw... 

Sherborne School goes Red for Ruth 2024

Following the success of last year’s inaugural Ruth Strauss Foundation Cricket Week, Sherborne School will again be turning Red for Ruth this summer, in the final week of June.

Starting on Saturday 22^nd June and running through until Thursday 27^th June, an expanded event will see 25 matches against 13 different opponents, with players from Sherborne Prep School all the way up to the 1^st XI, and the staff team, taking part.

There is an ambitious fundraising target and money will be raised through the sale of souvenir brochures and original prints of The Upper.

Additionally, all the pupils will have the chance to contribute through a ‘Mufti Day’ and there is also going to be a prize draw (running both on the ground during the week and online throughout June), including some fabulous items such as tickets and hospitality at Hampshire CCC, kit, and one of Zac Crawley’s England shirts.

Finally, the four 1^st XI matches – against Blundell’s, Sherborne Pilgrims, St. Andrew’s Grahamstown, and MCC – will all be sponsored by local businesses who will dedicate funds to the pot for every run scored, boundary hit, or wicket taken.

Master i/c Cricket, Hugh Tatham, comments, “I am delighted that we are again supporting the Ruth Strauss Foundation, which does such incredible work to help bereaved families and to advance research into non-smoking cancers.

The money we raise will make a huge difference to the Foundation, especially in training healthcare professionals to support families facing the awful challenge of the death of a parent.

Our teams are excited about ending the season with this super event, so I hope we can have a wonderful week of thrilling cricket in glorious sunshine.

Our target is to raise £5000 for this magnificent cause; do come and join us as we go Red for Ruth and end the 2024 Cricket season in style."