Sherborne School

Thank you to our sponsors...

The Eastbury and The Hillbrook - for their generous support.  And great places to stay if you are ever in Sherborne!

Ice Cream...

Great news!  Ecco Gelato - Sherborne's brilliant ice cream parlour - will be on The Upper from 2.30pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to keep everyone cool!  

One week to lift-off...

And a great curtain-raiser fixture to day!  Very well done to the Abbey House Dads, who triumphed by 30 runs over the Abbey House Lads, on Father's Day!

It all begins on Sunday...

With our curtain-raiser fixture as Abbey House hosts the Mums and Dads v Lads match!  A new addition for 2025, this game is certain to be both great fun and hugely competitive!  

And the top prize...

Dinner, bed and breakfast at the wonderful King's Arms in Charlton Horethorne - the perfect country retreat!

Another fab prize...

A gift box from Robin James - the wonderful salon and spa on Sherborne's Cheap Street!

The next fab prize...

Is coffee and cake for two at Oliver's - Sherborne's renowned and characterful coffee house!

The next wonderful prize is...

A beautiful scarf from designer boutique Cleverly Wrapped!

And the next great prize is...

A £10 voucher at Patisserie Aveline - Sherborne's finest sweet treats!

Another super prize...

Two courses for two at Tamburino - the finest pizza in town!

And the next prize is...

A beautiful tea pot from The Circus, Sherborne's fabulous lifestyle boutique!

The next great prize...

Vouchers to the value of £15 for The Sanctuary Beauty Rooms in Sherborne!

And our first sponsor is...

The fabulous Hummingbird, serving the best burgers and wings in Sherborne!  Hummingbird is generously sponsoring the opening match against Blundell's on Saturday 21st June, as well as offering a wonderful draw prize of a £50 food voucher... This is CERTAIN to be a popular prize so get buying those draw tickets! 

50 days to go...

Until Sherborne's RSF Cricket Week.  Draw prizes will shortly start to be announced here, so stay tuned!

World Class Willow comes on board!

I am thrilled to announce that World Class Willow will be our lead partner for Sherborne's 2025 Cricket Week!  Owner and chief bat-maker Mike Kennedy comments, "World Class Willow is delighted to be partnering with Sherborne School for RSF Cricket Week 2025.  We'll be on The Upper during the week, so do come along and help us contribute to this marvellous cause." 

Here it is...

The long-awaited schedule for Cricket Week 2025 is now confirmed!  It's going to be fabulous, so do come along...

Coming soon...

Look out for the match schedule for Sherborne's RSF Cricket Week - first revealed here...

Sherborne School Cricket Week 2025

The final week of June will see Sherborne School host its third annual Ruth Strauss Foundation Cricket Week, with a fundraising target of £5,000 for this wonderful charity.  Alongside some thirty matches in five days, there will be a prize draw, sales of souvenir brochures and prints, a whole-school non-uniform day, and sponsorships from local businesses – all raising money to support research and bereavement counselling for families affected by cancer.

 

The week begins with four matches against Blundell’s School on Saturday 21^st June, followed on Sunday by the 1^st XI’s declaration game against the Sherborne Pilgrims.  On Monday, it will be the turn of the Junior Colts sides before the 1^st XI returns to the fray on Tuesday against the Giles Reynolds XI: this game will also provide an opportunity to say farewell to our long-serving History teacher and former Housemaster, currently coaching the 1^st XI, as he heads off to India after 36 years at Sherborne.  Wednesday is given over to the Jimmy Adams Prep Schools’ Tournament, before the evening sees the Bow House (staff) XI playing their final match of the term against Sherborne CC.  Then, on Thursday 26^th June, the week comes to its climax as the 1^st XI closes its season in an all-day game against MCC.  This will also be the occasion of the prize draw, during the afternoon tea interval.

 

MiC Cricket Hugh Tatham comments, “After a busy winter, which has seen Sherborne recognised in ‘The Cricketer’ magazine’s Top 100 schools as well as being chosen as a performance centre for Dorset Cricket, I am absolutely delighted that we will again be going Red for Ruth.  Our Ruth Strauss Foundation Cricket Week has quickly become established as one of the highlights of the season, and this year’s will be a real community affair.  Do join us on The Upper to support this wonderful cause.”