Rapid Fire Cricket- Tuesday 5^th May, 2026- Skinners Kent Junior School 

On Tuesday 5^th May Southborough Year 2 Rapid Fire Cricket team travelled to Skinners Kent Junior School to take part in the Annual District Cricket tournament. The team were playing in group two against all the local Tunbridge Wells schools including St Matthews, Claremont, Langton Green and St Marks.

Southborough played St Matthews first in an extremely close game that saw St Matthews win by 24 runs despite some brilliant individual batting with Frank scoring an impressive 24 runs. In the end we scored 158 runs to St Matthews 182 runs.

In the second game we played Claremont which historically has always been a close game. This year proved similar with Claremont scoring 96 runs to Southborough’s 107 runs. The team fielded particularly well with Lula and Charlotte making some exceptional throws backed up by Beatrice at the cones.

In the third game we played Langton Green and this was to be another close game with Southborough scoring 107 to Langton Green’s 117 giving Langton Green the narrow win. Freddie and Eddie battled particularly well finding the gaps between the fielders to score some important runs.

We then played St Marks who proved to be the closest game of the day with only 3 points separate the two team. In the end Southborough managed to win by 3 runs beating St Marks 117 to 114 runs. It was some brilliant fielding by William and Arabella that saw the team come through to a narrow victory.

The day finished with the much-anticipated results and Southborough finished a magnificent second behind St Matthews in the Tunbridge Wells schools’ event. All the children had a thoroughly enjoyable morning and played with spirit and determination throughout the event. Well done team.

Womens World Cup Cricket Taster Day at Southborough Primary with Zeena Bilal and Sandra Hepples- Thursday 25th April 2026

On Thursday 25^th April we were delighted to have Sandra Hepples(Kent cricket development officer)and Zeena Bilal (Kent women’s first team player) at Southborough Primary supporting our children in PE with their Cricket. The Cricket professionals played Rapid fire cricket, Caterpillar cricket and focused on bowling at lunchtime with the Girls in year 5 and 6 ready for the busy cricket season ahead.

The children really enjoyed the day and commented on how fun it was to play Cricket on a warm sunny day. Here are some of the comments from our pupils:

Esme H1: I loved playing cricket as I ran 4 runs.
Frankie H1: I loved learning a new sport. I had lots of fun.
Henry B1: I liked learning and playing cricket with my friends.
Theo F B1: I have played cricket before so I taught my friends what I knew.
Navam B1: I know lots about cricket so I could share what I love about watching it.

At lunchtime the Girls in Year 5 and 6 had a session with Zeena on bowling and were amazed that Zeena can bowl at over 70mph. The children commented:

Evie(H6): I’ve always been passionate about cricket and to be coached by Zeena will be something I always remember, she was really inspiring.

Aurora(H6): I really enjoyed it because I love bowling and it was such a good experience to be coached by a Kent first team cricketer.

The Cricket professionals commented on what a fantastic day they’d had at Southborough Primary and at the level of skill and determination they’d seen with all the children.

In term 2 and through the academic year 2024-2025 our Kent Community Cricket officer Sandra Hepple will be working with our pupils in Years 2 and 3 to develop their throwing, catching, striking and fielding skills. Sandra is an expert in Cricket and brings a range of skills to help our pupils develop these fundamental key skills to enhance their performance in sport. 

Sandra will also be signposting our pupils to potential opportunities in Cricket clubs within the local community to help further their development and opportunities.