Taryn was selected for North Harbour U15 rep team and over the past 3 weekends, plus yesterday (Monday), she has played her regular cricket on Saturdays (Takapuna U17 Premier Youth Grade), followed by 2 games on a Sunday and 2 games yesterday. She has loved every minute of it - even through the injuries and the tiredness at the end of each weekend.
I was the team scorer and thoroughly enjoyed that too. It was tiring at times as you have to concentrate the whole time, but I really enjoy scoring and feel a bit weird if I don't know exactly what is going on in the game now! Quite funny since I never really liked cricket that much prior to her playing, or understood the game that much prior to learning how to score. Now I am very protective over my score book!
Taryn took some great wickets - an awesome diving catch, a couple of run outs and a beautiful catch behind (wicket keeping). She also went out in the opening batsmen line up a couple of times and whist she doesn't enjoy being out there 1st, it was a good experience for her.
It's been great seeing her get so into her sports this year, returning to netball, continuing her cricket and doing so well in both. Long may it continue.
Jayden is also playing in a team this year, after filling in for Taryn's team on several occasions over the past 2 years, he decided to actually play himself. I think he's the only one in his team that hasn't played before, so it will take time for him to get up there, but glad he is finally back into sports. He has also taken some bowling wickets, 3 last week and 1 this week.
Might have to change our reward system, which is currently a chocolate bar per wicket. It's getting costly and also not too good for their health if they keep taking wickets at their current rate!
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