Cricket
Barbados Tour 2011
Congratulations to the LRGS crickets who were runners up at the 2011 Sir Garfield Sobers Cricket Tournament in Barbados.
Cricket pavilion campaign
As part of the School's Plan for Renewal, we have just launched a campaign to extend the cricket pavilion on the Douthwaite Field. Thanks to the generosity of an Old Lancastrian, a considerable amount of money has been pledged to renovate and extend the cricket pavilion so that we can provide facilities that match our excellent cricketing achievements. The benefits to the boys and our opponents will be very much appreciated when teams will be able to change inside the pavilion instead on the field! For more details, see the flyer and plan on the right or go to our Development pages.
Cricket at LRGS
First year pupils are introduced to cricket during the second half of the Lent half term, with an intensive series of indoor nets in games periods and also on Saturday mornings. The U12A team will play 11 fixtures during the summer term against mainly independent schools from around the North West and compete annually in the Lancashire Knock- out Cup. The U12Bs usually play eight competitive matches in a season and are also entered in the Lancaster Schools Local Cup Competition, where they compete against A teams from local schools.
This pattern of matches is repeated across the Under 13, U14 and U15 age groups. The A teams regularly reach the Lancashire Cup Finals and all age groups competed in the 2009 finals held around the county in late summer and early autumn.
We run four senior teams, with the First XI and Second XI playing ever- stronger opponents across the North of England. The fixture list has expanded, with new games outside the North West Region against RGS Newcastle, Woodhouse Grove and in 2010, the journey South to Shrewsbury School. The season ends with a week of intense competition playing five other Royal Grammar Schools in the annual RGS Festival.
In 2012 LRGS will host the Royal Grammar Schools festival.
