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01 First team. Boys’ Cricket
02 Miles after hitting his half
century. What a great year of cricket! Back to a ‘normal’
03 U11 IAPS Team. year of fixtures, and in true Millfield Prep fashion,
04 U11 boys taking a wicket in there were opportunities for all the pupils to enjoy
the IAPS Competition.
05 Toby hattrick at Regional their cricket. With all 11 pitches in use almost every
IAPS Competition. Wednesday and Saturday, there were chances for
everyone to play.

The development teams enjoyed matches against
a number of county sides including Somerset,
Wiltshire, Dorset, West and also East Wales to
name a few. The U11 team enjoyed a successful
County Cup run, eventually losing out in a very
tightly contested final. 05
to play cricket in the future. They have all made
The school also hosted the regional IAPS U11 superb progress and will be looking forward to
competition, with the Millfield Prep team coming continuing to develop in the coming years at the
out on top to win the competition. A great Prep School and for those moving onto the Senior
occasion, playing a number of schools not on the School.
regular fixture list. The U12s again also played
some good cricket making it through to the semi- Congratulations to the following boys
finals. Matched by the U13s, who also got through County players 2021-2022.
to the semi-finals of the County competition.
The U13 team also played some great attacking Somerset performance squads Boys U10: Bailey,
cricket to progress through to the quarter-final of Wills, Oscar, Micah, Harry, Barney
the IAPS National competition, losing the match U11: Joel, Jamie, Sam, Seb, James, Toby, Tate,
on the last ball of the game. The boys U12B and Louis
U13B teams played some superb cricket against U12: Connor, Hugo
a number of opponent ‘A’ teams, with one of the U13: Leo, Brychan, Hamish, Seth
highlights being the U13B vs U13A girls match, Wiltshire boy’s performance squad U12: Edward
early in the term. Wales boy’s performance squad U12: Rupert

One of the key successes of the year is the
development made by the boys new to the game,
a new passion for boys who have never played
and a large number of boys that will now continue

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