On Thursday we had a great turnout for the Lord’s Taverners Table Cricket Finals Day held at St Mary’s Church in Wheatley. The competition was the culmination of a programme of delivering table cricket to schools and colleges with special needs children.

Eight teams from schools and colleges from around Oxfordshire entered for the event which was held in the historic St Mary’s Church which saw over 100 children take part in the day.

After hours of play the finalists Abingdon & Witney College and Frank Wise Special School Banbury were the two group winners of the day, with Abingdon coming out as the days winners.

A fantastic day of table cricket and it was great for all of the young people to get together and share a new found love of this form of the game.

Lord’s Taverners help to fund the table cricket coaching sessions and county competitions, meaning hundreds more young people are playing table cricket every year, making friends and developing valuable skills. Table cricket is an adapted version of cricket, played on a table tennis table and specially designed to give young people with a disability the chance to play and compete in the sport we all love.

The day finished with Chris Clements – Oxfordshire Cricket Chairman and Mervyn Ramsay – Commercial Development Officer at Lords Taverners doing the presentation.

County competitions are the first of three stages which culminate in the national final . As Oxfordshire winners, Abingdon and Frank Wise have earned a spot at the Regional Final at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury. We wish them the very best of luck!

A special thanks to St Mary’s Church for hosting us, it was a fantastic day of table cricket, with a great atmosphere.