Heaton Normal Intermediate’s girls first XI has built a formidable record with coach Barry van Beurten. And at the other end of the age and experience spectrum a team of Christchurch schoolgirls have quietly continued their own remarkable win sequence. “One girl got the top four batters out pretty quickly, we didn’t have enough runs to defend,” van Beurten recalled. “We have a really good relationship with St Albans Primary School where (teacher) Glen McKenzie does a lot of really good work getting the kids knowing the basics of the game,” he said. They’re really, really keen to get in one year to have a go at nationals so they’ll ask for extra tuition,” he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 08, 2021 22:10 UTC