Stoolball news tagged with 'schools'

The Sussex County Stoolball Association and Stoolball England will be helping to run the stoolball section of the 2013 Sussex School Games at the K2 Crawley on Wednesday 10 July 2013, and we’re looking for volunteers to help out.

Schools will be representing the nine regional areas in Sussex having won their local area qualifying tournaments at Year 9/10. Play will take place on four pitches starting at 10.30am. Playing squads will consist of 10 players with teams of 8 playing matches of four overs per innings.

This is a major undertaking and we would welcome any support you can give us in setting up the four pitches; as umpires and scorers during the playing programme and with the general running and organisation of games.

If you could spare an hour or two to make the most of this day on behalf of stoolball, please contact Kay Price on Horsham 01403 252419. Many thanks for any support you may be able to give to our game.

Take a look at this 1932 photo from Stockton-on-Tees, used with kind permission of the Stockton Library Service. It shows the Class V16 boys from Oxbridge Lane playing stoolball in their playground. We’ve added it to our Stoolball through the ages gallery. Please contact Stockton Library Service if you would like to use it for any other purpose.

Class V16 Oxbridge Lane boys playing stoolball in Stockton-on-Tees in July 1932

Anita Broad, our Education and Research Officer, will teach children about the heritage and history of stoolball later this year. Four East Sussex primary schools will form a small schools’ league, take part in research training, an art workshop based around the history of the game, and a music workshop exploring local folk music.

They will have oral history training and will interview local players, creating an archive of interviews which we can add to in the future. The final event will be a filmed tournament at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum near Goodwood.

Anita won a Heritage Lottery Fund grant to fund the project.

The Management Committee of Stoolball England met at 53 Kings Road, Horsham, on Monday 31 August 2012 at 7.45pm. Topics discussed include drop in sales this year, small grants application, the England Ladies team, club survey, and Stoolball England’s attendence at various events.

Read more on Minutes of Management Meeting, August 2012 …

In glorious sunshine, Plumpton Cricket Club hosted the third annual Sussex Girls’ Stoolball Championship for year 7 and 8 students. With six teams qualifying from a number of areas in Sussex, each match was keenly contested producing some very close games.

Read more on Ringmer A wins Sussex Girls Schools’ Stoolball Championship…

The Management Committee of Stoolball England met at 53 Kings Road, Horsham on Friday 25 May 2012 at 7.45pm. Topics discussed include funding, the England team, and attendance at sports festivals.

Read more on Minutes of Management Meeting, May 2012 …

The Management Committee of Stoolball England met at 53 Kings Road, Horsham on Monday 30 April 2012 at 7.45pm. Topics discussed include insurance, the England team, courses and schools coaching.

Read more on Minutes of Management Meeting, April 2012 …

The Management Committee of Stoolball England met at 53 Kings Road, Horsham on Monday 26 March 2012 at 7.45pm. Topics discussed include schools coaching, the England ladies team, a survey of clubs, funding, and events in the Wealden and Rother areas of East Sussex.

Read more on Minutes of Management Meeting, March 2012 …

The Management Committee of Stoolball England met at 53 Kings Road, Horsham, on Monday 27 February 2012 at 7.45pm. Topics discussed include our strategy document, funding applications, coaching opportunities, England selection and updated rules and scorebooks.

Read more on Minutes of Management Meeting, February 2012 …

We have just published Starter Stoolball: the 10 essential rules you need to play stoolball. Starter Stoolball was devised by our Development Officer, Ruth Arthur, to make it easy for schools to play stoolball in a PE lesson. It’s also perfect for introducing new players to stoolball, or playing a quick match in the park.