Mount House School's U11 Colts cricket team finished second out of the 32 schools entered in the Devon Hardball Cricket Tournament that started in May. The finals, involving the last four teams in the competition, all playing each other in a round-robin series, were held at Exmouth Cricket Club. Unfortunately the matches, played in pairs format, were limited to eight overs per side due to the uncertainty of the weather, but this didn't detract from the excitement of the cricket. In their first two games, Mount House beat Hyde Park by 29 runs and Bramdean by 27 runs, but in their third game they lost to the tournament winners Exeter Prep by 43 runs. This meant that Mount House finished second out of 32 Devon schools that started the tournament. MOUNT House Colts B cricket team maintained their unbeaten run with a six wicket victory over Stover College, in a match played in very challenging windy conditions. Winning the toss, Mount House put Stover College in to bat. The fierce cross-wind caused all sorts of problems with control of the ball, which resulted in far too many extras being bowled. Some slack fielding and a number of dropped catches allowed Stover to post a total of 74 runs in their 20 overs. Alex Ferguson took two wickets for two runs. Mount House made light work of the Stover total passing it in only the ninth of their allotted 20 overs. Mount House scored quickly off some loose Stover bowling, though poor shot selection meant that they lost 4 wickets in doing so, and the margin of victory, six wickets, was less than it should have been. The Colts B XI is now unbeaten in five matches. MOUNT House U12 cricket team qualified for the semi-finals of the Devon Cup by beating Bramdean School, Exeter in their quarter-final. Mount House batted first, and some exciting batting from Oliver Sale (47) with good support from Ralph Lawson (15), Edmund Fulford (13) and Nic Scaglioni (12) saw them reach a total of 130 for 8 in their 25 overs. In reply, Bramdean made steady progress, and at 29 for 1 looked to be putting together a decent reply but Scaglioni ripped into Bramdean's innings with a superb 7 for 15 including a hat-trick - all seven victims having been clean bowled. Harry Sharp and Ralph Lawson captured the last two wickets, leaving Mount House comfortable winners by 61 runs, and through to the semi-finals. The Bramdean coach and umpire Keith Brown, a former Middlesex wicket-keeper, presented the match ball to Nic Scaglioni.