Women’s Soft Ball Festival at Tiddington CC
Fernhill Close, Tiddington, Thame, Oxon. OX9 2NA
19th August 2018 – 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Our festivals are all about fun,
friends, and family.
So if you’re one of the thousands who’ve already dipped their toes in the water, welcome back, and if you’re thinking about coming along for the first time…what are you waiting for? Everyone’s welcome. Jump in!
You can find hundreds of free Soft Ball Cricket Festivals, nationwide, that will teach you how to play and the basic skills you need. They celebrate this new kind of cricket for women, in all sorts of ways.
Expect Fun
Whack some balls, bowl some balls, catch some balls. Run about a bit, laugh more than is good for you. Repeat.
Soft Ball Cricket is about getting out and playing: maximum fun, minimum fuss. No pads, no hard ball, no heavy bat, no head-scratching rules. It’s a game for absolutely everybody, no matter your skill level, fitness, or age. Playing time at Festivals is usually about two to four hours, so it never gets boring!
Turn up and we promise you a warm welcome, a free T-shirt, free coaching, music, and food: basically all the good things about a festival with none of the grunge.
So why not bring friends, kids, and family, down to your local Festival and make a day of it? Oh, and it’s no problem if you want to sign up on your own. We’ll find a team for you and introduce you to all your new team mates.
Soft Ball Cricket is easy to play.
If you’re not sure about anything, just ask a festival host, but you’ll pick it up really quickly.
There are two teams of six to eight people. Everyone gets the chance to bat, bowl, and field.
Each game takes no more than an hour, and the team with the highest score wins; unless the scores are tied in which case it’s a draw.
Playing Kit
We’ll provide all the playing equipment.
All you need to play are comfy clothes and shoes that you can run in.
You’ll also get your own, oh-so-cool, Women’s Soft Ball Cricket Festivals’ t-shirt for taking part!
Playing Kit
We’ll provide all the playing equipment.
All you need to play are comfy clothes and shoes that you can run in.
You’ll also get your own, oh-so-cool, Women’s Soft Ball Cricket Festivals’ t-shirt for taking part!
Batting
- Each team bats once.
- Batters from the same team bat in pairs, one at each end of the wicket (the three stumps).
- Each pair faces two or three overs (an over is six, bowled balls).
Here’s how you can be got out as a batter (dismissed):
- Bowled (the ball hits the stumps)
- Caught (a fielder catches the ball in the air off your bat)
- Run out (a fielder hit the stumps before the running batters can reach them)
- Stumped (the wicketkeeper hits the stumps with the ball when you’re not behind your line)
- Hit wicket (you hit the stumps with your bat or body)
- Leg before wicket (you deliberately block the ball with a leg or foot)
Bowling
- Everyone’s encouraged to bowl at least one over, and you can do this overarm or under arm – whatever you feel comfortable with.
Bowling
- Everyone’s encouraged to bowl at least one over, and you can do this overarm or under arm – whatever you feel comfortable with.
Scoring
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- Each batting team starts with a score of 200 runs
- You score runs by running between the wickets (stumps) or by hitting the ball to the boundary.
- You score four if the ball hits the ground before crossing the boundary; six if the ball’s hit over the boundary without touching the ground
- Even if you miss the ball, or it hits your body, you can still run and score
- If you’re out, five runs are taken from the total score and your batting partner faces the next ball.
- Two runs are given to the batting team for each wide (a ball bowled wide of the wicket that’s impossible to reach).
- The batting team also gets two runs for a no-ball: when the ball bounces more than twice before reaching the batter, or arrives at shoulder height or above, without bouncing.
