Hertfordshire Cricket

Hertfordshire Cricket held its NatWest OSCAs celebration event on Friday 2nd September in partnership with Essex, Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire Cricket to reward it’s volunteers for all the work that they put in supporting cricket in each of their respective counties.

The event, held during Essex County Cricket Club’s LV County Championship fixture with Worcestershire was attended by 200 people In the pavilion marquee and included a buffet lunch and tea as well as day out at the cricket.

NatWest OSCAs aim to reward the contribution that these volunteers make to the game. We welcome nominations for volunteers from the traditional cricketing environments (clubs, leagues, boards) but in addition to this, we would like to recognise volunteers from emerging environments such as Higher and Further Education, Community Programmes, Workplaces and Recreational Park Leagues.

Hertfordshire’s nominations came in 7 categories, Get the Game On, Leagues, Lifetime Achiever & Officiating: Umpires and Scorers, Heartbeat of the Club, Young Volunteer and NatWest Cricketforce.

Our winners (who will attend the National OSCAs event at Lords on Tuesday 4th October) were: -

Officiating: Umpires and Scorers – Jen Lindop (Bishops Stortford CC)
Leagues – Dennis Lock (Hertfordshire Junior Cricket League)
Young Volunteer – Dan Lennox (Redbourn CC)
Get The Game On – Richard Burling (Stevenage CC)
Heartbeat Of The Club – Simon Lloyd (Kings Langley CC)
Lifetime Achiever – Derek & Tess Faulconer (Little Gaddesden CC)
NatWest Cricketforce – Stevenage Cricket Club

Congratulations to our winners and also a special mention to those who were also nominated for the fantastic work that they do.

More photos of the event are available via our facebook page

www.facebook.com/hertfordshirecricket