Hertfordshire Cricket

One again, Hertfordshire Cricket held its NatWest OSCAs celebration event on Wednesday 30th August in partnership with Essex, Bedfordshire 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 was held during Essex County Cricket Club’s Specsavers County Championship fixture with Somerset was attended by over 100 people inn 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 in October) were: -

Officiating: Umpires and Scorers – John Sweedy (Abbots Langley CC)
Leagues – Ian Watkins (Hertfordshire Junior Cricket League)
Young Volunteer – Luke Wilkinson (Stevenage CC)
Get The Game On – George Mills (West Herts CC)
Heartbeat Of The Club – Jack Daly (Northwood Town CC)
Lifetime Achiever – David & Joyce Beynon (Welwyn Garden City CC)
NatWest Cricketforce – Preston Cricket Club

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

Awards were also presented to:

Dan Heydon - Outstanding Services to Hertfordshire Cricket
Mark Hobley - Groundsman of the Year (Supported by Hertfordshire Cricket Grounds Association)
Kieran Lambert - ECBCA Coach of the Year

More photos of the event will be available via our facebook page shortly