Awards presented at Essex CCC
Hertfordshire Cricket held its OSCAs celebration event on Tuesday 17th September to reward it’s volunteers for all the work that they put in supporting cricket in the county.
The event, held at Essex County Cricket Club’s LV County Championship fixture with Glamorgan was attended by 30 people 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 4 of the 7 categories, Behind the Scenes, Leagues and Boards,
Lifetime Achiever & Officiating: Umpires and Scorers.
Our winners (who will attend the national OSCAs event at Lords on Monday 30th September) were: -
Officiating: Umpires and Scorers – Gill Mackenzie (Hoddesdon CC)
Leagues and Boards – Peter Hinstridge (Herts Society of Cricket Officials & Radlett CC)
Behind the Scenes – Ron Cornish (Bovingdon CC)
Lifetime Achiever – Colin Harries (Harpenden CC)
Congratulations to our winners and also a special mention to those who were also nominated: -
Tony Sharp (St. Margaretsbury CC), Brian Box (Hertford CC), Tony Williams (Leverstock Green CC), Julian Dent (Berkhamsted CC), Matt Larkins (Boxmoor CC), John Davies (Thorley CC)