Tuesday evening saw the great and good of Yorkshire cricket descend on Emerald Headingley Stadium to celebrate the amazing work volunteers do for the game we all love. There were some unbelievable achievements by some fantastic people and it was a pleasure to welcome them all and celebrate their work. A full list of the award winners for 2019 is below:
- Heartbeat of the Club - Leslie Gudgeon
- Young Volunteer of the Year (14-18) - Alicia Smith
- Young Volunteer of the Year (19-25) - Chris Cummings
- Most Inspiring and Diverse Cricket Offer - Mac McKechnie
- Pro-Active Leadership in Cricket - Junior Sports Hub
- Young Coach of the Year - Matthew Tyas
- Coach of the Year - Martin Wilson
- Outstanding Contribution to Cricket Coaching - Colin Bunn
- Coaching Club of the Year - Hallam CC
- Clifford Smith Award for Services to Youth Representative Cricket - Joint Winners - Adam Brown & Peter Taylor
- Maurice Young Award - Services to Coaching Young People - Kevin Booth & Bruce Lunn
- Disability Cricket - Grace Holland
- Services to Umpiring - Philip Radcliffe
- Services to Scoring - Neil Hutchinson
- Young Scorer of the Year - Abbie Ellis
- Services to Groundsmanship - Billy Ricketts
- Barbara Hare Award for Services to Womens Cricket - Ellie Jackson
- Numan Shabbir Syed Award for Services to Black Minority Ethnic Cricket - Milton Samuels
- Lawrence Walker Award for Club Development - Nick Kay
- Services to Community Cricket - Geoff Wright
- Disability Achiever of the Year - Matthew Ingram
- Young Disability Performer of the Year - Stuart Butler
- Volunteer of the year- Ralph Pritchard Award - Sharon Mitchell
- Francesca Anoble Memorial Award for Young Leader - Joint Winners - Sufiyaan Mahmoud & Kamil Price
- George Reah Award for Special Services to Cricket - Robert Shackleton
- Brian Stone Club Family of the Year Award - The Stokes/Wells Family
- Lifetime Achiever - Adrian Grayson
Huge congratulations to all the winners!
Over the following weeks, we'll be taking a closer look at each award winner. So please keep your eyes peeled for the stories behind each recipient!
Thanks also go to the presentation party - particularly ICC Elite Panel Umpire Michael Gough, who stood all night to present, even after standing all day in the Yorkshire vs Kent game!