This year the event was kindly supported by JPM Insurance, the Foundation’s volunteer partner.
There were 13 award winners from the club network, with two additional nominees for each category also in attendance. Awards for participants, as well as partner organisations, of Foundation programmes were also handed out on the evening.
In total, there were 81 nominations from 31 different cricket clubs. This demonstrates the incredible amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to make cricket happen.
Thank you to everyone who has played their part in making it a successful summer of cricket. Congratulations to all the winners and highly commended nominees listed below.
Newcomer of the Year
- Winner: Chris Pyke (Kidderminster)
- Highly Commended: Rob Hedge (Old Elizabethans) & Molly Rees (Worcester Nomads)
Young Cricket Collective Champion
- Winner: Joe D (Worcester Nomads)
- Highly Commended: Leo B (Bewdley) & Luke C (Bewdley)
Raising The Game
- Winner: James Devison (Stourbridge)
- Highly Commended: Sally Gurney (Malvern) & Georgina Hall (Worcester Nomads)
Metro Bank Champion of Girls Cricket
- Winner: Laura Wade (Worcester Nomads)
- Highly Commended: Kirsty Watson (Droitwich Spa) & Victoria Harrison (Kidderminster)
Unsung Hero
- Winner: Gordon Smith (Offenham)
- Highly Commended: Roger Dixon (Worcester Nomads) & Derrick Higgins (Cutnall Green)
Sustainability Innovator
- Winner: Bewdley CC
- Highly Commended: Stourbridge CC & Pershore CC
Official of the Year
- Winner: Paul Parker (Pershore)
- Highly Commended: Steve Wright (West Malvern) & John Ranscombe (Worcester Nomads)
League Legend
- Winner: Mark Hall & Nic Harvey (Wilden Industrial Estates League)
- Highly Commended: David Thomas (Worcestershire County League) & Mike Neal (Worcestershire County League)
Grounds Management Team of the Year
- Winner: John Rabould & team (Belbroughton)
- Highly Commended: Andrew Smith & team (Pedmore) & Simon Hathaway & team (Astwood Bank)
Coach of the Year
- Winner: Josh Searle (Bromsgrove)
- Highly Commended: Luke Johnson (Pershore) & Harrrison Stimpson (Worcester Nomads)
Lifetime Services to Coaching
- Winner: Anthony Arnold (Malvern)
- Highly Commended: John Huband (Stourbridge) & Michael Hargreaves (Kidderminster)
Cricket Collective Champion
- Winner: Ian Hurst (Alvechurch & Hopwood)
- Highly Commended: Clare Johnson (Pedmore) & Laura Beynon-Hill (Five Ways Old Edwardians)
Lifetime Acheiver
- Winner: Mark Baker (Hagley)
- Highly Commended: Dawn Shuck (Ombersley) & Chris Marsh (Worcester Nomads & Worcestershire County League)
Worcestershire Cricket Foundation Programme Awards
Chance to Shine Participant of the Year
- Winner: Isaac P
Disability Player of the Year (Pathway)
- Winner: Jude M
Disability Player of the Year (Super 1s)
- Winner: Sophie B-B
Community Champion of the Year
- Winner: Brian Lester
National Programmes Centre of the Year
- Winner: Avoncroft
School of the Year
- Winner: Birchensale Middle School