Last Friday (Septmber 12th) we held a special evening at the Dunes Hotel to recognise the tremendous progress of our male and female pathway players.
A total of 30 awards were handed out as a reward for the brilliant progress the players have been making on the programme.
Young Player Awards
We were pleased to hand out awards across all the age categories in our Male and Female Pathway programmes.
The winners across our youth categories are as follows:
U18 Boys
Best Batter: Oliver Sanday
Best Bowler: Ethan Hardie-Knight
Best Fielder: Oliver Sanday
U18 Girls
Best Batter: Charlotte Whitaker
Best Bowler: Charlotte Whitaker
Best Fielder: Libby Clarke
U16 Boys
Best Batter: Blake Airey
Best Bowler: Sam Adams
Best Fielder: Blake Airey
U15 Boys
Best Batter: Janko Grime
Best Bowler: Oscar Mackie
Best Fielder: James McMahon
U15 Girls
Best Batter: Mary Willan
Best Bowler: Bella Cooper
Best Fielder: Maddie Strydom
U14 Boys
Best Batter: James Pyle
Best Bowler: Matthew Coulthard
Best Fielder: Elliott Riley
U13 Boys
Best Batter: Ted Nettleton & Josh Zaninetti
Best Bowler: Eddie Thompson
Best Fielder: Ted Nettleton
U13 Girls
Best Batter: Rebecca Sowerby
Best Bowler: Emma Carp
Best Fielder: Rebecca Sowerby
Women's Tier 3 Awards
One of the greatest successes of this season has been the debut campaign for our Women’s Tier 3 Awards. We picked a talented squad who get along brilliantly, and they have done the county proud in their first season together.
The award winners from the team are:
Best Batter: Laura Marshall
Best Bowler: Zara Matthews
Best Fielder: Charlotte Whitaker
MVP Awards
The Male and Female Most Valuable Player awards demonstrate the best of the talent we have in Cumbria.
The winners are:
Male MVP: Oliver Sanday
Female MVP: Laura Marshall
Oliver and Laura were presented with their awards by Superlove Merino Managing Director Suse Fletcher.
Coach of the Year
The final award of the evening was for Coach of the Year, which was presented to Phil Wilson for all his hard work in ensuring our talented players can reach their potential.
Season Reflections
Cumbria Cricket would like to once again congratulate all the winners. It is so important to recognise and reward everyone who has been involved, and we truly believe the pathway is better than ever, and we continue to look at how we improve moving forward.
Cumbria Cricket Ltd Managing Director, Bob Simpson, said: “The event was a really positive celebration, with lots of great feedback from players and parents. To have over 180 attendees join us for this event was really special, and we would like to thank all of them for coming along.”
Cumbria Cricket Head of Performance, David Fallows, who oversees the Pathway Programme, said: “It was a great evening recognising all that was good in the pathway across the 100 representative summer matches. There was a great buzz in the room and we all enjoyed each others’ successes.”
Thank you to our partners
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our partners. Their support helps us find and nurture the best talent in Cumbria, and they ensure we can hold celebration evenings to recognise the hard work everyone puts in.
3-1-5 Fitness
Dunes Hotel
Irving & Sons Timber Merchants
Metro Bank
Phil Collier Associates
Superlove Merino
Surridge Sport
Sweat Studio
Winders Chartered Accountants