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# Cricket volunteers get the nod at YCB Awards
- URL: https://cricketyorkshire.com/2974570/
- Published: 2015-08-04T16:23:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-28T15:15:36.000Z
- Author: John Fuller
- Tags: Club Cricket, #wp

The Yorkshire Cricket Board (YCB) have held their annual awards ceremony to recognise the outstanding contributions across Yorkshire recreational cricket.

Reflecting the growing appreciation for volunteers and interest in the Outstanding Services to Cricket Awards (OSCAs), this year's event moved from Stumps restaurant to Headingley Carnegie pavilion.

With BBC Radio Leeds' Dave Callaghan on the mike for the evening and an audience over a hundred in attendance, everyone from scorers, coaches, players and groundsmen were deservedly given their moment in the spotlight.

### Our OSCAs are an opportunity to acknowledge the time, commitment and dedication to recreational cricket that volunteers make on a daily basis.

### Whether that is within clubs, cricket leagues or the development of junior cricket the contributions made by the people honoured is unmeasurable and very humbling - we thank you all.

Here's the full list of Awards winners and the categories in which the attendees were honoured. Remember, these awards are open to anyone who fits the category criteria so do remember to look out for the call for nominations from May 2016.

**Get the Game On**  
*A person making match day contributions to make the game happen, a pro-active volunteer*  
Winner **Graeme Smith** North Yorkshire South Durham League

**Stuart Hodgson Award Services to Leagues**   
*A dedicated individual who has achieved sustainable results for a League or Board*  
Winner **David Normanton** Halifax Cricket League  
Highly Commended **Colin Adamson** Solly Sports ECB Yorkshire Premier CL

**Officiating – Umpires and scorers**  
*An individual who has raised the profile of officiating within the county*  
Winner **Rob Smith**

**Services to Umpiring**  
*An Umpire who had given long-term service and made a difference to umpiring*  
Winner **Harry Marsden** Huddersfield Central CL  
Highly Commended **Eric Wade** Stillington CC

**Services to Scoring**  
*A scorer who had given long-term service and made a difference to scoring*  
Winner **Dennis Wadd** Appleby Frodingham CC  
Highly Commended **Martin Goldsborough** Blackley CC

**Services to Groundsmanship**  
*A Groundsman who has given long-term service to groundsmanship and their club or area*  
Winner **David Holdsworth** Sutton in Craven CC  
Highly Commended **Dennis North** Stillington CC

**Maurice Young Award - Services to Coaching Young People**  
*A coach who has inspired young people and made a difference over many years*  
 *Winner *Bren Terry**

**Outstanding Services to Cricket Coaching**  
*A coach who has created a legacy through the development of coaching and increased activity*  
Winner **Tony Bowes**

**Outstanding Coach Achievement**  
*A coach who has made a significant difference in shaping the lives of cricketers*  
Winner **Andrew Inns** Pocklington CC

**Young Coach of the Year**  
*A coach under 25 years who has made a clear impact with schools, clubs and the community*  
Winner Robbie Gresham Treeton CC

**Numan Shabbir Syed Award for Services to Black Minority Ethnic Cricket**  
Winner **Haqueq Siddique** Bowling Old Lane CC

**Clifford Smith Award for Services to Youth Representative Cricket**  
*An individual who has given a life-long commitment to youth representative cricket*  
Joint Winner **Derek Gregerson**  
Joint Winner **Andrew Clegg**

**Barbara Hare Award for Services to Womens Cricket**  
*An individual who has long term service and made a difference to womens cricket*  
Winner **Vanessa Holliday**  
Highly Commended **Della Rebours**

**Services to Disability Cricket**  
*An individual or organisation who has made a huge difference in the availability of cricket for those with a disability*  
Winner **Atif Rafiq** Yorkshire VI team

**Young Disability Achiever of the Year**  
*A young player from a disability group who has achieved highly and so raised the aspirations of others*  
Winner **Matthew Ingram** Yorkshire Terriers and Treeton CC

**Ralph Pritchard Award for the Volunteer of the Year**  
*An individual whose volunteering in 2014-5 has truly made a difference*  
Winner **Ann Townsend** Follifoot CC  
Highly Commended **Simon Winder** Wakefield Thornes CC

**George Reah Award for Special Services to Cricket**  
*A special individual who qualified to win in many categories for a lifetime‘s dedication*  
 *to cricket*  
Winner **Geoff Deighton** York Vale CL

**Brian Stone Club Family of the Year Award**  
*A family who together have given exceptional service to their club in 2014-15*  
Winner **Wolsey Family** Warmsworth C C

**Young Volunteer of the Year**  
*A young volunteer under 25 years who has made a difference in 2014-15*  
Winner **Frances Corker** Hollinsend CC

**Heartbeat of the Club**  
*The clubperson of the year - someone who a club could not do without*  
Winner **Jenny Barrett** Pannal CC  
Highly Commended **Yasin Patel** Batley CC

**Lifetime Achiever**  
*An individual who has made an outstanding difference to cricket over a sustained period*  
Winner **Richard Webster** Bradley CC  
Highly Commended **Fred Mason** Woodhouse Grange CC