YCB Cricket Collective Awards 2024

The 2024 Yorkshire Cricket Board and ECB Cricket Collective award winners have been selected, congratulations to everyone featured below.

The awards are worthy recognition of volunteers who support grassroots cricket across Yorkshire. Certain categories also qualify for national recognition by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB), with nominees selected from county-level winners.

All those nominees and winners will be invited to attend an awards event at Headingley in November.

(Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com – 23/11/2023 – Cricket – The YCB Cricket Collective Awards 2023 – Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds, England – Grounds Management Team Awarded to 92-year-old Harry Jackson by Ben Coad.)

AWARD WINNERS 2024

ECB Categories

Connecting Communities – Bishopthorpe CC

Inspired to play – Mila Morris (Drax CC)

Rising Star Award – Martha Bown (Almondbury Wesleyan CC)

Game Changer Award – Zach Hilton (Skipton CC)

Unsung Hero (joint winners) – Martin Simpson (Carlton CC),
Louise Sowrey (Undercliffe CC)

Growing the game – John Webster (Acomb CC)

Lifetime Achiever – Mike Allison (Hillam & Monk Fryston CC)

Cricket Innovator Award – Declan Dowkes (Green Moor CC)

Volunteer Grounds Management Team of the Year – Richard Dobson (Skipton CC)

Safe Hands Award – Lindsay Pepper (Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League)

ECB Coaches Association (ECBCA) Categories

Young Coach of the Year – Safah Rajah (Parkhead CC)

Coach of the Year – Paul Denison (Altofts CC)

Outstanding Contribution/Services to Coaching – Raymond Budd (Barwick-in-Elmet CC)

Metro Bank – Champion of Girls Cricket – Andy Scholes (Colton CC)

YCB Awards

Officials Award – Pauline Russell (Whitby CC)

Services to Diverse Communities Award – Arif Malik (Joint Winner)
Yassir Butt (Joint Winner)

YCB Special Achievement Award – William Dove (Yorkshire ACO)