YCB Grassroots Cricket Awards 2022: Winners Revealed

Those from across Yorkshire recreational cricket came together for this year’s Grassroots Cricket Awards in the Howard Suite at Headingley stadium on Wednesday 16 November.

The regional awards are organised by the Yorkshire Cricket Board and recognise some of the volunteers who contribute to the grassroots game in Yorkshire. Certain categories are also eligible for national recognition by the ECB from county winners.

Here is the full list of winners below with the double asterisk indicating national / ECB award winners or Highly Commended too. Well done to everyone who was nominated.

Award Winners 2022

Connecting Communities (Brian and Shirley Hobson Award) – Nasar Hussain*
Inspired to play (Brian Stone Award) – Josh Buxton*
Rising Star Award (Francesca Anoble Memorial) – Zainab Mahmood
Game Changer Award – Jordan Croft
Unsung Hero (George Reah Award) – Lindsay Graves
Growing the game (Lawrence Walker Award) – Lorna Fassnidge

Lifetime Achiever – Barrie Cox
Cricket Innovator Award – Shahid Ali
Volunteer Grounds Management Team of the Year – Gethin Clarke
Young Coach of the Year – Lewis Wigglesworth
Coach of the Year (Maurice Young Award) – Jonny Sumner

Outstanding Contribution/Services to Coaching – Dave Wyndham
Outstanding Contribution/Services to Coach Development – Amanda Garrard
Women’s Cricket Development (Barbara Hare Award) – Kirsty Gavillet

Disability Cricket Award – Owen Jervis
Officials (Derek Shuttleworth Award) – Andrew Mitchell
Services to Diverse Communities Cricket Award (Numan Shabbir Syed Award) – Coaches of
Great Horton Church CC