Cricket East

Cricket East are delighted to announce the launch of the 2023 Grassroot Cricket Awards, a scheme to recognise and thank some of the great volunteering work that goes on across Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire to make cricket happen.

Nominations are made by clubs and organisations across eleven categories, designed to cover the wide range of roles that volunteers in cricket deliver. Individual county winners from Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire winners are selected before being passed on for national consideration.
2023 Nominations Categories

• Connecting Communities – A Club or community organisation which has gone above and beyond the call of cricket to support communities/groups coming back to the game we love.

• Inspired to play – An Individual or group within your club or community organisation going above and beyond to open the game up to new audiences.

• Rising Star Award – Young volunteer making a difference – 11 to 16-year-olds

• Game changer – Young volunteer 17 – 25-year-olds making a difference in the game.

• Unsung hero – Those heroes who impact our game and help us make cricket happen. This could be ground staff, coaches, officials, umpires, or other volunteers.

• Growing the game – A league volunteer, committee member, or administrator going above and beyond to support clubs and help increase the number of games played.

• Lifetime achiever – That one individual who has given many years of service to your club or community group you could not do without.

• Cricket innovators – Someone who has brought new ideas and/or implemented new systems to improve your club or community group.

• SafeHands Award – An individual that has gone above and beyond to create a positive environment for young people to enjoy the game.

• Tackling Climate Change – A club or community organisation that is addressing the threat climate change poses to cricket, by making sustainable changes to operations, adapting their facilities and/or engaging their local community

• Volunteer Grounds Management Team of the Year - Aim would be to reward and recognise those volunteers who are making a real difference at clubs. Those who are working hard and improving the places where the game is played.

Nominations must be submitted electronically to Cricket East HERE by Sunday 30th July. County winners will be invited to a celebration event kindly hosted by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club on 4th September 2023.