Suffolk County Cricket Board

By now Suffolk’s OSCA winners, runners up and those that received commendations and certificates of appreciation should be hearing the rattle of the letterbox as their certificates and letters arrive through the post.

2011 has been a really good year for cricket. The VCricket scheme launched in January and is well on the way to seeing the first 50 volunteers achieve their VCricket awards.

Volunteering has also featured highly this year and it’s no surprise to note that this years OSCA’s were pretty well supported with 24 nominations arriving on my desk across the seven categories. 14 of the 25 Clubmark Clubs nominated volunteers and the standard of nominations was staggeringly good.

The accompanying PDF highlights this years OSCA winners, but all of those nominated are worth a mention. In no particular order:

Andy Rose (FandCY), Anne-Marie Shropshire (Sudbury), Suzanne Brice (Lowestoft Town), Don & Velda Lummis (Stradbroke), Sue Culley and Flo Wilkinson (Copdock), Alan Rogers & Brian Munson (E. Bergholt), Barbara Cross (Tuddenham), Graham Moss (Woolpit), Liz Read and Antony Wright (Beccles), Fiona Bensley (Worlingworth), Rhys Smith (IES), Tom Robotham and Sam Harrison (Bury St Edmunds), Richard Langford (Stowupland) and Georgia Ridge (Suffolk Umpires & Scorers Association).

It only remains for me to thank those that took the time to sit down and pen the nominations – no mean feat given the time of year and how busy we all are and also to wish our County Winners the very best of luck at the National Awards event on the 17th October.

Paul Martin
County Coordinator VCricket

Comments from Alisha Mann, one of this years winners can be viewed here .

 Comments from Gary Girling, one of this years winners can be viewed here .