Thanks for Graeme for this news update from the Ventnor Cricket Club, including the great news that chairman John Hilsum received an ECB/Sky Sports award for services to grass roots cricket. Ed
Ventnor Cricket Club celebrated a season of great success at their annual dinner and awards evening at the Eversley Hotel recently.
Chairman John Hilsum paid tribute to the players whose efforts had secured a hat-trick of promotions and provided some great Southern Electric Twenty20 Cup memories, including the final under the Rose Bowl floodlights. He also congratulated Danny Briggs on his success with Hampshire and the England Under 19 side and Chris Russell in clinching a first class contract with Worcestershire.
‘To have three boys from Ventnor (Steve Snell is with Gloucestershire) playing the game professionally is a terrific achievement for them personally and a source of great pride for the club’ he said.
President Brian Gardener added his congratulations to the first team who will play at Newclose in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League Division 1 next season and to the second eleven who won the Hampshire League Division 4 championship. Mr Gardener also acknowledged the success of the third team who won promotion to the first division of the Island League and the under 11 side who achieved the league and cup double.
The club also won the Island Webservices Senior Cup, the IWCB outdoor sixes and Twenty20 Cup and the inaugural Newclose Twenty20 competition.
Mr Gardener presented the following awards:
Sat 1st XI player of the season – Ian Hilsum
Sat 2nd XI player of the season – Arthur Halsey
Sat 3rd XI player of the season – Charlie Turpin
Sun 1st XI player of the season – David Beven
Sun 2nd XI player of the season – Marcus Toms
Young player of the season – Adam Hose
Barbara Rogers Memorial trophy – James Cheek
Clubman of the year: Paul Franklin
Supporters of the year – Mark and Jacky Turpin
Young clubman of the year: Charlie Turpin
Life Membership – Steven Snell
Hat-trick balls – David Beven and Ian Hilsum
ECB/Sky Sports Award for Chair
Social Secretary Ray Herridge congratulated John Hilsum on a national ECB/Sky Sports award for his outstanding voluntary service to grass roots cricket over more than 30 years.
The award, presented at the Rose Bowl in September by Sky Sports’ David Lloyd, acknowledged John’s work in establishing a coach education programme and his major influence in the creation of the Isle of Wight Cricket Academy and the Newclose County Cricket Ground. Mr Herridge presented John with a gift on behalf of the club in recognition of the richly deserved award.
Certificates to acknowledge the work of club members (ECB Outstanding Services to Cricket Awards) were presented by Brian Gardener to Fiona Newnham, Jim Pidgeon and Graeme Burnett.
Alan Olver presented his annual young player award to Matthew Dominguez.
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