2010 Theale and Tilehurst Youth Awards

Report by Brian

The Youth Presentation evening took place on Friday 13^th August at the Crown PH in Theale. The evening was preceded by the u11/13 dads vs. lads’ game. Perhaps with the date in mind it wasn’t too surprising that the afternoon saw monsoon like conditions and as it was we were only just able to play a soft ball game on the outfield. The game went to the last ball with a close win for the dads.

After a season where they had shown much improvement the u11 award winners are:

Batting: Tom Wheeler

Bowling: George Coker

Player’s Player: Archie Wheeler

Thanks to Nigel Halliday for all his time and efforts in helping to run the u11s this season.

The u13s also improved considerably as the season went on and by the end of the season were winning matches on a regular basis. The u13 award winners are:

Batting: Alex Bancroft

Bowling: Joe Cunningham

Player’s Player: Jake Moreland

Thanks to Lorraine Colam for all her time and effort in helping to run the u13s this season.

The u15s had a very short season but were very strong when they did play. The u15 award winners are:

Batting: Charlie Cooke

Bowling: Luke Adams

Player’s Player: Michael Holder

The u17 season was still in progress when the presentations took place so the only award presented on the evening was the Player’s Player of the Year; subsequently the other winners have become known. The u17 award winners are:

Batting: Ben Wicks

Bowling: Bobby Rees

Player’s Player: Ben Wicks

The final award of the evening was the James Manning Youth Club Person of the Year award. As we had the winner of the youth category of the Berkshire “Outstanding Service to Cricket Award” it was a relatively straightforward decision to present to the award to James White. James was not only a regular helper at the u11/13 indoor practise sessions but has also helped out with ground work amongst many other hours of volunteering. Not only does he retain his club award but he will also get to attend a lunch at Lord’s to receive his county award and to see who the national winners of the awards are.

The evening was concluded with a quiz that was won by the imaginatively named Bataman and Robben; congratulations to them and thanks to Megan Jenkins for preparing the quiz.

A final word of thanks to all the other parents and others that helped in running the youth section this season; at the risk of missing someone thanks to Bob Williams, Phil Jenkins, James White, Paul Osborn, Sally Hills, James Codd and Alan Why.

So ends another youth season; before we know it we’ll be back for the indoor practise sessions.

George Coker receives his u11 bowling award	Archie Wheeler receives his u11 player’s player award
Joe Cunningham receives his u13 bowling award	Michael Holder receives his u15 player’s player award
Ben Wicks receives his u17 player’s player award	James White receives the James Manning Youth Club Person of the Year award from Chris and Joyce Manning