READERS LINCOLNSHIRE ECB PREMIER LEAGUE AWARDS

Harry Warwick (Grimsby), left, chosen as the Most Promising Junior Newcomer.


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A joint celebration of Lincolnshire Cricket brought the inauguration of two new awards – the Terry Bates Memorial Cup and the Lincolnshire Lifetime Achievement award.
The Readers Lincolnshire ECB Premier League joined forces once again with the County Cricket Club and Lincolnshire Cricket Ltd – formerly the Cricket Board – for a presentation night that saw Hartsholme receive an award for their progress in women and girls’ cricket
Nettleham were the inaugural winners of the Terry Bates Memorial Trophy, given in memory of the late league chairman and awarded to the club scoring the highest average pitch marks over the course of the season.
But it was the Lifetime Achievement award that had guests on their feet when it was presented to Harry Pougher of Lindum whose club also won the prestigious Wilkinson Sword for the successes enjoyed by their junior sides in 2010.
In addition to the new award, Harry was also give a framed copy of a letter of congratulation from Mike Atherton, whom Harry coached in his junior days and who still remembers him.
Local author and speaker Grahame Lloyd, the MC for the evening, introduced the prize winners who were presented with their trophies by Red Arrows Red 6 pilot, Flight Lieutenant David Montenegro.

ECB Premier League winners:
League Champions: Bourne CC
Target Series of Newspaper League Runners-up: Sleaford CC
Winkworth Cup: Bracebridge Heath
Winkworth Cup Man of the Match: J Scheepers (Bracebridge Heath)
The Stroud Family Batting Award: W Nel, (Nettleham)
Most runs in the season: W Nel (Nettleham)
Lincolnshire Echo Bowling Award: F Masood (Bourne)
Most wickets in the season: F Masood (Bourne)
Wicketkeeping: O Burford (Sleaford)
Fielding Catches: N Poundall (Hartsholme); R Badenhorst (Skegness)
Onyx Man of the Match Award: W Nel (Nettleham); R Badenhorst (Skegness)
Mike Molloy Trophy – Young Player of the Year: J Cheer (Boston)
Tony North Trophy – Most Promising Junior Newcomer: H Warwick (Grimsby)
Lincolnshire Free Press Scorers’ Trophy: Mrs Janet Morris (Boston)
Sibber Addison Memorial Cup: David Ginn
Ann Boulton Services to Cricket Award: David Morris (Boston)
Panel Umpires Fair Play Trophy: Sleaford
Terry Bates Memorial Trophy: Nettleham
Lincolnshire Cricket Ltd winners:
Women’s and Girls Development Club: Hartsholme CC
Wilkinson Sword: Lindum CC
Lifetime Achievement Award: Harry Pougher.

Nathan Poundall (Hartsholme) receiving the Fielding Award.

Some of the winners.