Cricket
The 2009 Cumbria Cricket Board OSCAs (Outstanding Service to Cricket Awards) were held on Monday August 10th at Carlisle Edenside Cricket Ground and the CCB are delighted to announce the winners of these prestigious awards
No red carpet and no fanfare, but the CCB shone a spotlight on the outstanding contribution made to cricket by volunteers at the boards OSCAs ceremony at Edenside.
Board Member Malcolm Wood, said: “We received numerous excellent nominations for the 2009 Cumbria Cricket Board OSCAs and I was delighted to welcome many of the nominees and our seven worthy winners to Carlisle”. “Volunteers are the lifeblood of our game. Without them, cricket simply would not survive and the Board OSCAs ceremony is a small way of thanking our army of volunteers and celebrating with them the massive contribution they make both to their communities and to the whole of cricket.”
Cumbria County board chief Executive Andy Black man said “The England and Wales Cricket Board have a world-class volunteering programme, which includes annual events such as the NatWest OSCAs and NatWest CricketForce. The National OSCA’s supported by NatWest will be held at Lord’s in October & the winners today will be representing Cumbria. Hopefully one of our nominees will emulate previous OSCA Winners Steve Jeffery (Carlisle) & Steven Benson (Workington), both previous NatWest OSCA Winners in the Young Volunteer category
Cumbria's winners:
•Young Volunteer - Niall holmes
•Natwest Cricket Force - Carlisle Cricket Club
•Outside the Box - Bill Cook
•Building Partnerships - Simon Bremer
•Behind the Scenes - David Reed
•Lifetime Achiever - David Bell
Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years. It originated in its modern form in England. Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world. More than a hundred cricket-playing nations are recognised by the International Cricket Council.
The aim of the batting team is to score as many 'runs' as possible - running between the wickets, exchanging ends with a second batsman (the non-striker), who has been waiting near the bowler's wicket. Each completed exchange of ends scores one run, and the match is won by the team that scores more runs. The aim of the bowler's team is to get each batsman out. A player is out if, for example, the bowled ball hits the wicket, or if a fielder catches the ball off the bat before it bounces.
The England and Wales Cricket Board provides support for the game for beyond the boundaries of just international and first class cricket.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)was established on January 1 1997 as the single national governing body for all cricket in England and Wales. It has its headquarters at Lord’s, the home of cricket.
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CONTACT
Bob Simpson - Cumbria Cricket Development Manager, English Cricket Board T: 01539560066 M: 07785 722252
Julie Gibson - Coach Education Administrator T: 016973 22131