Nominations for the Grassroots Cricket Awards, previously Outstanding Service to Cricket Awards (OSCAs), are now open.
The awards are held to recognise the hard work thousands of volunteers across Durham put into the recreational game each season.
Nominations can be submitted in 11 award categories, including five newly introduced categories: “Connecting Communities”, “Inspired to Play”, “Unsung Hero”, “Growing the Game” and “Cricket Innovators”.
Two awards are dedicated to young volunteers – “Rising Star” for volunteers aged 11-16 and “Game Changer” for those between the ages of 17 and 25.
In Durham, we have maintained three local categories recognising women’s and girls’ cricket development, All Stars Cricket centres and volunteers supporting junior cricket.
Unsuccessful nominees from previous years who are still doing valuable voluntary work are eligible for consideration on submission of an updated testimonial.
Nominations should be submitted before midnight on Sunday,8 August.
Categories
- Connecting Communities – A Club or community organisation which has gone above and beyond the call of cricket to support communities/groups coming back to the game we love.
- Inspired to Play – An Individual or group within your club or community organisation going above and beyond to open the game up to new audiences.
- Rising Star – Young volunteer making a difference – 11 – 16-year-olds
- Game Changer – Young volunteer 17 – 25-year-olds making a difference in the game.
- Unsung Hero – Those heroes who impact our game and help us make cricket happen. This could be ground staff, coaches, officials, umpires, or other volunteers.
- Growing the Game – A league volunteer, committee member, or administrator going above and beyond to support clubs and help increase the number of games played.
- Lifetime Achiever – That one individual who has given many years of service to your club or community group you could not do without.
- Cricket Innovators – Someone who has brought new ideas and/or implemented new systems to improve your club or community group.
- Contribution to Youth Participation – A volunteer who has made a significant contribution to the junior participation pathway including All Stars Cricket.
- Women’s and Girls’ Cricket Development – Dedicated to volunteers who have supported the growth and quality of participation opportunities for women and girls.
- All Stars Cricket Centre of the Year – Club that have demonstrated commitment to grow and professionally deliver ECB’s entry-level programme.
How to nominate
You can find the criteria for each category in the link below.
Testimonials should be no more than 200 words and we advise writing the testimonial in advance so you can copy and paste it into the online nomination form. This it to avoid the system timing out.
Nominate someone now
The closing date for nominations is Sunday, 8 August 2021.