Barrow Present Awards At The County Ground

Barrow Gurney Cricket Club’s annual awards evening was held at the iconic venue of the County Ground in Bristol.

Organised this year by Connor Jones, members and guests enjoyed a lovely 3 course meal, while Mark Fisher had provided a presentation of some of the best action photos of the year and slides with all the important statistics.

 

First Team Captain, Frank Forge, presented the James Shield for the player of the year to Mark Brown in recognition of his impressive season with the bat. Mark scored 453 runs for the First Team at an average of almost 65 and was a key part in several team wins.

Mark Gracey won the Stan Ladd Shield for the Second Team Player of the year, presented to him by Captain Peter Rooney. He was the most consistent performer with the bat across the season playing in virtually ever game and scoring 363 runs at an average of almost 28 in a batting line up which was quite fragile when First Team squad members were not available.

Mark Forge announced the Clubman of the Year award (John Glover Shield) was going to Adam Brace for his help working on the ground and pavilion over recent years. Sadly Adam was not able to be there to receive his award.

Nor too could the recipient of the Norman Moody Cup awarded to the player who had made the biggest breakthrough in 2022. Nick Heal was the winner having made some big scores in the Seconds before making serious contributions with both bat and ball. In true Sports Personality style Nick received his award by videocall!

It was a really enjoyable evening for those who were able to attend and marks a relaunch of the annual dinner. Next year the surroundings may be a little more modest but hopefully the tradition has been reinstated!

As a footnote, Geoff Saunders has researched previous award winners of the three premier shields, and previous winners are shown below. As you can see this year’s winners join illustrious company:

 

THE JAMES SHIELD   STAN LADD AWARD THE JOHN GLOVER AWARD       PLAYER OF THE YEAR – FIRST TEAM   PLAYER OF YEAR SECOND TEAM   CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR                                                     1974   Geoff Warren     N/A     Norman Moody   1975   Gordon Ladd     N/A     Bill Nutt     1976   Geoff Saunders     N/A     Colin Nutt   1977   Geoff Warren     N/A     Stan Ladd     1978   Bob Mills       N/A     Brian Mayled   1979   Geoff Warren     N/A     Dick Pillinger   1980   Hugh Gregor     N/A     Geoff Saunders   1981   Richard Lansberry     N/A     Gordon Ladd   1982   Dick Pillinger     N/A     Pete Shiner   1983   Hugh Gregor     N/A     Ian White   1984   Geoff Warren     Rod Gerrish   Ian White   1985   Geoff Warren     Hugh Gregor   Gordon Ladd   1986   Gordon Ladd     Richard Drewitt   Gordon Ladd   1987   Mick Hardy     Terry Hosier   Rod Gerrish   1988   Mick Hardy     Geoff Saunders   Pete Holdaway   1989   Mick Hardy     Simon Wallis   Steve Horler   1990   Paul Tye       Hugh Gregor   Pete Holdaway   1991   Paul Tye       Phil Febrey   Dennis Ryan   1992   Mick Hardy     Paul Hatherell   Pete Holdaway   1993   Mick Hardy     Paul Hatherell   Paul Hatherell   1994   Pete Davies     Rod Reeves   Paul Mizen   1995   Simon Wallis     Dave Linley   Dennis Ryan   1996   Chris Patch     Dave Linley   Rod Reeves   1997   Phil Febrey     Keith Price   Paul Hatherell   1998   Mick Hardy     Pete Holdaway   Paul Mizen   1999   Mick Hardy     Matt Wells   Gordon Ladd   2000   Mick Hardy     Steve Milton   David Bird   2001   Mick Hardy     James Wade   Pete Shiner   2002   Paul Alford     Rod Reeves   Phil Febrey   2003   Chris Patch     Keith Price   Gordon Ladd/Ben Saunders 2004   John Hood     Paul Morrough   Rod Gerish   2005   Phil Febrey     Paul Keyte   Dave Milton   2006   Mick Hardy     Ed Holdaway   Pete Holdaway   2007   Phil Febrey     James Griffin   Phil Milton   2008   Mick Hardy     Adam Curtis   Rod Reeves   2009   Stuart Hood     Ed Holdaway   Pete Holdaway   2010   Mick Hardy     Paul Glazzard   Roy Hodges   2011   Ed Holdaway     Luke Glazzard   Rod Reeves   2012   Mick Hardy     George Healey   Phil Febrey   2013   James Riley     Jordan Allen   Phil Milton   2014   Paul Glazzard     Frank Forge   Pete Halladay   2015   Nick Moore     Jordan Allen   Mick Hardy   2016   James Riley     Johny Sykes   Mark Forge   2017   James Riley     Mark Gracey   Paul Mizen   2018   Frank Forge     Adam Brace   Phil Milton   2019   Mark Fisher     Simon Hudson   Jane Holdaway   2020   Not awarded (Covid)     Not awarded   Not awarded   2021   Guy Fisher     Paul Gard   Mark Forge   2022   Mark Brown     Mark Gracey   Adam Brace