Juniors receive awards

Oct 8 2008

STIRLING County Cricket Club’s annual Junior Awards took place last Friday at the New Williamfield Pavilion.

Coaching Convenor Raymond Bond welcomed the gathering and paid tribute to the juniors who had a successful season despite the wet summer. A record number of eight youngsters under 15 years-old: Owen Sutcliffe, Harry Cordner John Devine, Michael Tierney, Akram Shakoor, Jared Kerr, George Smith and Alasdair Wildman made the breakthrough to the county 2nd and 3rd XIs while two under -17s Seth Edwards and Matthew Tweedie played for the County 1st XI.

Coach Bond paid tribute to the brother and sister coaching duo of Gavin Anderson and Kari Anderson for their work with the U/13 and U/15 year-olds and also to parents Stuart Keys, Keith Gibson and Robert Jack who assisted with the Kwik Cricket squads.

“Last season’s Kwik Cricket squad included 30 youngsters under the age of 10 and was not only the youngest squad we have had, it was the most talented with four of them – Fergus Craig (10), Ruaraidh Scott (10), Neil Sutcliffe (9) and Cameron Keys (8) turning out regularly to play hardball cricket for the under13’s in the Fife Junior League,” said Mr Bond.

All juniors present were awarded with certificates and badges.

Individual prize winners were: U13 Batting: Akram Shakoor; U13 Bowling: Jake Jamieson; U15 Batting: John Devine; U15 Bowling: Akram Shakoor; U17 Batting: Seth Edwards; U17 Bowling: Matthew Tweedie.

A special award of a cricket bat from the club sponsors Ogilvie was made to 10 year-old Ruaraidh Scott.