On Friday 28th October the Cricket Club Dinner took place at Peasehill House Hotel. Another great evening was enjoyed by all present, and it was great to see a table full of junior members. Thanks for your support.
Please see below highlights from John Statham's excellent address, and a list of prizes presented. There are some photo's within the Albums section of the site, including Lawrence Walker receiving his mark of recognition.

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

Overall the club is in good health, we will post a financial surplus for the third consecutive year, membership is strong, members are getting involved in club activities, senior cricket continues to progress and the junior section remains successful. We are also lucky to have fabulous sponsors whose support makes a huge difference.

We ran some great events in the year. Highlights for me were the beer and music festival with over 80 members supporting Rick Barker and the organising committee, the Xmas draw, the annual sports quiz, blue tee shirt night. Many thanks to Dave Thompson for coordinating all our social events.

On the cricket front we opened our refurbished changing rooms and scorebox and thanks to Stuart Andrew MP for conducting the opening and to John Hughes and Andrew Doidge for making it happen. We now have a fantastic range of facilities and a great playing surface looked after by Jonny Ross. We are also really grateful to all those who gave up their time to provide cricket teas during the season.

3rd X1 took pride of place winning both the Conference East and the Chappell Cup which saw our younger players come to the fore. Congratulations to Ian Vinall.

The 1st X1 finished one place higher in the league and played some excellent cricket and but for a nightmare run around halfway may well have finished higher.

The 2nd X1 finished in the top four and for a while challenged for the title. The mix of the team is god with many of our talented younger players featuring regularly and starting to contribute week in week out. Jake Hodges won the league U21 award.

The junior section is one of the club's great successes of recent years. Some 80 plus youngsters are in the section including a girls group for the first time. Success came through the U9s winning the league and the Peter Rowney trophy, the U11s wing the league and the U17s winning the Denison Cup, again! Many thanks to Steve Powell and all the junior coaches.

Finally on cricket young Elliot Bunn won the young scorer of the year.

2017 will be a challenging year for us as we manage a number of changes. Andrew Duckworth will take over the first team captaincy and we wish him well. 2017 will see the retirement of Joyce who has done such a wonderful job for us over many years. She will take some replacing and we may well have to change the way we run the bar. Finally the biggest change will be to Cricket Chairman as Lawrence Walker retires from the position after decades of service to cricket at Rawdon. Loll has been a magnificent servant to cricket at Rawdon and has overseen everything that has been good at the club. He is also respected across the league and has served on the league management committee. He will be a hard act to follow and like with Joyce we may have manage cricket matters differently.

Despite all these challenges I believe the club is in good health and well placed to handle the challenges of 2017.

John Statham PRESIDENT

CLUB PRIZES

1st XI Batting Andrew Duckworth 679 runs 35.74 ave
1st XI Bowling Bradley Reeve 45 wkts 17.64 ave
1st XI Fielding Kuda Samunderu
1st XI Player of the Season Bradley Reeve 101 runs 10.10 ave 45 wkts 17.64 ave
Doug Lawrie Trophy 1st XI Players Player of the Year Bradley Reeve

2nd XI Batting Duncan Stow 473 runs 39.42 ave
2nd XI Bowling Jake Hodges 46 wkts 16.00 ave
2nd XI Fielding Joe Smith
2nd XI Player of the Season Jake Hodges 488 runs 32.53 ave 46 wkts 16.00 ave
Lawrence Walker Trophy 2nd XI Players Player of the Year Jake Hodges

3rd XI Batting Eliot Goldthorp 221 runs 24.56 ave
3rd XI Bowling Ross Jennings 15 wkts 10.20 ave
3rd XI Fielding Joe Smith & Eliot Goldthorp
3rd XI Player of the Season Ross Jennings 288 runs 19.20 ave 15 wkts 10.20 ave

John Milner Trophy Best Emerging Junior in Senior Cricket Joe Smith

LEAGUE PRIZES

Eric Money Shield 2nd XI League Fielding Joe Smith
Mike Hibbert Trophy 2nd XI League All Rounder Jake Hodges

3rd XI Conference East Winners Ian Vinall (Captain)
3rd XI Chappell Cup Winners Ian Vinall (Captain)
Dennis Kirkbright Trophy Chappell Cup Final MOTM Eliot Goldthorp
William A Gill Memorial Trophy Young Scorer of the Year Eliot Bunn
Peter Rowney Trophy U9 Cricket Festival Winners