Your club’s stalwart, volunteer or tireless member could get some extra recognition with the 2024 ECB/YCB Cricket Collective Awards now open for nominations. The deadline day for nominations is 16th August 2024.
The Cricket Collective Awards, organised by the Yorkshire Cricket Board in collaboration with the County Club and Foundation, honour the volunteers who significantly contribute to grassroots cricket in Yorkshire. Some categories are also eligible for national recognition by the ECB, chosen from the county winners.
All winners and nominees are invited to the awards event at Headingley in November, where we celebrate the incredible efforts of our extensive volunteer network throughout Yorkshire's recreational cricket community.
The Cricket Collective Awards are a chance to thank volunteers from your cricket club and community. The 2024 awards provides another opportunity for the brilliant volunteers at the heart of recreational cricket to be celebrated.
These annually presented awards are a chance to say thank you to the volunteers that your club and community could not do without. There are a variety of categories up for grabs so that everyone – from the longest-serving club member to the young person who is just establishing themselves – can be recognised. The 15 award categories are:
Connecting Communities
A club or community organisation which has gone above and beyond to #raisethegame and support communities/groups.
Inspired to Play
An individual or group within your club or community organisation going above and beyond to #raisethegame and open the game up to new audiences.
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 and who 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.
Unsung Hero
Those heroes who impact our game from behind-the-scenes and help us make cricket happen.
Rising Star Award
A young volunteer making a difference in the game (for 11-16-year-olds).
Game Changer
A young volunteer making a difference in the game (for 17-25-year-olds).
SafeHands Award
An individual that has gone above and beyond to create a positive and inclusive environment for young people to enjoy the game.
Volunteer Grounds Management Team of the Year
An opportunity to reward and recognise those volunteers who are working hard and improving the places where the game is played.
Tackling Climate Change
A club or community organisation that is addressing the threat climate change poses to cricket, by making sustainable changes to operations, adapting their facilities and/or engaging and educating their local community.
The Metro Bank Champion of Girls’ Cricket
A volunteer, coach or role model who has championed growing girls’ cricket at their club.
Young Coach of the Year
A young person who is already passing on their enthusiasm for the game and inspiring the next generation of players (16-25-year-olds).
Coach of the Year
A coach who goes the extra mile and is a true coaching hero to their club, league, county or school.
Outstanding Contribution – Services to Coaching
This person is the life and soul at your club, in your league, your county or at your school, coaching and making a difference to players.
You can find more info about each award via the links to the YCB website below along with the link to the nomination form:
Yorkshire Cricket Board - News - Cricket Collective Nominations Now Open!
Cricket Collective Award Nomination Form
