2011 AWARD WINNERS AND DINNER

SCOTT Shepherd was crowned the Drax Power Ltd Young Player of the Year at the HPH York Vale  Cricket
League’s annual dinner and presentation evening at the Royal York Hotel.
The teenage all-rounder pipped Woodhouse Grange team-mate Luke Cattle and Stockton & Hopgrove’s Dan Barrett to the prestigious award, presented by Drax Power senior risk analyst Luke Edwards before an audience of 220.
Shepherd, one of a select band of Vale youngsters to have been chosen for the York Joe Lumb XI, enjoyed an outstanding season.
He was Grange’s leading wicket-taker with 32 victims coming an at average of only 8.16 which also won him the second division bowling award. His tally included two seven-wicket hauls in July against Heworth and Selby.
He also averaged 42.25 with the bat, scoring 338 runs and struck an unbeaten 106 against Goole Town in the semi-finals of the Prendergast Cup.
Copmanthorpe, who won the division one title for the first time in their history, were presented with their trophy by Robert Woolley, partner with main sponsors, chartered accountants HPH. He also handed over the HPH Cup to North Cave.
North Duffield, who relaid their pitch before the start of the season, won the main Scothern Construction
ground award and a cheque for £250. Fulfordgate (£150) were second and Stockton & Hopgrove (£100) third. Managing director of the firm, Paul Scothern, also presented to Scothern Construction Cup to Hirst Courtney.
The Press sports editor Stuart Martel presented the Mitchell Cup and Prendergast Memorial Trophy to Burn and North Duffield respectively.
York, who also won division four, received the Headley Memorial Cup from league life member Frank Stones.
The MC for the evening was committee member Dave Milburn and the guest speaker was Selby & Ainsty MP Nigel Adams, a former Vale League representative player, who is captain of the Parliamentary XI.
The league’s annual meeting will be on Monday, November 7, at Fulfordgate WMC.

2011 ROLL OF HONOUR
Divisional Champions - Div 1: Copmanthorpe, Div 2: Ovington, Div 3: Thorpe Willougby, Div 4: York, Div 5: South Cave & Brantingham.
Cup winners - HPH Cup: North Cave, Scothern Construction Cup: Hirst Courtney, Prendergast Memorial Trophy: North Duffield, Mitchell Cup: Burn, Headley Memorial Cup: York
Leading batting averages - Div 1: Matty Clark (Hemingbrough) 76.10, Div 2: Ian Lake (Selby) 62.37,  Div 3: Trevor Britain (North Duffield) 125.80, Div 4: Deepak Selvaraj (York) 56.71, Div 5: Simon Franks (South Cave & Brantingham) 72.86
Leading bowling averages - Div 1: Josh Barrett (Stockton & Hopgrove) 9.69,  Div 2: Scott Shepherd(Woodhouse Grange) 8.16, Div 3: Gary Walker (York RI) 8.20, Div 4: Kal Ahmed (York) 7.23, Div 5: Jake Wild (Thorpe Willoughby II) 6.70
Les Kirby Trophy (For most runs scored and most wickets taken) - Matty Clark
(Hemingbrough) 990 runs and John Kitson (Thorp Arch & Boston Spa) 45
wickets
Drax Power Ltd Young Player of the Year Award: Winner - Scott Shepherd (Woodhouse Grange). Runners-up: Luke Cattle (Woodhouse Grange) and Dan Barratt (Stockton & Hopgrove)
Harry Smith Wicketkeeping Award - Harry Torn (Drax) 22 dismissals.
Scothern Construction Ground Awards: 1 North Duffield (£250), 2 Fulfordgate (£150), 3 Stockton & Hopgrove (£100)
Press Performance of the Week winners - Jamie Agnew (Fulfordgate), Josh Barrett
(Stockton & Hopgrove), Danny Cameron (York RI), Richard Carden (Hirst
Courtney), Matty Clark (Hemingbrough) x 2, Rob Daniel (Woodhouse Grange), Pete
Eastwood (Pocklington), Ian Holmes (Bishopthorpe), Brian Howard (Hirst
Courtney), Kevin Lund (Selby II), Neil Metcalfe (Ovington), Granville North
(Hemingbrough II), John Patrick (North Duffield), Adam Prescott (Burn), Joe
Robinson (Thixendale), Matthew Torn (Drax), Jed Vale (Pocklington), Jake Wild
(Thorpe Willougby II) x 2, Rory Watson (Bishopthorpe)




                                           
                                            Scott Shepherd (Woodhouse Grange), the league's Young Player of the
                                            Year with Luke Edwards, senior risk analyst of sponsors Drax Power Ltd,
                                            who presented the award


                                          
                                           Robert Woolley, of main sponsors HPH, presents the Division One
                                            Championship trophy to Daz Hughes of Copmanthorpe 

                                         
                                         
                                          Paul Scothern, left, presents the Scothern Construction Cup to Hirst
                                          Courtney's Lawrence Stones

                                         
                                          Robert Woolley presents the HPH Cup to North Cave's Craig Hewson

                                         
                                          Hemingbrough's Matty Clark receives the Les Kirby batting trophy from
                                          Alan Fletcher of Ovington

                                           
                                          Stuart Martel, left, sports editor of The Press, presented the Prendergast
                                           Memorial Trophy to North Duffield skipper Trevor Britain

                                        
                                         Harry Torn (Drax), right, receives the Harry Smith Wicketkeeping Trophy
                                         from Steve Fraser (Stockton & Hopgrove), a triple winner of the trophy

                                       
                                        Robert Woolley presents Matty Clark (Hemingbrough) with his division
                                        one batting award. Clark also won the Les Kirby Award for most runs

                                      
                                       Gareth Beavors (Burn) receives the Mitchell Cup from Stuart Martel,
                                       sports editor of The Press

                                     
                                      Sponsor Paul Scothern (left) with John Patrick, of North Duffield, whose
                                       club won the main £250 Scothern Construction Ground Award

                                    
                                     Ovington's David Cole receives the Second Division trophy from HPH
                                      partner Robert Woolley 

                                   
                                    Robert Woolley presents the Division Three Shield to Dave Watson
                                    of Thorpe Willoughby

                                   
                                    Barrie Cray, South Cave & Brantingham's vice-chairman and longest-
                                    serving player receives the Division Five trophy from Robert Woolley