Individual accolades handed out at W&G awards
Our final wrap up from the recent Women & Girls Awards Evening is accolades handed out to individual players.
The event was held recently at the Albrighton Hall Hotel near Shrewsbury celebrating the successes of a brilliant season of Women & Girls’ cricket across Shropshire.
The individual awards celebrated the achievements of players in their various leagues across the season.
Girls’ U12 Softball Player of the Year – Betsy Walker
Four games – 98 runs – strike rate of 181 – second in the batting Hall of Fame
Eight wickets – best of 4/10 – topping the bowling Hall of Fame
Instrumental in a number of her teams’ wins.
Shout outs – Fleur Jones, Rose Scott, Elliana Plumpton
Girls’ U12 Hardball Player of the Year – Phoebe Darrant
Only three innings – 72 runs across the three – a best of 33 – very high strike rate
Has made huge strides with the bat, as well as developing her leg spin throughout the season. Another vital player in the side.
Shout outs – Scarlett Plimmer, Ava Mainwairing, Trinity Gay,
Girls’ U14 Softball Player of the Year – Gracie Hakeman
Topped the bowling Hall of Fame with five wickets – a best of 3/4 – an average of six balls per wicket
Showing an electric strike rate with the bat
Has come on leaps and bounds across all areas
Shout outs – Phoebe Spittlehouse, Phoebe Preston, Esme Bartlet-Minton
Girls’ U14 Hardball League – Meg Scott
Topped the batting Hall of Fame by quite a margin – recorded 127 runs – best of 33 not out
Becoming a very talented young player – good county future
Topping the batting order with good style and composure
Shout outs – Mills Jones, Gianna Fillipi, Liv Preston
Girls’ U17 Hardball League – Ava Mainwairing
Four inning – four not out scores – a high of 48 not out – blistering strike rate of 155
Scoring runs for fun across many formats, including women’s.
Worked massively on her keeping.
Shout outs – Mills Jones, Divya Gupta, Poppy Williams, Annabelle Burton, Lizzie Daniels-Sanders
Women’s Midweek Hardball – Katie Seager
Topped batting Hall of Fame and Fielding Hall of Fame
125 runs over four games – strike rate of 188
Four wicket keeping catches
Shout outs – Jess Branford, Meg Wigley, Sophia Parton
Women’s County Hardball – Tash Parton
Eight innings – seven not out scores – amassing a total of 230 runs
Complete composure – determination to better herself – good spirit and cricket IQ
Shout outs – Ava Mainwairing, Mia Du Plessis, Lisa Bladen, Poppy Williams, Bec Hornby
Women’s Div 1 Hardball – Emma Evans
Second highest run scorer – featured in the top three bowling Hall of Fame – included in the Fielding Hall of Fame
Puts in the hard yards – developed really well over the summer
Shout outs – Naomi Hammond, Ella Addison, Mia McGivern
Women’s County Softball – Jess Brandford
10 wickets – best of 3/19
123 runs at a strike rate of 109
Topping the Fielding Hall of Fame with 10 catches and 5 run outs
Shout outs – Olive Hodson, Sophie Hayward, Kaycee Herbert, Stacy Phillips
Women’s Div 1 Softball – Kris Addison
Five innings, four not out scores, high of 33 not total of 131 runs
Featured across the other Halls of Fame.
Spearheading the team to a league win for the second year running.
Shout outs – Naomi Hammond, Beth Brooker, Ella Addison, Rachel Jones, Cath Searle
