- South Dartmoor back to winning ways in cups
- Tom Allin tournament raised more than £5,000 for air ambulance
- Taverners kit bag delivered to Sri Lankan youngsters
- Devon trying to contact the class of 56
- Paceman Tshepo running in Virgin London Marathon
- Five Devon women in Western Storm squad for Kia Super League
- Registration night for all ages at Topsham on Monday
- Lots pouring in for auction at Allin Memorial tournament
- Thames Valley Gentlemen Cricket Club
- Bradninch add Argentinian flavour to Devon League
- Ipplepen youth registration night on Friday
- Final call for Groundsmans first seminar this year
- Devon League official tackling London Marathon for charity
- Bovey on familiar territory in Aaron Printers Cup
- Brockman Cup - Cup Kings lie in wait for holders
- Shepherd Trust helps Kingsbridge build for sustainable future
- DCL - Umpire Appointments 2016 (May 7th - July 2nd)
- Long standing records beaten
- North Devon see off Paignton chase
Success for Devon volunteer at Lords
On a drizzly day in London the sun shone on Exmouths' Richard Butler, who won national recognition in the form of a Natwest OSCA for his volunteering skills, whilst a further 3 of Devons' volunteers (Lloyd White, David Gambie & Bert Mitchell) were rewarded for their own volunteering success with a trip to the home of cricket.
Richard was rewarded for his outstanding achievements in organising Exmouth Cricket Club's hugely successful Natwest CricketForce weekend in Spring 2009. Over 70 volunteers attended the 3 day CricketForce event and a club estimate of the work completed was in excess of £10,000. Richard enlisted the support of club members young and old and many local businesses to ensure the event was a success. His visionary and innovative leadership was deservedly recognised at Lords and he will go down in the hall of fame as the 2009 national OSCA winner in the category of 'Natwest CricketForce'.
(To learn more about how Natwest CricketForce can help your club click here.)
The Natwest OSCAs (Outstanding Service to Cricket Awards) is the ECB's way of saying 'thank you' to just some of the 30,000 volunteers involved with cricket. Each county board in the country are asked to run their own OSCAs event where the winners from the seven different volunteering categories are announced and invited to attend the national OSCAs event. At the national event the finalists are treated to a tour of Lords and a marvelous lunch during which the national OSCA winners are announced. A video from the event is available to watch by clicking here.
Richard Butler, Lloyd White, David Gambie and Bert Mitchell enjoy lunch at Lords in recognition of their volunteering efforts within Devon.
Devon Cricket Board held their County wide OSCAs event at The County Ground, Taunton, where all the Devon finalists were treated to food and drinks followed by a Somerset Twenty20 fixture against Worcestershire in June this year. For details on this event and the 2009 Devon OSCA winners and runners up please click here.
