The NatWest OSCAs - the Outstanding Service to Cricket Awards - are aimed at recognising volunteers who give so much of their time to supporting cricket at recreational level. The awards reward and identify those individuals who volunteer at club, school, district and county level to maintain and increase levels of participation and enjoyment of cricket.
Each year Bedfordshire Cricket invites all clubs, leagues and associations to nominate anyone who they feel deserve thanks in the 7 award categories (detailed below). Category winners are put forward to be selected to represent Bedfordshire at the ECB National OSCAs at Lord's in October.
There are seven nomination categories as follows:
Heartbeat of the Club - for that special volunteer that your club simply couldn’t do without, often the roles they carry out are behind the scenes. They often undertake a number of different roles, and are always there to lend a hand.
Get the Game On - designed to highlight the “game day” contribution that is made by a key volunteer at your club. They are often the proactive person who is instrumental in going the extra mile to ensure the game is played rather than it being called off.
Leagues - aimed at recognising the outstanding contribution made by leagues which help and support an increase in participation and getting more people playing more cricket.
Lifetime Achiever - this individual will have made an outstanding difference to their cricket club, league, board or local cricket community over a significant number of years.
NatWest CricketForce - an individual who has galvanised their members to support NWCF, gained support from local and national business, as well as linking with the local community in the recruitment of volunteers for the club.
Officiating - Umpires and Scorers - an official who has visibly increased the quality of officiating and standard player satisfaction of the cricket within their own Club, League or County.
Young Volunteer (Under 25) - designed to highlight and show the fantastic contribution that young volunteers can make within the game.
Please click on the link below for more information on the criteria for each category.
If you would like to nominate someone for the 2017 OSCAs, please complete the form below and return to by Friday 4 August 2017.
Watch the video from the 2015 NatWest OSCAs, held at Lord's Cricket Ground in October.