Outstanding Club Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year (JAB Yr 7 & 8):

Flynn Brookland – In JAB A Grade he scored 606 runs from 13 matches with a high score of 77* at an average of 101 including 9 fifties and took 11 catches and made 4 stumpings. At the SIPS tournament he scored 179 runs, was only out twice and took 3 catches and 6 stumpings.

Best Year 7 Development Player at Tournament:

Sam Buckingham – scored 135 from 4 innings and was only out once to average 135. Took 2-36 from 10 overs with a best of 1/7 as well as taking 4 catches.

Best Player at Under 17 Tournament:

148 runs at an average of 37, 6 wickets and 1 catch (tournament reduced to 3 days as fourth day rained out)

Outstanding South Canterbury Player at the South Island Schoolboy’s Tournament:

Billy McKerrow – was the leading bowler for the whole tournament taking 19 wickets at an average of 5.33 with his off-spin including two 5 wicket bags with a best of 5/10.

Best Colts Grade Player:

Scored 390 runs at an average of 390 with a high score of 145 not out alongside 4 fifties and also took 7 wickets @ 10.71 and 5 catches.

Best Cricketer Under 21:

Shaun Rooney – debuted for SC Senior this year as an opening bowler and had an outstanding season finishing as the leading bowler in our Hawke Cup zone with 24 wickets @ 13.83 including a best of 5-52. In the club season he finished in the top 10 batsmen with 539 runs @ 49.00 as well as claiming 22 wickets and 8 catches. 

Club Bowler of the Year:

Liam Beck – Took 44 wickets at 10.64 which included 7/17 in T20 semi-final and 6-16 in Tweedy Cup Final

Rep Batsman of the Year:

Glen Drake – scored 177 runs with a top score of 63 (16% of teams runs).

For the Senior Cricketer who Epitomizes the Way the Game should be Played: Decided by Umpires:

Jacob Naylor – the Canterbury Regional Umpires said that when the Hawke Cup schedules and umpiring appointments for each season are published, South Canterbury is one of the most sort after locations, because they have a good location, host us well, and importantly we have no issues dealing with their captain Jake Naylor who is happy to chat with us and keeps his team concentrating on what they do, not the opposition which makes the whole experience a pleasure to umpire.

Senior CLUB Batsman of the Year:

Scored 825 runs at 48.53 including 2 centuries and 4 fifties

For Player who Contributed Most on and off the field for the Senior Rep team: Chosen by Coach and Players.:

Jacob Naylor – the other players felt that as captain Jake led the team from the front all season, and gave great motivational talks, gave the team a ‘gee up’ as needed and commands huge respect even though he may have battled his own form at times. Also instrumental in helping team bonding and “making practices fun”.

For a youth cricketer who displays an excellent attitude on and off the field for fair play, a team player who inspires the spirit of cricket and has good work ethics:

Caleb Donaldson – Has a reputation over many seasons of working very hard on his own game, regularly practicing in his own time and is always at whatever practices he is asked to attend, fills in for any games, helps umpire at junior tournaments and this last year all that hard work has really shown through. After scoring a fifty for the South Canterbury A side he was selected for the Hawke Cup side where he was asked to open and played two great innings on debut, including a fifty and chimed in with 3 wickets as he helped his side beat Southland outright.

He is also the recipient of the Winchester Scholarship at TBHS this year but may not get the opportunity to travel to the UK, but this also shows the respect he has for his on and off field demeanour and play.

Statistically in the Canterbury 1^st XI competition in Christchurch he scored 582 runs over 13 matches for Timaru Boys, averaging 48.5 and topped the bowling table with 38 wickets at an average of 14.37.

In inter-schools he had a major influence on the match when TBHS won the Mark Parker Memorial when defeating Otago Boys for the first time in over a decade scoring 88 not out.

He scored 121 runs in his 3 Hawke Cup games and also took 8 wickets there too as well as playing 4 matches for Temuka when TBHS didn’t have a game.

Caleb is a non-demonstrative lad who works very hard at his own game, plays in the right spirit and gets on well with his peers and coaches, is always keen to help umpire or work helping others and is a very worthy recipient of this award.

To Player/Umpire/Administrator who contributes most on or off the field::

Phil Brophy – Phil was instrumental in getting the Twizel Cricket Club under way some years ago after they got the numbers to separate from Pleasant Point and form their own club. From those early beginnings they now boast an artificial pitch and 7 junior and youth teams.

However Phil didn’t stop there, he coaches the junior South Canterbury Yr 8 side, travelling from Twizel weekly for practices and again in the weekends where he doubles up coaching a combined Temuka / Twizel JAB A grade team with taking rep matches on Sundays. Always pleasant and easy to deal with, he is organized and has made sure that the systems and processes at Twizel can continue to move forward. I’m glad we don’t pay his fuel bill, but just the travel time alone shows his commitment to cricket.