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Lichfield Nomads Annual Awards Dinner 2007

Saturday 3rd November 2007. The George Hotel, Lichfield.

Nomad of the Year.

The Doug Adam Trophy

 Pete Gardner Voted by the players
Performance of the Year Dan Brannigan Chosen by the committee
Most Valuable Player Award
The Ridley Shield

Pete Gardner

 Voted by the players after each match
Fielder of the Year Stewart Cox Chosen by the committee
Golden Gonad Guard Award John Hoddy. 2 Gonads  
Fantasy Cricket Pete Willis  
Captain's Speech Pete Blackburn  
Special Presentation Mark Heslington Paul Fearon presented Mark Heslington with a special tankard in recognition of Mark's 500 wickets for the club.


Stewart Cox with the 'new' Fielder of the Year Trophy

 

Nomad of the Year. (Voted by the members). New Trophy for 2007

Pete Gardner finished the 2007 as the leading run scorer and was also top of the batting averages. He completed three centuries and scored 747 runs for the season.

John Hoddy was the leading wicket taker with 15 wickets and skipper Pete Blackburn topped the bowling averages.
Wickets were generally hard to come by this season.

Pete Blackburn's successful captaincy was also worth consideration as the team won 9 games and only lost 4 games.

Paul Fearon's contribution on and off  the pitch was noted.

The winner was Pete Gardner.
Interviewed after the presentation Pete commented "I thought my glory days were gone, but I was wrong"
Performance of the Year. (Chosen by the committee). New Trophy for 2007

Best Batting
 The standout individual batting performances were the three centuries by Pete Gardner.
107* against Blythe Bridge Vikings, 107* against Coors and 100 against Sunseekers. There were good fifties for Fearon (79), Caygill (78*), Pinfield (73), Heslington (69) and Brannigan (64).

Best Partnerships
 There were several worthy partnerships to note including:
192 - Pete Gardner and Paul Fearon v Church Eaton. This was a record for the Nomad's first wicket partnership.
156 Pete Gardner and Rich Caygill v Coors Brewers.
153 - Pete Gardner and Mark Heslington v Church Eaton.
116 Rich Caygill and Mal Pinfield v WT Parker
109 Pete Gardner and Mal Pinfield v Coombes Wood
76 Mark Heslington and Dan Brannigan v Sutton Police

Best Bowling
 On the bowling front,  no-one managed a 5 wicket haul. The best individual performance being Pete Blackburn's personal best 4 for 8 against Coors. Pete also picked up 3 for 17 against Woore. Dan Moss took 3-16 against Church Eaton, Graham Coleman took 3-19 against Sunseekers and Paul Fearon took 3-40 against Sutton Police.

The winner was Dan Brannigan. In his absence Pete Blackburn accepted the trophy.
Fielder of the Year. (Chosen by the committee). New Trophy for 2007

Catches:
 7 - P. Gardner
6 - S. Cox
5 - R. Caygill, D. Moss
2 - G. Coleman, M. Pinfield, A. Hussein, M. Heslington
1 - S. George, K. Greaves, , I. Hughes, J. Hoddy, D. Brannigan, R. Love, N. Edwards

Stumpings:
6 - P. Gardner

Run Outs:
 P. Fearon 2
M. Heslington, J. Hoddy, D. Brannigan, A. Hussein 1

The committee nominated Dan Moss for his brilliant catch a Woore and Stewart Cox who took the most outfield catches despite only playing 4 times.
The winner was Stewart Cox.
Gonad of the year.
John Hoddy won the Gonad of the Year.
John picked up 2 ducks. Probably the least number of ducks ever picked up by the winner.
2007 Gonads - Full Details
Most Valuable Player.
Pete Gardner was the winner with 40 points.
The full list of players with more than 10 points was as follows:

P Gardner 40
P Fearon 17
M Pinfield 16
D Brannigan 13
R Caygill 12
S Cox 11
S George 11
Fantasy Cricket.
Pete Willis  won the trophy after a close battle with Chris Rowland, Paul Fearon and Mal Pinfield. Click here for further details
Special Presentation
In recognition of Mark Heslington's milestone of 500 wickets for the club, Paul Fearon presented him with an engraved tankard to mark this prestigious occasion.
Debuts.
Richard (Ted) Edwards, Stewart Cox
Personal Bests.

Pete Blackburn 4-8
Dan Brannigan 64
Nigel Edwards 41*
Career Milestones.
Mark Heslington 500 wickets.
Game(s) of the Season.
The closest games were the 18 run victory over Coors Brewers and 21 run victory over Church Eaton.

Author: Paul Fearon
Last Update 5/11/07

See Also...

Nomads Award Winners Hall of Fame
Nomads Awards 2006
Nomads Awards 2005
Nomads Awards 2004
Nomads Awards 2003
Nomads Awards 2002
Nomads Awards 2001
Nomads Awards 2000
Nomads Awards 1999
Nomads Awards 1998

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