2024 Nomad of the Year

Jon Loxley is presented with the Doug Adam Trophy by Club President Mal Pinfield.
The award is voted by the members.

2024 M.V.P.

Andrew Gibson is presented with the Ray Jennett trophy by Ian Hughes.
MVP votes are cast after each match and tallied up at the end of the season.

2024 Performance of the Year

Dan Lee for his all-round performance against Trent Valley. He is presented with the Performance of the Year trophy by Jon Loxley

2024 Fielder of the Year

Taranpreet Singh was awarded fielder of the year. Darren Cartwright presented the trophy to Tom Scurlock on his behalf.

2024 Gonad

Julian Ellis won with 3 ducks. The trophy was received on his behalf by Tom Scurlock and was presented by Rich Bastable.

2024 Spirit of the Nomads

Keith Stanley - a special award given by the Chairman, John Hoddy.

Special Recognition

Medals were presented to Rilea Hughes and Olivia Bryars.
John Hoddy presented the medals to Ian Hughes on their behalf.

Life Membership

Keith Stanley was granted Life Membership for his many years of contributions, both on and off the field. John Hoddy presented Keith with a signed mini cricket bat.

Nomad of the Year Award

Contenders
Another great season, with many notable individual highlights & contributions. The Nomad of the Year award represents the best of The Nomads, and includes deeds on and off the field of play. It is testament to the contributions from all members that no fewer than EIGHT people have been nominated this year.
However, there were two standout candidates and this was reflected in the voting;
Keith Stanley
In his final year as a Nomads player, Keith as always, represents what it is to be a Nomad. Keith has provided excellent availability for selection, but more so has often stepped up when we have been short for numbers at the 11th hour.
He continues to travel and support the side even when not selected, and is more than happy to umpire, even when receiving the customary heckling from his own teammates.
Finally, he continues to offer the sound advice gained from his many years within the club.
Jon Loxley
After a stellar year last year as a player, which earned him the MVP award, Jon was named Captain for the 2024 season.
This season, as well as juggling the role of Club Treasurer, and with availability issues from members, he has often sacrificed his own game to accommodate others, from opening the batting or moving down the order, plus taking on the gloves, which also meant he sacrificed his bowling. He has shown to be the ultimate team player and captain.
It is fair to say he has not missed a beat as captain and we are lucky to have him at the club.
THE WINNER IS
JON LOXLEY for his all-round contribution to the club.

Performance of the Year Award

Contenders
Another great season, with many notable individual highlights & contributions. Gards performed excellently with the bat throughout and again was top run scorer, but these are the match performances of note:
Luke Turnbull
A savage 72 v his own town club, Allestree, at a run rate of 200+, helped Nomads achieve a record innings score of 296 and a near record victory of 199 runs. The innings included one over of 29 runs, ruthless.

Andrew Gibson
Gibbo continued his good form with his performance at Buxton, coming on and ripping through the heart of the Buxton batting order, achieving his first 5-fer for the Nomads and finishing with figures of 8-1-20-5, helping the Nomads to a 13-run win in a tight game.

Dan Lee
A clear Man of the Match performance in Armitage v Trent Valley, saw Dan do what his teammates made look impossible, score runs. A card that read 7, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 58 with Dan’s 58 belying how hazardous the pitch was. In a very tight game he then had bowling figures of 8-0-10-2 to almost deliver what would have been an amazing victory.

Inam Kareem
Versus the youth of Harborne, Inam came in at number 5 and proceeded to knock a very hostile and accurate bowling attack to all parts of the ground, securing an undefeated Nomads 100 for the first time off only 35 balls. He was also the outstanding fielder on the day during Harborne’s successful chase.

THE WINNER IS
DAN LEE for outstanding bowling figures and for excellent batting on a difficult wicket, whilst hitting his first half century v Trent Valley

The Ray Jennett Trophy for the Most Valuable Player (MVP)

Contenders
Another great season, with lots of players getting votes, with seven securing a double-digit count. With fewer games than normal this year, mainly due to the weather, a lower score than the normal 40 would probably win this award and so it proved to be.

Inam Kureshi - 13 Votes from only 3 games.
Jimmy Cogzell - 13 Votes from 8 games.
Dan Lee - 14 Votes from 4 games.
Rich Bastable - 17 Votes from 12 games.

THE WINNER IS
Andy Gibson - For consistency throughout the season, with far and away the most votes, with 29 from 9 games.

Fielder of the Year Award

Contenders
With the age profile of the Nomads putting some pressure on us in the field, we are usually at a disadvantage to most teams we face from the start. We rely on us being sharp in the field and we have seen some great fielding performances again this year. Catching is not the only determining factor for why this trophy is awarded but general all round contribution.
These are the contenders for the award:
Jon Loxley - 5 catches from 13 matches.
Andy Gibson - 4 catches from 13 matches.
Chris Parsonage - 6 catches behind the stumps in 5 matches, showing great athleticism throughout.
Taran Singh - Took 2 catches in 10 games, but mostly fielded in the deep, sweeping the boundary with great energy and athleticism.
Tom Scurlock - Tom showed his usual energy and speed across the ground throughout.
Rylea Hughes - a breath of fresh air, for such a young player he showed great energy, pace and awareness of the game.

SO THE WINNER IS
TARAN SINGH - FOR HIS GENERAL GREAT FIELDING THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

Golden Gonad Guard Award (Gonad of the Year)

Contenders
Often the most hotly contested award for the Nomads, competition was fierce again this year for this much-coveted trophy. Last year we saw a clear winner with Paul Fearon claiming 4 ducks, but this year Paul failed to register a blow in attempting to retain the trophy, with a clean batting record.
This years’ competition saw 21 ducks registered in all, well shy of our all-time high of 35 in 2004.
Like last season, we had 14 players in the hunt achieving at least one blank, with 5 managing not to trouble the scorers on more than one occasion. Those making a serious play for the trophy were as follows.
Keith Stanley - Despite a first innings of the season promising much, Keith made an early push for the award he first won in 2017, and achieved a creditable 3 ducks from 6 innings, making 32 runs in total.
Tom Scurlock - In a valiant attempt and achieving the same ratio as Keith, Tom struck out twice in 4 innings, whilst making 25 runs, rain at Darley Abbey sadly robbing him of the opportunity to claim the prize.
Mo Mirza - Again started the season strongly and hit a creditable 117 runs in the season and despite his 2 blanks had surely hit enough runs to take himself out of the reckoning.
Rylea Hughes - only batted twice and was unfortunate not to register any runs, so failed to emulate his father’s achievement of lifting the trophy in 2010 and 2015.
THE WINNER WITH 3 GONADS IS JULIAN ELLIS.
With a ruthless determination not to be outdone by any of his competitors (sorry teammates) and having already achieved blanks at Wishaw v D2 and at Audlem (where he was somewhat controversially given out LBW by his nearest rival for this year’s award, Mr Stanley), our winner made the decisive effort on an overcast day in Wednesbury. Nostradamus-like, he invited his next in bat, Mr Cogzill, to stride out with him to save us time in the game. His prediction duly came to pass as he edged first ball to first slip and with games abandoned or cancelled at Darley Abbey and Betley had made the decisive move. With 5 innings, 3 ducks and only 21 runs, our deserved winner, Julian Ellis.