After completing all their league
fixtures Mildenhall Cricket Club ended the season hosting the inaugural Suffolk
NatWest Under 19 County Finals. In the morning Hadleigh saw off Easton while
hosts Mildenhall beat Copdock by 56 runs. In the afternoon Mildenhall comfortably
beat Hadleigh by 102 runs. It was left to Mildenhall Captain Tom Allen to
collect the new competition trophy as Mildenhall became the first Suffolk
County Under 19’s Champions.
Also completed have been the
Youth Cricket awards for the club. Player of the year went to Connor Cobbold. Best
Bowler was Josh Jones and Best with the Bat went to Raeel Afaal. Most Improved
player was shared by Maddox Colby and Mo Ubaid while retiring Youth Academy
manager Kevin Boardman nominated Ben Palmer to receiver the All Rounder award.
Finally on Sunday a Social match
saw the Presidents X1 defeat the Chairman’s X1. Winning captain Andy Youngs
accepted the Cousins Shield from Lou Handy. Steve Ready for the Chairman’s team
and Rick Horn for the Presidents team collected awards for the stand out
performances on the day.
see Photo Galleries for Youth Awards photo's