Sanjay Narbheram was named as the hugely deserving winner of the Keith Martin Club Person of the Year Award at Saturday night's Annual Dinner and Dance. Sanjay has made a huge impact to the club's finances in the last two years with his amazing work as the club's Sponsorship Secretary. Building partnerships with a number of local businesses, Sanjay has helped to boost the club's income, enabling the club to progress with a number of projects, and also increased the club's presence and visibility in the local community. As well as his formal role Sanjay has for a number of years assisted with scoring duties at junior and senior games and helped to run some of our junior sides. Also nominated for the award were Andrew Berry, for his work as the club's Treasurer and around the redeveloped Pavilion, Karen Burley for her amazing work as our Social Secretary, and Kevin Roome for his unstinting efforts with the club's website and all things IT over a number of years.

The Gwynne Mack Spirit of Cricket Award was won by Henry Hanlon. This unique award recognises a young player at the club who has demonstrated the Spirit of Cricket on or off the pitch over the past year. For a number of seasons Henry has been a huge help around the club and this year he stepped up to captain our Saturday Friendly XI. By giving up his own opportunity to play at a higher level Henry enabled a number of our younger juniors to gain their first experience of adult cricket. Henry always plays the game the right way and sets a great example to other youngsters at the club, and we are sure Gwynne would approve of him being awarded this accolade.

All of our 2026 playing awards were also announced during the evening and there were a number of deserving nominations for every award, reflecting the hugely successful season the club has enjoyed. JJ Smuts was nominated for two playing awards and scooped the President's Batter of the Year while Women's 1st XI star Harri Goodey (pictured) was shortlisted for three playing awards and claimed the Women's Batter of the Year honour.

Huge thanks are due to Karen Burley and her team for organising such a wonderful evening at the Ingrebourne Links Golf & Country Club. It was a great way to celebrate the 2026 season, one of the most successful in the club's history, and recognise the individual and collective achievements throughout the club, and Karen once again ensured everyone had a great night.

AWARD WINNERS

Keith Martin Club Person of the Year
Winner: Sanjay Narbheram,
Nominees: Andrew Berry, Karen Burley, Kevin Roome

Gwynne Mack Spirit of Cricket Award
Winner: Henry Hanlon
Nominees: Maisie Briggs, Amelia Davies, Fenton Everingham

John Dean Team of Year
Winners: Men's 1st XI
Nominees: Girls' U11s, Men's 4th XI, Men's 6th XI, Women's Softball Side

John Nash Colt of the Year (Boys)
Winner: George Sheridan
Nominees: Lewis Munn, Dylan Narbheram, William Peck, Kayhan Suneel, Finley Tolan

Girls' Cricketer of the Year
Winner: Mila Price
Nominee: Maisie Briggs, Sophia Dansie, Amelia Davies, Priya Somani

Women's Batter of the Year
Winner: Harri Goodey
Nominees: Georgia Hayes, Mila Price, Flick Russell

President's Cup For Batter of the Year
Winner: Jon Jon Smuts
Nominees: Ethan Berry, William Peck, Michael Pedrick, George Sheridan, Kayhan Suneel

Women's Bowler of the Year
Winner: Jami Armes
Nominees: Alex Goodey, Harri Goodey, Lauren Plumb

Colin Hart Bowler of the Year
Winner: Shafiq Rahman
Nominees: Nathan Brown, Rob Evans, Lewis Munn, Dylan Narbheram, Anay Narbheram, Jon Jon Smuts

Women's Fielder of the Year
Winner: Dani Cox
Nominees: Karen Burley, Jemma Cresswell, Harri Goodey

David Allen Fielder of the Year
Winner: Aedan Daly
Nominees: Max Bird, Joseph Brooks, Thomas Cargill, Gus Siggins, Woody Treadwell