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Award For Cliff

Craig Messenger27 Sep 2019 - 15:57
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Cricket World and Turf Matters Cricket Groundcare Award Winners 2019

A fabulous presentation day, at Lord’s, was enjoyed by all the winners of the Cricket World and Turf Matters Cricket Groundcare Awards 2019. This also include our very own Cliff Clark who won a well deserved Cricket Groundcare Award. The group gathered in the Tavern Stand for the Presentation, which was attended by Chris Wood ECB Pitch Advisor, - Karl McDermott MCC Head Groundsman at Lord’s (a previous Cricket GroundCare Award winner, whilst at Clontarf CC in Ireland), Alastair Symondson (Cricket World) and Scott MacCallum (Turf Matters).

The Awards had been introduced by Cricket World to recognise the dedication and hard work that groundcare individuals put into maintaining and producing cricket squares and outfields, for reactional clubs, schools and universities, in the UK and Ireland without whom there would be no cricket.

Alastair Symondson, Head of Media, Cricket World said: “We are delighted to be running these Awards again, with the support and assistance from our sponsors and partners. We also understand the dedication and hard work that goes into preparing cricket playing facilities and it is nice that we can recognize their hard work and endeavours in some small way.”

Roger Knight, former First Class cricketer and past CEO/Secretary of the MCC sent a message of congratulations : ”These are the stalwarts of recreational cricket clubs and schools and we should thank them all - how gratifying it is to see a past winner now taking charge at the Home of Cricket as well.” 

Including Cliff were a number of other cricket groundsmen attending and wining various awards  Cliff Clark Harlow CC -  Joined the club in the late 1970's as a player then took over groundsmanship over twenty five or thirty years ago. During that time as well as improving the wicket, he is enlarging it, ground maintenance he also managed and help build our second cricket ground ten years ago in the adjacent Spicers Field being the other side of our club pavilion. During last winter he also helped build an equipment building and it always finding other bits to do to improve not just the playing area but also the club facilities as well.

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