On Sunday 28th September 2025 we welcomed over sixty nominees to the 2025 Grassroots Awards Ceremony held at St Edward’s School. 

The grassroots awards are an important part of the annual awards and finals day in which we come together to reward, recognise and celebrate the year’s success, and the tremendous amount of time and effort that volunteers throughout the county dedicated to growing and supporting the game in Oxfordshire. 

This year we have seen a high number of nominations with over 60 people nominated from across Oxfordshire. It has been fantastic to read all the nominations and hear about the excellent work that goes into clubs and communities in the county. 

Volunteers are the heart and soul of community sport. Without you, cricket and sport would not be what it is, so thank you for the countless amount of time, effort and dedication that you give to the sport that we love. 

2025 Grassroot Awards Winners

Metro Bank Champion Of Girls Cricket Awards

• Steve Shaw – Thame CC
• Richard McNeill – Goring-On-Thames CC
• Chloe Westbury – Charlbury CC

Volunteer Grounds Team Of The Year Awards

• Jamie King – Swinbrook CC
• James O’Driscoll – Swinbrook CC
• Jonathan Warner – Kingston Bagpuize CC
• Simon Bull – Cropredy CC
• Steve Watts – Cropredy CC
• David Cherry – Cropredy CC

Unsung Hero Awards

• David Goodfellow – Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts CC
• Tom Eaton – Charlbury CC
• Ashad Ali – Horspath CC / Oxford University Club CC
• Nigel Tustian – Cropredy CC
• Chloe Westbury – Charlbury CC
• Paul Wright – Goring-On-Thames CC
• Steve Lewis – Kingston Bagpuize CC
• Matt Miller – Banbury CC
• Andy Howe – Sunningwell CC
• Tony Gardner – Minster Lovell CC
• James Coleman – Cropredy CC
• Michael Tompkins – Chipping Norton CC
• Gary Chesher – Chipping Norton CC
• Roger Huxford – Chipping Norton CC
• Rob Bradford – Chipping Norton CC
• Richard Main – Chipping Norton CC

Outstanding Services To Coaching Awards

• Lizzie Combe – Combe CC
• Richard Tilley – Witney Mills CC
• Tim Coggins – Cropredy CC
• Tina Surch – Great Rissington CC
• Jim McGeown – Chipping Norton CC

Coach Of The Year Awards

• Sam Monk – Eynsham CC
• Toby Ricks – Kingston Bagpuize CC
• Martin Waugh – Sunningwell CC
• Andy Claydon – Sunningwell CC
• Ashad Ali – Horspath CC
• Tim Coggins – Cropredy CC
• Luke Cherry – Cropredy CC
• Chris Plumbe – Cropredy CC
• Tim Ward – Didcot CC
• David Wallom – Stanton Harcourt CC
• Charith Karawita – Chipping Norton CC

Inspired To Play Awards

• Ashad Ali – Horspath CC / Oxford University Club CC
• Caroline Walton – Kingston Bagpuize CC
• Chris Jones – Minster Lovell CC
• John Manning – Minster Lovell CC

Safe Hands Awards

• Ashad Ali – Oxford University Club CC
• Leanne Plumbe – Cropredy CC

Young Coach Of The Year

• Charlotte Hopkins – Kingston Bagpuize CC
• Luke Williams – Cropredy CC
• Josh Tustian – Cropredy CC

Activator Of The Year Awards

• Amith Premkumar – Abingdon Vale CC
• David Greenaway – Abingdon Vale CC
• Joe Hersey – Chinnor CC
• Tamsyn King – Cropredy CC
• Daniel Webb – Stanton Harcourt CC

Lifetime Achiever Awards

• David Binningsley – Abingdon Vale CC
• Peter Cooling – Cropredy CC
• John Surch – Great Rissington CC
• Robert Graham – Stanton Harcourt CC
• Russell Collins – Chipping Norton CC