Up next was the Bucket Award for the most unbelievable drop of the season. Shag came up to tell us about a wonderful day for cricket one June summer's day against Long Marston when little good cricket was actually played! Having previously taken an excellent one handed at slip, this year's winner then proceeded to fail to hold the simplest of looping catches at first slip that was witnessed in amazement by far too many members of the committee to avoid winning this award. To a chorus of 'I'm a Lumberjack' Dan Rollo came up to receive the award.                                                          

To the more serious awards, for the 4th team 'playing' captain Neil Hale awarded the batting award (much to his own personal disappointment!) to Kevin Brady who had managed to be the top scorer despite only featuring in 10 games. Kevin then dedicated his award to the dress sense of Dan Rollo.

Non playing skipper Anthony Levy then presented the bowling award to Richard 'Cue Ball' Blaby for his solid performances during the year that made him equal leading wicket taker. Special mentions made of youngsters Harry White, Alex Callan and Bradley Sayers who had all progressed significantly during the year as well as thanks to Sweden bound Andy Gregory for his 20 wickets during just 6 performances.

For the 3rd team awards skipper John Worley presented the batting award to seemingly perennial award winner Geoff Williams for his mass of runs during the year. John also praised Chris Knight for the runs scored before he needed to watch rugby matches, Tony Pigden for his contributions in limited performances and Michael Levy for moving from number 9 up to number 4 as the season progressed.

Geoff then stayed up on stage to present the bowling award to Richard Wells, regaling us with details of Wellsy's player profile as well as the day he took 7 for 59 against Elstree having told Geoff at the start of the day that he wasn't happy to be 10 wickets behind John Worley! Geoff also mentioned the fact that John Worley had actually been the leading wicket taker during the season with 27 but just behind Richard in the averages.

Next came the presentation of the Vic Earwicker Fileding Award that is traditionally presented to the taker of the most catches - an award that Adam Pigden always complains is never given to any wicketkeepers. Ben Wood presented the award congratulating Andy Stokes, Tony Sayers and James Stead for their catching hauls, before presenting the award to......Adam Pigden!

For the 2nd team Tony Pigden regaled us with a poem in celebration of skipper Ben Wood's batting prowess and in particular his late season century at Chalk Lane. This all came as something of a surprise to Ben who had been expecting Scott Alexander to win the award! Instead Ben came up to present the bowling award to Chris Xavier for his total of 42 wickets. Special mention made to youngsters Craig Hutchins, Joe Barker and Harry White for their efforts late in the season as well as skipper Matt Hillier's performances early in the season before his temporary return to Australia.

The catch of the year award was presented by Joe Clune, who told of an early season second team game where Mark Sayers induced an edge that on most occasions would have just brushed the fingers of the fielder. On this occasion however Matt Hillier at second slip stuck out a hand and despite the ball being low and behind him he held on to claim the spoils!

There then followed a number of awards that were presented by the President Mike Pigden due in part to the unavailability of key first team members. First off came the 1st XI awards. On the batting front both Chris Stead and Tony Sayers were given plenty of credit for their totals of over 500 runs. However the winner thanks to a haul of just short of 800 runs was Declan O'Leary.

The bowling award was a close contest with a number of players all securing in excess of 30 wickets apiece. The President presented the award to Matt Stead for his consistent fast bowling.

Next came the President's Eye award given to in recognition of something special or comical witnessed by the President during the season. There were some funny moments in the rain, some steepling catches and the occasional loss of composure. However after careful consideration the winner was Craig Hutchins for securing (in your best Richie Benaud accent!) '2 in 2 against Tewin II' to secure a last ball victory.

The President then gave a vote of thanks to all those who had helped generally with the club this season and particular the scorers. This gave him a good reason to present Jessica Levy with her certificate for completing her Level 1 scorer's course.

The President then announced that this year the Saracens Herts League had decided (similar to Wisden) to award their 5 Cricketers of the Year. Each club had been asked to nominate one player who had made a significant contribution for any league side during the season and that ideally that person should also be someone that had performed at a high level over a long period. The President announced that he was delighted to have collected one of the inaugural awards last Friday night at the League's Award Night on behalf of Geoff Williams.

Geoff, as holder of the Club Player of the Year Award, remained at the microphone to announce that this year's winner was Neil Hale. A deserving award for all that Neil does around the club including captaincy, social events, wine committee, discos etc. A deserving award for a stalwart and unsung hero of the club.