Westbury's Oliver Wood completed a perfect week by being named Cricket North first grade player of the year.
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Just three days after his 5-67 and 71 runs earned him the Ricky Ponting Medal as player of the match in Westbury's third-straight grand final win, the 25-year-old all-rounder was also named best in the competition and a member of the team of the year.
The Cricket North presentation dinner held at UTAS Stadium on Wednesday evening also saw Riverside quick Sophie Parkin win the women's award after topping the bowling averages with 19 wickets at 6.58.
South Launceston captain Jeremy Jackson won the one-day award while Tasmanian under-19 teammates Aidan O'Connor (Riverside) and Tom Dwyer (Mowbray) claimed the respective under-19 and under-17 awards.
Wood's Shamrocks captain Dan Murfet topped the first grade batting averages with 280 runs at 56.00 while South Launceston's Ava Curtis led the way in the women's comp with 460 runs at a stunning average of 153.30.
Riverside seam bowler Lyndon Stubbs' 30 wickets at 12.43 topped the first grade bowling average as the Blues also won the club championship.
The evening also saw the induction into the NTCA Hall of Fame of Glenn Joyce, Mark Nutting, Andy Gower and Scott Mason.
AWARDS
Player of the year
- 1st Grade: Oliver Wood (Westbury); 2nd Grade: Sukhith Caldera (Westbury); 3rd Grade: Jacob Tierney (Riverside); 4th Grade: Jayde Dillon (Riverside); Female: Sophie Parkin (Riverside); one-day: Jeremy Jackson (South Launceston); U19: Aidan O'Connor (Riverside); U17: Tom Dwyer (Mowbray)
Best batting average
- 1st Grade: Dan Murfet (Westbury, 280 runs at 56.00); 2nd Grade: William Barns (Mowbray, 314 runs at 44.86); 3rd Grade: Jacob Tierney (Riverside, 485 runs at 48.50); 4th Grade: Jayde Dillon (Riverside, 472 runs at 59.00); Female: Ava Curtis (South Launceston, 460 runs at 153.30)
Best bowling average
- 1st Grade: Lyndon Stubbs (Riverside, 30 wkts at 12.43); 2nd Grade: Ludwig Einkamerer (Riverside, 26 wkts at 12.12); 3rd Grade: Jacob Tierney (Riverside 26 wkts at 10.65); 4th Grade: Gabriel Vance (South Launceston, 21 wkts at 16.43); Female: Sophie Parkin (Riverside, 19 wkts at 6.58)
Team of the year
- Men's: Daniel Murfet (Westbury), Nathan Philip (South Launceston), Jeremy Jackson (South Launceston), Cooper Anthes (Riverside), John Hayes (Mowbray), James Tyson (Westbury), Oliver Wood (Westbury), Will Bennett (Launceston), Joel Lloyd (Westbury), Kieren Hume (Westbury), Lyndon Stubbs (Riverside), James Storay (Mowbray); umpires Bibek Sedhai, Darren Dietz; coach Chathura Athukorala (Westbury)
- Women's: Ava Curtis (South Launceston), Sophie Parkin (Riverside), Amy Duggan (South Launceston), Alice McLauchlan (South Launceston), Meg Radford (Riverside), Charlotte Layton (Riverside), Belinda Wegman (South Launceston), Mary Broadhurst (Launceston), Monique Booth (Riverside), Charlotte Clayton (Westbury), Caitlyn Webster (South Launceston), Cassie Blair (Launceston)
Umpire of the year
- 1st Grade: Bibek Sedhai (NTCUSA); 2nd Grade: Daniel Groat (NTCUSA); Women's: Moira McNeair (NTCUSA); Sunday: Andrew Nichols (NTCUSA)
Rob Shaw
Heralding the impact of Tasmanian sport without saying "punching above its weight" is not as easy as it sounds.
Heralding the impact of Tasmanian sport without saying "punching above its weight" is not as easy as it sounds.
