Grassroot Cricket Awards

Grassroot Cricket Collective Awards – Celebrating Cricket’s Superstars – 2023 Nominations
Categories and Judging Criteria

This year, cricket will be recognising fantastic volunteers from across 11 categories. Nominations
should be made following the judging criteria below.

The Lifetime Achiever Award recognises the long-term and integral contribution of specific individuals to cricket. The remaining 10 categories should relate to people’s contribution over the previous 12 months.

• Connecting Communities – A club or community organisation which has gone above and
beyond to #raisethegame and support communities/groups
• Inspired to play – An individual or group within your club or community organisation going
above and beyond to #raisethegame and open the game up to new audiences
• Growing the Game – A league volunteer, committee member, or administrator going above
and beyond to support clubs and help increase the number of games played
• Lifetime Achiever – That one individual who has given many years of service to your club or
community group and who you could not do without
• Cricket Innovators – Someone who has brought new ideas and/or implemented new
systems to improve your club or community group
• Unsung Hero – Those heroes who impact our game from behind-the-scenes and help us
make cricket happen
• Rising Star Award – A young volunteer making a difference – for 11-16-year-olds
• Game Changer – A young volunteer making a difference in the game – for 17-25-year-olds
• SafeHands Award – An individual that has gone above and beyond to create a positive and
inclusive environment for young people to enjoy the game
• Volunteer Grounds Management Team of the Year – An opportunity to reward and
recognise those volunteers who are working hard and improving the places where the game
is played
• Tackling Climate Change – A club or community organisation that is addressing the threat
climate change poses to cricket, by making sustainable changes to operations, adapting their
facilities and/or engaging and educating their local community

judging criteria for all the above categories including the characteristics and achievements that separate some nominees from the others.