Sefton Park Junior Awards night 2025

A new format for the evening saw this year's awards ceremony take place at St Hilda's school where we welcomed a larger number of children, parents and carers.

Guest of honour for the night was Sefton Park 1st XI captain Paul Horton who talked movingly about his fascinating journey from playing cricket as a teenager at Croxteth Drive to becoming a professional player who captained both Lancashire and Leicestershire.

A special thank you goes to Paul for attending and being such a great role model for all our juniors.

Fantastic speeches followed from all the junior coaches concerning what has been a fabulous and silverware-laden season for our juniors. A special thank you goes to Junior Secretary Warren Dutton for compering and organising a brilliant evening.

A photo gallery can be viewed below as well as all the winners and highlights on the night.

Under 9s

Most improved Player: Henry Curley

Bowler of the Season: Fahad Zubair

Batter of the Season: Muhammad Mahad

Noteworthy Performances:

Mahad at Mossley Hill

Friday night after hours cricket

Dylan Bowman fielding

Inclusion of our wonderful new All star recruits

Rebecca’s organisation skills

Charlie for his energy every session

Under 9s Red

Most Improved Player: Nathaniel Donnelly

Batter of the Year: Ralph Wheatcroft

Bowler of the Year: Silvie Duncan Naidu

U11s Green

League Champions 2025

Qualified for the Lancs Finals 2025, will be played in 2026)

Batter of the Season: Rai Haris and Rai Salik (share the trophy)

Bowler of the Season: Haris Zahid and Ted Downey (share the trophy)

All-rounder of the Season: Ehaan Awais and Wolf Bayly (share the trophy)

Under 13s

Most Improved: George Gilbet

Bowler of the Season: Matthew Hilton

Batter of the Season: Marcus Cullen

Performances to mention:

Wolf (6s) + Ted 30* v Hightown

Usaid 30* v Birkenhead Park + Wavertree

Ehaan 30* v Liverpool

Joel 30* v Widnes

Rai Haris 30* v Widnes + Oxton

Zaki 3 wickets v Widnes

U11s Softball Girls Team

Most Improved Player: Verity Messinger

Players' Player: Cece Duncan-Naidu

U12s Hardball Girls Team

Most Improved: Violet Lomas

Players' Player: Wren Lavery

U15s

Batter of the Season: Muhammad Ibrahim

Bowler of the Season: Caitlin Summers

Coach's Award: Frank Shovlin

Overall Girl Player of the Season: Izzy Lester

Overall Boy Player of the Season: Marcus Cullen

Outstanding Performance of the Season: Ben Lester (50no vs Ormskirk)