Forty six players and supporters of Belstone Cricket Club recently enjoyed their 2010 Annual Dinner and Awards evening at the Tom Cobley Tavern in Spreyton.

Chairman Dennis Edwards began the speeches by praising the summer weather with only one game lost to rain out of 37 in the Fixture List – the best season since the Club re-formed in 1993. In the North Devon League the Club finished comfortably mid-table in Division Four with David Binns receiving the League’s Young Player of the Year award (as the best Under 19 player out of 44 teams in the five divisions) at a recent presentation in Barnstaple.

The inter-village Buckley Cup was the closest fought for years with the result in doubt until the final games when Spreyton emerged the winners by two points from Belstone. Chris Filor accepted the Cup for Spreyton and thanked Belstone for organising the competition which provides plenty of hard-fought cricket for village teams that have no other equivalent fixtures.

Belstone President Peter Hammond then presented the other awards:
- The Pearsall Trophy for the annual Belstone v Sticklepath match was accepted by the winning Belstone skipper Phil Woods.
- Three names went on the Hammond Bat for centuries scored in the season: Phil Woods (136 not out), David Binns (113) and Gary Sizmur (110 not out).
- The Woodward Cup for the batsman with the best average was won by vice-captain Scott Tremain who scored 588 runs at an average of 39.20.
- Both the Colts best individual performance and overall season’s batting awards were won by Trevor Oats.
- The Barton Best bowling award for the best figures in a single game went for the second year running to Jonathan Parsons, who took seven wickets for three runs against Sticklepath, the second best return in the Club’s history.
- The Telecare Cup for best overall bowling average was awarded to David Binns for his 29 wickets at an average of 12.00 apiece.
- The Colts best individual bowling award went to Henry Holmes and the Colts overall season’s bowling trophy was taken by Thomas Boother.

- The Fielding award was shared by Harry Bushin and Phil Woods with 13 catches each.
- Five names were on the most ‘popular’ award of the night, the Duck Cup, which this year only needed three ducks to win – Corey Burns, Peter Harlow, James Ewen, Harry Bushin and Phil Dennis.
- Not surprisingly the Best Young Cricketer award went to David Binns; the Best Junior Colt was Indigo Brownhall, and the Best Colts All-Rounder was Corey Burns.
- Naomi Wilkins won the Ladies award as the first lady to turn out for Belstone for many years.
- Phil Dennis won the Good Servants Trophy in recognition of his work with the Colts; Richard Penny, the Club’s scorer and one of the founder members in 1993, was awarded the Non-Playing Members award
- The evening was rounded off when Harry Bushin won the Clubman of the Year trophy, as voted for by the regular players.