Cuckfield junior colts sides celebrated the end of season awards night in some style as they reflected on their achievements in the final few weeks of the season.

The under 11's were crowned sussex champions as they won the Sussex Junior Cricket Festival. Qualifying with wins over Ansty by 10 wickets, Preston Nomads by 4 wickets and Horsham by 9 wickets. In the final they met Felpham Colts whom they restricted to 84 runs off 20 overs. They won with three overs to spare , Finbar Tilford being the star and man of the match with 23 runs.

The under 11's then won the North and Mid Sussex League play-off final against Three Bridges with a comfortable win by 66 runs. Batting first Ben Gibbs (11), Joe Ludlow (10) and Adam Willis (10) helped them to 280. Man of the match Adam Willis then returned bowling figures of 3 overs 4 for 4 to restrict Three Bridges to 214.

The under 9's in the same league also won their play-off final against Lingfield. Lingfield batting first got off to a great start, but Stephen Moorton with four wickets and good team bowling performance pegged them back to 240. The game could have gone either way until the last few overs when man of the match Robert Fitzgerald scored quickly to help Cuckfield to win by 16 runs.

The under 10's won the Identilam league play-off final against Lindfield. Lindfield had beaten Steyning in the semi-final and Cuckfield had beaten Ansty.In the final man of the match Ben Candfield with 17 runs and four wickets helped Cuckfield to a convincing victory.

Finally the under 10's won the Sussex Telecom Trophy finals held on the county ground at Hove. The best eight teams in Sussex competed on the day following area qualifiers earlier in the year. Cuckfield started the day badly losing their first group match to Felpham colts but from there never loked back as the beat Fletching and Brighton and Hove to make the semi finals.A close game in the semi against Hastings went to the last ball where Ben Meyeratken held his nerve to see them into the final to face Eastbourne. In the final Cuckfield batted first and set a competetive total of 247. Eastbourne however only required 13 runs of the last two overs when Joe Ludlow came to the rescue with two wickets helped by an outstanding catch on the boundary by Tom Bonanate. Ben Candfield then wrapped it up with a wicket in the final over to see Cuckfield home by 16 runs.

Team - Joe Cambridge(capt), Ben Candfield, Tom Bonanate, Daniel Lyons, Ben Meyeratken, Hayden Baker, Joe Ludlow, Ryan Elson, Alistair Crunden, Rob Cope(wkt)

The older sides did not bring home the silverware in the same way, but can reflect on good team and individual performances during the season. The U15’s league side had a 100% record but cancelled matches due to rain cost them the league title. All the senior Festival sides had their moments, with the U12 win over Preston Nomads and the U14 win at East Grinstead being particularly good achievements. Strong batting was a hallmark of the teams’ success, with Greg Wisdom, Jack Denyer, JJ Kilmartin, Francis Wynter, Harry Clark and Freddie Newmarch all scoring impressive 50’s. Denyer, Chris Taylor and Billy Meboroh-Collinson all represented the county this year with distinction, with Chris and Billy top of the bowling averages for the U15’s and U13’s respectively. This outstanding group of boys also provided 15 players for the club’s senior league sides, with Denyer and Taylor performing well at County League level, Kilmartin hitting 100 for the 4^th XI, and Matt Wynn being an 2ever-present” on Saturdays and Sundays.

Cuckfield’s outstanding young all-rounder Steffan Piolet presented eighteen individual awards, and the major trophies went to Josh Hayward for his excellent spin bowling and to JJ Kilmartin  for his batting success.