2025/26 Awards Presentation Night

The Mount Colah Cricket Club held its presentation evening on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at the Asquith Bowling Club. The event featured two sessions — juniors at 6:00 pm followed by seniors at 7:30 pm. Every junior player received a trophy, and all attendees were given a lucky door ticket with plenty of prizes up for grabs, including meat trays, shirts, hats, and bats.

The club continues to grow stronger each year, with junior participation reaching new highs. Mount Colah now fields an impressive line-up of teams: Junior Blasters, U8, two U9 teams (Gold and Maroon), two U10 teams (Gold and Maroon), U11, Stage 1 Girls, and U13. The senior teams this season were C1, C3, and C4 grade.

The junior session saw over 75 enthusiastic young players in attendance. Jack B. was named Junior Cricketer of the Year, while Quinn W. received a special ball trophy for achieving a rare hat-trick against Berowra Red.

The seniors’ ceremony followed, celebrating another strong season. All three senior teams performed well, with the C3 team reaching the grand final. The prestigious Bruce Kimberley Award for Best Senior Player went to Atul Negi (C grade), who scored 523 runs at an average of 87.17 and took 21 wickets at 13. The Eshaan Khan Trophy was awarded to Bailey Thompson, and Richard Croan received the Club Person of the Year award.

A highlight of the evening was a special presentation to Martyn Budden, recognizing his incredible 28 years of service to the club. Martyn was presented with a framed Mustang shirt featuring a plaque of his career statistics, a tribute to his long-standing commitment and contribution. Although he is moving interstate, Martyn has promised to fill in for the Mustangs whenever he’s back in town. Thank you, Martyn, for everything you’ve done for Mount Colah Cricket.

Congratulations to all Mount Colah teams on an outstanding 2025/26 season! The presentation evening was a tremendous success — see below for the full list of award winners.

Club Awards

Eshaan Khan Memorial Trophy – Bailey Thompson
Bruce Kimberley Award – Atul Negi (523 runs @ 87.17 and 21 wickets @ 13)
Club Batsman Award – Atul Negi (523 runs @ 87.17)
Club Bowler award – Jackson Beasley (24 wickets @ 13.04)
Junior Player of the Year – Jack B.
Club Person of the Year – Richard Croan
Hat-Trick – Quinn W. versus Berowra Red.
Centuries – Mark Waite 106 vs West Pennant Hills Blue
Brendan Chandler 100* vs West Pennant Hills Red
Atul Negi 122* vs Hornsby District
Aiden McSweeney 102 vs St Ives Wahroonga

Team Awards

Juniors

Junior Blasters

Coaches award – Ollie C.
Congratulations to all players.

U8

Most improved player – Max C.
Congratulations to all players.

U9 Gold

Player of the season – Bromley M.
Congratulations to all players.

U9 Maroon

All-rounder award – Tex K.
Congratulations to all players.

U10 Gold

Batting award – Ben C.
Bowling award – Liam C.
All-rounder – Harrison G.
Coach’s award – Max K.

U10 Maroon

Batting Award – Rana G.
Bowling Award – Sukruth R.
All- rounder – Aditya R.
Coach’s award – Tejasvi K.

Girls Stage 1

Batting Award – Emma C.
Bowling Award – Magdalena H.
All- rounder – Sofiya J.
Coach’s award – Veronika K.
Congratulations to all players.

U11

Batting Award – Isaiah G.
Bowling Award – William P.
All- rounder – Benji M.
Coach’s award – Hamish H.

U13

Batting Award – James F.
Bowling Award – Harley W.
All- rounder – Jack B.
Coach’s award – Darsh T.

Seniors

C4 Grade

Batting Award – Mark Waite (390 runs @ 30)
Bowling Award – Corey F. (12 wickets @ 19.5)
All- rounder – Richard Croan (371 runs @ 37.1 & 11 wickets @ 15)
Team award – Luke Henry.

C3 Grade

Batting award – Lachlan Gleave (330 runs @ 33)
Bowling award – Jackson Beasley (24 wickets @ 13.04)
All- rounder – Brendan Chandler (478 runs and 18 wickets)
Team Player award – Rohan Liyanage

C Grade

Batting award – Aiden McSweeney (214 runs @ 53.5)
Bowling award – Jordan Whitehorn (16 wkts @ 12.6)
All- rounder – Atul Negi (523 runs @ 87.17 & 21 wkts @ 12.9)
Team Player award – Ash B.