Somerset County Cricket Club have just held their Youth Presentation Evening in the Colin Atkinson Pavilion at the County Ground.

Among the guests of honour at the occasion were the 2003 captain Mike Burns who made the presentations, Somerset coach Kevin Shine, Assistant Coach Mark Garaway, Chairman of Cricket Vic Marks and Mrs Jackie Corner.

Well over 180 young cricketers who have played for the Somerset representative teams between the ages of Under 11 and Under 17 were present at the occasion, along with all the team managers and coaches.

Chairman of the Somerset Cricket Board Youth Committee Pat Colbourne welcomed everybody who was present to an evening which was held to celebrate the successes of the various age groups.

The presentation that were made were:

The NAYC Under 19's Two Day Competition Cup was presented by Mike Burns to Richard Timms who played a major part in helping the team to their success.

The Tony Corner Memorial Cup for the Under 17 Player of the year was presented to James Hildreth.

The Len Creed Memorial Cup for the Under 16's was presented to Simon Marchant.

The Tony Corner Cup for the Under 15 Player of the year was presented to Robin Lett.

The Tony Corner Cups for the 2002 district competitions were presented to: Under 11's -The South West Under 12's –The South West Under 13's- The South West Under 14's- The South West Under 15's- The North West.

The Somerset County Cricket Club Youth Presentation evening was a great success and with so much emerging talent the future of cricket in the county looks very bright indeed.

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