Ladies Team Up With Men For Joint Cricket Presentation At DST

Beverley Ladies’ Cricket Team and Defence School of Transport (DST) Leconfield held a joint end-of-season presentation night at the recently named Peter Todd Pavilion.

Maj (Retd) Peter Todd opened the evening be welcoming all present and invited Lt Col John Roskelly to present awards to individuals.

Beverley Ladies have endured a difficult season finishing 7th in the Northern Women’s Premier League. The Beverley Ladies individual awards for batting and bowling went to Sarah McDowell and Amy Halloran respectively, while team captain Louise Todd received a prize for her 5 wickets for 19 runs against Treeton.

The younger players in the club, particularly Amy Halloran, Megan Siddown and Ailish Ward, received praise from Coach Peter Todd for their contributions to the senior team.

DST has had a very successful season, winning the MOD Sixes, Beverley Evening League and the Army Northern 40 Over Cup. Robert Todd was named as Batsman of the Year, with WO2 Jim Carr receiving the bowling award. Several other awards we given to students who played during the season and Peter Parnaby (Chairman of Beverley Evening League) presented the new League Cup to DST.

Both teams thanked Peter Todd for his unstinting work in giving up his time to coach players for both clubs. Training will continue throughout the winter in preparation for next season.