THE best cricketers from the 2014-15 season were rewarded for their excellence on Saturday night when Dubbo District Cricket Association held its presentation dinner at the Dubbo RSL Memorial Club.
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Newtown captain Mat Skinner capped a big first season in charge of the club by taking home three awards.
He won the Whitney Cup bowling aggregate award with 39 wickets and the best and fairest gong with 30 votes, and he also followed Macquarie's Jason Green as a winner of the Barry Hildebrandt Medal for Daily Liberal Cricketer of the Year.
RSL-Colts quick Tim Cox won the Graeme Turner Memorial Trophy for first grade bowling average, with each of his wickets during the regular season coming at a cost of just 7.3 runs.
His teammate Paul Hulthen's tally of 623 runs at an average of 56.64 saw him walk away with the aggregate and average awards.
The bowling award was not the end of things for Cox though, as he also won the Bede Morton Trophy for Player of the Final and the Herb Whitney Trophy for Cricketer of the Year.
Newtown's Marty Jeffrey was named the Under-16 Player of the Year while Macquarie fast bowler Angus Cusack won the title of Rookie Of The Year in first grade.
In second grade CYMS' Dave McAllister and Macquarie's Brant Mann shared the best and fairest title, with McAllister also claiming the batting aggregate award courtesy of his haul of 513 runs during the season.
Colts' Geoff Wheeler won the bowling aggregate award with 32 wickets.
Scott Dwarte capped off his big year in third grade with the bowling aggregate (32 wickets) and best and fairest honours, while Craig Pettit's massive tally of 756 runs got his the batting aggregate award.
Souths all-rounder Tim Berry was announced as the Lloyd Keir Memorial representative player of the year while Steve Skinner was rewarded for his big season with the Peter Morrison Night Cricketer of the Year award.
The Dennis Cox Presidents Trophy for Outstanding Service to Dubbo Cricket was given to Belinda Atlee for the all of the terrific work she did during a difficult time following the death of Tony Beauchamp while he was umpiring a junior match earlier in the season.
Former Australian fast bowler Max Walker's speech was a highlight of the evening, with the man they call 'Tangles' recalling some of his great stories from a career that has seen him progress from the field into the media and guest speaking engagements.
