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Leadership, Teamwork, Motivation, Inspiration, Fair Play
Has your cricket team's Captain displayed outstanding examples of the five pillars of captaincy?
We want to hear all about it!
Just ask an adult - a teacher, coach, or parent - to email us with details of your Captain and they will receive The Lord's Taverners Captain's Award certificate!
Following the success of the Centurions Award, The Lord’s Taverners launched the Captain’s Award at the Captains’ Dinner, a celebratory evening in honour of the 30 living cricket captains of England on 7 October 2009.
Unlike captaincy in many other sports, leading a cricket team requires a unique blend of intellect, charisma, fortitude and respect. The Lord’s Taverners has identified five criteria as central to being a great captain:
- Leadership – high quality performance and conduct on the field
- Teamwork – build team spirit and instil work ethic in a team over a season
- Motivation – encourage and get the best from each player in the team
- Inspiration – leading by example
- Fair play – always lead a team according to the spirit of the game
The Captain’s Award acknowledges cricket Captains under 18 years old who have displayed outstanding examples of these five pillars of captaincy.
Applications for the Captain’s Award must be made by an adult (teacher, coach, or parent). Details of the captain (name, date of birth and club/school played for) should be emailed to contact@lordstaverners.org
A personalised certificate will be emailed to the applicant completely free of charge and the player added to the online Captain’s Award Hall of Fame.
Tom Graveney and Mark Butcher, the oldest and youngest former Captain’s in attendance at the Captains’ Dinner, presented the inaugural Captain’s Awards to Amy Boler, Captain of the Portland College Table Cricket team who triumphed in The Lord’s Taverners Table Cricket competition at Lord’s earlier this year and Tom Barnard, Captain of the South London Under 14 Team that took part in the 2009 Lord’s Taverners Ford Inner Cities Cup.
Andrew Strauss, 2009 Ashes-winning England Captain, said: “In my view a good captain must lead from the front and always be aware of the strengths his or her team possesses and how to use those throughout each game in various playing conditions. Congratulations to every player who receives The Lord’s Taverners Captain’s Award.”
The Captain’s Grace by Richard Stilgoe - written for the inaugural giving of The Lord’s Taverners Captain’s Award in the presence of 17 Test Cricket Captains of England:
Who would be a captain? Who would be that brave –
To be chosen by committees with a lot of face to save?
Who would be a captain, with a team that falls apart,
Spraining ankles playing football half an hour before the start?
Who would be a captain, from the moment you have tossed
To bravely telling Nasser all the reasons why you lost?
Who would be a captain, with the media on your back?
“You’re too timid in defence, and far too risky in attack!”
Who would be a captain? For most that’s just a dream;
The young people we look after are not even in the team –
Disadvantaged or disabled, people look at them askance.
Taverners don’t look away, but give them all a sporting chance.
Help us all do that tonight – in the auction be good tippers.
Eat wisely, ‘cos for afters we are going to have grilled skippers!
Give generously tonight, then when you roll back home again,
Your wives will all forgive you, and smile and say “Ah – Men!”
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