Awards 2004 Season

League Awards

Most MVP awarded (female): Fen

Fenella Buckland (Green Sox) 11 MVP
Jenny Edis (Angels 2) 10
Dan Prachar (Angels 1) 9
Dan Essen (Spirits) 8
Liz Owen (Oddsox) 7

Taken from http://www.oxfordsoftball.net/playerstats.php where all the stats from current and previous seasons appear.

Team Awards presented by Pippa (Captain) voted for by the Green Sox

Male player of season: Justin

This was the tightest of all the awards that people voted for, with three people being in contention, Justin, Gordy and Pete. However, the winner has had an excellent season batting, fielding, and pitching (if we forget the last game !) and so the winner is by 1 vote... Justin

Female player of season: Fen

I would like to say that again this was a tight decision, but it was not, one young lady won this hands down, receiving virtually everyone's vote! And the winner is... Fen who has caught so many bullets aimed at third that she needs a new glove!

Most improved male player of season: Chris

This award is aimed at the newer players to the game and after a season with a team containing a lot of rookies the votes were again very close. But the winner is... Chris

Most improved female player of season: Be

There were two main rivals for this award Clair and Be, who both have had excellent first seasons playing softball. The voting again was extremely close but bringing her Latin spirit to the game the winner is... Be

Message from Pete

I think the team as a whole deserves an award for huge improvement. We began at start of the season with little experience and loads of newcomers, and had great fun, although we looked very raw against other teams. The fun continued, I don't recall a single negative phrase, encouragement all round, and the performance improved and improved. Slowly hits arrived, big hits, nice plays. We got some really good outs towards the end of the season. The Oxford Cup was a real highlight, and the final game at Croughton was good too. Best game was beating the Chipmunks at Bristol. This was a good, solid game, no fluke, and no bad play from the opposition. Both teams played well, and the best team won, and that was the Green Sox. It was a great season, I'm lucky to have been part of it, and whole team deserves an award.

Awards 2003 Season

League Awards

(the first time a member of the Green Sox has won a League award!)
?? Jan

Team Awards

Serious awards (based on statistics and team votes):

  • Most Valuable Player: Keith, Jan
  • Rookie of the Year: Keith, Fenella
  • Pitching and services as Vice-Captain: Simon
  • Best Batter: Dan, Jan
  • Best Fielder: Dan, Jan

Not quite so serious awards (based on the Captain having a great time in Toys "R" Us):

  • "Sky Train" Award (most powerful throw): Adam
  • "James Bond" Award (suave exterior and Action Man antics) shared: Chris and James
  • "Softball Life Balance" Award (attending matches despite work pressures): Nikki
  • "Cutting Comments" Award (best humour/sarcasm): Gordy
  • "Enforcer" Award (for being an excellent treasurer/organiser): Nicky
  • "Ice Pack" Award (for always been cool under pressure): Alan
  • "Recruitment" Award (for producing a new little Green Sox player): DBR