Photo: (l-r) Rupert Price, Ransomes Jacobsen’s UK & Ireland Sales Manager, Micky Stewart and Chris Wood, ECB Pitches Consultant Click picture to enlarge

Micky Stewart, Head Groundsman at Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s ground at North Marine Road in Scarborough, is the 2007 winner of the ECB’s Achievements in Cricket Groundsmanship award sponsored by Ransomes Jacobsen. RANSOMES JACOBSEN is a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company.

The engraved crystal award was presented by Rupert Price, Ransomes Jacobsen’s Sales Manager for the UK and Ireland, during the ECB’s annual award presentation lunch held recently at the Gateway Centre at Derbyshire County Cricket Club.

Micky Stewart comes from a farming background and played in the Yorkshire league for Hull and York, where he initially took an interest in pitch preparation and maintenance. He was mentored by George Cawthray, the former Head Groundsman at Headingley before taking the position of Head Groundsman at Hull, then a Yorkshire CCC outground. This was followed by a five-year spell at Bridlington before he returned to Hull. In September 2001, on the recommendation of Tom Flintoff, he began work at Scarborough where he has taken the playing surfaces to a highly commended level on a restricted budget. 

The lunch was co-hosted by the ECB’s Pitches Consultant Chris Wood and Head of Operations Alan Fordham with Tom Sears, Chief Executive of Derbyshire CCC presenting the awards and commendation certificates.

Ransomes Jacobsen is a subsidiary of Textron Inc., a $13.2 billion multi-industry company operating in 34 countries with approximately 44,000 employees. The company leverages its global network of aircraft, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, Fluid & Power, Textron Systems and Textron Financial Corporation. More information is available at www.textron.com.