\n Subhaan Ali made the announcement during the MACC Academy’s second annual awards, held at Headingley Stadium\u2019s Howard Suite on Sunday, September 13.\n<\/p>\n
\n The event celebrated the achievements of young cricketers and coaches, with more than 300 guests in attendance.\n<\/p>\n
\n Moin Ashraf, founder and director of the MACC Academy and a former Yorkshire County Cricket Club player, said: “I am thrilled with the progress we have made since last year\u2019s inaugural awards.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We have taken steps to engage our young cricketers and create opportunities for them to play both nationally and internationally.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I am extremely grateful to all of our local business and community sponsors who came forward to support this event and make it happen.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I\u2019m also incredibly proud of all of our young people and the families that support them.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The Academy is about nurturing grassroots talent and creating the next generation of high-class cricketers.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The MACC Academy, founded in 2023, supports players aged nine to 19 from Bradford and beyond, helping them reach national and international levels.\n<\/p>\n
\n The awards night recognised a year of growth for the academy, including national fixtures and an overseas tour to the Netherlands, where the Under-17 team finished top of the table.\n<\/p>\n
\n Honours were given across six categories: Male Player of the Year, Female Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Players\u2019 Player of the Year, Performance of the Year, and Coach of the Year.\n<\/p>\n
\n Zaydan Bhamji, who took home both Young Player of the Year and Players\u2019 Player of the Year, said: “It honestly feels surreal winning 2 awards in one night.\n<\/p>\n
\n “And it’s quite amazing to see how hard work I’ve put in has paid off and been acknowledged by people and in a setting where everyone, you know, seeing everyone cheer and clap for me, it feels really nice.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The night also raised funds for the MACC Academy Scholarship Scheme and the National Autistic Society.\n<\/p>\n
\n Guests included Gavin Hamilton, general manager of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, and Steve Patterson, former Yorkshire captain.\n<\/p>\n
\n Both spoke about the importance of consistency, dedication and continuous development in professional cricket.\n<\/p>\n
\n The event was supported by headline sponsor Mylahore, as well as Taylors of Harrogate, Sovereign Healthcare, SquareFoot, Bene Leisure, Link AP Academy and Onside Travel Management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Subhaan Ali made the announcement during the MACC Academy’s second annual awards, held at Headingley Stadium\u2019s Howard Suite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-775774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}