Orsett Cricket Club is pleased to say it has been involved with the Jack Petchey Foundation since 2001. This allows the Club to receive Achievement Awards for members that are under 26 years of age.
Achievement Award
The Achievement Award enables our Club to recognise the effort, endeavour and achievement of young members of our Club. Every quarter an award will be made to one of the Club’s members, aged 11-25, who has shown enormous commitment, effort or dedication to Orsett Cricket Club and/or has achieved something significant with their cricket.
The winner of the Achievement Award receives:-
- A framed Certificate recognising their award
- £200 to donate to Orsett Cricket Club to be used on a project of the award winner’s choice.
Winners of the Achievement Award will be show here.
Leaders Award
Jack Petchey Leader Awards are linked to the Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme.
Awards are given to adults who have demonstrated, in an outstanding way, an ability to encourage and motivate young people aged 11-25 in London or Essex
Awards winners will be:
- Invited to an Annual Presentation ceremony
- Presented with a gilt medallion
- Given a cheque for £1000 to be donated to Orsett Cricket Club to be used on a project of the award winner’s choice
Who is Jack Petchey, OBE?
Jack Petchey was born in July, 1925 in the East End of London. He came from a background that gave him very few advantages but he became a prominent businessman and property developer.
At the end of the Second World War in 1945, Jack Petchey left the Navy in which he had served and became a clerk. He was told by the Personnel Officer of his firm “You’ll never make a businessman”. However, this discouraging remark did not prevent Jack from becoming one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Britain.
In June 2004, Jack Petchey was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to young people in East London and West Essex. Although many charitable projects have been supported in recent years by Jack Petchey, a Charitable Foundation was formed in 1999 to support projects in East London and West Essex. This is now expanding into the whole of London and Essex.
