Chairman Peter Smith presided over the event at Mirfield Cricket Club last Friday.

Philip Akroyd presented the junior team award, which was shared by Mirfield Free Grammar's U12s football team and Castle Hall School's U12s cricket team.

The Free Grammar side were Yorkshire's only representatives in the last 16 of the FA National Cup, which saw 800 teams enter, before losing to the eventual winners.

A season in which they won 20 of their 21 games was capped when they beat Spen Valley 8-1 in the Spen Valley Cup final.

Castle Hall won the David English Bunbury Cup (Yorkshire region) which saw an entry of 70 teams.

In earlier rounds they beat Colne Valley, Kirkburton, Lepton, Crossley Heath and Ripon Grammar before defeating Leeds Grammar in a close final at the Yorkshire Academy ground.

Castle Hall now represent Yorkshire in the English Schools Cup.

Frankie Tyrell received the junior sporting achievement award, sponsored by the Mirfield Reporter, after winning gold as part of the England team at the Mounted Games at the Royal Windsor Show in May last year.

The Mounted Games involves young people competing in fast races on ponies.

Frankie has had further sporting success after being selected to repesent West Yorkshire at hockey.

Athlete Emily Freeman was named the senior sporting achievement winner but was unable to collect the Mirfield Town Council trophy as she was in Cyprus at an Olympic training session with the Great Britain team.

The Wakefield Harrier, who has lived much of her life in Mirfield, has represented her country on many occasions and is regarded as one of Britain's top sprinters.

Last year she was part of Great Britain's 4x100m women's relay team which finished fourth at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan.

Paul Cusworth, of Mirfield Rotary, presented the services to sport award to Eddie Walker of Moorlands Cricket Club.

Eddie is a stalwart of the club having captained the first team, coached junior teams, been assistant groundsman, barman, cleaner and also cricket chairman.

He was described by Moorlands' honourary secretary, John Sheard, as one of the unsung heroes of the club and throughly deserving of an award like this.