The ACT Branch of the Lord’s Taverners Australia has been running its Junior Taverner program since 1987. This program is for cricketers aged between 14 and 18 who show outstanding qualities of ability, sportsmanship and general attitude to the game, both on and off the field.

The ACT Junior Taverners are a list of young cricketers, many of whom have gone on to play senior cricket with distinction. Previous winners have been:

1987 Stephen Frost

1988 Huntley Armstrong

1989 Michael Bevan (subsequently an Australian team member)

1990 Meredith Byron

1991 Sean Godwin

1992 Sean King

1993 Mark Higgs (now playing for South Australia)

1994 Peta Simotas and Jesse Edwards

1995 Libby Craft and Michael Dawn (PM's XI; Canberra Comets)

1996 Jenny Austin and Simon McPhillips

1997 Peta Simotas and Duncan Brede (PM's XI; Canberra Comets; VIC 2nd XI)

1998 Adelaide Jones and Ryan Bulger (PM's XI; ATSIC XI; Canberra Comets; SA XI)

1999 Kris Britt (now in the Women’s Australian squad) and David Dawson (2003 TAS Rookie Contract - Tasmanian senior squad)

2000 Genevieve O’Keefe and Sven Holcombe (Canberra Comets)

2001 Hannah Stanley and Dan Pascoe

2002 Amy Jason-Jones and Sam Gaskin.

2003 Claire Currie and John Rogers

2004 Adam Ritchard (PM's XI) and Caitlin Rawstron

2005 Adam Tett and Melanie Flett.

2006 Ashton May and Rebecca McRae

2007 Jason Behrendorff, Emilee Preston and Kirsten Burrowes

2008 Jason Floros and Nisha Nangrani

Since 1996, the ACT awards have been known as the Graham Wilkinson memorial Junior Taverners, in honour of our foundation President, Graham Wilkinson. Muriel Wilkinson, Graham’s widow, has been donating a cheque to each Junior Taverner. The other part of the award is a cricket kit donated by A G Thompson, makers of Kookaburra equipment.

Jason Floros and Nisha Nangrani are the ACT Junior Taverners for 2008.

The 2008 Junior Taverners received their awards during the Lord's Taverners Annual Dinner, held at Royal Canberra Golf Club, on Thursday 24th July 2008. Their financial awards were donated by Muriel Wilkinson; cricket kits by Kookaburra and presented by the guest speaker, James Sutherland

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