RayChapman, chairman of Hastings Pier and White Rock Trust, said architects were not only looking at other UK piers but also piers in Japan and Holland.
Baseballs pile up at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, where visitors find RayChapman, a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians who was killed by a baseball in 1920.
Baldock resident RayChapman, whose 14-year-old son Jake died after his bicycle collided with a car in the town in December 2009, says the award is important for the work of the trust.