St Mary’s held their annual presentation night recently, with special guests Mr & Mrs Tommy Kelly (Club president & founder) and Richard Tremewan (BAFC chairman). There was a great turnout of the teams and fantastic freestyle footballer Michael Hindle went along all the way from Preston to entertain the players. Michael is ranked No. 3 in the UK and has performed at Old Trafford. He has also been on numerous TV shows including Soccer AM.
There were numerous awards to be given out, with 18 teams competing in the leagues last season.
The U7s were presented with the Mini Soccer Team of the Year by Tommy Kelly, after remaining unbeaten all season, with the U9 Kings runners-up. Charlie Berry was the U7 leading goalscorer with 28 goals.
Other Mini Soccer awards were presented to goalkeeper of the year Daniel Wallace of the U10 Aces, with Piotra Banda from the U10 Kings runner-up.
Defender of the year was Daniel Paterson from the U10 Aces with Robbie Stephenson from the U9 Kings rup, while Midfielder of the year was Joseph Foster from the U10 Kings, with Joseph Johnson from the U9 Kings runner-up.
Player of the year was U7’s Cobie Woods with Jake Dobinson, U9 Kings runner-up.
The team of the year went to the U12 Aces with the U11s runner-up.
Top goal scorer was Aaron Willoughby, 38 goals, with Sam Parnaby & Shannon Reed runners-up with 37 goals. U11’s Bradley Morrison won Goalkeeper of the year with Ben Morton of the U12 Aces runner-up. Defender of the year went to Oscar Eckley, U12 Aces, with Brodie Grayson runner-up (U15 Angels).
Midfielder of the year Jack Purdham (U11) with Tom Aldswoth runner-up (U12 Aces). Player of the year was Shannon Reed (U15 Angels) with Regan Nixon of the U11s runner-up.
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