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PRESENTATION
NIGHT 2003
With a record
number of the clubs older teams being presented, this was a night to remember
for the members of St Albans City Youth Football Club.
Attending this
years event was, Mr Kerry Pollard MP for St. Albans, Mr Malcolm MacMillan,
President of St Albans City Youth F.C., Mr John Gibson Chairman of St Albans
City and former City Youth Players Greg Deacon and Craig Mackail-Smith.
Charter Standard Awards
City Youth named Herts FA
Club of the Year 2003
Representing
the Hertfordshire Football Association was Mr Steve Trulock who announced that
City Youth have been named as the Herts FA Charter Standard Club of the Year
for 2003, City Youth had also recently been award the coveted FA Charter
Community Club award, one of only two clubs in Hertfordshire to reach this
level. In addition two other County awards were announced Charter Coach of the
Year went to Andy Goodchild and Charter Administrator of the Year went to Ian
Woods..
Player Awards
Mr Kerry Pollard MP, made the awards for the ‘Players
Player of the Season’ for each team:
Under 10's East - Joint Award
- George Figg and Eddie Gray
Under 10's South - James Tipple
Under 10's West - Goro
Nishioka
Under 11’s Girls - Lucy Hancock
Under 11’s North - Jack Ashcroft
Under 11’s South - Kieran Ferdinand
Under 11’s West - Robert Wata
Under 12's Girls -
Rebecca Dolphin
Under 12's East - Troy Petchey
Under 12's South - Joint Award -
Nathan Sandiford and James Smith
Under 12's West - Jamie
Peters
Under 13's North - Kyle Maundrell
Under 13's South - Robbie Phillips
Under 14 Mid Herts - Josh Lamonaca
Under 14's North - Adam Potter
Under 14's South - Phil Atkins
Under 15's East - Daniel Pienaar
Under 15’s West - Colin
Cattermole
Under 16's East - Adam Stanley
Under 16's West - Oli Rhodes
Under 17's
- Winston Seidu
Under 18's
- Allister Collins
The next presentations were to mark the commitment shown by
players to the club. The awards to players who had made 100 appearances for the
club, were presented by the outgoing Chairman Mervyn Morgan to:
Philip Adams, Alex Addison, James Armstrong, Philip Atkins, Ricky Baker,
Matthew Breen, James Byrne, Philip Byrne, Scott Corley, Alex Fraser, Jack
Gordon, Kevin Hearne, Thomas Hoare, Josh Lamonica, Ruaridh Macphee, Daniel
Margot, Kyle Maundrell, Ricky Miller, Edward Ridge, James Rosson, James Smith,
Jack Stevens, Luke Street, David Trulock, Carl Vidgen, Andrew Wilde
Then came an award for 200 Appearances to Ben Conrad, this
was presented by Malcolm MacMillan, City Youth President:
Sportsman's Dinner Cheque handover
Tonight was the night when the 'BIG'
Cheque was handed over to the club, the proceeds from the clubs highly
successful Sportsman's Dinner which featured the Famous Arsenal Back Four. The
cheque, for £45037, which is for the clubs base project, was presented to
the Club Treasurer William McAulay by David Wray, the clubs new Commercial
Manager.
Chairman receives
an Ovation
Finally there was a surprise
presentation to the Clubs outgoing Chairman Mervyn Morgan, who after seven
years at the helm is standing down to concentrate on business interests. The
club president Malcolm MacMillan spoke of the outgoing chairman's achievements
and leadership during his time in the chair. Guiding the club to become a
registered charity and reaching the pinnacle of youth football by becoming a FA
Community Club, the President added that Mervyn in partnership with Paul
Kirikal has also pushed the clubs Base project, which from next season
will become a reality. At this point everyone at the Alban Arena rose to give
Mervyn a standing ovation.
Kerry Pollard closed the evening by
thanking the club for another excellent event.
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