Rye Rugby Clubhouse was buzzing with anticipation on Saturday June 29 as the Rye Town football teams and their families waited for the annual awards ceremony.
Shane Ridgers, manager of Rye Town FC said: “It was a great night celebrating a very successful season for both teams. I want to say a huge thank you to all our sponsors: we really appreciate your continued support and another huge thank you to our amazing, committed players. I am proud to be part of such a great club. Our whole family invests in the club but we couldn’t do it without the dynamo who is my wife Charmaine – she is the best.
“And the last thank you goes to all our supporters, management team, Alec Tiltman our lino, and Michelle Highams for washing the kits every week; also Rye Rugby Club and Frankie’s at the Beach and Rye Rugby Club.”
The award that is most coveted is the Player’s Player as it is chosen by the winner’s teammates. This year the award was won by Dan Kearley for the first team, with runner-up Darren Warne; for the reserve team the winner was Owen Brown and the runner-up Callum Hadway, who also won the Supporter’s Player trophy and Man of the Match.
Manager’s player for the first team was Milton Militadou and Charlie Stevens was runner-up. Barnaby Osborne was the winner for the reserves and the runner-up was Taylor Field. Barnaby also won the Golden Boot (awarded to the person in the team who has scored the most goals in the season) for the reserve team while the winner for the first team was Charlie Stevens.
The Golden Glove award is given to the player who lets in the fewest goals: Doug Johnston won it this year.
Another popular award is the Supporter’s Player and Liam Ridgers achieved this for the firsts, the runner-up being Dan Kearley. The runner-up for the reserves was Greg Stoodley.
The Man of the Match award was given to Dan Kearley for the firsts and Tom Barlow and Callum Hadway for the reserves.
Goal of the season for the firsts was Bailey Phillipse and for the reserves Luke Townsend.
The Charmaine Award is highly coveted and is given to someone outstanding who has gone the extra mile and this year the very popular winner was Alex Sarkies who has given so much to the club over the whole year.
The Clubman award was won by Greg Stoodley.
There was one more reward for the Club photographer, kt Bruce, who had captured some spell-binding moments.
The team is always looking for sponsorship for the whole team and for individual players.
This sponsorship means that football is more accessible and affordable for more people in Rye. It helps to foster great skills, teamwork and collaboration, physical fitness, strategic thinking, discipline and perseverance, confidence and self-esteem.
Please contact Charmaine Ridgers by email ryetownfc@hotmail.com
Image Credits: Kt bruce , Charmaine Ridge=s .