Callum Simmonds has been named Club Player of the Year after an impressive 2022 season with East Coast Bays in the Lotto NRFL first division.
Simmonds (27) has been a key player with Bays since joining the club from Albany United in 2019.
Striker Keegan Kelly (17) won the club’s top goalscorer award, and was named Young Player of the Year.
Main photo: Kelly is congratulated by teammates after scoring against Fencibles United. Photo: Shane Wenzlick / Phototek.
The club also honoured departing chairman Russell Foster who returned to England during the season, awarding him the Blair Downs Memorial Presidents Cup.
At their recent prizegiving function, the club announced the following awards:
Club awards
Blair Downs Memorial Presidents Cup — Russell Fisher
Gaz Wynn Memorial Club Spirit — Mark and Wendy Skeath
Club Activity Award — Ian Overton
Coach of the Year — Harvey Mills
Sportsman of the Year — Kieran McKeown
Supporter of the Year — Paul and Jacqueline Kolston
Men’s first team awards
Player of the Year — Callum Simmonds
Players’ Player of the Year — Liam Andersen
Most Consistent — Michael Kolston
Young Player of the Year — Keegan Kelly
Top Goalscorer (16) — Keegan Kelly
Club Player of the Year — Callum Simmonds
Women’s awards
Frst team Player of the Year — Stacey Naeata
First team Players’ Player of the Year — Joanne Mersh
First team Top Goalscorer (20) — Joanne Mersh
Second team Player of the Year — Isabel Williams
Second team Top Goalscorer — Kayla Hurcum
U-23s awards
Player of the Year — Matthew Beaton
Players’ Player of the Year — Scott Boshard
Top Goalscorer (12) — Daniel Morgan
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