Tenby AFC held its junior presentation night at the De Valence Pavilion where, for the first time ever, all 13 teams were gathered at the same time.
The club is very grateful to the De Valence Trust for allowing them to do so.
Chairman, Alun Morgan, opened the proceedings by firstly thanking Andrew Price, the club's main sponsor, whose financial support over the years has made Tenby AFC the force it is today. He went on to thank all the individual team kit sponsors, the ground advertising board sponsors and the many business and individuals that have contributed to the club this year.
Alun commented that it had been a fantastic season, having won six league championships, five league runners-up, two cup finals and two cup final runners-up.
This was mainly due to the excellent coaching staff that the club has which resulted in a loud round of applause.
Obviously, they can't do it without the commitment and dedication of all the players and the assistance and loyalty from the parents. They were thanked for making it a truly exceptional year.
Before the presentations got under way, Alun made a special reference to Chris Fairlie who served refreshments every Saturday morning for the juniors.
Alun then introduced the honoured guests, who would be presenting the awards. They were main sponsor, Andrew Price, ex-junior player now with Haverfordwest County, Bobby Briers, and another ex-junior player who now plays for Cardiff City and won his first Welsh Under 16s Schoolboys cap, Elliot Scotcher.
The Under 8s, under the watchful eye of Lee Simmons, Adam Brown and Colin Wherritt, had enjoyed a good first season of football, which is always the most difficult, but they won more games than they lost and with a small squad. Each player received a commemorative medal.
The Under 9 As, managed by Luke Lawrence and Scott Sarrionandia, and sponsored by DVS, Allmak and ProWaste, also had a good year and with the large numbers attending formed a 'B' side run by Lloyd Davies and sponsored by Manor House Wildlife Park. Both teams received a commemorative medal.
The Under 10s, managed by Matthew Broadhurst and Carl Wainwright and sponsored by County Financial Consultants, remained unbeaten for the second year running and have several boys in the Swansea and Cardiff training schools.
The clubman award went to James Harries, while the Most Improved Player went to Tom Rossiter. Ben Palin won the Players' Player award and the Managers Player went to Ryan Conbeer.
The Under 11s girls team is manager by Angela Nicholls and Suzanne Wilson and won the Pembrokeshire Astroturf league and the Tenby Round Table Soccer Sevens. Clubman of the year was won by Georgia Poole and Jade Rowell picked up the Most Improved player. The girls all selected Safiya Rooney as their Players' Player, while Rikki Glascoe was the Managers choice.
The Under 11s, who are sponsored by Andrew Price and managed by Lloyd Goforth and Jason Taylor, finished their last season in mini football before moving up to 11-a-side and on a big pitch. Their record was truly amazing by only losing four out of 61 games, and scoring 360 goals and conceding only 20. George Taylor won the Clubman of the year and Luke Billing the Most Improved player. The boys all agreed that Adam Davidson was their Players' Player and the
Manager's Player was Natty John. Billy Truman was given a special award as his age prevents him from progressing with the team next year.
The Under 12s are coached by Kevin Ferney and sponsored by Park Road Chip Shop and have enjoy a brilliant start to competitive football. They won the Under 12s league by scoring 261 goals and only conceded 19 and just missed out on a cup final by going out to St. Clears on penalties.
Seven boys are with the Cardiff City Development Squad and nine are with the Haverfordwest Academy. The Clubman award was shared by Will Davies and Dan Evans and Charlie Gammer picked up the Most Improved player trophy. The players and their manager had similar thoughts by selecting Adam John as their Players' and Manager's Player of the year.
The Under 13s girls, managed by Angela and Jayne Conbeer, also won the Tenby Round Table Soccer Sevens and were runners-up in the Pembrokeshire Astroturf League. Angela paid tribute to Holly Cloake and Rhian Griffiths for helping to train all the girls age groups.
The Clubman of the year was again shared by Jadie Conbeer and Jodie Wallace, with Hannah Taylor winning the Most Improved player. Jess Webb was the players choice and Holly Furlong was the manager's choice for Player of the Year.
The Under 13s, sponsored by Tees-R-Us and coached by Angela Nicholls, had a slightly frustrating year. One poor display at home saw them lose the league by just two points, but they made amends for it by winning the cup at Monkton. They also reached the quarter-final of the West Wales Cup. Three boys attended the South Wales regional training and seven attended the Haverfordwest Academy.
Elliot Rivers and George Wilkins won the Clubman award and Luke Conbeer was Angela's Most Improved player, she also picked Shaun Whitfield as her Player of the Year, while Richard Tebbutt was the Players' Player.
The Under 14s, sponsored by T. P. Hughes and coached by John Grover and James Chiffi, had a slow start to the season, but finished on an eight game unbeaten run. They finished a creditable third in the league and bowed out of the cup to the eventual winners, Camrose.
Tom Grover was selected as the Clubman of the year, with Hugo Wellum as the Most Improved player. Joe Worley was picked by his fellow players as their Player of the year while James and John selected Sam Butler as theirs.
The Under 15s, managed by Gavin Scotcher and Neil Proctor and sponsored by the Atlantic Hotel, were the only side to claim the league and cup double, their second in three years and they have only lost one cup final in four years. They only lost one game in the league and amassed a total of 182 goals with 21 against. The Clubman of the Year was won by Dan Storer, with Iwan Izzard winning the Most Improved Player. Their Players' Player was won by Kieran 'Spud' Lewis and the Manager's Player of the Year was shared by captain Jake Proctor and Ben Steele.
The Under 16s girls, managed by Angela, with help from Steve Escott and Matthew Broadhurst, won the Pembrokeshire Astroturf League and runners-up in the Pembrokeshire Girls League. Lori, D'arcy, Sammi, Casey, Jess, Hannah, Holly, Bethan, Kimberly and Maisey all represented Greenhill School Under 14s team that won the Welsh Schools Cup. Angela picked Bethan Osborne as her Clubman of the Year and Kimberley Alman and Maisey John were voted the Most Improved Players. Sophie Izzard was the Players' Player, while the Manager's Player of the Year was D'arcy Escott.
The Under 16s, coached by Dene Hurlow and Mike Roberts and sponsored by Willow Carpentry, had an excellent year. They won the Pembrokeshire League by 10 clear points and narrowly lost the cup to old rivals Camrose. The also reached the West Wales Youth final, the only Tenby side to have achieved this, but again just missed out to Swansea-based side, Treboeth.
Chris Millward was named Clubman of the Year and Alex Heesom was voted Most Improved Player. Greg Lees-Griffiths was picked by his fellow players as their Player of the Year, while Dene and Mike picked Declan Carroll and Curtis Hurlow as theirs.
The Seniors held their dinner a few weeks previously at the Normandie Hotel. The first team had won the Second Division title and the Second team were runners-up in the Fifth Division.
Mike Lewis said he had enjoyed his first season at Tenby and looked forward to meeting up with some old mates in Division One.
The first team Clubman award went to Sam Christopher, while Curtis Hurlow and Gareth Warlow picked it up for the Seconds. Lewis Hurlow won the Most Improve Player for the firsts and James Howes for the seconds. The Players' Player and the Manager's Player of the Year, for the firsts, was won by Perry Broadhurst and Mark Doble and Mo Sofan was the trophies for the seconds.
The final presentations of the night was the club awards. Winner of the Bernard Steer Junior Goalkeeper was Jake Roberts (U16s). The Nicola Aston Best Junior Girl Player was Sophie Izzard (U16s).
The Sid Spencer Best Junior Boy Player was Dylan Rees (U12s, now with Cardiff City) and the Johnny Elms Best Junior Senior Player was Callum Proctor. The Hillings Junior Team of the Year was the double winning Under 15s and the Deryn Brace Dedication to Tenby AFC was won by Charles Davies.