thfc ladies presentation evening

 

The evening of Friday 17th May 2002 saw the presentation night for the players of the Tottenham Hotspur Ladies FC, held at Frederick Knight's Sports ground.

The majority of the players and officials, helpers and supporters of the club were in attendance to see Guest of Honour, former Spurs striking legend Martin Chivers (below)  present the awards for the season just ended.  Chiv has been a big supporter of the Ladies club and helped in the sale of autographed pictures of Teddy Sheringham at the home match against Liverpool at the end of April.

Club Chairman, Glenn Weaver, was MC for the evening and started proceedings by bringing up the managers and coaches for a token of appreciation to be made to them for their efforts over the last nine months.  Then, without further ado, he was announcing the long service awards with small slavers presented to those who made their landmark appearances this season.

Lorraine Sparrow (above) and Samrawit Bereket both received awards to mark their 50th appearances, while similar trophies were handed out to senior team captain Jackie Fearon, Handan Djoshkoun (below) and Jenny Curtis to signify their completion of 100 games in a Spurs shirt.

Three "Most Improved Player" awards were announced with Under-12 central defender Rochelle Alexander and Under-15 keeper Kelly Waite picking up the trophies in the Junior section, while the "Lucy Pinnock Trophy" for the senior section went to first team defender Kelly Herrett.  The ladies had made great strides in the season just finished and showed great application in their play.

 

The next round of awards were voted for by the players themselves and they elected their own players of the season.

The Under-12s made a popular choice in Jessica Richards (below), the free scoring forward.

The Under-14 vote went in favour of skillful midfielder Gemma Coots.

There was a tie for the choice of favourite team-mate in the Under-15s with midfielder Lucy Auguste and captain and defender Katie Jackson (below) jointly taking the trophy.

The Reserves voted hard working midfielder Kim McGhee as their favourite.

Another midfielder, Gill Blackmore (below) took  the prize from her team-mates in the Senior side.

 

The "Sue Sharples Memorial Award" for a major contribution to the club, whether on or off the pitch, went to the "My Eyes Have Seen The Glory" team for their coverage of the Ladies teams this season.  We were surprised and honoured to take the honour.  We provide the coverage because we enjoy it and it has been great fun (despite some of the awful weather) supporting the team and reporting on their exploits.

 

Finally, Glenn read out the "Manager's Players of the Year".  These were selected by the managers and coaches of the relevant teams and the player chosen was the one who had contributed most to the team throughout the season.

Striker Jessica Richards picked up her second award of the night, as the managers concurred with her team-mates.

In the Under-14s, winger/forward Sarah Green won the appreciation of her manager and picked up the trophy for her age group.

Popular defender Dominique Clarke (below) was the manager's choice for the Under 15s.

In the Reserves, again, it was a double for Kim McGhee (below), who managed to impress the coaches as much as her colleagues.

Finally, the Seniors pick was Kelly Herrett, who showed why she had picked up the most improved player, by taking this award too.

 

It was a great night and was rounded of with a disco and much discussion over who had won what.

Let's hope that next season will be even more successful !!

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