On
Saturday 2nd July 2005, Tottenham Hotspur Ladies FC staged their presentation night at White's, Paxton Road, Tottenham.
THLFC were pleased to welcome their Guest of
Honour for the evening - Tottenham Hotspur's freestyle football skills
expert BILLY WINGROVE.
As the lights dimmed and the presentation
began, the new style show leapt into life.
A
film style intro saw the teams introduced on screen and the other people
who made the club function this season all given their credit. As
the music soared, Chairman Glenn Weaver welcomed the guests, players,
families, friends and officials of the club to this season's celebration
of the 2004-05 season. After going through the achievements the
club had made this season, it was onto the video clips of manager's
talking through their team's campaigns and spelling out what they
expected from the coming season.
With
the video footage behind them, the manager's took to the stage to
announce their team's awards.
The
free-scoring Under-10 side showed an outstanding ability to pass the
ball and to make most of the teams in their league look ordinary, which
was no mean feat. Having scored 127 goals for and conceded only
four in the league, manager Gerry McLucas paid tribute to the the
fluency that the side had showed having only come together at the start
of this season and that there was only a squad of ten players who took
part in matches this campaign. Their football was mature beyond
their years and they have set themselves a high standard for the future.
The players
who had formed the core of the Under-10 side this season were :
-
Katie Bell
Paige McHenry
Vicki Blake
Charlotte McLucas
Bobbi Cubberley
Laura Newby
Shoshana Field
Lily-Anna Tyrimos
Louisa Fox
Hollie Watson
Marva Kreel
The Under-10s were the proud Champions of the Herts. Girls League
2004-05.
The players voted for their player of the
year and this season's winner was HOLLIE WATSON
The Most Improved Player of the Year
award went to KATIE BELL
For
the Under-11s side, it had been a season that was being used to prepare
for the rigours of the move up to 11-a-side in season 2004-05 and one that
showed that despite the regular changes to the team, they could still
play some scintillating football.
Having reached
the London Youth FA Cup final, the girls showed exactly how they can
play and ran out 4-0 winners over Moonshot Juniors at the Mile End
Stadium. The disappointment came in the League Cup Semi-Final
where Jayne Foster's side lost out narrowly on penalties to their old
rivals Luton Town.
The players who
were played for the
Under-11 side this term were : -
Nicole Bailey
Hannah Lyons
Georgia Bruce
Ayse Mustafa
Charlotte
Dean
Phoebe Ogunwobi
Nikki Hunnable
Taylor O'Leary
Renata Inniss
Daisy O'Sullivan
Harley
Keenlyside
Shianne
St. Louis
Olivia
Keown
Winning
the vote for Player's Player of the Year was TAYLOR O'LEARY
The
Most
Improved Player for the Under-11 side this season was PHOEBE
OGUNWOBI
For
the Under-12s side, it a difficult transition to 11-a-side
football, losing three of their first eight league matches before going
on an unbeaten league run from November until the end of the season
lasting 11 matches plus they progressed to the League Cup final, where
they lost out 2-3 to Cambridge City.
In between, the girls
also reached the final of the London Youth FA Cup, where they lost 1-3
to Long Lane, but overall, the learning gained from this season's games
will stand the team in good stead for the next season.
The players who
represented the
Under-12 side in 2004-05 were : -
Paige Barnard
Tayla
Goodman
Lindsey Cockle
Sinnead Gurry
Nicola Davey
Zoë Jackson
Lucky Di Biasio
Rhiannon Kelly
Andrea
Edobor
Tessa Osborne
Laila El Haddad
Olivia Rodney
Jodie Fenn
Aimee Rose
Katie Goodland
Belinda Sugarman
Winning
her colleagues votes for the Under-12s Player's Player of the Year was PAIGE
BARNARD
This
season's Most
Improved Player for the Under-12 side was RHIANNON
KELLY
With
a London Youth FA Cup victory over Leyton Orient by 3-2, the girls
captured silverware in the competition for the club for the first
time. It was just reward for a fine season of good football and
determined effort and it only failed to be added to when Luton Town
Belles narrowly took the League Cup Final 3-2 (after extra
time).
The Under-13s have a team
that has progressed over the years and over this season with the future
looking bright for them, as their fifteen match unbeaten run during the
season showed.
Those who regularly turned out for the
Under-13s were : -
Hoshi Cooper-Hutchinson
Eva Pentel
Robyn Downie
Sophie Petros
Joy Dutch
Natalie Richardson
Rebecca Hunneyball
Leesa Shields
Kynarah Hunte
Riana
Soobadoo
Alexandra Keown
Alex
Small
Hannah Mills
Lauren Taylor-Marks
Brie
Moule
Ricole Vyse
Stavroulla Panayiotou
Ryah Vyse
The Under-13s Player's Player award
for 2004-05 was won by ROBYN DOWNIE
The trophy for the Most Improved
Player of the Season was awarded to LEESA SHIELDS
The
Under-15s had a roller-coaster season with a good opening run and then
injuries hit the side, leading to some under-strength sides being
fielded. However, the girls always tried to play football and were
high-scoring in many of their matches. Even though the team
suffered these problems, they hung together to finish in fourth position
in their league having only lost four matches in the league all season.
The Under-15s who appeared for their side this season were : -
Rochelle Alexandra
Jody Hills
Rachel Bowers
Renee Johnson-Allen
Lillie Chapman
Lizzie Lodge
Hannah Charman
Emma Marshall
Julia Colley
Kirsty
Nancarrow
Bonnie Cullinan
Jessica Richards
Lizzie De Asha
Emma Timlett
Kelly Farace
Lauren Wedderburn
Sam Garner
Rebecca Williams
Voted the Player's Player by her fellow
players, this season's award went to LIZZIE LODGE
The Under-15s Most Improved
Player of the Season was awarded to BONNIE CULLINAN
Having been
hit by injuries and illness, the lack of a settled side affected the
overall performance of the team, but their determination to play to
their potential resulted in them finishing a creditable fifth position
in their league. June Clarke was proud of her players who always
gave their best and coach John Boyaram for his support throughout the
season.
The players who represented the Reserve
side in their games this season were : -
Rochelle Alexandra
Mary Griffiths
Ashleigh Andrews
Kesha Heaven
Rebecca Andrews
Kelly Herrett
Mel Berry
Sarah
Hocking
Cas
Brown
Jenny
Homer
Amy
Bruce
Meroulla
Lazarou
Faye Callaway
Karen
Mandel Butler
Sarah Campbell
Laura
May
Sam Chase
Krystal
Morrison
Gemma Coots
Kirsty
Nancarrow
Kelly
Cox
Alice Oake
Bonnie
Cullinan
Beth Richards
Jenny
Curtis
Jessica Richards
Sam
Farnum
Kat Stebbings
Nadine
Felix-Sandford
Rosi
Webb
Di Gardiner
Rebecca
Williams
Geena
Gordon
Athena
Yennaris
Sarah Green
The winner of the Player's Player award
for the Reserves in season 2004-05 was MEL BERRY
The
2004-05 season was a difficult season for Jackie Fearon's first in
charge of the First Team, having been deprived of a number of senior
players who left during the previous summer.
The team progressed to
the League Cup Semi-Final, but struggled to find consistency in the
League, but the younger players who were called upon to represent
Tottenham Hotspur Ladies FC gave their all in every game and achieved
the necessary placing to be promoted to the new Greater London and South
East Regional League - Premier Division for the 2005-06 season.
The players who represented the senior side this season were : -
Abidemi
Andero
Sarah Green
Samrawit Bereket
Mary Griffiths
Mel
Berry
Kesha Heaven
Gill Blackmore
Kelly Herrett
Sam Chase
Tina Hills
Dom Clarke
Jenny Homer
Gemma
Coots
Meroulla
Lazarou
Jenny
Curtis
Emma
Marshall
Kerry Daniells
Laura
May
Handan Djoshkoun
Alice
Oake
Jackie Fearon
Jessica
Richards
Di Gardiner
Rosi Webb
Geena
Gordon
Voted
by her team-mates as Player's Player of the Year for the First Team was KELLY
HERRETT
The Sue Sharples Memorial award
is one that is given to someone who has made an outstanding contribution
to the club. Named after the co-founder of the club Sue
Sharples, who died while training, it has a special significance tot he
club.
For the 2004-2005 season,
it had gone to KAPPA UK for their provision of match kit for all the teams at the club,
a donation that allows the money that would have been spent on kit to go
towards training and other costs. Glenn
Weaver announced that Kappa were unable to attend the evening, but their
award was collected on their behalf by Lily-Anna Tyrimos, who has the
safest hands at the club, having let in only four league goals all
season.
The
Manager's Award is given to the player in each team whose attitude and
conduct throughout the season -
both in matches, in training and off the pitch - has shown them to be a
credit to their team.
This season the trophies
went to : -
Under-10 winner
- LAURA NEWBY
Under-11 winner
- DAISY O'SULLIVAN
Under-12 winner
- TESSA OSBORNE
Under-13 winner
- REBECCA HUNNEYBALL
Under-15 winner
- LILLIE CHAPMAN
Reserves winner
- MEL BERRY
First Team winner
- KELLY HERRETT
The Most Improved
Senior Player of the Year received The
Lucy Pinnock Award (named after the promising young Spurs Ladies player, who tragically
died in a motorcycling accident) and this season the person selected to
collect this award was MARY GRIFFITHS.
Following
the formal part of the proceedings, Billy Wingrove put on a
demonstration of his ball skills. His ability is unprecedented and
the audience were amazed by his skills as he kept the ball moving while
he was on the floor, in the air and he made the ball do exactly what he
wanted.
It was a breath-taking display of skill
that left the girls gasping and I am sure that some of them would have
been keen to show Billy exactly what they are capable of.
However, the disco allowed the ladies to
show some of their fancy footwork on the dance floor, as the danced the
night away.
Once more, an attendance
of
over 300 people, the awards evening showed that the club has great
support. THLFC is a club which is growing ever bigger and there
are people who are willing to put in whatever they can to make things a
success.
With three more pieces of
silverware obtained this season and three more League Cup finals reached
without success, it shows that there is movement in the right
direction. The coming season will see the First Team enter a new
league and make strides to get THLFC moving up the pyramid of women's
football.
Special thanks must go to
David Watson and Paul Newby for coming up with the presentation plans
and for the Under-10 parents who put so much time and effort into
providing
the excellent spread of food for the event.
The night was a real step
forward in terms of presentation and thanks must go to Alex Woods &
Simon Coomes of Sound Bites Disco, who
put on the show with the excellent show and music and to Stage Two - the company who
set up the staging/screen.
Some
of the best photos of the winners from this season's presentation evening appear
on the pages accessed by clicking here.
