awardspresentation 2024
On Sunday 2nd June we held a five-team 7-a-side tournament at Silver Jubilee Park. The pitch was split into two and the teams – representing the Firsts (Team Green), Seconds (Team Blue), Old Boys (Team Orange), the Over 30s (Team Yellow) and TF Founders (Team White) – played each other in a 'round robin' format, with a final and third/fourth play-off. Winning the Jack Kyte Challenge Cup were the Seconds again, retaining the trophy they won a year previously. In a repeat of the 2023 final, they beat a young Firsts side on penalties after a 0-0 draw. Jonny Black, who had made some terrific saves during the tournament, saved two of the spot-kicks to add to the brilliant penalty save he made in a group fixture. He was later nominated as the Player of the Tournament by Simon Linden. Over 30 people attended the Club Awards in the clubhouse where bagels, snacks and drinks were laid out. All in all, a successful morning of football and awards and great to be back at SJP. A big thank you to everyone who participated and to those who helped organise the event, particularly Kerry Higham who prepared the food. Congratulations to all our award winners, especially the Player of the Year for each team, namely Michael Goldberg and Wayne Davison. Well done also to Sammy Samuelson who has deservedly taken the Chairman's Merit Award. Did attendees notice the brilliant 'diamond art' framed posters of the TFFC crest which were on display? These were pain-stakingly made up of approximately 12,500 miniature beads per poster! So a big shout-out to Kerry whose posters are displayed in some of the images below. Here is a full list of award winners, season 2023/24: THE FOUNDERS' CUP for the CHAIRMAN'S MERIT AWARD: ROBERT SAMUELSON HELLMUTH FEIGER MEMORIAL SHIELD for the TFFC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: SIMON LINDEN CLUB LEADING APPEARANCES TROPHY AWARD: MICHAEL GOLDBERG MERIT PLAQUE OF DISTINCTION: SERGE WEINBERGER '100 CLUB' APPEARANCES COMMEMORATIVE AWARD: ROBERT SAMUELSON '200 CLUB' APPEARANCES COMMEMORATIVE AWARDS: MICHAEL GOLDBERG & ALAN HAROUNOFF '400 CLUB' APPEARANCES COMMEMORATIVE AWARD: GRAHAM MEYER '500 CLUB' APPEARANCES COMMEMORATIVE AWARD: SERGE WEINBERGER FIRST TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD: MICHAEL GOLDBERG OLD BOYS TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD: WAYNE DAVISON FIRST TEAM CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD: SAUL SIMONS OLD BOYS TEAM CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD: SERGE WEINBERGER FIRST TEAM LEADING GOALSCORER: MICHAEL GOLDBERG OLD BOYS TEAM LEADING GOALSCORER AWARD: STEFAN SIMONS FIRST TEAM MANAGER'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD: ADAM SPECK OLD BOYS TEAM MANAGER'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD: BEN SHOOTER TFN" INTER-CLUB FOOTBALL QUIZ WINNER: JONATHAN COHEN CAPE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT WINNER: JONATHAN BLACK FIRST TEAM MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD: ASHLEY HIRSHBERGER FIRST TEAM BEST NEWCOMER'S AWARD: MAX WEINBERGER FIRST TEAM BEST SUPPORTERS' AWARDS: DAVID STOCKMAN & CHARLOTTE YELLOWLEES Team awards: INTER-CLUB FOUNDERS' SHIELD WINNERS: OLD BOYS TEAM (details – at the bottom of that page) JACK KYTE CHALLENGE CUP WINNERS: SECOND TEAM (details – at the bottom of that page) TFFC SPORTSMANSHIP TROPHY WINNERS: OLD BOYS TEAM (details) The trophies and awards presented below were given out in the running order shown. Due to absent players, missing images are for the Old Boys Team Player of the Year Award, the Manager's Player of the Year Awards, the First Team Best Newcomer's Award, Most Improved Player Awards and the TFN Inter-Club Quiz Winner's Award. Acknowledgements to Kerry Higham for taking the photos.