Football: NFA Seniors and Juniors celebrate a truly amazing season

What a season it proved to be for Rhyl-based football club NFA.

The senior men’s team were crowned champions of Vale of Clwyd and Conwy League Division One, finishing unbeaten, while the women came third in their debut campaign in North Wales Women’s League Division Two.

And as for the juniors, there was so much to celebrate.

The under-16 and under-14 girls ended up champions of their respective leagues, while the under-12’s were runners-up.

The club held its virtual presentation nights recently.

NFA AWARDS 2019-20

Men’s team

Players player – Matthew Robinson
Managers player – Ste Falvey
Top goal scorer – Jordan Taylor

Women’s team

Players Player and Managers Player – Llinos Hughes
Young Player – Chloe Evans
Joint top scorer – Emily Jones and Amy Webster (10)
Most Committed Player – Stephenie Hewitt

Under 16 Girls

Players player – Holly Rees
Managers player – Megan Pursell
Parents player – Skye Parry
Most improved – Molly Fell-Crook

Under-14 Girls

Players player – Alaw Jones
Managers player – Emily Loudon
Parents player – B’Elanna Ali
Most improved – Cadi Doran

Under 12 Girls

Players player – Molly Williams
Managers player – Ellie Jaye McCormick
Parents player – Farrah Aslam
Most improved – Georgie Salisbury

Under 10 Girls

Players player – Olivia Evans
Managers player – Chloe Seville
Parents player – Casey Stocks
Most improved – Jessica Smedley
Outstanding achievement – Hallie Billingsley

Under-13 Boys

Players player – Josh Davies
Managers player – Rhys Lloyd
Parents player – James Steel
Most improved – James Steel

Under-11 Boys

Players player – Louie Oxley
Managers player – Ryan Williams
Parents player – Alex Steel
Most improved – Toby Jones

Under 10 Boys

Players player – Louie Goodare
Managers player – Isaac Seale
Parents player – Louie Goodare
Most improved – Isaac Robinson
Most improved – Kai Baynham

Under 9 Boys

Players player – Jacob Hay
Managers player – Harry Wood
Parents player – Alfie Evans
Most improved – Harry Mannion

Family affair

In keeping with Grassroots North Wales’ feature on the women players whose dads also played the game, there are plenty of family connections in NFA too.

Here are some coaches and daughters combinations…….

Dave Morris with Holly and Kelci

Ian Billingsley with daughter Hallie

Coach Gemma Mollatt with daughter Jasmine