Football

Night of great celebration for Kinmel Bay – a true family football club

From left: Paul Denton, the great Neville Southall and Chloe Scanlan – winner of the Tyler Smiles Denton Women’s Young Player award. ALL PICTURES: RYAN THOMAS (RT) PHOTOGRAPHY – MANY THANKS

It was a sparkling night as Kinmel Bay Football Club held their annual presentation evening at the Kinmel Manor, Abergele.

Star guest of honour was Wales and Everton legend Neville Southall, now a prolific supporter of charitable causes, who handed out the prizes and conducted a Q and A about his career with the audience.

Kinmel Bay’s first, development and women’s teams all received their season’s awards and were very well represented across the board.

During the campaign, Bay’s first team won the Tier 4 Cookson Cup, the development side performed really well in their divisions and the women’s side finished third in the NWWFL East in an impressive comeback season in league football.

Leon Field, event organiser and part of the Kinmel Bay management team, celebrates after receiving a photo commemorating the 2023-24 Cookson Cup Final win

The constant reference to Kinmel Bay being a “family club” was largely the overriding theme of the evening.

Providing great musical entertainment were The Wanderers – Steve Taylor and Alan Maylor.

Massive congratulations to Kinmel Bay FC’s 2023-2024 winners

Double-award winner Seren Williams celebrates with Neville Southall


Top Goalscorer

First team: Connor Morris
Reserves/Development team: Jacob Jones
Women’s team: Seren Williams

Managers Player of the Year

Firsts: Liam Jones
Reserves/Development: Connor Craig
Women’s: Amy Chesters

Players Player of the Year

Firsts: Nyal Hughes
Reserves/Development: Jacob Jones
Women’s: Jen Small

Most Assists

Firsts: Anthony Jones
Reserves/Development: Mark Hughes
Women’s: Seren Williams

The Most Improved – The Anne Darwin Trophy

Most Improved Player first team and Best Initiation Song winner Ben Cawley tells the audience about his audition to play ‘Young Brian Blessed’ in the forthcoming film about the great actor’s life Gordon’s Alive?

Firsts: Ben Cawley
Reserves/Development: Harvey Burgess
Women’s: Becca Gregson

Young Player of the Year – The Tyler Smiler Denton Trophy

Firsts: Ash Lavender
Reserves/Development: Jacob Jones
Women’s: Chloe Scanlan

Golden Gloves

Firsts: Ash Lavender
Reserves/Development: Darrell Gunther & Charlie Jones
Women’s: Shelby Wild

Club Person of the Year

Firsts: Chris Evans
Reserves/Development: Nyal Hughes
Women’s: Georgia Williams

Captains Trophy

Firsts: Ash Wood & Paddy Hamid
Reserves/Development: Wez Hancocks
Women’s: Lucy Perry

Nyal Hughes got up for so many awards he didn’t really need a chair

Most MOTM Awards

Nyal Hughes

Photographer of the Year

Barry Griffiths
Becca Gregson

Sports Reporter of the Year

Dave Jones – Grassroots North Wales

Initiation Song of the Year

Ben Cawley
Charlie Jones

Best Supporters Trophy

Frank Standing

Balon D’or Trophy

Connor Morris 50 Goals reached vs Brymbo on the 30th of September 2023.

The legendary Neville Southall talks about his career

Sponsors Trophies

Sion Pritchard – Petplace
Rich Blake – LVL5
Angela Clarkson Phil Bird – The Sandy Cove Ltd
Nigel & Katrina Moule – The Cambria Club
Kris Edwards – Jewson’s

Special Awards

Ash Wood – 250 Games
Anthony Jones – 200 Games
Nyal Hughes – 200 Games

North Wales Coast East Premier League Manager’s Award

Andy Thomas

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