Formby Junior Sports Club held its Annual Presentation Evening at the Gild Hall on Friday night

Formby Junior Sports Club held its Annual Presentation Evening on Friday 12th May at the Formby Gild Hall. There were two ceremonies on the night. The first was for all club members in Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 which was followed by the Year 5, Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8’s. The following day, there was also a short ceremony for the four year olds, Reception and Year 1 children. Every FJSC member was invited to attend with their parents.

Master of Ceremonies, FJSC Chairman Frank Rourke said that the club’s 64th year has not been one when many trophies have been won but one that has seen the club grow in every age group and now there were over 250 members.  It has been a season in which every Representative team has made remarkable improvements and the Inter Club Section has gone from strength to strength. It had been a collective effort of coaching and Inter Club games, team managers  coaching, parental support and encouragement for all the boys. Not only have the boys developed their skills but more importantly they have enjoyed their football in a safe environment and have made many new friends as well. It has been a very good year and a real team effort.

Executive Committee members John Warren, Keith Jones and Ray Highton were thanked for all their hard work throughout the year and presented every FJSC member with an end of season medal to congratulate each individual for their wonderful efforts during the year. Trophies were also presented as well.

Also thanked for her unbelievable amount of work for the club behind the scenes with club administration, membership, club finance and the FJSC website was Marg Rourke. Inter Club Coaches Jordan Parker and Tom Ringham were also thanked for coaching every Inter Club member each Saturday throughout the season.

INTER CLUB AWARDS FOR 2022-23

ATTENDANCE AWARDS

Max Seiffert, Austin Faraday, Charlie Vernon, Austin Ward, Jack Haggart, Finley Cregeen, Henry Williamson, Henry Moors, Tom Murphy, Noah Bate, Lewis Cregeen, Sylvan O’Hara, Zac Hooson-Jones, Archie Weir, Harry Ball, Lucas Lewis, Ben Harris, Dylan Hyslop, George Rowan, Ethan Donegan, Ethan Richmond, Alfie Harcombe and Riley Higgs.

INTER CLUB TOP SCORERS

Year 2 – Charlie Ormesher

Year 3 – Jack Haggart

Year 4 – Tom Murphy and Finn McDerby

Year 5 – Noah Bate

Year 6 – Lucas Lewis

Year 7 – Ethan Richmond and Josh Kearney

INTER CLUB YEAR 5/6 TOURNAMENT

Winning Team  - Royal Albion

Top Scorer – Evan Meehan

Safe Hands – Evan McKeown and Harry Ball

FJSC REPRESENTATIVE TEAM AWARDS FOR 2022-23

SPECIAL AWARDS

Under 7 White – Charles Fazakerley

Under 8 White – Isaac Higgins

Under 8 Black – Frankie Bohan

Under 9 Saturday – Thomas Crutchley

Under 9 White – Josh Tallon

Under 9 Black – Romijn Liynders

Under 9 Red – Tommy Collins

Under 10 White – Oscar Buch-Platt

Under 11 White – Harry Ball

Under 12 Black – Riley Higgs

Under 13 Saturday – Charlie Garvey

Under 13 Sunday – Daniel Hill

PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Under 7 White – Harry Hughes

Under 8 White – Jack Haggart

Under 8 Black – Isaac Daniels

Under 9 Saturday – Kayden Watters

Under 9 White – Diego Funes-Cervera

Under 9 Black – Huey Stevenson

Under 9 Red – Tom Murphy

Under 10 White – Nate Daniels

Under 11 White – Ben Harris

Under 12 Black – Charlie Knowles

Under 13 Saturday – James Cook

Under 13 Sunday – Archie Ogden

THE GLYN MASON MEMORIAL AWARDS FOR 2022-23

These two very prestigious awards were presented by members of Glyn’s family – Cathy ( Glyn’s mum) , Juliet ( Glyn’s sister) and Joe (Glyn’s nephew).

FJSC GLYN MASON TEAM OF THE YEAR

FJSC Under 13 Sunday Team.

The Glyn Mason Trophy was presented to Team Captain Freddie Garvey who received a medal together with all the squad of – Charlie Garvey, Max Hall, Callum Gray, BeratUlusoy, Charlie Taylor, Daniel Hill, Isaac Loxham-Keenan, James Cook, Franky Moon, Luca Massey, Harrison McGrath, Dominic Maxwell, Archie Ogden, Hugo Jamieson, Thomas Prior, Isaac Burns and Henry Jones. Also presented with a Glyn Mason medal were Team Manager Gary Garvey and Assistant Team Manager Paul Jones.

The FJSC Under 13 Sunday team won 22 out of 23 league matches and became League Champions.  The team are also in two cup finals.

FJSC GLYN MASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR

BEN HARRIS

Ben from the FJSC Under 11 team has had a wonderful season and attended Inter Club very regularly.  He has put everything into the Saturday morning coaching sessions.  Ben has improved his level of skill and has produced some outstanding performances for his team. Ben has led by example and has encouraged his team mates. His position was changed from midfield to striker midway through the season and he became his team’s top scorer and is an ideal role model for the younger players in his team.

ROLL OF HONOUR

FJSC Under 13 Blacks Sunday - Craven Minor League Champions

FSJC Under 8 White – Southport FC Tournament Cup Winners

FJSC Under 10 White – Craven Minor League Shield Runners-up

FJSC Under 13 Saturday Team – still to play in the Cup Final

FJSC Under 13 Sunday Team – still to play inthe Cup Final

OTHER VERY NOTEABLE TEAMACHIEVEMENTS

FJSC Under 7 White – a ten match undefeated run.

FJSC Under 8 White – only one defeat all season

FJSC Under 9 Saturday – 5th in Winter Premier League

FJSC Under 9 Red  - reached semi-final of thecup

FJSC Under 10 White – undefeated in theSouth Division

FJJSC Under 11 White – sequence of victories since Christmas

FJSC Under 12 Black – reached semi-final of cup and 4th in league

FJSC Under 13 Sunday – scored 167 goals and conceded only 10.

A BIG THANK YOU TO TEAM MANAGERS AND ASSISTANTS

Mark Parrish, Stephen Brown, Thomas Williamson, Carl Hyslop, Andy Halpin, Sean McDerby, Chris Murphy, Sam Todd, Colin Crutchley, Jarlath O’Hara, Clive Lewis, Kevin Uttley, Mark Hughes,  Gary Garvey and Paul Jones.

THANKS TO THE INTER CLUB VOLUNTARY HELPERS

Frank Rourke, John Warren, Keith Jones, Clive Lewis and Sean Kelly.  

Also the club would like to thank all the manyvolunteer referees and those parents who helped to take down goalposts each Saturday.

Finally all the parents were thanked for their support of the club.  A special thanks went to the very kind sponsors who have helped FJSC  enormously by providing kit for many of the teams. A big thank you was also extended to The Formby Bubble for giving the club so much space for the weekly FJSC Weekly Report.

Formby Junior Sports Club  now looks forward to September when the club will start its 65th season.

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It was the last Saturday of the FJSC season with just one Representative team being played. FJSC Under 13’s played in the Hightown Junior League semi-final against Fazakerley Rangers. The Under 13’s got off to a great start and Freddie Garvey scored after six minutes. More goals were to follow with Dominic Maxwell scoring a hat trick. There was also one goal each for BeratUlusoy and Luca Massey in the 6 nil win.  

Next Saturday 20th May FJSC Under 13’s play against JN Sports in the Hightown Junior League Cup Final and the following day are in action again when FJSC play GreenloonsGreen in the Craven Minor League Final at 1.30pm at the Community Ground.

INTER CLUB FOOTBALL

Deansgate Lane Playing Fields was basked inglorious sunshine for the 27th and last Inter Club session of the season.  The highlight of the morning was the presentation of medals to the club’s youngest members the four year olds, Reception and Year One boys.  For many it was their first ever football medal.  You can see from the smiling faces photograph abovejust how happy the young footballers were when the medals were presented to them.

INTER CLUB SCORERS

There were some great matches played on the last day and amongst the scorers were Theo Kelly, Noah Ignatowicz, Arthur Higgins, Tom Gledhill, Harry Hughes, Alfie Alston, Jack Brown, Adam Tyler-Holland, Sebastian Houghton, Jack Haggart, Isaac Ignatowicz, Zidane Reeves-Gendia, Josh Robertson, Harley Evans, George Croughan, River Neilson, Finn McDerby, William Madutlela, Zac Hooson-Jones, Sylvan O’Hara, Luca Mihai, Ben Harris, Joby Varey, Luke Greenbank, Riley Higgs, Patrick Fleming, Ethan Richmond and Ollie Dean.

CLUB NEWS

All present club members should have received information about  next season.  2023-24 Membership forms can now be downloaded from the Documents Sectionwhich can be found on the FJSC website formbyjuniorsportsclub.co.uk

New members are very welcome to join the club for next season.  Saturday morning Inter Club football will start at the beginning of September and will be open to children from four year olds up to and including Year 8’s.