Formby Junior Sports Club held its Annual Presentation Evening on Friday 22nd May And what a night it was!

Formby Junior Sports Club held its Annual Presentation Evening on Friday 22nd May at Holy Trinity Parish Hall. There were three separate ceremonies on the night.  

Master of Ceremonies, FJSC Chairman Frank Rourke said that the club was now 67 years old which is quite an achievement and at present has a club membership of 365 which is 50 more than the previous season.  There had been 26 Representative teams this season from Under 5 to Under 15. The club’s Inter Club Section was as always open to all children regardless of ability from four year old to fourteen year olds.  There were 27 Saturday sessions at Inter Club which was exactly the same as last season.

Executive Committee members Ray Highton,John Warren, Keith Jones were all thanked for their help during the season and together with Inter Club volunteer and former FJSC team manager Bob Broomfield, they 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 throughout the evening.

Also thanked was Marg Rourke for her unbelievable amount of work for the club behind the scenes with club administration, membership, club finance and the FJSC website.  

As well as receiving an end of season club medal the following members were also presented with trophies.  

INTER CLUB ATTENDANCE AWARDS

YEAR 2   EZRA CONNOR

YEAR 3.  ANDERS CARTER

YEAR 4.  OSCAR CRAVEN

YEAR 4   SAM O’BRIEN

YEAR 6   JOSS LOWEN

YEAR 7   CHASE LOWEN

YEAR 7   JACOB HOLTON

YEAR 8.  JACK CONNELLY

YEAR 8   CALEB WATTS

YEAR 8.  JACOB WOODWARD

INTER CLUB TOP SCORERS                                                            

YEAR 2     KAYDEN DOWDALL

YEAR 3     SAMMY PORTER

YEAR 4.    TED MIDDLETON

YEAR 4.    SAM O’BRIEN

YEAR 7     JACOB HOLTON

YEAR 8     ZAC HOOSON-JONES

FJSC REPRESENTATIVE TEAM AWARDS FOR 2025-2026

SPECIAL AWARDS

UNDER 7 WHITE                 McEDDY OSEI ASSIBEY

UNDER 8 WHITE (Sat)        OLLIE JONES

UNDER 8 WHITE (Sun)       JAMES WITTERICK

UNDER 8 BLACK                  DYLAN WOODS

UNDER 9 WHITE.                ARCHIE JONES

UNDER 9 BLACK                 OSCAR CRAVEN

UNDER 9 RED.                     LUCAS KELLY               

UNDER 10 WHITE.              ELLIOTT DYMENT

UNDER 10 BLACK                THEO RICHARDS    

UNDER 11 BLACK               ETHAN CATLEUGH

UNDER 11 GOLD.                GABRIEL DORAN

UNDER 12 BLACK (Sat).      MICHAEL WAIN

UNDER 12 BLACK (Sun).     JOSEPH PRENDERGAST

UNDER 12 RED.                   JACOB HOLTON

UNDER 14 WHITE.              HARRY McCLUSKIE

UNDER 15 BLACK.               TOM DONNELLY

PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

UNDER 7 WHITE                 WILLIAM LAUGLEY

UNDER 8 WHITE (Sat)        HARRY BROWN

UNDER 8 WHITE (Sun)      CIAN 0’FARRELL

UNDER 8 BLACK                  ALBEE FAIRHURST

UNDER 9 WHITE.                HENRY ADE

UNDER 9 BLACK                 ISAAC MURPHY

UNDER 9 RED.                     FINLEY CONSTABLE               

UNDER 10 WHITE.              JOSEPH ELSEY

UNDER 10 BLACK                DANIEL MacARTHUR    

UNDER 11 BLACK               JOSEPH KERRIGAN

UNDER 11 GOLD.                JACOB CARGILL

UNDER 12 BLACK (Sat).     ALBIE GRAHAM

UNDER 12 BLACK (Sun).     JOSEPH KENYON

UNDER 12 RED.                   DANIEL ASHCROFT

UNDER 14 WHITE.              LUCA DUNCALF

UNDER 15 BLACK.               OLIVER DEAN

The following FJSC teams will be receiving their awards shortly – Under 12 White, Under 13 Black and Under 14  Saturday and Sunday teams, plus Under 13 Whites.

 THE GLYN MASON MEMORIAL AWARDS FOR 2025-2026

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

FJSC  TEAM OF THE YEAR

FJSC UNDER 11 BLACK

The team were Craven Minor League Cup Winners and had a wonderful league season.  

The Glyn Mason Trophy was presented to“Team Captains’ on the day ”  Max Byford and Jack Hansen.  All squad members received a small trophy.  They were awarded to Max  Byford, Ethan Catleugh, Asher Fields, Jack Hansen, Ashley Jones, Idris Jones, Joseph Kerrigan, Isaac Melton, Alex Rowley, Oliver Stinson, Adam Tyler-Holland and Noah Underwood.  Also presented with a trophyeach were Joint Managers Colin Byford and Paul Hansen.  

See the team photograph above of Formby Junior Sports Club’s Team of the Year with the Glyn Mason Memorial Trophy. 

FJSC CLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR

LUCAS LEWIS

Lucas joined FJSC as an Inter Club player andhas been an ever present member of his Representative team since it was formed.  Lucas has developed into a very good team player scoring goals and making many assists.   Over the years Lucas rarely missed Inter Club, training sessions and matches.  He has always shown excellent sportsmanship and has been a very good role model.

A BIG THANK YOU TO TEAM MANAGERS AND ASSISTANTS

Alex McManus, Rob Hodgson, Matt Crowney, Adam Woodcock, Brad Laugley,Ben Carter, Matt Duckworth, Mark Jones,Justin Fairhurst, Chris Jones, Steve Clarke,Paul Byrne, Andy Donnelly, Naomi Murphy, Chris Ball, Steve Makinson, Scott Kirkby, Matt Horder, Michaela Reid, Jenny Faraday,Alex MacArthur, Mike Follett, Colin Byford, Paul Hansen, Heather McColl, Craig Canavan, Andy Halpin, George Gaddes, Sean McDerby, Chris McKeown, Sam Todd, Colin Crutchley, Folkert Lace, Simon Walker, Mark O’Connor, Jarlath O’Hara, Paul Wood, Mark Wynne, Si Redhead, Andy Hyslop, Chris Gregory, Mark Hughes and Matt Dean.

THANKS TO THE INTER CLUB VOLUNTARY HELPERS

Frank Rourke, John Warren, Keith Jones, Bob Broomfield, Robert Hodgson, Tim Short, Matt Crowney, Adam Woodcock and Ben Carter. 

Also the help of a number of parents to referee matches has been much appreciated as well as those who have helped dismantle goals at the end of the morning’s matches.  

All the boys were congratulated for their efforts during the season. 

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.

ROLL OF HONOUR 2025-2026

FJSC U14 Black – Hightown JFL SpringLeague Champions

FJSC U13 Black -  Hightown JFL PremierSpring League Champions

FJSC U13 Black – Craven Minor Premier Division League Champions

FJSC U12 White –Hightown JFL Premier Winter League Champions

FJSC U12 Black.    H’town JFL WinterLeague Championship Winners

FJSC U11 Black -  Craven Minor League Cup Winners

FJSC U14 Black – Hightown Spring Cup Runners-Up

FJSC U9 White -   Craven Minor League Cup Runners-Up

Outcomes still to be decided

FJSC U12 Black -  West Lancs JFL Cup Final

FJSC U14 White –Craven Minor League Cup Final

Highly Commended

FJSC U8 Black –      Qualified for Craven Minor League North Division

FJSC U9 White -     Qualified for Craven Minor League North Division

FJSC U9 White -     Undefeated in Craven Minor North Division

FJSC U9 Black -       Long series of undefeated matches  

FJSC U11 Black -   Qualified for Craven Minor League North Division

 FJSC U12 White - Qualified for Hightown JFL Premier Division

FJSC U13 Black -    Qualified for Hightown JFL Premier Division

FJSC U14 Black -    Qualified for Hightown JFL Premier Division

FJSC U15 Black-     Joint top of West LancsWinter League Division 2

ALSO DESERVING A SPECIAL MENTION

FJSC Under 6’s once again played in the Sefton and Knowsley Development League.  All season FJSC fielded at least two teams -the Whites and the Blacks and on a few occasions a Red team also played.  It was a great experience for the boys.

More recently the Under 6’s have had four teams playing the new FA format of 3 aside in preparation for next season.

A FJSC Under 5 team was also formed towards the end of the season.

It has been a very successful season for Formby Junior Sports Club.  

 CLUB NEWS

NEXT SEASON’S MEMBERSHIP FORMS

Membership forms and Inter Club times for season 2026-2027 are now available. 

Present members in Representative Teams will receive forms by email from present team managers. Inter Club members who are not in Representative teams should now have received new membership forms.

New membership forms are also available to download by going onto the Formby Junior Sports club website formbyjuniorsportsclub.co.uk and scrolling down to Club Documents and then Membership Form 2026-2027.

The new season for the Inter Club section will commence on Saturday 5th September, 2026.  

OTHER CLUB NEWS

FJSC would like to congratulate five membersof the FJSC Under 13 Black team - Caden Walker, Seb Goatley, Louis O’Connor, Sylvan O’Hara and Alex Barr.  The boys were all members of the St Mary’s College, Under 13 team who won the National Under 13 Small Schools Cup last week.  The matches were all played at Stoke City’s Bet 365 Stadium.  Well done boys on a fantastic achievement.