Formby Junior Sports Club held its Annual Presentation Evening on Friday 9th May at the Formby Gild Hall

Formby Junior Sports Club held its Annual Presentation Evening on Friday 9th May at the Formby Gild Hall.  There were three separate ceremonies on the night.  The first was for all club members in the Year 2, 3 and 4 age groups.  The middle session was for those in Year 5 and Year 6.   The final session was for Years 7, 8. 9 and 10.  At the final Inter Club session the following day, Saturday 10th  May there was also a short medals ceremony for all the Nursery,  Reception and Year Onesyoung footballers. 

Master of Ceremonies, FJSC Chairman Frank Rourke said that the club was now 66 years old which is quite an achievement and at present has a club membership of 325 which is 75 more than the previous season.  There had been 25 Representative teams this seasonwhich was five more teams. 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 28 Saturday sessions at Inter Club which is the most for many years with only four cancelled due to very heavy rain and storms.

Executive Committee members John Warrenand Keith Jones were thanked for all their help 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 were Ray Highton, the club’s hard working Hon Secretary for the Representative teams, and Marg Rourke for her unbelievable amount of work for the club behind the scenes with club administration, membership, club finance and the FJSC website.  Inter Club Coaches Jordan Parker and Tom Ringham were also thanked for coaching every Inter Club member each Saturday throughout the season.

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

INTER CLUB ATTENDANCE AWARDS

YEAR 2   JIMMY DUCKWORTH

YEAR 3.  SAM O’BRIEN

YEAR 4.  AUSTIN FARADAY

YEAR 5   LEWIS KIRKBY

YEAR 5   PAOLO RAFFO

YEAR 6   BRETT McKEOWN

YEAR 7   CALEB WATTS

YEAR 7.  ZAC HOOSON-JONES

YEAR 8   EVAN McKEOWN

YEAR 9.  DENNIS KALLIANIOTIS

YEAR 9   GEORGE KALLIANIOTIS

INTER CLUB TOP SCORERS                                                            

YEAR 2     CIAN O’FARRELL

YEAR 3     SAM O’BRIEN

YEAR 4.    CHARLIE ORMESHER

YEAR 5.    PAOLO RAFFO

YEAR 6     JACOB HOLTON

YEAR 7     ZAC HOOSON-JONES

YEAR 8.    FRANEK BANAS

YEAR 9.    ETHAN MURPHY

FJSC REPRESENTATIVE TEAM AWARDS FOR 2024-2025

SPECIAL AWARDS

UNDER 7 WHITE.                 CIAN O’FARRELL

UNDER 7 BLACK                   OLLIE JONES

UNDER 8 WHITE.                 HENRY ADE

UNDER 8 BLACK.                  TED MIDDLETON

UNDER 9 WHITE.                 CHARLIE ORMESHER

UNDER 9 BLACK.                   EOIN FOLLETT

UNDER 10 BLACK.                ISAAC MELTON

UNDER 10 GOLD.                 LEWIS McCOLL

UNDER 11 WHITE (Sat).      HUEY STEVENSON

UNDER 11 BLACK (Sat).       HENRY GARDNER

UNDER 11 WHITE (Sun).     SAM PETROU

UNDER 11 BLACK (Sun).     JOSEPH PRENDERGAST

UNDER 11 RED.                    ISAAC PEPPER

UNDER 12 WHITE.               JACOB UNDERWOOD

UNDER 12 BLACK (Sat).      ISAAC JONES

UNDER 12 BLACK( Sun).     CHARLIE RICHARDSON

UNDER 13 BLACK (Sat).       WILLIAM MADUTLELA

UNDER 13 BLACK (Sun).     JENSON HERON

UNDER 13 WHITE.               BEN GREGORY

UNDER 14 BLACK.               NOAH RATNASINGHAM

PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

UNDER 7 WHITE.                ANDERS CARTER

UNDER 7 BLACK.                 HARRY BROWN

UNDER 8 WHITE.                MAXWELL RATHBONE

UNDER 8 BLACK                  SAM O’BRIEN

UNDER 9 WHITE.               AUSTIN FARADAY

UNDER 9 BLACK.                 JARVIS EVANS

UNDER 10 BLACK.              ASHER FIELDS

UNDER 10 GOLD.               MASON DAVIES

UNDER 11 WHITE (Sat).    KAYDEN WATTERS

UNDER 11 BLACK (Sat).     LEO JUDGE

UNDER 11 WHITE (Sun).   JOSHUA HALPIN

UNDER 11 BLACK (Sun).    ALBIE GRAHAM

UNDER 11 RED.                   BRETT McKEOWN

UNDER 12 WHITE               HARRY JONES

UNDER 12 BLACK (Sat).      CADEN WALKER

UNDER 12 BLACK( Sun).     ELLIS COYNE

UNDER 13 BLACK (Sat).      JOE TUCKER

UNDER 13 BLACK (Sun).     BEN HARRIS

UNDER 13 WHITE.               LUKE GREENBANK

UNDER 14 BLACK.                BEN CARGILL

UNDER 15 BLACK (Sat).       DYLAN MADELEY

UNDER 15 BLACK (Sun).      DANIEL HILL

THE GLYN MASON MEMORIAL AWARDS FOR 2024-2025

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 12 BLACK

The team were Hightown JFL Winter Premier Division Champions, Craven Minor League Cup Winners, Craven Minor League Premier Division Runners-Up and have a Play-Off match still to take place to decide the winners of Hightown JFL  Spring Premier Division.  

The Glyn Mason Trophy was presented to Team Captain Charlie Richardson who received a small trophy together with all the squad of Oscar Phillips, Alex Barr, Louis O’Connor, Alfie Forsyth, Ellis Coyne, Alfie Frost, Ben Webster, Caden Walker, Isaac Jones, Finley Scott, Leo Fagan and Sylvan O’Hara. Also presented with a trophy were the Management Team of Simon Walker, Mark O’Connor and Jarlath O’Hara.  

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

ZAC HOOSON-JONES

Zac has been a member of FJSC since Reception and has played in the Inter Club Section for eight years and has hardly missed a Saturday in all that time.  He joined the Sunday Representative team for his age group and has played regularly for his team for six seasons. During that time Zac has remained very loyal to his team, his manager and to FJSC.  

A BIG THANK YOU TO TEAM MANAGERS AND ASSISTANTS

Adam Woodcock, Ben Carter, Matt Duckworth, Mark Jones, Andy Thomas, Chris Jones, Paul Byrne, Naomi Murphy, Chris Ball, Mark Parrish, Adam Ormesher, Sean Martin-Gargon, Alex MacArthur, Mike Follett, Colin Byford, Paul Hansen, Heather McColl, Carlo Raffo, Sean Davies, Andy Halpin, George Gaddes, Sean McDerby, Chris Murphy, Sam Todd, Chris McKeown, Colin Crutchley, Folkert Lace, Simon Walker, Mark O’Connor, Jarlath O’Hara, Paul Wood, Mark Wynne, Andy Hyslop, Chris Gregory, Mark Hughes, Matt Dean, Kevin Uttley, Paul Rice, Gary Garvey and Paul Jones.

THANKS TO THE INTER CLUB VOLUNTARY HELPERS

Frank Rourke, John Warren, Keith Jones, Bob Broomfield, Chris McKeown, Robert Hodgson and Matty Crowney.  Also many thanks to young voluntary helpers Cara ,Elin, Aiden and George.

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 2024-2025

FJSC U15 Black – Hightown JFL Winter Premier League Champions

FJSC U12 Black -   Hightown JFL Winter Premier League Champions

FJSC U13 Black – Craven Minor League Cup Winners

FJSC U12 Black – Craven Minor League Cup Winners

FJSC U9 White – Craven Minor LeagueShield Winners

FJSC U12 Black -  Craven Minor League Premier Div. Runners-Up

FJSC U10 Black – Craven Minor League Cup Runners-Up

Outcomes still to be decided

FJSC U11 White -  Hightown JFL Cup Final

FJSC U12 Black –   Hightown JFL Spring Premier League Play-Off

Highly Commended

FJSC U7 Black –     qualified for Craven Minor League North Division

FJSC U8 White -     qualified for Craven Minor League North Division  

FJSC U10 Black - qualified for Craven Minor League North Division

FJSC U11 White – qualified for Hightown JFL Premier Division

FJSC  U12 Black qualified for Hightown JFL Premier Division

FJSC U13 Black -   qualified for Hightown JFL Premier Division

FJSC U15 Black -   qualified for Hightown JFL Premier Division

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

REPRESENTATIVE TEAM MATCHES

FJSC Under 12 Blacks played Hillside FC knowing that a win would see them go top of the table in the Hightown Spring Premier League. After a 5-1 defeat to Hillside in the Hightown Cup only one week ago, FJSC knew that a top class performance was going to be required from the boys.

From the first minute, FJSC came out of the traps and created a number of chances against Hillside and if it was not for an outstanding performance from the Hillside goalkeeper the score could have been 4 nil early on. However it  took until the 15th minute for FJSC to break the deadlock when Finley Scott scored direct from a corner kick. FJSC did not stop and before half time a well worked move saw the Hillside goalkeeper again make a number of saves before Caden Walker slotted home a rebound to make the score 2-0 before half time.  

It was important that FJSC kept on top knowing that a win by Crosby Stuart and a FJSC loss would see FJSC lose the title. Soon after half time Charlie Richardson latched onto a great through ball to make it 3-0 to settle nerves on the sideline. FJSC kept pushing and Isaac Jones added to the score line with a smart finish to make it 4-0 with the final goal coming from Ellis Coyne via a corner to seal a good 5-0 victory and the vital three points.

It was a very good all round team performance and the result meant a joint top of the leaguefinish with Crosby Stuart and a Play-Off match to decide the overall winners.  The Man of the Match Award went to the whole FJSC Under 12 Black squad.  Remarkably the Under 12 Blacks have  gone through all their Winter and Spring Premier Division matches undefeated.

FJSC Under 6 Whites played Clay Brow Bilbao for the second time this season.  It was a pulsating match played in very hot weather. FJSC took a 3-1 lead with great work from Leo McGuire who set up an excellent finish for Kayden Dowdall. The team hit a bit of aflat spot and the tables turned with Bilbaoleading the game. A long distance shot from William Laugley got FJSC back into the game supported by a couple of great goals from Edison Foy to draw the match level. The rest of the team all worked hard and kept the game close until Clay Brow pulled away to win the match in the closing stages.

The FJSC Under 6 Whites team has made huge strides this season and the team spirit and individual skill and effort, the team has put in will ensure that they have an exciting debut season in the Craven Minor League.

CLUB NEWS

NEXT SEASON’S MEMBERSHIP FORMS

Membership forms and Inter Club times for season 2025-2026 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 2025-2026.